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Show 410 J668. ~. Anitnad.in 11in. Fe!. p. >S· Conftit. Clem. Rom 1. t. c. 2. ,. )tach. Dif. J. 2. c. ~· NoCROSS, NoCROWN. VoL. I Ctwu of tbe Earth, and tbt/t all have obtained a good Repor~ . . Merhirtks this fhould a little abate the lnttmperance of profeffed Chnihans. I do not bid them be thus Miferable, but l.would not have them ~ake them· felves fo hereafter ; for this Affii8:ed f:1fe hath Joy.s tr~nfcendmg the u~· moft F!eafure that Sin c:rn give, and m the .End It will be found that u were better to be a poor Pilgrim, than a .cmzen of the World. Nor ~as this only the Life and InftruClion of Apofio!tcal Teache~s; th~ ~arne Plainnefs and Simplicity of Life w3S alfo followed .bY the F1:fl Cbrijl~am. . §. V. The Primitive Chriftians, Oazebtll, m h.1s Ammad\·~r~ons on -!lf,. nutitn Felix, fait!J, were reproached b~ the Genrdes,_ for their Ill· Breeding, rude and unpolifhed L:~nguage, unfafluon::~ble Behav1our, as :t Pe?plc that knew not how to carry rhemfelves in their Add~c~es and Salutano115, ~at-ling them Rujliclu and C/otJJn.r, which the.Chn(hans eafily bore, valumg their Profeffion rhe more for its Nonconformity to the World: w~refme it was ufual with them, by way of Irony and Contempt, t? call the Gt11· tiles, the Well-bred, the Eloqu~nt and the.Learned. Thts he proves by ample Tefiimonies out of .Arnobzmp La{lantm.r, lfiodorm,_ P~/Nfiota, T~e~ dortt, and others. Which may inlttuEl: us, that ~he 0riflfans Bt_havtottr was not regulated by the Culloms of the Country they ltved tn, as~~ ufu3l· Jy objel:\ed againft our Singularity: N~, they rcfufed th~ lmbellt!hment of Art and would not wear the Furniture of her lnve~twn, bot as. they were Singular in their Religion; fo in the Way of thea Converfauon a· mo§n gVMI en«. :Imm~ aoRIIIIIUll (if Author of the Co n (\j tutt•o ns t h at go un de r his Nan:e) hath this amonglt the reft: ~bjlai~ from the vain B~lts ofrbe Gentiles. What have you to do with ftrange _and unprofi~able Difcourfu, which only ferve to feduce weak Perfons? Thts Clement ~s remei_TlbJed b1 Pllul in one of his Epiftles, who in this exaaly follows hts . Ad VICe ~0 Tz· 1lltJtby, abo11t vain Queftions! doubtful Pifputes, and Oppofi~ton of Sc1enc:e, Let us fee how this Moderauon and Pumy of Manners connnued. §. Vll. ~acbtlllel (no mean Author) in his Difpurati""s a.lfures uo, That the firft Promoters of CbriflJOnrty, were fo d1hgent tn roottng out the Vanities and Supcrftidons of the Gtntilu, that r_hey commanded all fuch Po_-ers and Hiftorians, which commended any T~tng ?f the Gent~/e-~nverfau· on, or Wurjhip, to be burn'd: But that 2ealts evtde~r~y extmgutfhed, and thofe Follies revived among the Profeffors of the Reltgwn of Jefu.r. , T«~ lib. de §. VIII. SICettuntan, «!JtpCo!IOUI, 11J:~op!Jplact, Cllngotp . .lllaJfllll· Pati~n. 3rnt Upon thefe Words ot C.'brifl, But I jay unto you, that every tdle Word ~~t~~.' that Men {hall fpeak, they !hall give A~count thereof