Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

388 Ofthe vanity ofeel lyandbraueapparell. the fame workeman,and caf out of the fame mold, and yet man borroweth ornaments from all the inferiour creatures; from one hisfleece, from another his skinne, from this his Iight feathers, from that his teeth and folìd bones, from wormes their intrailes,from cats their excrements, from the (ands his (tones,from the earth his gold ; and when with the crow he hath made himfelfe gay with thefe borrowed fea- thers, he glorieth and vaunteth hsmlèlfe in his owne worth, as though they grew all vpon his owne backe; and that na- ture and norarc,had put this difference betweenhim and o- thers. i.Sei1.I2 Let not therefore any who profeffe chrillianity much af- Thatinthis fe6l thefe trifling vanities,.or hauing. them, glory in thefe braatriewe bale coies,vnto which beans, birds, and fillie wormeshaue hase no prehe. the firft title and molt naturalI intere (t, whereas min onely mìnencebarore commmeth b them as it were by con ue(t violence and thofe who are of Y Y q bale condition. force ofarmes.With all which ornaments when men or wo- úd enim(ìbi vult pluming illud auram ? enim qui in fcena funt ilia canueniunt,& treretriembus, qua omnia ad hoc faciunt vt fpeatentur. Chryfat.in men haue with great colt and labourdecked themfelues, yet Thal they find final excellency in them,feeing herein they are matched by many,& exceeded by force ; and that not thofe onely of the noble)) rancke,but allo filch as are ofineane and bate condition; as players,dancers,harlots,who adorn them. fclues with as glorious appareil as the be(t,that raining the minds,and dazling the ties of their beholders, they may allure them to offer to this idoli of beautie and glory, the fa- crifice offooles, and to become contributors towards their. Hebrxos cap: maintenance in there lawleffe courbes. Yea not onely are 11.Homil.s8. they herein matched by meu, but alto with their honks, whom vfually they adorne with gold, veluet, and imbroide- rie; and fo caute them to communicate with them in an e- quail fiare ofthis glory and brauerie ; and what excellencie ris efr, eorum is in that, wherein man is not priniledged aboue the brutifh rationem exert -.creatures? To this purpofe one of the ancients fpeaketh fitly` liamos qui de- Wilt thou(faith he) that tee examine their courfe which equally auratisire clothe their borfes and wines ìbitbgolden ornaments? for ce/ides Baa, er vzorei amiciunt,o.c. other thtnqs, thi spriniledge richeshaue,to make men fools .They Chryloft.in. communicate thefame honour to their horfes and their wisees, iP.3, oneknd of ornament belongeth to them both.; and by the fame lctm. t0, things,,