~ The Righteous Mammon. carriage, other fafhions are fir for them ; thei~ attire, fare, retinue, houfes, furniture A difpleafe them, newmull be bad; together wuh coaches, and lacquies, and all rhe equipageofgreatneffe : Thefe thingsCthat noman millakeme) I miOike not: rhey are fir for rhofe that are fir for them. Charity is nor llrait-laced, but yeelds much latitude to the lawfull ufe ofindifferent things; although it is one of Salomom vanities, that fervanu fhould ride on horfe-back; and heeels us ir beccr!les nor a !\vine 10 be ring'd withgold) bm iris rhe heart that makerh all thefe evil! : when that is puft up with rhefe windy vanities,and hath learned to borrow char part ofthe devils fpecch, AU theft things dre mine; ~ud can f~y wirh him char was turned _intonbeafr, Is not this great Bahelthatlhav• h<~slt I or With that other parrerneofpnde, I fit u a !/.f!eene,I dm, diJd there is ~osehiftdes me. Nowall thefe rurne into finne. The bufh thathangsour, !hews what we may looke fur within ? Whither doch B the conceit ofa little inheritance tranfporr the Gallants ofour time? 0 God, what aworl~ofvanityhallthoufer~edus to? lam afh.am"d to thinke that t~e Gofpell ofChnll fhould be d1fgraced w1th fuchd,fgu•fed chenrs. Are they Chnlliam or Anrikes in fome Carnevale, or childrens puppets that are thus dreffed? Pardo;, I befeechyou, men brethren, and fathers, this my jull and holy impatknce,rhatcould never expreffe it felfe in amore folemne affemby (although I perceive, rhofewhom it moll concernes, arc norfodevour as to be prefenr.) Who can without indignation Iooke upon the prodigieswhich rhis miC-imaginationproduces in thatother fex, to the fhamc ofrheir hulbands, the fcomeofReligion, the damnationoftheirowne foules ? Imagineoneofourfore-fatherswere aliveagaine, and fbould fee one of rhefehis gaydaughters walke inChrape-fide beforehim; what doe you rhinke hee c would rhinke itwere? Here is nothingtobe feene bur averdingale , a yellow ruJ!O, and aperiwig, with perhapsCome ferherswaving in the top ; three things for which hecouldnor tell how eo find aname : Sure,hecouldnot but ftand amazed,ro think what newcreature the times had yeelded fince he wasaman : and ifthen he fbould run before her, to fee ifby the fotefide bee m~ht gheffe what it were, when his eyes fhould meet_with apoudred fiizle,a paint . hidelhadowed with afan normore painted, brells d1fplayd, and a loofe locke errmg wantonly over her fhnulden, ' berwixrapainted cloth and fkinne; howwould heyet more bleffehimfelfto think, what mixture in nature couldbe guiltyoffuchamonfier? Is rhi!(thinks he) the flefh and blood? is this rhe haire? is this the lhapeofawoman? 01' harh nature repented D ofherworkefince my daies, andbegunne a new frame? Iris '110 marvell if their furefarherscould nor know them,God himfelfthar made them, will neveracknowtedgetharface he never made, the hayre that he nevermade theirs, the body that isalham"d ofrhe Maker, the foule that rhusdifguifes the body. Let me therefore fay to thefe dames,as Bmet faid toTotil~~es fervanr; Dep•"'Jilf•, 9""'' port M, f•i~>m• ejltnm ; Lay downe that yeweue, it is noneofyour owne. Letmepetfwade them(furthat canwork moft) that they doe all this in their owne wrong. All theworld knows that noman will rough-call amarble wall, bur mud, or unpolifht ragge : that beauty is like truth, never fo gloriousas when it goesplai- ' nell; rharfalfean, inllead ofmendingnature, marres it. But ifnone of our per• fwafions can prevaile, Heare this, ye garifbPopingayesofour time, ifyouwill nor E bee<~fbamed to cloathyour felves in this fhamelelfe fafhon, God !hall cloarh yo~ ' withfhame and confufion: heare this ye plaifier faced Je:.a6els, if you will nor leave your dawbing, and your high wafbes, God will onedaywa(h themoffwith fire and brim!lone. 1 grant, it isnot wealth alone that is accefTary ro this pride~ there are fome that (with rhe Cynick1orthat worfe dogge, the patchr Cifierrian ) are proudof r~gs; thereareorhers, thatare richofnothingburcloarhes, fomewhat like to Naz iAIJZtiiJ countryof O:.iula, that aboundedin flowres,burwas barrenof come,rheircloarhes are moreworth then all the rei 1 as we ufe to fay of ~he Elder , that the flowre ofit is more worth then all the treebe6des;bur ifthere be anyother caufes ofour hye-mindedoeffe, wealthis one,whicbdotbordinarily lift up ourbeads above our felves, above others; and iftherebe here anyofthefe empty bladders, that are puft U.£.
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