DoL4.i. o truedeu onwithout ue knowi. dge. b.Lz,4.xg. 24 rimers. called him foule when he died : and fo (faith he ) is euery one that gathcreth riches to himfelfe and is not rich inGod. Confolation againf} the reproehes, that are call vpon men when they fet themfelues to feare the Lord : now (faith the world)they begin to be fooles,hitherto theyhaue hued ingood account, ef}eemed for fenfible wifemen, and henceforth they, will bee nothing fet by : now (faith the Lord) they beegin to be wife : hitherto they could haue no approbationfromGod . or good men,but now they take theway for goodvnderilan- ding. end the,noutedgge.Sound and fan(ified knowledge is the wmother of all Chriflian deuotion,where that faileth,there can be no fincere pietie:fo faith God himfelfe in the fitChapter, ve r.29. They hated IZnowtedge,aYddidnot chufe thefeare ofthe Lord.Which Iob reproves in the wickedworldlingsofhis time theyfay to rod,depart from vs,we defire not the knovc1edge ofthy wayes,who is the Almightie,that weAmidferue him ?andwhat profit Jhall wee have ifweJhould pray to him ? wherein they de- clare that they hare his prefence, and reieft the knowledge of his will,and call offall care of his woríhip, and fo there is an irreligious heart,an ignorant minde,and an impious behauiour.. Firft,faith dothneuer goe without it : forfaith is a perfwafi- on, and that perfwalïon is an high degree of knowledge, tl;e heart beeig firmely allured of the truth of that whichGods . promife did glue them to vnderfland. Secondly, the vnderflanding is the eye ofthe foule togin direElion, and the fountaine fromw hence all good affections doe fpring. Thirdly, there can bee no exercife ofgodlineffe (which is the very breath ofall religioii)where the commandement and promife ofGod is not apprehended. Fourthly, the diuell bath the dominion of them that line altogether 'in blirtdneffe : for bee is the Prince ofdarkeneffe he taketh,and holdeth,and leadeth them according to his will: and he will neuer be willing that either God fhould be ferued, 9 iRcafns.i. 2 3 phc6,m. .Tim.i.z6. or anyman fhould be fatted. ufe,:. Inflruftion tovfe all induflrie anddiligcnce to get know- ledge
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