Thcvfe ofapparrell the fecondSunday in Lent. Serf how tobe limited. 23 Spa. ináP: the En. glifh. with Silke. The Apecalyps condemning thatWhore of Babylonwhoheld acup of poyfon.in her hand,fàlth,That it was coueredwith gold : In theone was Ver- tue; in the other, Vice ; and therefore not our need, but our niceneffe is in fault; Many for to complie with the authoritie oftheir dignitiesandplat es ofhonour, haueoutwardly worne richand coftly cloaths, but inwardnext to their skinnes, fhirts of haire; as Theodojus,Nepntianus,and others. For, as that which enters in at the mouthBoth not defile the foule ; fo,outward cloathes do not hurt the in- wardman ; Seellibido incaufa eft. The third Principle is out ofSaint Auguffi r,Homocircumferens mortalitatem, circumfert tefftmoniumpeccatifui, c9Wan, that beares mortal. tie about him, doth like- :4,11i beareabort b.m a teftimanieofbisjnne. Godcloathing man with the skinnes ofdead beaffs, gaue vs thereby to vnderftand, Thatthefe ourcloathes ferueas fo many witneffes ofmans fm andmorralitie ; as thecafting ofthe blacke cloake vpon the (boulders of fome great Bafhaw , fhewes, that hee bath offended the grand Seigniour, and that his death is at hand. The Spanifh Nation heares ill abroad, forthe oftenchangeof fafhions in their cloathes, running dayly out of one into another ; it is avice that theyare much taxed for. And therefore,one painting forth the particularfafhionsof appareil belonging to all Nations what- foeuer, whenhe commeth toportray fortn a Spaniard,-he Pets him vpon a (hop- boord,with a peece of (tuff 2 before him,andapaire of fheeres in his hand , to the endthat heemight cut out his cloathes into whatkindof fa(hion his fancie fhouldbelt affeét : Expreffing therein, that he wasfo fantafticall, fo various, and fo mutable,that euerie dayhe wouldhaueanew inuention. And to this purpofe lutes that Hierogliphycke of Augujinas Celina ; It beeing brought to the gods knowledge, That theMoone wandered vp and downenaked ouer hills& dales; they fent ("Mercuric vnto her, to cut herout agarment,and tomake it vp for her : But he couldneuer cerne to take any true meafureof her, by reafonofherordi- narie creafings and wanings, not knowingwhat courfe in the world totake, vn- lefle he (hould eucrie day makeher anew gowne. Ina word, this richmans robe was Prides enlgne,Luxuries neft,andDeaths Mantle. Heretofore,Purple and fine Linnen,Silkes,and Veluets,wereonely cloathing for Kings,and fuch as were eminent perlons inCourt, and were dayly in his Maiefties eye, waitingand attending his perfon. But now,euerie one willin his weareand fafhion,feemerobe that which he is not : The Clerkewillgoeas the Squire; theSquire as the Knight;the Knight asthe Lord;the Lordas a Grande; a Grande as a King ; and aKing as God. The Prouerb,That it is not the Condethat makes the Monks, is verifiedof all Elates : But as the richneffe ofthegarnifhing addesnot any fineneffeto the Sword; (the comparifon is Seneca's)fo, a mans cloathes doe not better his being, noradde anyworthto him that weares them; but though he be not bettered in his being, yet heeis fo much bettered in his feeming, that anian had needof force particular reuelation, to know which is which, and towhomweowea refpeEt and reuerence. To a Coward (wholike Hercules, had lapt himfelfe in aLyons skinne) Diogenes Paid, Ifthoudid ft but fee how ill thisweare dothbecome thee, thouwouldft blufh for fhame. You (hall haue a finical Taylor flingaway hismoney (and peraduenture is worth halfe fo much more) vpon a Silken fuit,(as if hónour didconfift in Silke)and ifyou find fault with him for this his van itic, his anfwerwill be vino you, My neighbour Fulanogoes thusand thus, and I fcornebut togoe as well clad as hee ; my purfe andmy credit is as good as his ; when,Godknowes,he comes farre fhort ofhim in both : and thisvanitie hash vtidonemany aman. Pharaohand his People mar- ched
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