t14 PROVERBS. Coop , and that recornpence which he promifeth. And finally, to contort with the godly, by whole fellowfhip wee may be bettered, and to abandon the focietie of the wicked, whole company may proue pernitious and hurtful!. Reproofe oftholewhocome fo farre fl ort of reeking for wifedomc as for flitter, as that they be more remrtic in dig_ ing for it,than for Iron, .[?rape, or Lead;or anymore worth - letfe mettais. They preferre coales, (lone, ruyarle, snorter, foyle and dung, and ino[ contemptible matters before it, What doe they thinke of IcfTe?.chat doe they f peakeofle tTe? what doe they letTe labour for ? what doe they Life bewayle the want of e if they makenot good Mai kers,theymourne: if their crop and cattell nnifcarry, they cryout : if they fu. flaine any lotTe in their eaate,thcy areopprellkdwith griefe; onely their ignorance andgraceletucife is nothing trouble- fome to them. Verre Then /halt thouvndertand the feare ofthe Lord, sandfarde the knowledgeofGod. AFter the preceptsand infiruetions, followeth the pro. mile of good ftaccctfe, to everyone that is trac`hbJe to obferue thcfe conditions propofed. Heefhallvnderfand the feare of the Lord; his heart and corfcience thall experimen- tally be acqua!nted with trucpierie and religion,and roundly alío feafcned therewith: Andfinde the knowledge ofGod, his rt)inde fhall be adorned w ith anholy iLlumination,and made judicious in the Scriptures and Dodrincs of Faith : fo that bee flap be able ro difcernebetweene light and darkeneife, bctweene truthand errours,in mealurecompetent for his fat. nation. 3ot7r, They that faithfully viegood manes to come to know. ledge, (hall certaincly obtaine ir. In the fearch ofother things men may, and many times doe milkof their pur pores, and fo lofe their labour, but he that trauelleth as het ought, for the vnderflanding of Gods will and his heaueniy Myilerits, may be well afiüred at the entrance,
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