CHRISTIAN
WISDOME
,
OR
THE
EXCELLENCY
,
FAME
,
AND
RIGHT
meanes
of
TRVE
WISDOME
,
Delivered
on
1.
KINGS
:
10.24
.
All
the
earth
sought
unto
Solomon
to
heare
his
wisdome
which
God
had
put
in
his
heart
.
IT
was
once
the
gracious
bounty
of
God
to
Solomon
,
when
he
appeared
to
him
in
Gibeon
,
to
bid
him
ask
of
him
what
he
would
.
Aske
,
saith
the
Lord
,
what
J
shall
give
thee
.
1.
King
.
3.5
.
1.
Kin.
3.5
.
Had
Solomon
been
a
riotous
Libertine
,
he
would
(
upon
this
unlimited
proffer
)
have
asked
Length
of
daies
;
that
so
he
might
have
enjoyed
the
pleasures
of
sin
for
a
long
season
;
or
had
he
been
a
covetous
worldling
,
he
would
have
asked
Riches
for
himselfe
;
that
so
,
having
enough
laid
up
for
many
yeares
,
hee
might
have
sung
a
Requiem
to
his
soul
,
bidding
her
eat
,
drink
,
and
bee
merry
with
that
,
which
hee
never
took
paines
to
get
,
but
had
it
for
the
asking
;
or
,
had
he
been
a
Cruell
man
,
one
of
those
Wolves
(
in
Ezekiel
)
ravening
the
prey
,
Ezek.
22.27
.
he
would
have
asked
the
life
of
his
enimies
;
that
so
,
leading
his
battles
with
victory
,
he
might
have
enlarged
his
Dominions
by
building
his
Townes
with
Blood
and
establishing
his
Cities
by
Jniquity
.
Hab.
2.12
.
Flesh
and
Blood
(
&
nothing
but
that
)
would
have
thought
either
of
these
things
desirable
:
but
Solomon
was
of
another
temper
;
ayming
more
at
the
promoting
of
God's
glory
then
the
satisfying
of
a
carnall
desire
;
&
therefore
,
considering
that
he
was
made
the
Head
of
a
great
People
,
he
desired
nothing
so
much
as
Wisdome
,
that
hee
might
judge
aright
between
them
:
Thy
servant
,
saith
he
,
is
in
the
midst
of
thy
People
,
which
thou
hast
chosen
;
give
therefore
thy
Servant
an
understanding
heart
to
judge
thy
People
,
1.
Kings
3.8.9
.
that
I
may
discerne
between
Good
and
Bad.
V.
8.9
.
He
,
that
rightly
considers
this
petition
for
Wisdome
,
may
well
conceive
,
that
Solomon
had
some
wisdome
of
heart
,
before
he
made
it
:
and
it
was
indeed
a
point
of
good
understanding
(
which
too
many
want
)
to
be
sensible
,
that
,
in
respect
of
the
place
where
in
he
was
,
hee
wanted
some
Wisdome
,
and
accordingly
to
aske
it
.
I
am
,
saith
he
,
a
litle
childe
,
and
know
not
how
to
goe
out
or
come
in
,
therefore
give
me
an
understanding
heart
.
Wherein
he
so
far
pleased
God
to
his
own
advantage
,
that
he
soon
received
what
he
prayed
for
,
and
more
in
abundance
;
for
,
because
hee
asked
not
long
life
,
nor
Riches
,
nor
the
life
of
his
Enemies
,
but
understanding
to
discern
judgement
,
therefore
did
the
Lord
give
him
Wisdome
,
which
he
asked
;
and
Riches
and
Honour
,
which
he
asked
not
;
&
both
in
so
great
a
measure
,
that
none
,
which
were
before
him
,
nor
any
,
that
came
after
,
1.
Kings
.
3.12.13
.
were
ever
like
unto
him
.
v.
12.13
What
was
here
so
freely
promised
in
the
Generall
,
we
find
as
fully
performed
in
sundry
Particulars
in
this
tenth
Chapter
,
whereof
my
Text
is
a
part
;
where
,
(
besides
the
particulars
of
his
abundant
Riches
recorded
from
ver.
13.
to
23.
)
wee
have
a
specification
of
his
excellent
Wisdome
in
the
unparallel'd
ordering
of
his
house
,
and
the
full
answering
of
all
the
Queen
of
Sheba's
Questions
;
from
ver.
2.
to
6.
in
both
which
(
namely
his
Riches
and
Wisdome
)
he
exceeded
all
the
Kings
of
the
Earth
.
ver.
23.
So
that
here
wee
see
the
condition
of
Israel
was
far
better
,
then
was
that
of
the
Corinthians
,
when
S.
Paul
to
their
shame
objected
to
them
,
that
there
was
not
a
wise
man
amongst
them
,
1.
Cor.
6.5
.
no
not
one
that
was
able
to
judge
between
his
brethren
.
It
is
not
to
bee
doubted
,
but
that
many
wise
men
were
here
;
at
least
't
is
evident
,
that
One
here
was
,
who
was
insteed
of
many
,
for
Wisdome
beyond
all
the
rest
,
and
able
to
teach
them
all
;
which
made
him
so
famous
,
that
the
wisest
thought
it
no
scorne
,
but
All
their
happinesse
to
bee
taught
and
bettered
by
the
Wisdome
that
was
in
him
:
and
for
this
purpose
they
all
sought
him
with
diligence
to
receive
instructions
from
him
;
for
so
we
read
in
the
Text
,
that
All
the
Earth
sought
to
Solomon
to
heare
his
Wisdome
,
&c.
And
to
whom
should
All
the
Earth
seek
to
heare
Wisdome
,
but
to
Him
,
who
was
the
Wisest
of
all
the
Earth
?
à
Sapiente
convenit
Sapientiam
discere
:
Euripides
.
saith
one
;
he
,
that
wil
learne
true
Wisdome
,
must
not
(
as
the
selfe
conceited
doe
,
who
make
themselves
their
own
teachers
)
take
a
Foole
for
his
Master
;
but
One
,
that
is
able
to
teach
that
,
which
he
desires
to
learne
;
and
so
the
choice
of
this
All
in
the
Text
was
very
good
&
right
in
seeking
after
Solomon
to
be
taught
by
Him
,
especially
considering
who
it
was
,
that
had
been
Solomon's
Teacher
before
,
namely
God
himselfe
:
for
they
sought
to
heare
that
Wisdome
,
which
God
had
put
in
his
heart
.
So
that
in
the
Text
wee
have
both
the
sufficiency
of
the
Teacher
,
and
also
the
diligence
of
the
Learner
.
Solomon
enabled
of
God
to
teach
,
and
All
the
rest
seeking
him
out
to
bee
instructed
by
Him
.
Whosoever
will
teach
others
aright
,
must
first
himselfe
be
taught
of
God
;
and
every
man
,
that
hopes
to
get
understanding
and
wisdome
,
must
seek
it
with
diligence
.
The
Parts
then
of
the
Text
are
generally
two
.
-
1.
Solomon's
great
Worth
,
in
these
words
.
His
Wisdome
,
which
God
had
put
in
his
heart
.
-
2.
The
Fame
and
Esteeme
of
this
worth
,
in
these
.
All
the
Earth
sought
to
heare
.
In
the
first
General
are
3
particulars
.
-
1.
Wherein
Solomons
worth
consisted
.
viz:
in
his
Wisdome
.
-
2.
Whence
hee
had
this
wisdome
.
viz.
from
God
.
-
3.
Where
he
laid
up
&
kept
this
wisdome
.
viz:
in
his
Heart
.
The
second
Generall
affordeth
likewise
3.
particulars
.
-
1.
The
Persons
,
that
so
farre
esteemed
Solomon
,
expressed
in
this
particle
.
All
the
Earth
.
-
2.
The
Action
,
whereby
they
manifested
this
their
esteem
,
&
that
was
their
Seeking
,
to
him
.
They
sought
.
-
3.
The
End
of
this
seeking
,
&
that
was
to
Heare
him
.
First
God
made
Solomon
Wise
in
Heart
,
Generall
1
and
then
All
the
Earth
sought
to
heare
Him
.
1.
Of
Solomon's
Wisdome
.
To
speak
of
Wisdome
in
the
Audience
of
Fooles
,
Paaticular
.
1
who
neither
love
nor
know
it
,
were
to
cast
pearles
before
Swine
,
which
usually
stick
not
to
trample
the
most
pretious
Iewels
under
their
feet
,
because
they
never
knew
what
belonged
to
them
:
but
in
Athens
,
a
Nursery
of
wise
men
(
where
the
generall
profession
is
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
the
love
and
study
of
Wisdome
)
There
to
speak
of
Wisdome
,
is
no
lesse
proper
,
then
t
is
for
Athenians
to
study
and
practise
it
:
nor
is
there
any
doubt
to
bee
made
of
an
answearable
fruit
;
for
,
saith
Solomon
,
give
instruction
to
a
wise
man
,
Prov.
9.9
.
and
he
will
be
yet
wiser
,
Prov.
9.9
.
Jt
will
therefore
be
seasonable
to
speak
of
Wisdome
unto
You
as
unto
Wise
men
;
and
(
as
S.
Paul
once
spake
unto
the
Corinthians
)
judge
you
,
what
J
shall
say
;
and
the
Lord
give
you
understanding
in
those
few
things
,
which
for
the
instruction
of
some
,
and
the
Remembrancing
of
the
rest
,
shall
now
be
spoken
on
this
subject
of
Wisdome
.
Where
first
we
are
to
enquire
after
that
,
which
is
not
expressed
,
but
only
presupposed
in
the
Text
,
namely
,
Wherein
true
Wisdome
doth
consist
?
And
this
we
shall
the
better
knowe
,
if
first
we
consider
,
what
that
is
,
wherein
true
wisdome
consisteth
not
.
Here
,
to
make
a
full
Enquiry
,
and
answear
it
accordingly
,
I
might
call
in
question
more
Particulars
,
than
one
houre
would
give
mee
leave
to
name
;
there
being
nothing
indeed
,
which
our
owne
Thoughts
of
themselves
(
as
we
are
Men
)
project
;
or
this
World
of
it selfe
suggesteth
to
them
,
but
may
bee
well
brought
into
the
number
of
those
things
,
wherein
true
Wisdome
consisteth
not
.
