SERMON IL The ExcELLE NcY of W I S D O Mm PROVERBS VIII. 6, 7. Hear, for I will fpeak of excellent things, and the opening of my lips 'hall be right things; for my mouth (hall fpeak truth. S E R M. AV I N G endeavoured to explain the II. nature, charaters, ends, and ufes, of '' that wifdom which Solomon recommendeth in this book, íhewing that it comprehend- eth the whole fyftem of religious virtue, the fear of God, all the pious devout affec- tions and regards which are due to the fu- preme Being; juftice and good -will to men; fobriety, or a due government of our infe- rior appetites and paílions, together with the proper effects of thefe qualities and difpofi- tions of mind in our converfations, doing good, and efchewing evil ; and having en- deavoured to juftify the notion he intendeth to give us, that it may have a proper influ- ence on our temper and praftice, that this is true wifdom ; I Mall, next, apply myfelf to
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