in the _Day of Ju.dg· 1c!. ment: Thus refteU upon vai~ Difcourfe; The Word.s rnean_(fanh TertuU1an) of all vain and fup_erftuous Speech, moreTt~lk. than u neceflary: Sa)'S Chryfoftom, of fU.ch Words as are not eonvenient, nor pr?fitable,. but~ove Im· .. modelty. Snyr Theophylal:\, Of oil Lyes, Colummes, oil tnordtnote ond tidiculous Speeches. Says G Such Words Men fhatl account for, wh1ch want that Pro from modeft Difcourfes,. and ~hat are feldom uttere g Neceffity or Caufe; Thmgs fnvolpus, fables old Wive's Tales. AU wbich.fujjicienrly rcpreh~pd the Plays, PoetrJ and R;m1znces of the Times, of great Folly, Vanity and Sin. . §. IX. <fiJ;tgo~p, and this a Fath~r o~ ~he Church,_ a very ext!aordtna· ry Man, was to Zealous fo! _the Stmp!!Ctl)' :1nd Punty ~f the Mmd, Lan· guage and Lives of the Chnft1ans ofh1s Ttme, that he fuppreffcd ~everal Grecl:. Authors, as Menander, Dipbi!rn, .Ap~Oodorus, Phile'!fon, A~exH, SappiJo and others, which were the Recreations of the \'all\ Gentzles: Thu!i (drdan. Hear his Judgment of Fine Cloatbs (none of the leaft Part ~f. the Lux~try and Vanity of th~ Age) There be fome, Jail b. bt, :1r~ of O~lniOIJ, that the Wearing of P~e~rO!Js and Sumptuom ..lipparells no Sm; whtch, ifd jt were no Fault, The D1vzne 11'or4 would never have (o punfl1111~) exprej[e nor HifloricaUy relate4, how the Rteh Man, that roa~1'ormmted. m HeU, waJ ~loathed in Purple and Silk: Whence we may note that tol;lchtng the M:lt· tex or Sub jet\ of ~ttire, humone Curiofity availe!h highly : The fi~ft; ;~~ Vat. I. No CROSS, No CROWN. 4u ~ance of our Gar~ents w;s very m~n, _to ~it, Skins ~ith Wool i when it 1663. ts we read, God made .Adam and bn Wife Goar~ o/Sk~ns i that is, o/Skins ~ .[Je,d Beajls. Afterwords (to Ju tbe growmg Pndeand Vanity ofMen Chap. XX, •nd Women) they came to pure JVool, becaufe lighter· after that to Flax th(m to J?lmt and -Drlfllr~ oj Worntt; to Wit, Silk; Lattly ro Gold a~d Silver: and PrecJO/Is Sron,es? wbub ~cifs of Apparel higblj difpleafed God: For in· ' fiance whereof(wh1ch the very Pagans themfelves obferved) we read that tb,e Very firfi: among the Rdmans, that ever wore Purple, tom flrud. tiJitb a Tnunder·Bolr, and Jo dytd ~u4,denly for .a Ttrror to allfncceeding Times, tb11f {lbne jho11/d tJtttmpt to ltve pro11dly m Precious Attire.. This was the Senfe '(lf Gregory Na.:tianzene, that ancient Chriftian Writer who wore cotnf!JOrtly a p_oor Coat, like to a Frock, fa did Juflin Martyr ]erom and" .A.uftm, as thttr bqi_Rohe. · ' ' • §.' ~· ]etom (o famous Man, and alfo fiiled a Farher of<he OJTtrcb) •· boye all ?t~ers, feems pofit~ve in this ~atter, in an Epiftle he wrote to a · Nobl1e Vu~n, called, Demtt10r, In wh1~h he exhorted her, "That afrer foe bad ended er Vevotro11, jbe flould t.alee tn lfand Wool and w·eaving, aft(! the Cp,nmen(J.abfe Ex~mple of Dorea~; that hy fucb C/Janging and VarietJ,'P.f AEb 9, ; •• W~rAs, ~be D4y l!fl!,ht.feem. ~cfs ttdio111, 11nd the .A11emp11 of Satan fifl.I 