§. 76. Sign 25. Pride maketh people desirous to equal their Superiors, and exceed their equal•,1 in Apparel, or hansom dwellings, and provisions, and entertainments, and all appearances that tend to2 ⟨p. 278⟩[…] ⟨p. 279⟩[…] ⟨p. 278⟩[…] ⟨p. 279⟩[…] ⟨p. 244⟩set them out, and make them seem considerable in the world: For it excessively regards the eye of man: A fit respect to Decency must be had (so we place no greater a necessity in it than we ought:) But pride would fain go with the highest, and have more curiosity than needs; and maketh a greater matter of Decency than the thing requireth. I am not of their humour, that censure every man whose hair is not of their cut, and whose garments are not of their fashion, and who are bred in a way of more gentility and ceremony than my self: But yet the affectation of imitating fashion-mongers, and bearing a port above ones rank, and rather desiring the converse and company of superiors than inferiors, and to live like those that are a step above us, than those that are a step below us, are signs as significant of Pride, as the Robes of a Judge or a Doctor are of their dignities and degrees. I am sure Humility hath learnt this lesson, Rom. 12. 16. Mind not high things; but condescend to men of low estate: be not wise in your own eyes. As for the ridiculous effeminate fashions and deportment of some men, and the spots, and paintings, and nakedness, and other antic fashions of some women, and the many hours which they daily waste in dressings, and adornings, and preparing themselves for the sight of others, they are the badges of so foolish and worse than childish a sort of pride, that I will not trouble my self and the Reader in reprehending them. Manly pride is ashamed of such toys. Let the Patrons of them please their Patients, by proving them lawful, while they have no wiser work to do; and when they have done, let them go on to prove that it is lawful for sober persons to wear such Irons as they do in Bedlam; and that such Chains as they in Newgate wear, are no signs of a prisoner; and that it is lawful for an honest woman to wear a Harlots habit.
§. 76. Sign 25. Pride maketh people desirous to equall their Superiours, and exceed their equal•,1 in Apparel, or hansome dwellings, and provisions, and entertainments, and all appearances that tend to2 ⟨p. 278⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 279⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 278⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 279⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 244⟩set them out, and make them seem considerable in the world: For it excessively regards the eye of man: A fit respect to Decency must be had (so we place no greater a necessity in it than we ought:) But pride would sain go with the highest, and have more curiosity than needs; and maketh a greater matter of Decency than the thing requireth. I am not of their humour, that censure every man whose hair is not of their cut, and whose garments are not of their fashion, and who are bred in a way of more gentility and ceremony than my self: But yet the affectation of imitating fashion-mongers, and bearing a port above ones rank, and rather desiring the converse and company of superiours than inferiours, and to live like those that are a step above us, than those that are a step below us, are signs as significant of Pride, as the Robes of a Judge or a Doctor are of their dignities and degrees. I am sure Humility hath learnt this lesson, Rom. 12. 16. Mind not high things; but condescend to men of low estate: be not wise in your own eyes. As for the ridiculous effeminate fashions and deportment of some men, and the spots, and paintings, and nakedness, and other antick fashions of some women, and the many hours which they daily waste in dressings, and adornings, and preparing themselves for the sight of others, they are the badges of so foolish and worse than childish a sort of pride, that I will not trouble my self and the Reader in reprehending them. Manly pride is ashamed of such toyes. Let the Patrons of them please their Patients, by proving them lawful, while they have no wiser work to do; and when they have done, let them go on to prove that it is lawful for sober persons to wear such Irons as they do in Bedlam; and that such Chains as they in Newgate wear, are no signs of a prisoner; and that it is lawful for an honest woman to wear a Harlots habit.
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- 2[…] 1. […] subdere se majori, & non praeferre se equally. 2. Abundans: subdere se aequali, nec praeferre se minori: 3. Perfecta: subdere see m•n […] ▪ Gloss. sup. Matth. 3 Hum•itatis 7. gra•us secundùm Anselmum sunt 1. Opinione: 1. Se contemp••bilem cognoscere, 2. Hoc n•n d••••re. 2. Manifestatione: 1. Hoc conf••eri: 2. Hoc persuade•e. 3. Patienter sustinere haec dici, 3. Voluntate: 1. Pati contemptibiliter se tracta•i▪ 2. Hoc idem ama•e. Anselm. lib. de similit.〈…〉 1. 〈…〉 subdere se majori, & non praeferre se aequali. 2. Abundans: subdere se aequali, nec praeferre se minori: 3. Perfecta: subdere se m•n 〈…〉 ▪ Gloss. sup. Matth. 3 Hum•itatis 7. gra•us secundùm Anselmum sunt 1. Opinione: 1. Se contemp••bilem cognoscere, 2. Hoc n•n d••••re. 2. Manifestatione: 1. Hoc conf••eri: 2. Hoc persuade•e. 3. Patienter sustinere haec dici, 3. Voluntate: 1. Pati contemptibiliter se tracta•i▪ 2. Hoc idem ama•e. Anselm. lib. de similit.
