Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

AMIN 390 Of the vanity ofcofily sod braueappare[!, ¿d x,: sake for which it is vied: for firft,whereas it is put on asanorna- tbofe tbat were ment to commend vs, it is manifelt that it faileth herein; it morecon- for (as one faith) he who thinks that gold adornes him,mufi mendable, acknowledge himfelfe inferiour to that whereby he isador. Clemens A- Y lexand.Pxdag. ned ; and being inferiour, hee is no more a mauer of it but a Lb. s,cap.u. feruant: nowwhat is more abfurd then for a man to acknow- ledge himfelfe inferiour, and leffe comely and beautifull then this Lydian fragment? Neither in truth cloth this gay clothing adorne and commend any in refpe6t of their ftate and perfon,bodieor mind, if it be excefliue in it felfe, or im- moderate and too too common in refpe6t of time; for ifa man thus goe aboue his calling,in Read of making himfelfe commendable by all his coif and labour,hee is offome enui- ed, ofothers skorned ; one hee prouoketh to anger,another to laughter,and all to difpleafure and diflike; yea thofe who bowvnto thofe thus richly adorned and do them reuerence, euen in the performance ofthefe outward complements,doe fecretly con demne them in their hearts; cenfuring them of pride, vanitie and wantonnefÍe ; feeing if they were not wholly po %lied of thefe vices, they would not with fo great colt and labour attire themfelues aboue their calling, nor with fuch phantafticall and light fafhions deforme their bo- dies. Wherein the iuft iudgement of God threatnedagainit the proud lieth heauilie vpon them; for when they thinke by their coil and brauerie to exalt themfelues in euery ones iudgement,and to be commended and approued of all that behold them, the Lord refilling them in their pride, pulleth them downe,and maketh them to pleafenone,whereas they intended hereby to pleafe all, for God approueth them not, yea rather he profeffeth to oppofe againft them ; the vertu- ous and humble like them nor, for hating pride inthem- felues,they cannot loue i't in others :thofe who are as proud as themfei ties are not hereby pleafed ; for they who are their fuperiours difdaine that they fhould match orcomeneere them in brauerie; their equals emulate and contendwith them who (hall exceed other; their inferiours enuie andma- ligne them becaufe they cannot be asfine as they, yea them, films are not pleafed with themfelues,becaufe they neuer thinke