ettitaingMatf133Mcmptißn. fire of Natural Knowledge, and was able to fet a juff Chap VI price upon it, tells us that the increafe ofknowledgewas V--% attended with proportionabledegrees offorrow. For the Ecelef. g. more a man knows, the more he difcerns the infuffici- ency of that knowledge to fupply his defe&s, and fa- tisfie his defìres. He was therefore wearyof his Wif- dom, as well as of his Folly. The Devils know more than the profoundeft Philofophers, yet their Knowledge doth not alleviate their Torments. 'Tis not only infuf- fìcient to prevent mifery, but will more expofe to it by enlarging the Faculties, and making them more capable of Torment. 'Tis the obfervationof St. Am- brofe, that when God difcovered the Creation of the World toMofes, He did not inform him of the great- nefs of the Heavens, the number of the Stars, their Afpects and /nflnences 5 whether they derive their light from the Sun, or have it inherent in their own bodies; from whence Eclipfes are caufed; how the Rainbow is painted ; how the Winds fly in the Air, or the caufes of the ebbing and flowing of the sea: but fo much as might be a foundation of Faith and Obedi- ence, and left the reft, &sari marcefcentir fapienti& Ambrol. P. 6:. vanitates, as the vanities of perifhing wildom. The tfexam. e,.,., moff knowing Philofopher though encompaft with theft I a. fparks, yet if ignorant of the Redeemer, (hall lie down in forrow for ever. And as Natural, fo Political Knowledge in order to the governing of Kingdoms and States, hath no pow- er to confer happinefs upon man. It concerns not his main intereft, 'tis terminated within the compafs ofthis fhort life, and provides not for Death, and Eternity.. The Wifdom of the World is Folly in a difguife, a fpecious Ignorance, which although it may fecure the Temporal (fate, yet it leaves us naked and expofed to Spiritual enemies who war againfi the soul. And all the-
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