Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Ofthe vanity ofcof iand&dueapparell ;9= thinke that they are brace enough, which is the reafon that they fo often alter their attires and change their fafhions, becaufe none can long pleafe them, and giue contentment. In a word,they pleafe no bodie with their brauerie,but one_ ly the prince ofpride,whofe fubiees and feruants they pro_ felfe themfelues by wearing his badge and liuerie. So that if a man would honefl and commend himfelfe to the iudge_ ments ofall; it were a much wirer courfe to fit his apparell according to his place and calling, yea to Carrie a lower fale then the {hip may well beare,abating fomewhat of that braueriewhich his eflate may well warrant and maintaine ; forheere alto we (hall find it moli true, that he who exalteth himfelfe flail be calldowne,and he who humbleth himfelfe (hall bee exalted; euerie one being readie to adde vnto his praife, who rather fhunneth then feeketh it; and to detra& from him, who too much affeaeth and eagerlie purfueth credit and commendations. And as this coflly and gorgeous appareil doch not corn- ()sea./ 5. mend the perfon or flare of any; fo neither doth it make That this bra- their body or mind more commendable, whether they bee ueriegraceti beautifull or deformed,indued with rare vertues, or defiled ntitherthe withfoule vices.For if they bee beautiful' by nature, what beastsfullxor neede they the hel a ofart, feeing ature it felfe fufficeth ? veC,r g tuoxsor ví. efpeciallyfeeing there goodly ornaments doe not commend clous. them fo much to the fight, as they detrae from their praife in the iudgement;eueryone being ready to,attribute a great (hare oftheir beautie and comelineffe, to their fetting forth and gaineffe in a pareil, imagining that aimed any other would be as praife worthie as they, ifthey were fo decked Neglefia deco - and adorned. In whichregard a careleffe neglect ofbeautie ris cura plus better pleafeth; and oftentimes not to be adorned is in {lead placet,& hoc ofthe ben ornament. Againe,this brauerie as little helpcth ófnamú3cruon thofe who naturally are deformed, feeing it Both not take tun eft. Ambr. away their deformities but rather fheweth chem,when as it de virgin.lib.r. inuiteth the eyes ofall to behold them, and fo caufechthem to thinke in their judgements, that fo great colt is but ill be_ flowed.Neither doch it at al profit the mind ofman,whether hebeindued withvertue,or blemifhed with vice ; for ifthe C c 4 glorious