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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 39 › Verse 13-18
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First, As the Peacock is proud of his feathers, so is he of his clothes. One of the Ancients reproving pride in clothing, said,1 in his time, It is not so much the warmth of their clothing, but the curious dye or colour of the cloth which is regarded; and most insist more upon the trimming of their vestures, than upon the increase of their virtues.
First, As the Peacock is proud of his feathers, so is he of his cloaths. One of the Ancients reproving pride in cloathing, said,1 in his time, It is not so much the warmth of their cloathing, but the curious dye or colour of the cloth which is regarded; and most insist more upon the trimming of their vestures, than upon the increase of their vertues.
- 1In habitu non calor sed color requiritur, magisque vestium quam virtutum cultui insistitur. Bern.
Secondly, A Peacock, as he is proud of his feathers, so he loves they should be seen, or he loves to show his fine feathers. The Peacock spreads his plumes, so doth a proud person. Not only he that is proud of his apparel affects to be seen, but he that is proud of his gifts, knowledge, learning, eloquence, how doth he spread these plumes, and affect applause! As the vain-glorious Pharisees thought nothing they did in Religion worth the doing, unless they were seen in doing it; so vain-glorious persons think nothing they have worth the having, unless they make others see they have it.
Secondly, A Peacock, as he is proud of his feathers, so he loves they should be seen, or he loves to shew his fine feathers. The Peacock spreads his plumes, so doth a proud person. Not only he that is proud of his apparel affects to be seen, but he that is proud of his gifts, knowledge, learning, eloquence, how doth he spread these plumes, and affect applause! As the vain-glorious Pharisees thought nothing they did in Religion worth the doing, unless they were seen in doing it; so vain-glorious persons think nothing they have worth the having, unless they make others see they have it.