----- 2 A fecendmark · <#.fning know• lcdg~. mote fpots and fiaines we fee in ourfoules, more purity inhis MajelHe, more·mifery in our owne nature; and therefore by the power of grace being forrowfjlll for the pollurions of our loules, feare– full ofhis Majelly, and fenfibJe ofour owne mi-. fery~wewillingly enterraine humility, and alowly cOQceit ofour felves. One cerraine marke then of ,Caving knowledge fball be this 5 ·Ifmoreskilfull tn Scripture, the more humble in ourowne conceit. A fecond markeof iavir~g knowledge iliall bee this.; Ifitbedrawne intopractiCe,and j9yned'wirh conver{jonof the heart from finne untoOod, and with reformation ,of life from evill togood; for a found change of the heart and lifeeveraccompa– nies faving knowledge. Knowledgewithout obeIjoh.:a.,,+ dienceand ftnceriry, is fo farre from beingfaving and available tofalvarion,rhat it hafinerh anddou– bles our damnation. Small reafon have men to be proud of their knowledge without practife ; for though for a dme they make it ferve their turne forafhewandaflourith, yet in the end itwill end in forrow and cutfes, for they increafe the bard– neffe of their heart, the guiltinetfe of their con– fCience, and the number of their fi:ripes and dam– nation io hell, according to the meafure of their formall and fiu!tletfe knowledge. There are many See IMIIIAdv. bafe baflaraand degenerate ends of .knowledge, ofLcar.p. 16 • whicl:t prophane men propofe to themfelves, and {inallytell:-upon : As pleafure of curiofity; quiet ofrefolntion ; refining artckaifing of the fpirit; vifrory ofwit; faculty of difcourfe; gaineofpro– fi:aion .; ambition ofhonour and fame ; inablement
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