erf:4. PROVERB.r. 210.11 derflanding,fhal neuer be able to reapeany profit by them: Yes (faithhe) all forts that are exercifed in them aright,fhall receive good by them, one afwell as another . The firs} fort hee calleth by twonames, Simple, andChildren ; by tim- p aide ol perfons , whom elk-wherehe ca1- leth, foolifh, ignorant, vnskilfull and fuch as belecuc euerie thing tolde them , and yeelde to euery thing impofed vpon them . To thefe this Booke will glue fharpenetfe of wit, roger.' 4.I5 that is a good capacity, with cluickeneile of conceit , cun- ning (as the word fignifieth) orfubtilty 3 but fuch as is harm. late and holy , not whereby they are apt to beguileothers, but able (notwithffanding their Dc uelikefimplicity) tobe- ware and take heed to themfelues,that they be not beguiled of others a which krude of wifdome our Sauiour himfslfe conmendeth in the Gofpell . By Childe, he mcanethnot Mgts,ioa«. Babes and Infants by age , through want of yeares, but whatfoeueryeeres they haue on their backes, bee calleth them children, ifthey be Nouices , lacking judgement, and vndertianding, or rath, vnfetled, or mutablein that which they know r To thefe this booke will glue knowledge and difcretioni foundnetre in iudgement,flaiednetie in affection, and prudence in the orderingofall their wages. Sample, &c. TheScriptures ofGod are written afwell for Do7r, g, the benefit ofthe meane and ignorant, as of the great and learned. Theydoe not onelyglue good precepts to the learned and menofgreat capacity; but likewife make them, that are yet but filly, and vnexpert, to become judiciousand capa- ble ofthem. For this , together with many other matters , doth the Prophet celebrate the pralle ofthe Lord, andhis word, fay- g; Thy Tes`tironiesarewonderfull, therefore doth my Soule Pfal.t r9,r3o. k epetheni. The enterance into thy words fheweth light and 197 siuethvtaderfandiyg to thefimple. And for this calk it is that Wifdome calleth vpon fuch , by way of incitement, to be her guefls , and come to her feafl . Who fo isfimple, let him come hither, and to himthat 14 deifitote ®fwifëdome,feefaith, Pr"er.9,4,6, Come
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