XII. , ofEeïirroatGalling: bit SERMON C y. Wile menafter thefleJh charateriz'd, and (by god for themoftpart) rejected. I C o te. t.36. Not many wife men after theAlb, 6.6-: yOu have heardofawildom fecretly implied by this diflin, l'e exprefli; onof the Apoftle, wiremenafter thefietti, viz. That there is an excel- lentheavenly wifdome, which ini wifdome after the Spirit. And this is indeed the true proper wifdome. Humane wifdome, like the Glow- worm,may caufe Tome haltre in thenight ;but heavenlywifdom is like the Sunne, glorious at noon -day. Now concerning thefe earthly and 'carnally wife men, fee thedreadful difpenfation of Gods providence, Not many wife men sifter the PA Godcalled. Thofe thatby their craftywifdom are able to get thegood things of this world, are deniedthe good thingsof the world to come. Thofe that we rife to fay of, Let them alone, theywilllave one, do commonly hereafter lofe two, viz. their foul andbody. The worldsWife-man at the dayofJudge went will be Gods fool. Obferve then, These wife men afterthe fiefb, though of great repute in theWorld, arefor the mold ob f ro, part rejetZedby Godinrrfrettofeternalglory. The Devil at firft made lifeoftheSerpent to deceive mankinde, as being more fúbtil thenany beat}of thefield; butGod he takes thefooli/h things of the World toconfound et he wife. That as ourSaviour in anothercafe faid, That Which ishighly efleemedamongfl men, is abominable before God; So it is here, That which the worldmagnifieth, which it adoreth ; iscall away as refute and Moire by God. Thofe things which the world reverenceth as Idols of gold, God many timed makes fire- brandsinhell: So greatly do Gods thoughts and mans differ. Toopen this let ns confider, What are the Chara&ers and Properties of wife Thecháratcr- and propeitü, men afterthe &fit And ofwife,ren al- birft, They are fischwhoh.avea deep judgement andjavoury tafle about world) ter the rid, things, the pleafures andprofit offin, butno apprehenfonor reli1h At all about bee. r. verily things. Sapient aSapore, becaufe hefndes a tafle and experimental fweet- They rel;fit; nefsin the objec4 he is converfant about. Now as the heavenly wife man he only worldli . fmdes a fweet relith in heavenly things, as you fee by Davids many expreftìons thm o. about theword of God, andthe enjoymentOf God ; So the earthly wife man he bath a favoury pleatingrafte in thefe inferiour comforts: As David faith; Thou haft put more gladneffe inmy heart, thenthey have had when their wine and oyl increafeth, Pfa.4. So thefe have more joy in the increafe of their profit and pleafures,then inany Ordinances or religious Worfhipof God: As David faith, Hiefoul breaketh for the longing it loath alwayes to theCommandments of God So his foui even breaks for the longingit bath to theaccomplifhment ofall its lofts and defires.Ifyou then would have a true defcriptionof theworldly-wife man,;t is eminentlyin this, He hath a delight and tweet favour in the enjoying of ..11 liii
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