19• gtJtvdtu, concludutg hts Re~1g1ou.s Exhortation with this po(I~ive Sentence; (foys he) I.Jp.'a_k ge~uraUy, Ilo Ratment or Habit wbarJocv<r jhaU Jeem pre· CliNS 111. Cbrifi 1 SJgbt, but tbar,wbiciJ thou '!'akejlrby ?elf; ei(her for thy "!""' p~r~uu/ar Ufe, or ~Examp!e ofotber: Virsms, ~r top~ unto tby Graitdmot? ier, or Motber; _1\o.J !ho orherwzfe thou dulft Jiflnbure thy Goods to the Pom Let b~t ~hts StnEtnefs be confidered, and compared with the .Ap· pafe!~n~ Com;eif;zilonofthe ~ge: for however, l!harifee-lilu, they other ... C~~nlei~nt htm,. and call htm an Holy Father, fure it is, they rejeB: his § . .Xi. J!ilat op of PoiOiers, o Fothcr of the Church, and famou.; ' for hts_ \Vnu fi: the A1'nans, havtng tt.lvelled into Syria, was in· formed, thJ't nly Daughter, whom he left with her Mother was by the greatett., Lords of. the Cou.ntry folicited in Marriage 1 being a ~~~rlg Woman, weu .. bred, FaJr and R1ch, and in the Prime of ber Age; lie writ to her, e~rnefily preffing her, hy nO means to fix her 4/foOions 11Mn ~be ~l"eafure, GrCatnefs or .Advantage rbat might he prifenud to her; fo, ~~t~x 'Vfyagl he hatf[ofind a greater and rtJor(hier Match, an Hufland offar more ~roer and Afagnificencl; who reo111d uJJow her with Robes and Jer.pe.f$ o~<m, . mef!i"fnhk Value. This he did to toke off her Defires fr >m the World, ttdt bel tnt~ht .wed her unto God,: And it . was his ferveut aod frequent Ptayer, ~h.Ich tn f?tne Senfe was anfwered; for ihe lived Religioufly, and 1 ~ed ~ Vtrgm; whtch Chewed gr.eat Nobility .of mind, that taught his Daughter to tread upon the Moumaini qf lflorldly Glory ·and it was pot lefs ~~~F:r~;/n her, that fo readily yielded to the Excell~nt Counfcl of lier §. Xll. anttfofe, another Fa1her, who 'Y" L,ieotenan\ of <he Province and C~ty of l';Jdan, and upon his difcreet Appe:afing· of the Multiq.Ide, di"f· order~. upon fome DifFerence amOpgft them, about EleUing a Bijhop, was by thetr. Umform Confent chofen himfelf; Althou&h this PeJfonofallothers~ Jmght have. ~een thought. t() plead for the accuftomed Recreations, efp~C!~l1y not havmg been long a Chrijlian, (for lie was :1 Carec11menifl, or ?ne but lately Injlrft{l,ed) at the Time of his being Eletled; ye< doth. he til~ fo ~a~y Words determi'oe the M:Jtte.- th~s ; Plays ought not to be /utOtiJII h)Chn{hans; tb,en nor Madt, Heard, :1nd Defended by ClirHtians i or rhey "!1\ft be none, tha,t 4~ fo. 1 ' • ... §... )Clli. l!IUI)Uif'tne, more fa\flo\ts for hiS m~ny Books, ond Knowledge Aogua. de 1ifr."-tJtl;c_h-.Affazrs, w'hofe Sentences are Oracles with fome, gives this as Civlt. Dei, h.~ O~uhon ,of !ltJyl, an~ the ,like Recreationt, Thac they were more perni- 1• 2 • c. 1· " .0"ill" a~d A8omtRa.61e, .. than rbO[e Idolatrous S~crlfices, which were offered in 1J011our of the Pagah ~Gods; dotfbtlefs he thought tPe one not fo offenjivt ' \O.~tnj>n, ond rhl!'lrOpreffions Divinity bath m3de on every Upderlbnding, G g g 2 as. 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