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134 Ofthe vanitie and vnlawfulneffe of painting, and fimilitude, and dare anyprefsime to change and alter that which Godloath made? Info doing, they offer violence to God, when as they grime to reforme, and tranf forme that whichhee loath formed; for that which isborne,is the work ofGod,and that which to changed, the works of the diteell. Ifa skilful! painter, hawing cunninglie limb'd the pant-attire of a mans Jodie, and feeinganother take upon him to mend his workemanfhip, would bemoeued to anger,and rhinke himfel femuch inured; doe fl than thinketogee vnpunifhedfor thy rafhbo fdneffe,inprefiiming to a. mendthe 1oorkeofGod? §.3ey They offend alfoagainfl men, by deceiuing and abufing Thatthefepaitt them,making them to admire a painted piélure, in ficad of tersdeceiue the workeof Cod; and iò notable is this coufenage, that andabafe in the Latin phrafe, they are Paid to colour or painr,who by others. their words or aólions dcceiue another, and to vfe no pain- Fircrfm tingorcolourin whodealeingenuouflie trul andinfim- id a #, decipere. á g> , y, rlbfqueface, plicitie. But much more doe they finne againfi them, whi- ideft,candidò left by there diuellifh arts counterfeiting beautie, they in- & °peTel. flame the hearts of thofe,who behold them,with filthie and vnlawfulllufts;the which was (as I take it the chiefe cattle why Satan inuented it, and wicked women praElife it. And hence it is,that one calleth this painting, and counter- feit beautie,thefire ofyourh,the fuel' oflufl,ana thefigne which fheweth where an vnchafl heart daelleth, 4,Se11.4,, But mofl of al do they,who vfe this art,wrong themfelues, That they mof and finne againfl their owne bodies and foules: for if they . ()fall offend a- offer great iniurie to their friends,who when they come in- (tuftr t being to companie, are afhamed ofthem;then much more do they afhsmed of thus offend,who are afhamed ofthcmfelues? and therefore theirowne being difpleafed with their owne colour and countenance, perlon like players,theycome difguifed in the fimilitude ()father perfons, and for want ofa better, they a6I their part in the habit ofan harlot. Now what is this but vnnaturally to de- nie thetfelues, and to thrufl (as it were) another into their owneplace? what is it but to make themfelues counterfeit idols, that voto them lull may offer the facrifices of vnclean- neffe ? what is it,but to expofe themfelues to the Iconic and laughter of thofe,who having feene their glorious beautie which