6: o Of Effidlaal adding. SECT.XII. fublime and intelleaual in a mani So then fle hly wifdom is like a Glow-worm upona dunghil,there is Tome lyllre,buton a noifom dunghil; they have parts,abi- lities,but like a jewel in aSwlnes fnour;whereas thiswifdom is faidto befirflpure, Jam. 3.17. and thenfollow the other properties, itsfirft pure. , 4. 4. Thugodly prudence, u its very ac`live in doing, fo itsas patient and admira- ble infuffering Holy prudence walkethbylawful rules toavoid danger ; but if Godwill exercife them, then its as wife tobear them with thefluunfhing exer rifeof allgraces. Now flefhlywifdom is fubtil to efcape miferies, but if fallen into them, then toileth and vexeth a man like a wildebull in a net. He bath no skill, nounderflanding to lay himfelf low before Cod : Now wifdom is as much, if not more fern in fuffering then in doing. Therefore lam, a. fpeaking of theafmiftions Godspeople would be plunged into, he addeth, If any .man lackwifdow, let himask it ofGod, that is, w:fdom tobear afiìidions, to account itall joy when theyare 6eft with them. Howfoever thrift bath commanded his t)ifciples prudence, that they may efcapeall danggers,yet he bath withal! told them, That all their wifdom, andall their godlineffe (hall not preferve them from per- recution, but they mull gomany of them at leafs through the red Sea of their ownbloud.into theLand of Canaan; now when all this doch befall them, they takeit thankfully, they rewyce theyare accountedworthy to;offer for Chrift ; they are not wearyof Chrift and his wayes, though they colt them fo dear; butnow thecarnal wifdom ofman, ifafter all the fhiftsaed fubtil plots hehathufed, he fallinto danger, then he is confounded, then he crieth out, then he roareth andcurfeth, and islike the Sea foaming out its froth.And thus for the firft Obje- °hie.i. $lion,! (halt a little touch upon another,and that is,Some may think from hence tnay be gathered a very popular .1rgumentagainßhumane learning : for iftheyare not many wife men after thefleJh that Godtakes, then this humane learning is nor oat! to be reo arded;Thofethat have the wifdom oftheSpirit, they ought to be exaltedonly, Anfiv. - Briefly to animer this, That althoughhumane learning without the Spirit of God, and thepower of Sanctification be nothing buta tinkling cymbal, and is the greateCtenemy Chrift hath, and theonely pillarof the devils kingdom, yet in it fell its a neceffary qualification, efpecially to thofe that are in theMiniftery, and although God chofe fifhermen, who at fiat wererude and illiterate, yet he afterwards endowed them with the knowledgeof the tongues, and miraculous abilities of wifdom andutterance ; andPaul had all that kinde of learning the Jews ufed to have, and betides was converfant in humane Authors, as appear- ethby his quotationsout of humane Poets ; and Mofes he was skilful in the learning of Egypt , which was then the onely famous place of learning. Now that learning of it felt is a neceffary qualification to theMiniftersof the Gofpe!, appeareth by thefeArguments; Learning ne- Firft, The knowledge oftheoriginal tongues isa great pars of humane learning, ccdhry in a yet how neceffary that is, all the world Teeth , for without that the Scriptures süni:ler, why could not be tranflated into a known tongue and interpreted. The Biblewould I. have been a fealed Book ; how could men, and women, and children be able to read the Scriptures, had therenot been learned men,who bygreatpains and flu- dy obtained theknowledge oforiginals? 2 Secondly, Itsrequifite, becaufeaMinißerietodivide the Word aright,óylom1awr which cannot be without the help of thofe arts, Logick and Rhetorick, which are properly fubfervient to that end; for although it be the Spirit of God that helpeth osto the Ionicoltise Scripture in a fpicitual laying way, we are not by our wit able to believe it, to applyit, to conform to it; yetassts a Text confi- fling of words, and a coherence tomakeup the fenfe ; fo the initrumental way todifcover that,is by the helpofthe arts, and therefore thofe thatare unlearned they are laid towee/I the Scripture, aPet.3.t8. CO mangle and torture them to their owndeOration.. 3 Thirdly, The .s verfaries are learned,and everyMinifler ought tobeablet.gai+t. far them. Lass.
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