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V
.ER.16.
Eplyeftant,
Chap.
5.
maketh
no
true wifedome to be
without
doings
He
that
doth
ray
words,
Iwill
liken
him
toa
wife
Mall ;
and wifedome
is
the Counfellor
of
State.
which
is
obeyed
in
that
fhe
advifeth, for
it
hath,
firft
knowledge;
fe-
condly, fweeteneffe;
as
knowledge
itdirceleth,
as
fwcete
to the
foule,
is
affe&cth.
This
is
themolt proper worketo
dire
all
the
vertues,ta-
citurnitie, patience, fobrietie, courage,
all
are ordered by this.
For the
Imites
which
teftifie
of
it.
It
maketh one
teachabk,a
foole will delpife
the wifedome
of
words,
if
one doe
fmile or chafe
nothing
will linke
with
him
:
fo
a
wife man
will incline
his
care and be
teachable.
It
maketh
the
heart
to
fare
in
profperirie
and in adverfrtie
:
profpe-
ride,
becaufe
that extreame good health
is
tickle and
dangerous:
ad-
verfitie, fo farre
as
to hide himfelfefrom the ftorme,
Prov.
22. 3.
vs
prudent
manfnrefeeth the
mid,
and
hideth himfelfe; but the ftmple
paffe
on
and
are punifhed.
A
foolc
is full
of
fecuritie, a
word
fufficcch
the
wife.
Itdoth
make
the heart
relifh
things
to
the
flefh
grievous
:
Ece1.7.4.
4
foam
heart
loves
to
dwell
in merriment.
It
will make
us
make fure
worke with
God,Met.
7.2445.
He
builds
his
bau
f
en the rocke,
&e.
He
will
provide for the
time
to
come, for
that
enduring fubftance,
Luke
16.3,
4.
chis
was
the
wifedome
of
the
unrighteous fteward.
Which
doth
reprove many as unwife,
for
if
wifedome be
to
bee
meafuredby the converfation, wefhall
find
it
true, that the greateft
clarke
is
not
the
wifeft
man;
we
mutt not thinke that knowledge
of
the letter
isenough
to
wifedome,
nay it
argueth
us
more foolifh when
it
is
not
praétifed;
if
there were no ridingaway, wherethey were lure
both to
be
robbed,rhe one
heedlefly
ignotant,the other well
knowing
of
ir,who
were molt foolithe And we may
fee
all
of
us
when
we come
fo
fhort
in
our converfation
of
that
we
know,
how faire fhort we are
of
true
wifedome:
This
muff
move
us
to
feeke
wifedome,
feeing
that
we cannot have
a good
converfation without
k.
a.
By
denying
our
owne wifedome, Let him that
would
be
wife
become
a
foole
that
bemay
be
made
'rift.
a.
By
Prayer,
lam.
i.5.
if
any
lacke wifedome,
let him take
it
of
Geol.
3.
By numbring our dayes, Pfal.
9o.
12.
Lad
teach us to
num.
ber
our
days,
that
we may apply our
hearts
unto
wiftdomee.
4.
By obferving
the
vanity
of
all
things,Eeclef.
r.
a.
5. By
frequenting
the
company
of
the
wife,
for
as
he
that
con
-
forteth with fooles,
will bring home
the
foule at
the
lati,
fo
a
companion
of
wife
men,
¡ball wax
wirer,
Prov.
14.20.
VERSE
16.
Redeeming
the
time,
becaufe
the Jaye: are evil!.
Now
followeth the
of
eetthat
teftifieth
of
wifcdome,amphified
by
a reafon
:
the
died
is
this,
Redeeming
the
tine:
the
reafon, for thedales
are
evil!.
Now
Z.
3°
4.
5
Yfe
i.