S E C T;X I"I, of E./j s<Faal calling. Gis j 1y,t,not conforming fiimfelf to the prefnt courfeof the world, he is prefentiy branded for anunwire man ; k° immediately loofah all his reputation: As tuUianfaid in his days, when awifeeonfiderahle man turned- Chriflian, they would fay, 'Wirerquad Cajwr vii bon,u 6-fäpien¿fit (hrifliáv;k', t wonder fuch a wife and prudent min will turn Chriflian, Obfervation is that which is an implyed Doetrineby the Aporis ; abferv; That there it au excellent, heavenly, and fpiriendroil-dom. ' He that fpeaks of a wifdom after the flefb, neceffarily furperfeih: a is,"ifdopi'd( a more excellent and admirable nature , even that which is after the fpiri`fir Though you calla man able to tranfalt matrers'of great i nporru t , 4ho is ap? prehen&vtof cherime's and feafons for all Things to be clone, aestwi'erra:i'; yet there isa wifdom far tranfcending al this and that is, in Heate'i y toknow how to walk in a pleafing vaay to God, and at Taft, --fopartake of ever= tatting happinefsby him : TheTheam of wifdom bath been OftHV treanad'on by the Heathen, but their eyeswere upon this glorious fubj-ét, 'likethere of the Bats or the Owlsto therefplendent'Sun bears. eÄriJ,totle when he !peaks more aric`t- lv, makes wifdomto be the knowledgeofmoreexcellentand beavenly thïngs, with the caufesof them; but at 'other times, he makes wifdom robe the know-. ledge of any Arrvöe Sciences., Bat 1 (hall fpeak of wifdom ,'as the Scripture ufethit : And Fitt, It is taken for original and fsMlantialwifdom; and thus God is laid To be the onelywîfé god, Rom. 16.27. Why art thou repining and difconrenced ar the handof God, though never(o heavy on thee? God is the onelywife Ged; none path wifdom but he? And thus Chnft is often inthe ParablesicalledWffdoin; he is theincreated wifdom; and as hewas the Mediator, the treafuresofwifdon were hid inhim. Further, in the Scripture, wifdom is fometimes "tiled, for thofe abilities men have to difcharge their callings and relations fo Aholiab and Bezaleel are laid Ta 6efilled Withwifdömby Clodfor that work: f the tabernacle; and Solomonhad wifdom givenbim,to be a skillfulPilote,-to govern the chipof theCommonwealth committed.rohiseruct. Sometimes wifdom is taken for the worldly crafty (hilts and 'abilities men havetocontrive mifehievons defigns, or fave themfelves from danger. Sometimes for an opinion or conceit that men have of themfelves, as wife) when indeed they are but empty fhadows. And LaffIy,For true "god lines,inwhich female theScripture oftenufeth it,making thefear of Godthe beginning ofWijdam; & condemningall wicked mentor fools,Ders.n, 6'. In thenext place, let us obferve in what this wifdotn is difcovered : And Firft,ltinot acquiredbyfludy, and experience,$nd a prompt quick nature much working with there, as humane prudence is; humane wife menare both born and wherein (phi. made fo:born,becaufeall the book-knowledge &confu!ting with thofe deadcorn= Taal wifdóm ii fellow, cannot produce wifdom, if a manhavenota dextrous inclination there= difcovered into, yet an apprehenfrve nature without thofe helps, proveth alto very iti. (officient t Now this heavenly wifdom, it was neither bred inour bones, or ac.1 quired by our endeavors, but it comes from God onely : If any mars want wif- dom (faith lames) let him a,kit of god, who giveth to all men liberally,James 1.9. and therefore its called wifdomfrom above, Iames 3. r7. both originally, becaufe it comes from above; and finally, besaufeiscarrieth a man up toGod: Hence a,lfo its called Thefpirit ofwifdow, Ephef.u. andPaulprayèth, Godwould bebowit upon the Epheftant: So then, chofe chat are partakers of this heavenly jewel, they arc wroughtupon byGod; they werefoolifh, and evert like beaftsthat underftand uothing,cill Godmakes them fpiritually wife. Secondly, The ruleof this wifdom i, the wordof God: The Sciiptsret are ably ci to make evens Timothy, wife to falvation, a Tim. 3.19. Though Taeitess and` Machiavel, ate the politicians Bible, and they follow the inftruft:pins delivered
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