Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Of the varsity efcoffly acrd braue apparel!. 395 this excufe of abundance willbee no better, then if a man fhould caufe his garments to bee made farre too large and longfor his future, and excufe himfelfe by this, that hee had too much fluffe: for as it is abfurd and ridiculous, to make the garment not after the meafure of the body, but the quanti tie of thepeece out of which it is cut: fo is it no leffe abfurd to waft mans fubflance in fuch coftly apparell,as is aboue his calling,and not fitting to his flare and condition, becaufe he bath abundance of wealthlying by him. Secondly, heerein they finne againft themfelues : firfl, by §.Sea, t 8. negleeting their foule, which is their moil excellent part, Tie much care whilefi their whole care and paines is taken vp in adorning in decking the of their bodies; for too much care of the bodieplainelyar- bhé ,argiel of guerh,the too little care ofthe foule; richnesin apparel, po- tbe¡oule. uertie invertue; outward ornaments,inward deformities, and fpirituall nakednes; and (as one faith) Whileft men are tnduuseeur pus. cloathed with filke and purple, commonly their confciences & fubinde ;on. are ragged and beggarly; whileft they glifter with iewels fciostia panno- and chains, their manners vfually are loathfome and fordi-fa inter ; fulgent 'dour. In which refpe6t they are not vnfitly compared to mibar ¡obrdenro beeres or coffins;for as they are molt adorned, when as they gernardden haue a deadbodie in them ; fo thefe bodies are mot+ decked Sophiam virg. with gorgeous attire, when they haue in them a foule defii cute ofvertue and dead in finne. And in the fame regard one ofthe ancients compareth them to the (lately temples of Egypt,which had the outward courts, porches, walles and Clemens A. roofes, richly adorned with gold, filuer,curious caruing and lexand.pxdag;, ingrauing, and with all other (lately and gorgeous orna- lib.3.cap.a. ments; but if a man fhould goe on further into the inmoft parts, to fee the idoll which was there worfhipped, in Head offotne goodly image fet out according to the tell ofthe brauerie and pompe; hee fhould find nothing but the bafe pieture,or other refemblance of force cat, crocodile or vgly ferpent : for fo thefe women who load themfelues with gold, filuer,iewels, and cofily appareil, if this outward glory bee remoued,and they morenarrowly fea,ched what they haue in the inmoft temple of their heart, they cannot thew veto vs Gods image íhining in his fpirituall graces,but rather a man. 11=r