7teafona mowing to thecontempt ofworldly learning. 95 good Grammarians, and to haue the knowledge of all tongues and languages if therebe no congruitie betweene I.Cor.t;.1. Gods law,,and their life and manners, and hauing their heads full fraught with this learned skill, their hearts bee emptie of loue and charitie? What benefit haue they by theirenquifite skill in Arithmetike, whereby theyare able tonumbernumbers numberleffe,ifthey want skillto num- ber their daies,that theymay applie their hearts to,true w if- dome ? What thoughlike good Geometricians they could meafureall the parts of the earth, and take the height, and demonfirate the bigues ofall the (farmsofheaven; if they haue nomea tinein their pallions, appetites, and earthly de- fires? What though like cunning Afironomers and Afro- logians,rhey knew the number ofthe flarres, with all their morions,the conf#ellations,afpeéls, and influences of there celefiiall bodies, and could neerely geffe at future contin- gents,and things to come; iftheir hearts and affediions re- mainefafined to theearth,when their eies are lift vptohea- uen,foas they can neuerraitethem on highwith anyfpirii walland holy meditation ? What though like cunning Mw fitians,theyybe skilful! in all the moods,chords, and propor- tions; ifthey cannot accord the iarring difcords of their ownepaflions,normake that fweete harmonie in Gods hea- ring,by caufing their heart tongue and hand to accord and agree together,in aholy andvpright profeilion and praéiife ofgodlineffe and righteoufneffe? What will'it helpe sk ilfull Philofophers, though they were able to vnbowell the fe- crets ofnature, toknow the caufes and yeeld the rcafon of all things, which curioltie her felfe could inquire; if they be ignorant ofthegreat Creator,and ofthemfelues,neither knowing the corruptionof their narure, nor the meanes how to bee freed from it? What will it profit them if like skilful! Hifiorians,they can relate what bath been done in all countries,in all ages, iftheybe not well acquaintedv ith the hiflorieofthe Bible,and the Gofpell oflefiis Chrifl,nor knowwhat hebath done for their faluation ? What though like cunning Lawyers theybe learned in the lawes ofmen, ifthey bee ignorant in the lawof God, and lawleffe and i(- cenciou
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