[elfe,inriching exAmination. · but to workc fpirituall good, andfo_r the convei,.. fionof others. · Afifth marke of favingknowledge is,ifit beget: r; reverenceofthat great MajefHe, and love ·to that : Afifth rriall of , h 1 h · k & h d • l W d faving know- , . .·o y true . It nowes . ··. appre en s m t 1e · or· • l<·dge, itbt~;ers Exaepr. with an vnfained and zealous affectionwe · love. loveGod; his Word and truth. his Sacraments) his Sabbaths, his !ervams, all the knowledge in the world will doeusno good. Knowledgeofit felfe · puffeth up the heart, and make it fwell withcontempt ofour.brethren;btitwithIove_it bu.ildethup, , and helpeth to ·convert our ·br-ethren. The blefied 1 Cor,S.I; Apofl:le s. Pan/vilifies& difallowe~ all knowledge~ . power, or prerogatives whadbev.er, whiCh are nm - , afruatedandfanctifiedwi rhiove, I Cor.q.I;2.1fa , manwere feene into the :depths, fecrets, and my- . aericsofall knowledg~,ifhee wereable to convert · wholeNatiOns; ifhe-were fo ·mighty in mirades, that he could remove·the frony rocks, and fturdy mountaines, there is aftivepower. Ifhe were not only able to endare·ditgrace,loffe of goods,banifli... ment, imprifonment, but alfo dudt facrifice ' his bloud in the flames; and render uphis body tobe burnt, for ·the profeffion of rhe truth ; There' is power paffive•.Jf he ,had ·not onely the eloquence ofail theOrarourson earth, but_ even the tongue of. an AngeU; allwere nothing, iftbe divine flame of love were not kindled in the heart; to feafcm ~nd fanctifie themail, which onely makes us pre– ferre the. glory and fervice ofGod , before all riches, ·and the ·wnole world ; and to love and efrecme a true C.hri!Han·farre more deaFly than . ill ~ --------.~~~~ ... ~. --~~~--~~~----~~ <
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