Sen.
Epist.
125.
Edit
Basil.
1590
vel
Epist.
124.
edit.
Genev.
1626.
Wherefore
Seneca
in
his
125
:
Epist.
(
where
hee
treats
of
this
very
subject
)
shall
by
a
few
Questions
of
his
answer
mine
.
Quid
vires
corporis
exerces
?
Dost
thou
stand
(
saith
hee
)
on
thy
strength
,
and
conceiue
it
a
point
of
wisdome
to
shew
thy selfe
more
lusty
&
strong
then
others
are
?
Suppose
I
doe
so
?
Then
,
feris
majores
concessit
natura
:
the
wild
Beasts
of
the
Forrest
would
in
this
respect
bee
wiser
,
because
stronger
than
Thou
;
and
,
if
thou
boast
of
thy
swiftnesse
of
foot
,
par
lepusculo
non
eris
,
the
least
trembling
Hare
in
the
field
,
if
thou
have
none
other
help
but
thine
own
,
will
be
wise
enough
to
out-run
thee
quite
and
leave
Thee
,
as
a
foole
,
behinde
.
Againe
,
Quid
formam
excolis
?
Dost
thou
esteem
it
a
peece
of
wisdome
,
to
mende
,
what
God
hath
done
,
by
painting
out
a
cleerer
beauty
than
first
he
gave
thee
,
as
did
once
that
(
Honest
)
woman
Iezebell
.
2.
Kings
9.30
.
2.
Kings
.
9.30
?
Suppose
I
doe
this
too
?
Then
,
Cum
omnia
feceris
,
à
multis
animalibus
decôre
vinceris
:
doe
what
thou
canst
,
and
thou
shalt
see
to
thy
shame
(
which
,
were
it
not
for
thy
dawbing
,
would
make
thee
blush
)
that
some
silly
Birds
will
shew
more
variety
of
splendour
in
the
Feathers
of
their
hinder
Parts
,
than
thou
canst
with
all
thy
painting
in
the
best
of
thy
Face
.
Againe
,
Quid
capillum
ingenti
diligentiâ
comis
?
Dost
thou
indeed
think
it
wisdome
to
spend
sometime
in
the
curious
ordering
of
thy
haire
?
It
was
wont
to
be
the
saying
of
a
reverent
Divine
,
that
he
,
D.H.
which
hath
too
much
regard
to
his
Haire
,
hath
commonly
but
litle
wit
in
his
Head
.
But
Seneca
will
answear
his
own
question
well
enough
;
Cùm
illum
vel
effuderis
more
Parthorum
,
vel
Germanorum
modo
vinxeris
,
&c.
When
thou
hast
,
saith
he
,
spread
it
abroad
in
the
most
glorious
manner
that
may
be
,
or
laid
it
in
as
curious
knots
,
as
all
thy
wit
is
able
to
contrive
;
In
quolibet
Equo
densior
jactabitur
juba
,
horrebit
in
Leonum
cervice
formosior
;
when
all
is
done
,
thou
mai'st
behold
a
Lion
in
this
respect
more
glorious
&
terrible
to
look
on
than
thy selfe
;
and
thy
Horse
,
whereon
thou
ridest
,
will
,
in
spite
of
all
thy
Art
,
carry
a
fairer
Mane
than
Thou
,
and
that
which
better
becomes
him
.
If
in
these
things
there
bee
litle
wisdome
to
be
found
,
then
give
thy
heart
(
as
Solomon
once
did
)
to
seek
and
search
out
all
the
works
,
that
are
done
under
Heaven
,
whither
of
Pleasure
or
Profit
,
or
of
whatsoever
condition
they
be
;
and
if
thou
canst
finde
true
wisdome
in
the
contrivance
of
any
one
of
them
,
fix
thy
heart
There
:
onely
bee
sure
thou
take
not
every
thing
for
Gold
that
glisters
;
but
first
bring
it
to
the
Touch-stone
,
to
prove
whither
it
be
true
or
not
;
Salvian
.
ad
Eccles.
Cathol.
l.
3.
p.
466.
Edit.
Oxon.
1629.
and
therein
Salvian
will
direct
thee
in
a
few
words
to
very
good
purpose
.
Sapientia
in
exitu
,
&c.
Wisdome
,
saith
he
,
is
tried
in
the
Conclusion
;
non
in
Pueritiâ
,
&c.
not
in
Childhood
,
not
in
Youth
,
not
in
Prosperity
;
because
,
Quicquid
in
his
laudatur
,
incertum
est
;
a
man
knowes
not
what
to
make
choice
of
in
any
one
of
these
,
as
deserving
well
the
praise
of
wisdome
;
there
being
in
the
First
too
much
weaknesse
,
in
the
second
too
much
Rashnes
,
in
the
Last
too
much
Forgetfulnesse
of
God
;
in
All
too
much
Folly
,
and
so
,
litle
wisdome
in
the
Best
of
them
:
but
in
Exitu
sapientia
;
true
wisdome
is
to
fix
on
That
alone
which
will
hold
out
to
the
End
.
Consider
then
of
whatsoever
thy
Heart
desires
,
or
thy
Phansy
projecteth
;
whither
it
be
wallowing
in
pleasures
,
or
Tumbling
in
Gold
,
or
Throwing
down
Others
to
rayse
Thy selfe
,
or
Building
up
thine
own
House
upon
other's
Ruines
,
or
the
Enlarging
of
a
Sonn
's
or
Daughters
portion
by
diminishing
the
Patrimony
of
Fatherlesse
Children
committed
to
thy
trust
,
with
any
such
like
fashionable
peeces
of
worldly
wisdome
;
consider
them
all
,
&
seriously
ask
thine
own
soul
,
whither
,
in
very
deed
or
no
,
these
things
are
like
to
stand
thee
in
any
stead
on
thy
Death
bed
,
when
thy
Conscience
(
whither
thou
like
it
or
no
)
shall
call
thee
to
an
account
;
and
thy
Soul
(
whither
thou
wilt
or
not
)
must
be
resigned
up
to
the
Disposall
of
God
,
who
gave
it
.
If
thou
canst
be
sure
,
that
these
things
(
or
any
such
like
)
will
Then
sticke
close
unto
thee
,
not
to
Burthen
,
but
to
Ease
and
Comfort
thee
;
then
rejoyce
in
thy
youth
,
or
feed
on
gold
,
or
supplant
,
or
doe
whatsoever
thy
heart
delighteth
in
;
goe
which
way
thou
wilt
,
thou
art
in
a
right
way
of
wisdome
;
for
commonly
all
is
well
that
ends
well
.
But
if
thou
suspect
,
that
these
things
will
then
fayle
thee
,
&
insteed
of
Comfort
be
a
Trouble
to
thee
(
as
it
is
much
to
be
feared
they
will
doe
so
)
then
be
perswaded
to
feare
too
,
that
there
is
some
unprofitable
Folly
in
them
;
for
doubtlesse
whatsoever
will
not
hold
out
to
help
bring
us
Home
to
our
God
in
Heaven
,
the
prosequution
thereof
can
never
be
true
wisdome
in
our
Iourney
while
wee
are
on
Earth
.
We
see
then
what
that
is
,
wherein
true
wisdome
consisteth
not
,
even
all
the
Waies
and
Projects
of
the
world
,
which
will
not
help
us
out
in
Exitu
,
when
wee
are
to
leave
This
World
,
and
goe
to
Another
;
for
that
is
the
Touch-stone
,
wherewith
to
try
them
all
,
whither
they
be
pure
Gold
or
Drosse
.
It
would
now
bee
worth
our
enquiry
,
to
finde
out
what
that
is
,
wherein
true
wisdome
doth
consist
indeed
;
for
nullo
modo
magis
prodesse
possum
,
(
saith
Seneca
in
his
former
Epistle
)
there
cannot
be
a
more
beneficiall
imployment
,
then
to
shew
what
is
true
wisdome
,
whereby
we
are
differenced
from
all
other
visible
Creatures
,
and
come
neere
to
the
Creator
,
who
is
Wisdome
it selfe
:
and
for
this
purpose
,
if
thou
wilt
saith
hee
(
leaving
all
those
things
,
wherein
other
creatures
doe
excell
thee
)
if
thou
wilt
ad
bonum
reverti
tuum
,
look
home
and
fix
thy
thoughts
on
That
,
which
is
proper
to
thy
selfe
as
being
Man
;
then
briefly
it
is
,
Animus
purus
ac
emendatus
,
aemulator
Dei
:
true
Wisdome
is
,
that
with
singlenesse
of
heart
we
strive
to
be
,
as
far
as
it
is
possible
to
be
,
like
unto
the
God
of
Wisdome
.
And
,
what
is
required
unto
This
,
we
may
collect
from
the
severall
Particulars
,
wherin
was
expressed
and
made
knowne
that
great
wisdome
of
Solomon
,
that
made
him
so
famous
.
Abulensis
in
Textum
.
Whither
Solomon
(
as
Abulensis
proposeth
the
Query
,
and
some
have
conceited
of
him
)
had
the
Wisdome
or
skill
to
finde
out
all
the
hidden
treasures
of
the
Earth
,
&
became
thereby
so
abundantly
rich
aboue
other
men
,
is
a
Question
both
groundlesse
&
impertinent
to
our
present
purpose
;
for
we
finde
,
that
as
many
as
came
to
heare
the
Wisdome
of
Solomon
brought
large
gifts
in
their
hands
:
the
Queen
of
Sheba
Talents
of
gold
,
Spices
in
abundance
,
and
pretious
stones
.
v.
10.
and
all
the
rest
brought
,
every
man
,
his
vessels
of
gold
and
silver
,
&
Garments
,
and
Spices
,
with
such
like
more
;
and
of
These
a
rate
yeare
by
yeare
.
v.
25.
and
so
it
should
seem
they
were
all
rich
enough
before
they
sought
to
Solomon
;
&
therefore
't
is
unlikely
they
came
with
so
much
cost
and
paines
to
heare
this
enriching
wisdome
of
him
.
