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O
f
Satan;
policie.
skilful'
in
defcrÿing
all
Satans ffratagerns, and alto
in
pre...
uenting
them.
being
difcouered.
For howfoeuer in the darke
night
of
ignorance and error
we
may
eafily
fall
into
his
am-
bufhments,yet the
light
of
Gods word fhining
vnto
vs,
will
plainly
difclofe
them to the
eyes
ofthe
moll
limpie.
But
betides this
theoretical) wifdonie
feated
in the vnder-
!landing,
there
is
alto
a
pra
&icall
or
operatiue wifedome
re-
quiredin
Gods word,which fheweth it
felfe
in our affections
and
a&ions.And
itconfifleth
in
the
feare
ofthe
Lord,that
is,
true godlineffe and finceritie
of
heart.
Of
this
lob
fpeaketh,
Iob
1848.
chap.
z
8.verf
z8.
The
feare
of
the
Lord
is
rrif
dome,
and
to
de-
Pfalm.
Y
z
I.
z
o
part from
euill
is vnderstandinç.
So
Pfalm.
I
I
I
.
i
o. The
feare
of
the
Lord
es
the head
or
beginning
o
f
rvifedome.
And
Pro.28.7.
,Prou.28.7.
he
is
called a
wife
Tonne
which kcepeth
the
laax.
So
that
our
chiefewifedome
conlfleth in
the feare
of
the Lord,
and in a
godly
endeuour
ofperforming'obedience to
the
Lords com-
mandements.
If
therefore we would attaine vnto
fuch
fpirituall
wife
donee
that
we may refill
our
fpirituall enemie, wemull
be
conuerfant
in
hearing
andreading
the
word
ofGod,medita
-.
Pfalsn,z.z.
ting
therein
with
the
Prophet
TD
dboth
day
and
nht;
and
withal'
we mull
by
all meanes
feeke the
feare
ofthe
Lord,
a-
bouring to
leade our liues in
a
conflant
courfe
of
true
godli-
neffe.
And
though
we
are full
ofinfirmities,
yet
at lean
let
vs
haue
an
holy endeuour to
performe
fèruice
vnto
God,
in
truth,
vprightneffe, and
integritie
of
heart.
And
fo
we may
affure our felues
that though
we
be
neuer
fo
Pimple
and
foo-
lifhby nature,
yet
{hall
we be
wife
enough
to
with{
}and
and
c
uercome our fpirituall
enemies
:
for
the
Lord
who
is
wife-
dome
it
felfe
will dire&
vs
in our waies, and he alto will
fo
infatuate this
curled
Achitophel,
and turne his wifedome
in-
to foolifhrffe,
that
we (hall
neuer
thereby be
hurt
or
cir-
cumuented.
But
on
the other
fide,
though
we
be,neuer
fo wife
in
car
-
nali wifedome, and
though
our heads
be
a
florehoufe
of
po-
litike
flratagems,yet
if
we
negle& Gods
word, and
volunta-
rily giue our
felues
ouer vnto
finne
and difobedience,we
Thal
be
fo
befotted
with:
follie,
that
Satan will
cafily deceiue and
circuLnueut
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