~ A L L'• s VF F IC I EN CY~ 1 47 fuch a King as exceeded in ·all kind of wealth, and abundance of all things,asneverany before or any that cameafter~ fo he faith of himfelfe, and therfoni he had more libertie, and more ex~ periencerhen any of thefonnes of men befides Moreover,he had better means to find out good and evill vnderthe Sunne_, becaufe ofthelargeneffeo:fhis Wifedome.. _ Lafi ofall, faith he, I gautmy felfi to this, J fet 3 myfelft to.fearch andfind out, what is go~dand e,_ villtothe fons ofmen. Now,ifyou would know WhereinSalo. what Salomon f9und,f:1yrh he,. there are but two mDnJ experithin~s wherein this experience conliHs; that is, cnce 'on6fted tokt~owwhat is inwifedome and folly;Jecond~ / Iy ,to know whatis in great ell:ate. Firfi, formatter of wifcdome, he concludes tflUs,Hethat incretJfeth inwifedome, incre'tlfeth in griefi. That js; Let a man goe either way, fayth the Wiftman,(fpeaking ofmoralland civiil wjfeI· dome,nor of fanchfied wifedome, forrhatis. anOfthevani. orherthing.) Now thequdl:ion is this, among tie of morall the Creatures,wherein vanitie is feene, iayth he, vvifcdome.' lie that increafeth knon;ledge, increafethforro~· : for whenaman is ~wife man, he fin des many I . defctts,he fees all the miferiesa-far off, that are In fcerirgmi· comn: ing upon him>helookes to all the corners fery ic cannot . ofhisvnhappines) which are hid from another prevent• . that is foolifh. And therefore faythhe, the more· that aman feet h~ Le more mifery he feeth, and ~ 2'' Seeing difor· themoremifcry he feeth, the more his griefe is dcn,it cannot' ine1·ea cd andmulti plied. Befides,hethat increa..: amend. • ftth wifedome,iwcreafethgriefe :.for he fees many defects, _ l ' ., .. _,. "
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