But
,
had
this
been
their
ayme
,
yet
were
all
this
,
litle
or
nothing
to
the
saving
Wisdome
,
that
we
are
to
seek
for
.
Take
then
but
a
short
view
of
those
things
,
which
are
not
far
from
my
Text
,
and
you
shall
see
that
Solomon
was
famous
for
his
Wisdome
in
matters
(
as
wee
are
to
esteem
them
)
of
far
greater
worth
and
consequence
:
and
these
were
especially
foure
.
1.
His
great
variety
of
Songs
and
Proverbs
,
whereof
Those
were
a
thousand
and
five
,
and
These
three
thousand
.
1.
1.
Kings
4.32
.
Kings
4.32
.
and
herein
was
seen
his
Inventing
wisdome
.
2.
His
speeches
concerning
the
nature
of
Beasts
,
and
Foules
,
and
Fishes
,
and
Trees
of
all
sorts
without
exception
;
V.
33.
and
therein
was
manifested
his
Discoursing
wisdome
:
and
for
the
fame
of
these
things
there
came
many
to
heare
the
wisdome
,
V.
34.
that
was
in
him
.
v.
34.
3.
His
Answearing
the
Queen
of
Sheba
to
all
her
Questions
;
which
were
Aenigmata
,
Riddles
,
Questions
very
hard
to
be
resolved
;
such
wherewith
she
came
to
proue
Solomon
,
or
try
his
sufficiency
.
1.
Kings
,
10.1
.
1.
Kings
10.1
.
to
all
which
he
gave
her
so
full
satisfaction
,
that
there
was
not
any
thing
hid
from
the
King
,
which
Hee
told
her
not
.
v.
3.
V.
3.
and
shee
thereupon
was
so
much
taken
with
admiration
of
him
,
that
the
Text
saies
,
there
was
no
more
spirit
in
her
.
v.
5.
V.
5.
and
this
was
his
Resolving
Wisdome
▪
a
gift
of
satisfying
all
those
who
came
with
doubts
unto
him
.
4.
His
admirable
Deciding
of
the
controversie
betwixt
the
two
Harlots
.
1.
Kings
3.28
.
1.
Kings
3.
whereupon
all
Israel
,
as
it
is
said
in
the
Text
,
feared
the
King
,
when
they
saw
that
the
wisdome
of
God
was
in
him
to
doe
judgement
.
v.
28.
and
this
was
his
Rectifying
and
Ruling
wisdome
;
a
Wisdome
to
set
in
order
those
things
,
that
were
amisse
,
and
so
to
rule
&
governe
aright
.
In
the
three
former
wee
have
Solomon's
great
Knowledge
,
in
this
latter
his
singular
Integrity
and
uprightnesse
of
heart
;
in
both
his
compleat
wisdome
;
being
wise
to
Know
,
and
Wise
to
Doe
:
to
Know
every
work
that
is
done
under
the
Sun
;
for
thereto
hee
gave
his
Heart
.
Eccles.
8.9
.
Eccles.
8.9
.
&
of
them
all
to
Doe
onely
that
,
which
is
just
and
right
;
for
that
hee
professed
to
be
his
care
when
hee
prayed
for
wisdome
,
1.
Kings
,
3.9
.
1.
Kings
3.9
.
So
that
now
(
if
the
example
of
Solomon
,
the
wisest
of
all
men
upon
Earth
,
may
be
our
Patterne
)
we
need
go
no
further
to
learne
what
true
wisdome
is
;
it
being
no
other
but
That
,
which
hitherto
we
have
seen
as
a
gift
of
God
in
Solomon
,
namely
,
a
true
understanding
to
see
what
wee
are
to
doe
,
and
a
faithfull
care
to
Doe
what
we
see
.
This
was
the
wisdome
,
which
Solomon
prayed
for
&
obtain'd
of
God
,
and
that
according
to
the
counsell
of
David
his
Father
;
who
formerly
had
commended
this
Wisdome
to
him
,
as
we
may
see
,
1.
Chron.
28.9
.
1.
Chron.
28.
And
thou
Solomon
,
my
Sonne
,
know
thou
the
God
of
thy
Father
,
and
serve
him
with
a
perfect
heart
,
v.
9.
as
if
he
had
said
,
't
is
not
likely
thou
shouldst
ever
serve
God
with
a
perfect
heart
,
except
thou
Know
him
first
;
therefore
Know
the
God
of
thy
Father
;
and
't
will
bee
to
litle
purpose
to
Know
God
,
unlesse
thou
serve
him
too
;
therefore
Know
God
and
serve
him
.
What
David
here
commended
,
Solomon
took
care
of
;
the
One
pointed
out
the
right
Way
to
be
truly
Wise
,
and
the
Other
accordingly
walked
in
it
:
and
so
from
the
Counsell
of
David
the
Father
,
and
the
Effect
of
that
Counsell
in
Solomon
the
Son
,
wee
may
see
that
True
wisdome
is
(
above
all
other
things
in
the
world
)
to
Know
the
God
whom
we
are
to
serve
,
and
accordingly
to
serve
the
God
whom
we
know
.
Here
I
might
enter
on
that
usefull
Common-place
of
Speculative
and
Practicall
wisdome
;
of
the
Knowledge
,
that
we
are
all
to
seek
for
,
and
of
the
Practise
that
should
answer
this
Knowledge
,
when
we
have
it
;
and
then
I
might
shew
in
the
former
of
them
.
1.
The
Necessity
of
Knowledge
,
it
being
That
especially
,
which
differenceth
Man
from
other
Creatures
and
Wisemen
from
Fooles
.
2.
The
right
Object
of
Knowledge
;
and
that
is
Every
thing
,
which
may
help
to
bring
us
to
the
apprehension
of
God
;
but
especially
God
himselfe
,
who
alone
is
the
unquestionable
proper
Object
of
all
true
Knowledge
.
3.
The
true
End
of
Knowledge
;
and
that
is
,
not
to
set
up
our
rest
in
fruitlesse
thoughts
and
aery
speculations
,
but
to
Know
that
we
may
Doe
;
and
this
would
bring
in
the
consideration
of
our
Practicall
wisdome
;
the
summe
whereof
Salvian
giveth
us
in
this
short
but
full
expression
;
sapientia
Christiani
est
timor
&
amor
Christi
:
the
true
wisdome
of
a
Christian
(
saith
he
,
speaking
of
that
wisdome
,
which
is
Practicall
)
is
to
feare
and
love
Christ
,
whose
name
we
beare
.
This
again
I
might
point
out
more
distinctly
by
shewing
in
St
Bernards
methode
the
Beginning
,
Bernard
.
in
Fest.
Andreae
.
Serm.
1.
Edit.
Paris
.
1632.
Colum.
325.
the
Progresse
,
and
the
Perfection
of
this
Wisdome
.
1.
That
the
Beginning
of
it
(
as
Solomon
directeth
us
,
Prov.
1.7
.
Prov.
17.
)
is
the
Feare
of
the
Lord
,
for
with
That
we
must
begin
,
if
ever
wee
will
bee
wise
;
and
a
good
understanding
have
all
they
that
doe
thereafter
,
Psal.
111.10
.
Psal.
111.10
.
and
as
many
as
lay
not
true
Religion
the
Feare
of
the
Lord
for
their
Foundation
,
may
bee
sure
they
shall
prove
themselves
very
Fools
in
the
conclusion
.
2.
That
the
Progresse
or
Continuation
thereof
is
in
Hope
and
Expectation
to
gird
up
the
loynes
of
our
minde
and
to
hope
to
the
end
,
as
S.
Peter
doth
put
us
in
remembrance
1.
Pet.
1.13
.
1.
Pet.
1.13
and
so
to
run
with
patience
the
race
that
is
set
before
us
,
as
S.
Paul
doth
encourage
us
.
Heb.
12.1
.
Heb.
12.1
.
3
That
the
Perfection
of
it
is
Charity
;
which
(
according
to
the
same
Apostle
,
Col.
3.14
.
Col.
3.14
.
)
is
the
bond
of
all
perfectnesse
:
a
true
Charity
unto
Men
,
who
beare
in
them
the
same
Image
of
God
with
us
,
and
that
for
the
testifying
of
our
true
Love
unto
God
himselfe
,
whose
Image
both
They
and
We
doe
beare
:
and
doubtlesse
that
Practise
,
which
begins
with
Gods
feare
,
and
goeth
on
with
Hope
and
confidence
in
him
,
reaching
full
home
to
a
true
love
of
God
and
Man
,
even
That
is
a
perfect
Practise
,
and
a
true
Practicall
wisdome
,
if
there
bee
any
that
is
true
.
The
End
and
Crowne
of
which
Wisdome
is
the
full
fruition
at
last
of
the
Presence
of
that
God
,
whom
here
by
our
wisdome
we
have
seen
darkly
,
through
a
glasse
,
and
knowne
in
part
,
but
hereafter
(
as
the
perfection
of
our
Wisdome
)
wee
shall
see
him
face
to
face
,
1.
Cor.
13.12
.
and
know
him
as
we
are
knowne
.
1.
Cor.
13.12
.
Of
this
Speculative
wisdome
in
the
necessity
,
right
Object
,
and
true
End
thereof
;
and
of
this
Practicall
in
the
Beginning
,
Progresse
,
Perfection
,
and
Crowne
of
it
,
J
might
well
speake
more
as
of
Mans
truest
wisdome
and
happinesse
;
but
of
this
subject
I
have
here
spoken
more
at
large
heretofore
upon
another
Text
:
On
1.
Cor.
15.34
.
and
of
the
necessity
of
joyning
them
both
(
viz.
Speculation
and
Practice
)
together
,
I
shall
have
occasion
to
speake
something
againe
in
the
2.
Generall
,
where
wee
are
to
be
put
in
minde
of
seeking
them
both
.
Jn
the
meane
time
,
that
we
may
know
of
whom
to
obtaine
,
when
we
seeke
them
,
it
will
bee
requisite
that
in
the
next
place
we
take
notice
,
whose
Gift
they
are
and
that
is
,
Gods
alone
;
which
is
the
next
Particular
of
the
Text.
viz.
Whence
Solomon
had
his
great
wisdome
even
from
God
himselfe
.
