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62,8

PGIai9.6

Däi,

Y

.P..

Doll.

Pfa1.119.,

;o.

Vie

I.

Ephefians,

Chap.

5.

V.

E

R.17.

not

to

ufe

it,

but

walke

fill

in

the

darkneffe and vanity

of

our owne

understanding

:

Let

us in

all

things labour

to

fee

this

Lanthorne

before

us, and

then we(hall

not

be

confounded, when

we

have

refpell

unto

a/1

his

Commandements.

2.

We

fee

for the matter

of

the

verfe

:

a.

That

it

is

all

or

duties

to

labour

to

put

of

that

folly which

Hill

rs

bound

in

our

hearts

:

for this folly

is

but

in

parr purged

out,

in

great

meafurewe

lack

underflanding

hearts, Deut.29.4.

Now

it doth thew

it felfe in

this

;

r.

That

it will

not let

us

remember the thingsthat

God

bath

done

for

us,to

take benefit

by them,

it

putteth out the

eye behinde

us.

Deut.32.6,7.

a.

It

will

not

fetus

take

deeply to

heart

the things prefent,

whe-

ther

mercies

or otherwife

;

if

a

wife man laugh

on

a

foole , nothing

will Fnke with him,

Pray.29.9.

And for the

hand

of

God

chaftening

us,

the folly

of

our hearts will bid

us

not take

it

grievoufly, but fhoote

off the

fenfe

of

it,

as

the rock doth

waters;

for

a

foolish heart

loveth

not the houle

of

mourning;

wherein our

foolifhneffe

is

like

to

theirs

that

will take

nothing which

fhould make

them

Fick,

though

it would

heale

them:

So it will

not

let

us

forefee and feare for

the

time

to

come

:

vs

foole cannot

be

admoni/hed

,

a foole

runneth

on

and

u

beaten.

The

beaft and

Fowles

better

then

we

;

In

wine

is

the

net ppread,

if

the

few

le

fie

it

; and

a

borfe will bogie where he bath

beene foyled

;

but

we

like

foolea eeafe

not to

reiteratefolly

, and fo

like

dogs

return

to

our

vomit

:

And

thus folly hindcreth

us

from feeing powerfully what

God

by

calamitiesand

other

experiences

doth

call

us

to.

3.

Folly doth

keep

us

from knowing, or

at

frail from

affebting

the

will

of

God which

we know ;

as a

foule, though you may

make him

repeat

a

wife faying

after

you,

yet

it will never

relifh

in

his foolish

un.

dertlanding, aswifdome

:

So it

is

folly

that

will

not let

us

admire

and

finde fweet.to our foules,

as

honey

to

the tafte, that which

is

the

wif-

dome

of

God

in

his

Word.

Wherefore

feeing

we

are

thus full

of

folly,

for

who

forgetteth not

things

of

ufe

a

2.

Whole

heart

can

take griefe

at jufl occafion

of

griefe!

3.

Who

doth

take

warning,and not

run his finger againe and

againe

into the

fame

fire

r

Who

findeth

not that

there

is

want

of

ra-

fting and

admiring the wifdome

of

God which

he

knowethf Let

us

therefore

fee it

and

hold that

healing

word,

Efay

32.4.

The heart of

the

foals fñ

fhal

underfland

knowledge,

and

the

tongue

oftheflammerers

fhaü

be

ready to /peake

plainly.

3.

We

fee

from this verfe,

What

it

is

that

can

make

ue

truly

wife

in

all

our wages,

viz.

the effelïuall knowing

and

obeying

of

Gods

word,

Deut.4.6.

Keep

theft

words

and

do

them,

for

this

is yourwi

fdome,and

your

underflanding.

What

wifdome

can

be

in

them

that have

left

the Law

of

their

God?

This

is

one commendation of Gods word,

that

the

entrance

into

it

giveth

wifdome to

the

f

mple.

Wherefore

we muff

not

be deceived

,

and

too

much admire

any

wifdome