Procter#s.0Elp.9,V?Y.t a;r. Wi edame; C.v. All true wifedome is 'contained in the holy true wife. word.ofGod, he namethnot power, juf}ice, truth, orimercic, c is in though thefe be alto there infulneiTe,but wifedomein thiscafe s word. talceth the firfl: place, and fhineth out in greatefl brightneflè: In regardwhereof, the Apofile with a kindofinfultation,doth or,x. expostulate with worldly wife men, where the wife ? where.ù the Scribe ? bathnot Godmade thewifedome ofthis worldfoolàfl,4 neffe ? that is, whatfoeuer policieor reafondoth comparewith the wifedome ofthe fpirit, or is repugnant to it, or not fanai- fied by it, that the Lordinword reproueth,:.and indeedecon- foundeth. onsrx. Firfl, it ouermatcheth and ouerthroweth all the craft of cunning men,and the fubtiltie ofSathanhimfelfe : for whatCo- euer plots or praaifes of mifchiefe hee hath feemed:tnolt to preuaile in, haue alwayes turned to the ruineof hisowne king dome, andalbeit he fuggell new temptations,and raifevp new errors, and deuife finnes ofrtew fafhions,yet the Scripturesare cuermore readily appointed with new arguments to repel' them. Secondly, it is the fountaine, fromwhence is deriued all foundvederftanding,without which no man canattaine to true p.1.4<4. wifedome :. it fharpeneth the wit ofthemoll fillieand igno- rant, and addeth tothe knowledge of the-moi judicious and learned. Reprofe ofthem thatcondemne Gods holy ordinances of folly, and be afhamed of thepraaife and profeflionof them s but as for the inuentions offlefh and bloud,the fayings of men and the painted fhewes ofhumane wit, thofe they haue inhigh admiration. Inftruaion,to renounceandputoffourowne carnalireafon, and to be dire&ed.onely by the commaundements. andcow. Fels ofGod in the Scriptures. Chap.3 . S.G. Confolation againfl the craftie heads offubtilefoxes,Which goe about to circumuentpoore Pimple and harmeleffe chriítuP ans : ifwe can pray againft their praaifes,as Dauiddid,their purpofes and coon%Is fhalbe turned intofolly,aserfchitophela was. 'BIä.
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