For
all
sought
to
heare
his
wisdome
,
not
which
he
had
framed
of
his
own
Phansie
,
but
which
God
had
put
in
his
heart
.
Particular
.
2
Which
God
had
put
in
his
heart
.
And
who
is
hee
,
that
can
put
true
wisdome
into
the
heart
of
Man
,
but
God
who
alone
is
truly
wise
?
Jf
any
one
of
you
lacke
wisdome
,
saith
S.
James
,
let
him
aske
it
of
God
.
James
1.5
.
Iam.
1.5
.
Where
the
Apostle
doth
clearely
intimate
,
not
only
with
what
confidence
wee
may
aske
and
hope
for
Wisdome
,
when
we
aske
it
of
Him
;
but
also
how
litle
hope
there
is
to
obtaine
,
when
we
aske
it
of
any
Other
but
of
Him
alone
.
If
it
bee
Speculative
Wisdome
,
which
consisteth
in
Knowing
the
right
,
it
is
God
alone
that
gives
it
;
for
't
is
He
(
and
only
He
)
that
teacheth
man
knowledge
.
Ps.
94.10
.
Psal.
94.10
.
and
his
spirit
is
therefore
called
the
spirit
of
Knowledge
.
Isai.
11.2
.
Isai.
11.2
.
Or
,
if
it
be
Practicall
Wisdome
,
which
is
the
Doing
of
what
we
know
;
even
That
is
the
Gift
of
God
alone
too
.
1.
The
Beginning
of
it
,
which
is
the
Feare
of
God
,
is
from
none
but
Himselfe
.
I
(
saith
the
Lord
)
will
put
my
Feare
in
their
hearts
.
Ier.
32.40
.
Ierem.
32.40
.
And
doubtlesse
if
He
never
put
it
there
,
wee
shall
there
never
finde
it
.
2.
The
Progresse
or
Continuation
of
it
,
which
is
Hope
and
Trust
in
God
,
even
This
also
is
from
Him
alone
.
The
God
of
Hope
(
saith
the
Apostle
)
Fill
you
with
Joy
and
Peace
in
beleeving
that
you
may
abound
in
hope
.
Rom.
15.13
.
Rom.
15.13
.
And
surely
if
He
doe
not
fill
us
with
Ioy
and
Peace
,
wee
shall
be
altogether
empty
and
hopelesse
.
3
Lastly
the
Perfection
of
this
Wisdome
,
which
is
the
true
Love
of
God
and
Man
,
even
This
too
is
only
from
the
God
of
love
;
it
being
the
fruit
of
his
spirit
,
Galat.
5.22
.
Gal.
5.22
.
And
questionlesse
did
not
this
Spirit
of
God
incline
our
hearts
to
love
God
for
his
Own
sake
,
and
Men
for
His
,
wee
should
quickly
have
litle
true
Affection
either
to
Man
or
God
;
but
rather
indeed
whatsoever
God
and
good
Men
hate
,
that
should
we
love
.
Whither
it
be
then
Speculative
or
Practicall
,
a
Knowing
or
Doing
Wisdome
,
it
is
what
God
alone
that
gives
it
:
without
Whom
,
if
once
we
undertake
of
our
selves
to
be
wise
,
we
shall
prove
in
the
conclusion
as
very
Fooles
,
as
did
that
Father
and
Son
(
which
Bonaventure
out
of
S.
Hierom
,
Bonavent
.
D.
Sal.
c.
35.
speakes
of
)
who
fondly
went
about
to
empt
the
Sea
with
a
litle
spoone
;
which
't
is
like
they
might
as
easily
have
done
,
as
we
can
of
our
selves
alone
sound
the
Depth
of
wisdome
without
God
,
who
gives
it
;
the
One
as
likely
and
easie
to
bee
done
as
is
the
Other
.
Now
if
you
will
know
what
becomes
of
Men
,
when
here
they
adventure
to
leave
God
and
to
goe
without
him
,
then
Solomon
(
who
found
it
by
experience
)
will
tell
you
.
Eccles.
7.29
.
Eccl.
7.29
namely
that
God
,
for
his
part
,
hath
made
man
upright
,
but
they
have
found
out
many
Inventions
;
and
that
is
by
leaving
God
,
who
made
them
upright
:
and
here
to
shew
you
the
manifold
Inventions
,
which
men
by
leaving
God
in
their
Wisdome
,
doe
unhappily
finde
out
and
run
into
,
were
to
lead
you
with
my selfe
into
a
Labyrinth
of
many
crooked
waies
and
hardly
finde
a
way
to
get
out
againe
.
The
Philosophers
of
Old
,
and
the
Schoolmen
of
latter
times
will
abundantly
shew
us
,
what
Jnventions
there
may
be
in
the
speculative
part
of
Wisdomes
;
Both
of
them
,
I
confesse
,
in
their
kind
laborious
and
excellent
too
for
many
Rules
&
Precepts
wel
deserving
the
studious
inquiry
of
the
soundest
Christian
:
but
,
wee
know
,
the
best
unwinnowed
Wheat
is
mixed
with
Chaffe
,
and
Hereof
there
hath
been
found
so
much
in
Theirs
,
that
(
if
the
frustrating
,
or
at
leastwise
the
hazarding
of
many
good
Endeavours
be
not
dissembled
)
there
is
need
of
a
strong
breath
to
blow
it
away
.
the
groundlesse
Dreames
,
and
Fictions
of
the
One
,
and
the
curious
perplexing
Niceties
of
the
Other
having
so
far
molested
their
Readers
&
diverted
their
intentive
thoughts
from
the
Truth
,
which
they
look't
for
,
that
it
is
now
one
part
of
a
Wise
man
indeed
to
discern
aright
between
the
Wheat
,
and
the
Chaffe
;
the
Streame
and
the
Froth
;
the
Rules
of
wisdome
,
which
they
pretend
to
give
,
and
the
fruitlesse
Inventions
which
they
have
put
us
upon
.
So
that
notwithstanding
in
many
things
they
have
done
the
World
very
good
service
(
as
indeed
they
have
)
yet
in
This
respect
wee
may
say
of
them
(
as
Elibu
did
once
of
Job
)
that
they
haue
opened
their
mouth
in
vaine
,
Iob
35.16
and
multiplied
words
without
knowledge
,
or
(
which
is
all
one
)
they
have
magnified
themselves
in
a
great
deale
of
speculative
knowledge
to
very
litle
purpose
;
&
all
because
,
trusting
to
the
perfection
of
their
own
wit
&
Iudgement
,
they
ran
,
without
God
,
into
many
Inventions
of
their
Own
:
and
doubtlesse
did
not
we
sometimes
after
Their
example
gather
up
Drosse
for
Gold
and
fill
our
thoughts
with
Aery
speculatives
of
very
litle
consequence
(
as
too
often
we
doe
)
we
should
many
of
us
be
wiser
than
we
are
;
and
it
would
be
well
wee
did
remember
,
that
in
this
regard
wee
are
wise
but
in
our
Own
conceits
;
for
then
Solomon
would
impartially
tell
us
.
Prov.
26.12
.
Prov.
26.
i2
that
there
is
more
hope
of
Fools
than
of
such
wise
men
Should
I
now
shew
you
the
Inventive
wisdome
of
Men
(
without
God
)
in
that
part
,
which
is
Practicall
,
I
might
then
tell
you
of
the
Rich
man
in
the
Gospell
;
who
,
considering
long
with
himself
what
he
should
doe
,
had
found
out
a
way
at
last
(
by
enlarging
his
Barnes
)
to
be
merry
for
Many
yeares
;
and
that
was
a
dainty
plot
and
a
point
of
good
wisdome
indeed
,
if
it
had
not
fayl'd
him
;
but
we
finde
in
the
Text
that
he
was
called
Foole
for
his
labour
;
and
he
got
so
litle
by
that
Invention
,
that
in
the
very
first
night
,
which
came
over
his
head
,
he
lost
his
Soule
,
Luk.
12.20
.
Luk.
12.20
.
Or
,
I
might
tell
you
of
Achitophel
and
Iudas
,
two
great
Polititians
in
their
severall
times
;
the
One
to
betray
his
Soveraigne
David
the
King
,
the
Other
his
Master
Christ
the
Redeemer
of
Israel
;
and
therein
't
is
likely
they
supposed
themselves
the
wisest
of
all
their
company
.
But
this
was
a
new
Invention
of
their
own
,
wherein
God
was
not
with
them
;
and
,
to
prove
the
goodnesse
thereof
,
God
suffred
the
Divell
to
adde
one
Invention
more
,
and
that
was
,
to
finde
out
a
way
,
the
One
to
set
his
house
in
Order
,
the
Other
to
restore
the
price
of
blood
,
&
Both
to
hang
themselves
;
whih
was
at
once
the
Sun
and
Conclusion
of
all
their
wisdome
.
Such
commonly
is
the
wisdome
of
those
men
,
who
study
Themselves
;
and
such
for
the
most
part
are
all
those
Inventions
,
which
never
came
from
God
,
That
alone
being
true
wisdome
which
we
are
taught
of
Him
;
and
whatsoever
He
teacheth
us
,
we
need
not
doubt
of
the
truth
thereof
;
and
happy
are
they
whom
God
shall
please
to
teach
.
But
now
as
it
is
with
the
Word
of
God
,
which
is
the
Rule
,
whereby
we
are
taught
all
true
wisdome
:
so
is
it
also
with
our
wisdome
,
which
we
are
taught
thereby
.
That
,
namely
the
Word
of
God
,
sometimes
enters
in
at
the
One
eare
and
passeth
out
at
the
Other
,
making
no
stay
at
all
,
because
it
never
had
any
good
entertainment
in
the
Affections
within
:
and
This
,
namely
our
Wisdome
,
is
no
sooner
gotten
but
as
readily
sometimes
lost
againe
,
because
it
was
never
There
treasured
up
where
it
should
be
kept
;
and
where
That
is
to
be
done
,
is
(
next
unto
the
Getting
of
it
)
the
most
considerable
point
in
our
wisdome
.
