Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

The vanity ofcolly and braise apparell, 34 thing:, they defire to make their wine: glorious and famous, *herewith they adorne their coaches, curtaines and couerings t yea herein men are not onely equall with the beafir, but al. fo inferiour to the fenfeleflè creatures ; for vt hen they are in all their royaltie and brauerie, they are not to bee compared (as our Sauiour Chrifl fpeaketh) with the lilies and flowers ofthe field ; and who would thinke that any part ofmans Mat 41g.:9. excellency,who was'crcated after Gods image,wherin thefe inferiour creatures doe fo far exceed him? Fifthly, to this worthleffe vanity and want ofexcellencie, 4.Sea.13. let vs adde their inutility and want ofprofit ; for howfoeuer That this e .veef. worldly men rocure them with great cot} and labour , as if pTdnb their chicle happinelfeconfiflcd in them; yetthey doe them better the no good,nor make them a whit the better when they area- nca,c,s. dorned with them. For howfoeuer purple and leader,, flitter and gold, filkes and velum haue in them lóme bcautie and sirica,psrpura glory, yet they doe keepe it to themfelues,and doe not com- municate it to chore that weare it ; and therefore feeina the f c,r aecore n b habent. ednon glory which commeth by the putting on of the apparel!, va. prebent,&c. nifheth away when it is put off,without leaning any ligne Bernard.ad behind ; it hereby appeareth, that it is the glory of the ve- Sophism flute and not of the owner. So that vicious men haue little g'n' caufeto glorie in this externall and firange.beautie,when they haueloll their owne, the inward vertues of the mind. As therefore no man iudgeth a horfe the better which is let out to fale,becaufe hee hash a veluet footcloth, or golden trappings, yea rather fufpeéling this brauerie,he vncouereth him of them al,and looketh vpon him in his natural! beauty: fo neither is a man tobe ePteemcd better for his glorious or- naments, butlaying thefe afide, wee are to value him accor- ding to the inwardbeautie of his mind; for if that which is outwardly feene of man, is not man, but the foule,vnto which his body is but the cafe or cotter; how much leffeare we to efleeme gay apparel! any part ofmans excellencie and goodnes,feeing it is but a meere accident, which may eafily be put on,and with more cafe laid afide? But this vnprofitableneffewill better appeare if we confi- 4.Seé1.he. der that this glorious apparell doth not adttance chofe ends That exceJue C c 3 for bran ^.riedoth