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Ofthe vanitie ofcofitly and braraeapparefl. 377 So that notwithfianding this obieelion, it is iawfuil to 4.Set7.2. weare rich and cooly appareil, ifitbe fitted to thedlate and' That their ap condition ofthofe that weare ir; yea men may offend in the pare! Jhauld contrarie extrearne,when as they vfc fuch bate and beggerly not be bole and attire,and in fuch a fordidous and flouenly fafhion,as is alto_ fordidous, gether vnbefeeming men of their quality, vnleffe it be in good quaky forceparticular cafes,as in the time of falling & humiliation, or when the Church is in extremitie and want, &muff ofne- cefîtyberelieued, &c. When notwithflanding decency and comunes may be ohlerned,thou.gh it be but in a poore habit and meane attire: and therfore the praólife not only offordi- dous milers istobeauoided, who will not be at the coflte, maintaine themlelues in fuch apparel,as their, place & calling requireth, but alto ofthofe, who out of their religion, orra- ther fuperfiition, go in beggerly and poore clothing, to make ofientation of their humility, and contempt of the world : all which looke the fame way,thoughvnder another vizard,with thok proud cynicallPhilofophers,who affe6ted the glory ofthe world by their contempt of bravery, cuen as force ofthetaafelues who were infe&ed with the fame difeale judged of others, whom they law tainted with ir. So Socra- tes telleth efintiffbeses that he could fpie his pride through Diogenes . the holes of his cloake:.and another haying cenfured the jb.q.devaria Rhodians for their pride in apparel!, .and afterwards teeing . the Lacedemonians in bafe and fordidous clothes, Paid, be- Auguft.de fer. hold another kind ofpride. So one ofthe ancients faith,that Domini. for- there may be glorying, as well in bale, as in gorgeous appa- sna parimado rell, whichisfomuchthemoredangerous ,becaufeitdecei - fgiendifunt, . ueth vnder the colour of Gods feruice:and therefore another quia aitenrm exhorteth vs to auoidthe one extreame as well as the other deliciae,alter :n, becaufc the one fauoureth ofwanton delicacie, . the other of Fiona n r d Ne. vaine glorie. polían. But I fhall not need to fay much of this argument in thefe dales, wherein men;and women generally are fallen into the Of the great contrarie abufe ofexceffe, forgetting all refpe& of order or bufe of appareil, degree. For whereas our Sauiour rclirained gorgeous appa- through excel:. mil to Kings courts, now it is Browne common in euerieß t brauerie honk, without any, refpeót of Lute and calling : gentlemen going