The
Text
referreth
us
for
this
purpose
unto
the
Heart
of
Man
;
for
t
is
said
here
that
the
wisdome
,
which
made
Solomon
so
famous
,
was
that
which
God
had
put
in
his
Heart
,
and
There
Hee
laid
it
up
and
kept
it
.
Particular
.
3
Which
God
had
put
into
his
Heart
.
(
that
is
,
which
he
had
fully
possest
his
understanding
with
,
and
whereunto
he
had
also
inclined
his
Will
and
Affections
to
lay
hold
on
,
and
delight
in
it
;
for
That
is
indeed
to
have
Wisdome
in
the
Heart
,
even
throughly
to
Know
and
heartily
to
Imbrace
and
Love
it
:
and
doubtlesse
,
if
ever
we
think
to
keep
and
use
this
gift
with
Content
to
our selves
or
benefit
to
others
,
we
must
There
,
in
the
Heart
,
treasure
up
the
wisdome
,
which
God
doth
give
unto
us
.
Wherefore
,
when
Solomon
perswadeth
his
Son
(
that
is
every
obedient
Learner
)
to
receive
instruction
,
hee
bids
him
to
give
him
his
Heart
too
.
Prov.
23.26
.
Prov.
23.26
.
to
devote
his
Affections
unto
wisdome
,
and
to
set
his
best
Love
upon
it
;
which
we
must
doe
,
if
ever
we
will
be
truly
wise
or
True
in
Heart
:
for
of
this
Duty
there
is
a
double
necessitie
;
the
One
in
respect
of
the
wisdome
,
which
wee
desire
to
have
,
and
the
Other
in
regard
of
our
Heart
,
wherein
we
are
to
keep
it
.
In
respect
of
our
Wisdome
this
Duty
of
Applying
the
Heart
is
needfull
;
both
to
the
getting
of
our
wisdome
,
and
also
to
the
Perfection
of
it
,
when
we
have
gotten
it
.
Needfull
it
is
to
the
Getting
of
our
wisdome
,
because
,
without
Applying
the
Heart
,
we
may
daily
receive
Instructions
of
wisdome
,
and
yet
never
be
truly
wise
:
and
therefore
Solomon
commends
this
for
the
right
way
to
find
out
the
knowledge
of
God
.
If
thou
wilt
,
saith
he
,
receive
my
words
and
incline
thy
Eare
,
and
apply
thy
Heart
to
understand
,
then
shalt
thou
finde
out
the
knowledge
of
God
.
Prov.
2.2.5
.
Prov.
2.2.5
.
The
Receiving
of
words
&
the
inclining
of
the
eare
are
meanes
of
singular
consequence
;
yet
to
finde
out
the
Knowledge
of
God
(
which
is
the
summe
of
all
true
wisdome
)
they
are
to
very
litle
purpose
of
themselves
alone
without
Applying
the
Heart
thereunto
:
but
with
This
we
may
finde
out
and
bring
to
passe
any
thing
,
that
wee
are
capable
of
;
as
we
may
see
in
the
example
of
Solomon
,
who
confesseth
to
our
Instruction
that
when
hee
Applied
his
Heart
to
know
wisdome
,
hee
then
beheld
all
the
work
of
God
.
Ecc.
8.16
.
Eccl.
8.16
.
and
till
then
't
was
not
possible
that
ever
hee
should
behold
it
.
Againe
,
this
applying
of
the
Heart
is
needfull
(
as
to
the
getting
so
)
to
the
Perfection
of
our
Wisdome
when
we
have
gotten
it
;
the
best
of
our
wisdome
(
if
not
setled
in
the
Heart
)
being
no
better
than
the
Foolishnesse
of
Fools
,
which
is
very
Folly
,
Prov.
14.24
.
Prov.
14.24
.
For
be
it
a
Speculative
,
or
Knowing
wisdome
,
which
we
have
obtained
and
boast
of
as
of
our
glory
;
if
it
be
not
fixed
in
the
Heart
but
rest
in
the
Tongue
,
it
is
a
Verball
science
,
a
very
Froth
of
Wit
and
nothing
else
.
Or
,
be
it
a
Practicall
or
Doing
wisdome
,
which
we
have
got
the
plot
of
and
stand
upon
as
our
greatest
Policy
;
if
this
too
be
not
setled
in
the
Heart
,
but
onely
appeare
in
outward
shewes
,
it
is
but
a
Forme
of
godlinesse
without
the
Power
thereof
,
a
meer
Hypocrisie
.
Both
Knowledge
and
Practise
,
if
they
reach
not
to
the
Heart
,
are
but
as
seed
that
is
cast
on
the
Face
of
the
Earth
,
which
the
Foules
of
the
Aire
will
soon
steal
away
,
and
leave
the
Husbandman
in
a
vaine
expectation
of
an
harvest
,
that
wil
never
come
.
Hosea
10.12
.
Wherefore
the
Prophet
Hosea
warneth
us
to
Break
up
the
ground
of
our
Hearts
;
to
lay
open
our
Hearts
as
wide
,
as
we
can
,
for
the
receiving
of
Wisdome
,
that
so
the
Instructions
thereof
may
sink
Downe
and
take
root
in
the
Depth
,
and
thence
spring
forth
and
become
fruitfull
and
acceptable
at
the
last
.
In
respect
then
both
of
the
Getting
and
also
of
the
Perfection
of
our
wisdome
,
this
Applying
of
the
Heart
is
a
Duty
of
needfull
consequence
.
There
is
also
a
necessity
hereof
in
respect
of
the
Heart
it selfe
;
which
,
saith
Ieremie
,
is
deceitfull
aboue
all
things
,
Ierem.
17.9
.
Ierem.
17.9
.
and
whosoever
he
be
,
though
never
so
exact
a
Pharisee
,
that
thinketh
not
so
of
His
heart
,
is
much
deceived
in
his
Heart
;
and
't
is
indeed
the
very
corruption
of
his
heart
,
which
hath
blinded
&
so
deceived
him
,
and
will
daily
deceive
him
more
,
making
him
to
be
yet
more
vile
than
thus
;
and
openly
to
appeare
,
as
hee
is
,
a
very
Foole
,
even
then
when
he
looks
to
bee
accounted
wise
.
But
if
wisdome
bee
once
planted
in
this
deceitful
heart
of
Men
,
it
will
soon
remove
the
Deceit
,
&
make
the
heart
to
become
faithfull
to
God
&
true
to
Man
:
for
,
when
wisdome
entreth
into
thy
heart
,
Knowledge
is
pleasant
to
thy
soule
,
then
Discretion
shall
preserve
thee
,
understanding
shall
keepe
thee
,
Prov.
2.10.11
.
Prov.
2.10.11
.
Possesse
thy
heart
then
with
true
and
sound
wisdome
,
and
thy
heart
which
before
was
deceitfull
,
shall
never
fayle
thee
.
The
summe
then
of
this
Part
is
;
that
,
as
wee
aske
all
our
wisdome
of
God
alone
,
so
with
the
Heart
wee
should
imbrace
&
love
the
wisdome
,
which
he
bestoweth
on
us
:
and
This
indeed
is
the
way
to
make
the
wisdome
,
that
he
giveth
us
,
to
be
truly
Ours
;
for
so
we
finde
it
was
with
Solomon
,
of
whom
it
is
said
in
the
Text
,
that
All
came
to
heare
His
wisdome
.
It
was
indeed
originally
the
wisdome
of
God
,
because
HE
gave
it
,
and
yet
it
was
Solomons
own
wisdome
too
;
for
God
had
put
it
into
Solomon's
heart
,
where
he
had
full
possession
of
it
.
It
is
the
abundant
Riches
of
God
,
that
hee
hath
at
pleasure
wisdome
and
all
other
Gifts
to
blesse
us
with
,
of
whose
fulnesse
every
man
receives
whatsoever
hee
is
blest
withall
;
and
't
is
also
the
free
Bounty
and
Goodnesse
of
God
,
when
hee
gives
them
to
us
,
to
lay
aside
as
it
were
the
Propriety
of
them
,
making
them
to
Be
and
letting
them
to
be
Called
Our
Wisdome
,
and
Our
Gifts
,
and
Himselfe
in
them
our
God
too
;
and
that
is
when
He
and
his
Gifts
have
taken
up
our
Heart
;
otherwise
we
have
no
right
to
nor
part
in
either
Him
or
Them
;
but
when
they
are
There
,
in
the
Heart
,
then
are
they
all
Ours
and
We
are
His
:
His
Wisdome
is
Ours
to
make
us
acceptable
,
Himselfe
Ours
to
make
us
happy
;
&
We
are
His
,
both
For
our
Wisdome
to
be
thankfull
unto
him
,
and
by
our
wisdome
to
make
him
known
to
others
as
farre
as
we
our selves
doe
knowe
him
.
For
this
purpose
,
when
God
once
planteth
the
Tree
of
wisdome
in
the
Heart
of
Man
,
his
Blessing
usually
maketh
the
Fruit
thereof
to
look
over
the
Wall
and
be
Seen
abroad
,
and
by
it's
Beauty
to
draw
many
with
Desire
and
Admiration
to
it
:
for
so
we
finde
in
Solomon
here
in
my
Text
;
namely
,
that
when
God
had
once
made
him
wise
in
Heart
,
he
was
then
daily
sought
to
,
as
a
Man
who
had
God
with
him
whither
soever
he
went
;
Every
one
thinking
himselfe
happy
to
gather
some
of
the
Fruits
that
flourished
in
his
Garden
,
to
learn
some
of
the
Wisdome
which
God
in
so
great
a
measure
had
given
to
Him
;
and
this
brings
in
the
second
Generall
part
of
the
Text
,
viz.
The
Fame
and
esteem
of
Solomon's
Worth
.
Generall
.
2
All
the
Earth
sought
to
Solomon
:
&c.
It
is
seldome
seen
that
true
worth
passeth
away
without
some
Esteeme
and
Acceptance
,
unlesse
it
bee
amongst
those
who
are
either
ignorant
or
unworthy
of
it
;
for
Ita
comparatum
est
in
rebus
humanis
,
saith
one
,
M.
Piccartus
observ.
Dec.
3.
c.
