Si c XII. Of Effeanal C lding. 6f 3 which are fo fubtil that a Papift himfelf faith; Amanmull have Irgén=m valde metaphyficum thatcan tell how to underhand them, are nothingbutwifdom af- ter the flefh. All fuper[titiousworfhip is a Wifdom after the flefh. And as in matters of Religion, fo inmatters of morality; all fubtil pretences, all fpeci- oes eváfions that menhave, when they commit any finde, or do any unlawfál anions, thefe are poifoned ftreams from that poifoned fountain of flefhly wif- dom. _Ohthen take heed,of pleadingforthe fins; Of diftindions in finning, of endeavouring tomake that lawful which thy confcience tels thee is unla.v ful I This feemingcarnal wrfdome will turn at tall to horrour and defpair of foul. Thou wilt then fee thou did{t but mock God; and deldde thy owti confcience. Fourthly, Wife menafter the flelh they arefubtil, crafty and induflrioua to ác- 4; camplifb alltheir evil defigns, and e f fell' all theirwicked purpofesthat they have can- Crafty to ac- rrived eithin themfelves. Thusthey arePaid to be wfe to do, evil ; and they are complifh their Paid to finny asid contrive mifchief, and that they cannot fleep,till they have wickednefs° wrought it. Their hearts are compared to the Bakers Oven, (_Ho .7 6,7.) that is heated, wherein all their mifchievous intents are perfelled: Ddvi:d often complainethof fuch crafty men, whole tongues were {harper then fwords, when their words were fmoother then butter. The Apoflle call it 000í toe and e J)dpit, Menthat candeceive ; theymakeit their work andbufinef, 4 and they do it withmuch eafineffe, becaufe corruptionBoth prompt them, and thedevil isat band ready to atïift them : Glory not then in being crafty and po- litick tobring about theGnfal lufts.of thy heart. Thou caaft aver- reach, cola. fen, deceive others : Oh remember Chrift bath called us to be Iheep and not foxes I Remember this thy wifdom willprove folly ; for Both not God fay, He will defroy the wifdomof the wife, -a Cor.3. And lothnot theLord take the wife in their owncraft ? Do they not dig their own graves ? Do they not fall in the pit they make for others? Fifthly, Wife meta after the flelb theyare conceitedandpuffed tip with thii ln+ifdorn, Sl They are fwoln bladders puffed upwith the empty winde that is in them. He Proud: that thinketh be knoteeth any thing, know.th nothing yet as heought to know, r Cor. 2.a. Ohit is a great matter toknow as we oaóht to know ; now the carnal wife man knoweth nothing as he ought to know ; He knoweth not the matter as he oughtto know, nor the manner; Not the matter; for Pan! defied to knoll nothingbut feftu Christandhim crucified, a Coc'2. And again, He accounted all things dung and drofe, for theexcellency of the knowledge of yefts3 Chrift, Phil.3. And the A'poltle would not have men glory in their riches, or in their might and power, yet in this, that they know God ; now the wifdom of the fiefh doch not limbic us to know God or Chrift, notGod as revealed in his Word; therefore fuchwife ínen do fo often difhoñour him and break his Command- ments and 'are refraaory under his judgements, not Chrift; for none can know him, but fuck as Paulthat account their own righteoufneffedung, that go out of themfelves, as poor, naked and miferable : But alas, wife men after thefiefh cannot do anyof thefe. And then for themanner, they oughtto know all things twowaies : Firft, Humbly with fenfe oftheir great ignorance, as Agarthough fo wife, faith, He badnot theknowledge of a man, Prov.3o.23. that he was abea/l andno man; Now the carnally wife are proud and arrogant, de- ferving that Mottowhich the Romans gave to their god Terminus that bounded their goods, Nulli'cedo, I giveplace to none. And fecondly, we mull know truths praiically, todo them, to finde thépower ofthem upon our hearts: if yeknow thefethinys,happy areyeif yedo them; and without this, knowledge and wifdom is but oil to make the flames of hell hotter. The Apoltle fpeaks of knowingTruthsas theyare inlefts, Ephef.}.r. and that is, when they make ui put off theoldman, andput on thenew ; And again, there is theacknowledging of truthaftergadlinefe, Tit.t.r. Now of all men in the world hone, are fo hops- Iiii 3 lefe,
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