7.
ut
vel
in
viti
virtutem
excellentem
admiremur
;
It
is
the
usuall
condition
of
Man
,
that
where
there
is
any
Worth
and
Goodnesse
in
the
Beholder
,
there
is
commonly
some
respective
Admiration
of
the
Excellency
that
he
beholds
in
other
Men.
Let
Homer
(
though
never
so
blinde
)
surpasse
in
his
Art
the
Rest
of
his
time
,
and
whole
Countries
will
bee
at
odds
about
him
to
lay
clayme
to
him
&
call
for
him
as
their
Own
;
which
might
well
occasion
that
of
Ambrose
,
Amb.
Ep
l.
6.
Ep.
42.
Sapientis
patria
Mundus
est
;
and
,
Sapiens
ubique
civis
est
:
that
a
wise
man
is
a
creature
of
such
condition
,
who
By
his
Wisdome
knows
how
to
make
use
of
all
places
aright
,
as
if
he
were
still
at
home
,
and
whom
For
his
Wisdome
all
places
will
readily
accept
,
as
if
they
had
some
title
&
interest
in
him
:
there
being
such
an
attractive
Excellency
in
Wisdome
(
as
Tully
speakes
)
as
that
,
Tul.
2.
de
Fin.
p.
108.
edit.
Hanov
1609.
Si
oculis
videretur
,
quàm
illa
ardentes
amores
excitaret
sui
?
if
it
could
be
seen
with
an
Eye
of
flesh
,
the
most
carnall
man
,
that
ever
was
,
would
be
drawn
to
look
after
It
with
a
love
and
desire
whither
he
would
or
no.
Great
without
question
is
the
Majesty
of
That
Wise
God
,
whose
Gift
of
wisdome
in
a
common
expression
of
it
was
so
much
adored
,
not
only
by
Christians
,
but
even
by
those
men
,
who
never
had
the
true
knowledge
of
God
himselfe
:
and
Grosse
and
Stupid
,
more
Fleshly
than
They
,
must
we
needs
be
thought
to
be
,
if
we
think
it
not
our
happinesse
to
become
truly
wise
,
when
all
the
world
before
us
hath
been
so
much
transported
with
the
admiration
of
Wisdome
.
Let
it
be
the
portion
of
the
Asse
to
carry
a
burden
of
Gold
,
which
he
knows
not
the
worth
of
;
it
is
His
portion
,
and
let
Him
beare
it
;
but
,
if
Balaam
be
a
Foole
,
that
rides
upon
him
,
the
Asse
may
chance
to
speak
as
much
to
the
purpose
as
Hee
;
for
,
the
Asse
and
the
Foole
are
both
alike
.
To
prevent
this
,
as
I
have
in
the
first
Generall
shewed
what
true
wisdome
is
,
so
let
me
now
briefly
put
you
in
mind
of
seeking
after
it
,
and
that
by
the
example
of
All
the
Earth
,
which
(
as
it
is
in
the
Text
)
sought
to
Solomon
to
heare
,
&c.
Where
first
wee
have
considerable
Who
They
were
,
that
so
far
esteemed
Solomon
for
his
Worth
;
and
they
are
expressed
in
this
Particle
,
All
the
Earth
.
That
is
;
Generally
,
Particular
.
1
all
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Earth
;
or
more
Especially
All
the
Kings
of
the
Earth
;
for
so
this
All
is
limited
.
2.
Chro.
9.23
;
2.
Chron.
9.23
.
where
the
same
Text
is
repeated
.
All
the
Kings
sought
,
&c.
When
Kings
seek
after
wisdome
,
t
is
likely
the
Gift
of
wisdome
is
Glorious
&
Desirable
;
so
it
is
,
and
best
of
all
others
,
befitting
Them
;
none
having
so
much
need
of
wisdome
as
Kings
and
Rulers
;
for
This
,
if
in
any
Inhabitants
of
the
Earth
,
is
in
Them
especially
the
principall
thing
;
and
therefore
(
according
to
the
advise
of
Solomon
the
wisest
of
all
Kings
)
They
of
all
Others
should
strive
with
all
their
getting
to
get
understanding
:
Prov.
4.7
.
to
get
a
Speculative
or
Knowing
wisdome
to
Discern
between
Good
and
Evill
,
and
also
a
Practicall
or
Doing
wisdome
to
be
Exemplary
in
Goodnesse
,
Both
to
Rule
and
Governe
aright
:
and
This
for
Kings
to
desire
and
seek
after
will
be
in
Them
(
as
it
was
in
these
here
in
the
Text
)
an
argument
of
their
Humility
,
of
a
due
acknowledgement
,
that
they
Rule
and
Governe
by
the
guidance
of
a
King
aboue
,
by
whom
alone
all
Kings
doe
raigne
and
Princes
decree
justice
,
Prov.
8.15
.
Prov.
8.15
.
and
't
will
be
a
manifestation
of
their
Fidelity
and
Care
too
;
that
,
in
seeking
after
Wisdome
(
as
Solomon
did
)
to
goe
in
and
out
aright
,
their
desire
is
to
be
in
the
performance
of
their
Charge
faithfull
unto
God
,
who
hath
call'd
them
to
it
.
But
I
stand
not
here
now
to
read
a
Lecture
of
Wisdome
unto
Kings
and
Governours
:
It
is
our
happinesse
,
that
we
(
of
all
parts
of
the
World
)
have
cause
enough
to
blesse
God
for
crowning
the
Throne
of
this
Kingdome
with
the
wisdome
of
Solomon
these
many
yeares
to
this
very
day
;
where
All
,
that
stand
before
it
(
and
Some
to
their
shame
)
may
behold
a
Searching
wisdome
of
God
in
judging
aright
,
with
an
Exemplary
Integrity
well
befitting
the
Imitation
of
the
very
best
And
let
it
be
thy
good
pleasures
O
Lord
,
for
the
continual
maintenance
of
thy
Truth
,
and
the
advancing
of
thine
own
Glory
in
this
our
Kingdome
,
thy
chosen
Israel
,
to
double
this
Heavenly
wisdome
of
the
FATHER
upon
the
SONNE
to
many
generations
.
Again
(
to
follow
the
Text
in
the
full
extent
of
the
Words
)
All
the
Earth
sought
to
Solomon
,
that
is
,
All
sorts
of
men
upon
Earth
without
exception
.
And
who
,
of
All
men
,
without
exception
,
is
there
that
needs
not
seek
to
finde
out
Wisdome
?
As
for
Knowledge
the
Speculative
part
thereof
,
it
is
not
good
the
Soule
should
be
without
it
.
Pr.
19.2
.
Prov.
19.2
.
because
This
must
guid
us
in
the
way
wherein
we
go
,
Isai.
33.6
.
&
so
wanting
This
we
goe
without
a
guid
,
&
run
headlong
(
to
our
own
destruction
)
wee
know
not
into
what
.
Hosea
,
4.6
.
Now
if
any
had
of
This
enough
of
his
own
,
he
need
not
then
seek
out
for
more
.
bu
St
Paul
will
tell
us
,
that
the
World
,
Sapientiâ
suâ
,
by
it's
own
wisdome
knew
not
God
.
1.
Cor.
1.21
.
1.
Cor.
1.21
.
nor
is
there
any
hope
it
should
ever
know
him
,
if
it
have
no
oother
Wisdome
then
it
's
Own
and
therefore
,
as
Wee
are
Men
of
the
World
(
and
the
Best
are
no
better
of
Themselves
)
we
must
All
seek
out
beyond
our
selves
for
that
Knowledge
and
Wisdome
,
which
He
giveth
unto
Men
to
know
him
with
.
But
,
did
wee
abound
in
This
,
yet
are
we
not
truly
wise
,
as
long
as
we
fall
short
in
that
part
which
is
Practicall
;
which
to
All
men
,
without
exception
,
is
needfull
,
to
make
them
appeare
worthy
of
the
vocation
,
wherewith
they
are
called
,
whereunto
St
Paul
so
earnestly
exhorteth
Ephes.
4.1
.
Ephes.
4.1
.
Jn
the
performance
whereof
as
long
as
we
fayle
,
our
Knowledge
(
though
never
so
great
)
is
but
that
Wisdome
,
which
in
verbis
volat
(
as
S.
Gregory
speaks
in
his
Morals
)
like
a
painted
feather
tost
in
the
Ayre
,
and
vanishing
away
wee
know
not
how
;
or
it
is
cibus
indigestus
(
as
S.
Bernard
compares
it
)
like
to
meat
undigested
,
Bernard
.
in
Cant.
Serm.
36.
circa
.
med
.
which
may
chance
to
bring
a
surfeit
in
the
end
:
Whence
Tully
doth
not
unfitly
call
true
Wisdome
Ars
vivendi
,
Tul.
l.
1.
de
Fin
p.
82.
a
certain
Art
of
Living
Well
;
This
being
indeed
The
Wisdome
,
that
must
keep
alive
&
preserve
both
our
Knowledge
and
our
Selves
.
Wherein
how
far
Men
of
themselves
fall
short
,
when
they
trust
to
their
own
strength
and
seek
no
further
,
wee
may
learne
from
the
experience
of
Judas
(
before
mentioned
)
with
many
more
,
who
(
supposing
themselves
to
bee
none
of
this
All
in
the
Text
,
that
are
to
seek
for
Wisdome
)
have
runne
themselves
along
through
their
own
Inventions
to
an
End
far
worse
then
ever
their
Beginning
was
.
We
(
Beloved
)
are
of
all
other
men
(
if
Any
be
)
in
a
blessed
way
of
All
kinde
of
Wisdome
;
of
Knowledge
,
Consider
,
and
the
Lord
giue
you
understanding
in
all
things
.
2.
Tim.
2.7
.
which
in
every
corner
profereth
it selfe
unto
us
.
God
knowes
how
much
or
how
litle
we
think
we
need
it
;
and
of
Practice
,
which
in
many
Worthies
is
made
good
before
us
;
God
knowes
too
how
much
or
how
litle
we
are
carefull
to
follow
it
.
It
will
be
,
without
question
,
a
shame
and
misery
too
,
if
the
simple
vulgar
,
who
Know
lesse
than
we
but
in
plaine
honesty
Practice
more
;
if
These
,
I
say
,
doe
one
day
rise
up
in
judgement
against
us
and
condemne
us
for
that
,
which
we
Know
&
Practice
not
.
From
this
shame
and
misery
good
Lord
deliver
Vs
:
And
sure
we
may
be
,
that
,
if
ever
wee
think
to
answer
the
bountifull
Blessings
of
God
towards
us
,
it
is
onely
true
Wisdome
must
make
us
fit
to
doe
it
:
&
This
if
we
desire
to
find
and
have
,
we
must
seek
it
out
;
which
is
the
Action
,
whereby
this
(
ALL
)
expressed
their
esteem
of
Solomon's
worth
.
They
sought
unto
him
.
There
is
a
double
vanity
,
Particular
.
2
which
too
many
are
possessed
with
;
and
that
is
,
on
the
One
side
to
seek
that
which
is
not
worth
the
finding
;
and
on
the
Other
to
neglect
that
which
is
wel
worth
the
seeking
:
each
of
them
is
a
folly
,
&
he
,
which
is
guilty
of
the
One
,
is
seldome
free
from
the
Other
.
The
way
to
avoid
Both
is
(
with
this
,
All
,
in
the
Text
)
to
seek
for
Wisdome
;
which
must
be
sought
for
,
because
of
it selfe
it
will
never
come
unto
us
;
and
it
is
well
worth
the
seeking
,
because
it
is
pretious
.
One
small
peece
of
silver
(
in
the
15.
of
Luke
)
deserved
the
lighting
of
a
candle
to
finde
it
out
:
be
it
never
so
litle
,
yet
,
if
it
be
Silver
,
it
is
worth
the
looking
after
;
much
more
;
if
it
be
Gold
or
Pretious
stones
;
and
Wisdome
indeed
is
all
These
and
more
.
How
much
better
is
it
?
Prov.
16.16
.
(
saith
Solomon
)
that
is
,
't
is
far
better
,
to
get
wisdome
than
Gold
,
&
to
get
understanding
rather
to
be
chosen
then
silver
;
for
when
we
talke
of
That
,
wee
then
speak
of
Silver
and
Gold
and
all
the
Treasures
of
the
World
cast
together
;
All
which
we
may
have
and
be
rich
therewith
,
if
we
doe
but
seek
it
:
For
,
if
thou
seekest
Her
as
silver
,
and
searchest
for
her
as
for
hid
Treasures
,
then
shalt
thou
understand
;
saith
Solomon
,
who
found
it
so
Prov.
2.4.5
.
Prov.
2.4.5
.
Where
,
calling
it
a
Treasure
,
he
sheweth
how
well
it
deserves
;
&
,
in
saying
it
is
Hid
,
he
putteth
us
in
minde
how
much
it
requires
our
seeking
:
which
two
are
Motives
to
perswade
us
to
the
seeking
of
it
;
and
Motives
sufficient
they
are
(
except
it
be
to
a
selfe-conceited
Foole
)
to
put
anyman
with
diligence
upon
it
.
But
here
the
materiall
Question
will
bee
,
when
and
where
and
how
we
are
to
seek
it
?
1
When
?
The
Son
perhaps
would
gladly
put
it
off
till
his
Pleasures
be
ended
,
and
the
Father
untill
his
Projects
be
contrived
,
both
supposing
the
Gravity
of
wisdome
better
befitting
the
Grandfathers
yeares
.
So
in
deed
too
many
doe
,
and
die
Fooles
for
their
labour
;
for
(
saith
Solomon
,
Eccles.
9.10
.
Eccles.
9.10
.
)
there
is
neither
Knowledge
nor
wisdome
in
the
grave
whither
thou
goest
;
and
then
it
is
much
to
be
feared
that
They
,
which
never
had
any
before
,
will
finde
but
litle
when
they
are
going
Toward
the
grave
.
Wee
should
then
set
upon
it
with
our
might
in
the
Morning
of
our
Age
,
as
soone
as
wee
can
,
because
we
know
not
how
soone
we
shall
goe
;
as
soone
,
as
possibly
wee
can
,
wee
should
seek
&
strive
to
know
God
and
serve
him
.
2
If
in
the
next
place
you
aske
me
where
wee
may
seek
and
finde
this
wisdome
,
I
will
then
answer
,
that
you
must
not
think
to
find
much
good
water
,
but
either
in
the
streames
,
or
at
the
spring-head
;
and
There
,
at
the
Head
,
you
shall
be
sure
to
finde
it
clearest
.
Wisdome
is
that
water
of
life
,
which
the
Lord
by
the
Prophet
inviteth
every
man
to
come
freely
unto
,
Isai
55.1
.
Isai
,
55.1
.
The
Head-spring
of
this
Water
is
a
Well
of
Gods
own
making
,
namely
,
his
sacred
word
;
about
which
(
unlesse
wee
chance
to
meet
(
as
too
many
doe
)
with
some
invidious
Romanist
,
that
will
lock
it
up
from
us
,
we
need
have
no
Contention
now
;
as
the
Israelites
often
had
about
their
Wells
;
for
God
hath
now
made
it
freely
Ours
,
&
every
man
may
come
and
draw
without
exception
,
and
yet
never
empt
it
,
because
it
is
an
Everlasting
spring
.
The
streames
of
wisdome
,
flowing
from
this
Head
,
are
thence
gone
out
into
all
the
world
,
which
never
had
so
many
Helps
for
wisdome
,
as
Now
it
hath
so
that
,
goe
where
you
will
if
you
seek
for
wisdome
,
it
will
be
very
hard
if
you
find
it
not
.
Only
you
may
chance
in
your
way
to
meet
with
some
Ditches
of
Puddle
,
fit
for
none
but
Asses
to
drink
in
;
which
the
Monks
and
Friers
with
such
like
wisemen
have
digged
for
us
,
purposely
to
stay
us
from
looking
after
better
Waters
;
setting
us
on
work
with
some
Tales
and
Fables
of
their
Own
to
withhold
us
from
the
word
of
God
&
as
many
good
Books
,
as
possibly
they
can
.
When
These
or
any
such
wee
meet
with
(
as
often
we
doe
)
wee
need
not
make
any
long
stay
at
them
;
or
,
if
we
doe
so
,
we
shall
bee
very
litle
the
better
for
them
.
But
,
goe
to
the
Spring
,
the
word
of
God
;
or
any
streames
,
which
proceed
from
That
;
and
There
you
shall
be
sure
to
finde
true
wisdome
,
if
you
seek
it
Aright
.
Which
is
the
next
Query
,
namely
,
How
we
are
to
seek
it
.
3
How
?
And
How
should
we
seek
wisdome
in
the
word
of
God
,
but
only
by
daily
Reading
&
Meditating
therein
?
Which
I
forbeare
any
further
to
commend
to
You
,
because
it
is
Your
Profession
;
&
I
hope
it
is
Your
Practice
too
.
Yet
thus
much
let
mee
put
You
in
minde
of
(
which
too
many
forget
)
that
,
as
the
Woman
of
Samaria
said
once
to
Christ
,
the
Well
is
deep
,
Ioh.
4.11
.
and
We
of
our selves
,
have
nothing
to
draw
withall
:
All
our
Reading
and
Meditation
will
but
perplex
and
trouble
us
,
if
God
doe
not
prosper
us
with
a
Blessing
on
it
.
It
is
said
of
these
Men
here
in
the
Text
;
that
when
they
sought
to
Solomon
,
they
brought
Presents
o●
Gifts
with
them
,
1
Kings
10.25
.
with
them
,
v.
25.
and
so
must
we
seek
unto
the
God
of
Solomon
;
with
the
Gift
of
Praise
for
what
we
have
received
;
with
the
Gift
and
Sacrifice
of
Prayer
for
what
we
want
,
and
this
is
the
way
to
seek
and
finde
the
Gift
of
Wisdome
,
which
we
desire
.
Wh●
therefore
thou
takest
thy
Bible
or
any
other
good
Book
in
thy
hand
to
seek
Wisdome
in
it
,
say
,
with
David
,
Lord
open
thou
mine
eyes
,
Psal.
119.18
.
that
I
may
see
the
wonderous
works
of
thy
Law
;
and
then
thou
needest
not
doubt
,
but
thou
shalt
behold
the
Goodnesse
of
Wisdome
to
thy
great
content
;
especially
,
if
(
as
Solomon
his
Son
gives
the
advise
Prov.
4.20
.
Prov.
4.20
.
)
thou
attend
to
his
Words
,
and
not
seek
to
mend
what
hee
hath
done
,
but
humbly
incline
thine
Eare
to
hearken
what
hee
shall
say
.
And
herein
These
Seekers
in
the
Text
may
be
a
fit
Patterne
to
us
;
for
They
sought
to
Solomon
,
not
to
Reprove
and
Correct
him
,
but
to
Heare
and
be
Instructed
by
him
;
which
brings
in
the
last
Part
of
the
Text
,
namely
the
End
of
their
seeking
,
and
that
was
to
Heare
.
Particular
.
3
They
came
to
Heare
Solomon
;
and
that
presupposeth
that
Solomon
,
though
a
King
,
was
ready
and
willing
to
Teach
them
;
otherwise
hee
had
been
no
fit
Type
of
Christ
,
who
(
though
a
greater
than
Solomon
)
did
litle
else
but
Teach
;
and
among
other
lessons
,
that
he
taught
,
he
taught
this
One
to
his
Own
Disciples
;
namely
that
they
should
goe
out
and
Teach
all
Nations
.
Mat.
28.19
Which
Precept
of
His
,
together
with
his
own
Example
,
wrought
so
much
with
them
,
that
neither
Tumults
nor
Prisons
,
neither
wicked
Men
nor
Divells
could
stop
them
from
it
;
but
,
casting
out
the
One
and
confuting
the
Other
,
they
went
on
to
Teach
in
spight
of
All.
And
who
then
is
He
,
that
is
too
good
to
Teach
?
Seneca
,
Sen.
Ep.
90.
alias
89.
in
his
90.
Ep.
will
tell
us
,
that
a
wise
man
is
but
Humani
generis
Poedagogus
;
by
his
Profession
a
Schoolmaster
,
a
Teacher
to
any
man
that
will
learne
of
him
.
The
Sonne
of
Syrach
,
Ecclus
,
21.13
.
Ecclus
,
21.13
.
will
tell
us
;
that
the
Knowledge
of
a
wise
man
shall
abound
like
a
flood
;
and
that
is
,
not
onely
to
be
full
up
to
the
bancks
,
but
sometimes
to
Run
over
&
water
the
Fields
that
are
about
it
.
Solomon
also
,
Prov.
15.7
.
will
tell
us
,
Prov.
15.7
.
that
the
Lips
of
the
wise
disperse
knowledge
,
but
the
heart
of
the
foolish
doth
not
so
.
Again
,
the
Hebritians
will
tell
us
,
that
one
&
the
same
word
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
signifies
not
only
to
Vnderstand
,
but
also
to
Instruct
;
to
shew
that
he
,
which
hath
knowledge
,
must
not
hide
it
,
but
Teach
therewith
:
yea
,
the
same
word
signifieth
also
to
Prosper
,
to
have
good
successe
;
to
put
us
in
minde
for
our
encouragement
that
He
,
which
is
carefull
to
Teach
according
to
the
wisdome
that
he
hath
,
is
in
a
way
to
doe
good
not
only
to
Others
,
but
also
to
Himselfe
too
;
for
God
doth
commonly
follow
with
a
Blessing
and
Prosper
those
,
who
diligently
goe
That
way
to
work
.
Moreover
Saint
Paul
will
exhort
us
,
Col.
3.16
.
Col.
3.16
.
that
the
Word
of
Christ
dwell
in
us
plentifully
in
all
wisdome
,
teaching
and
admonishing
;
and
lastly
the
Practice
of
Solomon
will
(
Eccles.
12.9
.
Eccle.
12.9
.
)
assure
us
too
;
that
,
Because
he
was
wise
,
he
Taught
the
People
Knowledge
;
or
,
(
as
it
is
in
the
Margine
)
the
more
wise
he
was
,
the
more
hee
Taught
the
People
.
It
is
then
a
property
of
wisdome
,
that
by
our
wisdome
wee
strive
to
make
others
wise
;
and
't
is
a
point
of
no
great
wisdome
to
censure
the
Endeavours
of
Other
men
,
and
in
the
meane
time
doe
litle
good
with
our
Own
:
This
only
by
the
way
should
bee
remembred
,
that
none
Teach
where
they
are
not
call'd
,
nor
before
they
are
able
;
nor
make
One
kinde
of
Teaching
a
let
and
hindrance
to
Another
:
but
they
,
which
can
(
pro
ratione
Loci
&
Personae
)
one
way
or
other
should
Teach
;
and
for
this
Work
there
is
None
too
good
.
But
Teaching
of
Wisdome
wil
be
to
litle
purpose
,
except
there
be
some
to
Heare
and
learne
what
is
Taught
;
and
therefore
,
as
it
is
presupposed
in
the
Text
,
there
was
a
Solomon
to
Teach
;
so
't
is
expresly
said
too
,
there
came
many
to
Heare
.
And
indeed
,
to
be
ready
to
Heare
,
is
the
very
end
of
our
seeking
&
the
way
to
finde
out
wisdome
.
Wherefore
when
Solomon
desired
God
to
give
him
an
understanding
and
wise
heart
,
he
used
a
word
,
1.
Kings
3.9
.
which
(
in
the
Originall
)
signifies
Cor
audiens
,
an
Hearing
heart
,
as
it
is
exprest
in
the
Margine
;
to
shew
,
that
how
understanding
and
wise
soever
a
man
be
,
he
must
alwaies
be
ready
to
Heare
,
that
so
he
may
understand
more
and
be
Wiser
still
:
and
so
will
every
one
,
that
is
not
a
Foole
,
doe
;
for
,
saith
Solomon
,
give
Instruction
to
a
wise
Man
and
Hee
will
bee
yet
wiser
;
because
hee
will
ever
be
ready
to
Heare
,
which
is
the
way
to
be
wiser
than
he
was
before
.
Heare
then
we
must
;
and
to
Heare
wee
must
seek
and
run
too
,
yet
not
beyond
the
Bounds
that
are
set
about
us
.
When
these
men
in
the
Text
sought
to
Heare
,
there
was
then
but
one
Solomon
in
All
the
Earth
;
&
therefore
All
the
Earth
sought
to
Solomon
:
but
now
,
blessed
be
God
,
Christ
(
who
was
greater
then
He
)
hath
made
many
Solomons
insteed
of
Him
.
Shall
then
a
selfe-conceited
Troup
run
to
seek
out
Other
Solomons
of
their
own
chusing
abroad
,
because
(
in
the
judgement
of
some
)
their
Own
at
Home
is
not
so
Wise
as
they
?
though
some
doe
so
in
simplicity
of
heart
,
being
lead
in
a
throng
,
and
think
no
harme
,
yet
of
Other
some
it
is
to
be
feared
,
that
,
chusing
their
Teachers
,
they
will
in
time
make
choice
of
the
lesson
which
they
intend
to
learne
too
,
and
then
we
may
know
what
to
look
for
of
them
:
A
Parlour
,
an
Anabaptisticall
Conventicle
with
a
Censure
of
the
Church
and
State
,
may
chance
to
serve
for
a
Temple
,
a
Congregation
and
a
Sermon
.
God
deliver
the
Womb
of
this
Church
from
that
viperous
Brood
,
which
hath
too
long
struggled
in
Her
.
But
,
suppose
the
covetousnesse
of
the
Jmpropriator
,
or
(
which
is
worse
)
of
the
non-residing
Incumbent
,
who
come
only
at
the
sheep-shearing
;
suppose
that
These
doe
scarce
leave
enough
behinde
them
to
make
a
poor
Curate
speak
,
except
perhaps
of
his
own
wants
,
may
wee
not
then
seek
out
a
Solomon
abroad
to
heare
Him
?
That
case
indeed
is
miserable
and
to
be
lamented
.
God
in
his
mercy
,
for
the
saving
of
those
that
are
His
,
in
due
time
free
this
Church
from
all
those
,
who
thus
make
Merchandise
of
the
Soules
of
Men
;
Rev.
18.13
.
and
that
by
putting
either
better
Solomons
in
Their
roome
,
or
better
Hearts
in
Them
.
In
the
mean
time
unlesse
it
can
be
shewed
that
Sacrifice
is
better
than
Obedience
,
1.
Sam.
15.22
.
a
Journey
further
will
hardly
be
altogether
excused
:
withall
it
should
be
remembred
too
,
that
there
is
None
so
low
,
but
hath
something
of
God
in
him
:
of
God
,
who
knows
how
to
bring
Light
out
of
Darknesse
,
and
to
manifest
Strength
in
Weaknesse
,
and
by
small
meanes
to
bring
Mighty
things
to
passe
;
and
surely
the
Water
or
Wisdome
is
never
the
worse
,
because
it
is
brought
in
a
Vessell
of
Wood.
It
were
a
weaknesse
to
be
on
the
One
side
so
easily
content
,
as
not
to
care
how
litle
we
have
;
and
it
would
be
a
Presumption
to
be
on
the
Other
so
wise
in
Owne
Conceit
,
as
to
prescribe
unto
God
,
what
he
shall
doe
for
us
.
If
therefore
any
thing
be
wanting
in
Others
parts
,
doe
thou
supply
that
with
thy
earnest
Prayers
&
daily
Meditations
,
and
the
plaine
Honesty
of
thine
own
Heart
,
for
That
indeed
with
a
litle
Teaching
will
be
more
to
the
purpose
,
and
please
God
better
,
than
a
great
deale
of
Teaching
,
and
litle
Honesty
therewith
.
But
suppose
there
bee
at
Home
a
true
Solomon
indeed
;
then
,
I
hope
,
we
need
goe
no
further
to
seek
out
more
;
and
who
at
home
would
not
be
ready
and
willing
to
Heare
Him
?
Luk.
14.18
Hee
,
which
hath
a
peece
of
ground
to
bee
seene
,
or
an
Yoke
of
Oxen
to
bee
proved
,
or
a
Delilah
to
bee
sported
with
;
or
perhaps
a
selfe-conceit
of
doing
as
much
good
by
Reading
at
the
same
time
in
his
Closet
;
These
and
such
like
,
though
call'd
for
,
would
not
be
very
willing
to
come
,
but
rather
desire
to
bee
excused
;
nay
,
't
is
much
to
bee
feared
they
would
have
no
great
desire
to
heare
Solomon
,
though
he
should
seek
after
and
come
home
to
them
.
Of
this
Neglect
of
Hearing
there
might
bee
much
said
to
good
purpose
,
and
scarce
enough
:
but
in
steed
hereof
I
must
shut
up
this
&
conclude
all
;
and
that
shall
be
with
humble
Prayer
unto
Almighty
God
,
One
of
the
Church
prayers
.
that
hee
will
bee
pleased
to
grant
us
knowledge
and
true
understanding
of
his
Word
;
that
,
all
Ignorance
being
expelled
,
we
may
know
what
his
will
and
pleasure
is
in
all
things
,
and
how
to
doe
our
duties
,
and
truly
to
walk
in
our
vocations
;
and
that
we
may
also
expresse
in
our
living
those
things
that
wee
doe
know
;
that
we
be
not
onely
Knowers
of
his
Word
,
but
also
Workers
of
the
same
;
which
is
the
way
to
be
truly
Wise
;
And
hereunto
,
O
Lord
,
we
beseech
Thee
to
incline
our
Eares
,
and
open
our
Hearts
to
understand
and
imbrace
whatsoever
wee
shall
at
any
time
Heare
,
that
so
wee
may
bee
the
more
fit
to
glorifie
Thee
our
God
on
Earth
here
,
and
the
better
prepared
to
reigne
with
THEE
and
our
JESVS
for
ever
in
Heaven
hereafter
;
and
this
we
pray
for
,
in
the
Mediation
of
JESVS
CHRIST
,
To
Whom
with
Thee
,
O
Father
and
the
Holy
Ghost
be
all
Glory
and
Honour
now
and
for
Ever
,
AMEN
.
FINIS
.
Glory
bee
to
GOD
,
Good
will
towards
MEN.