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66 Of iritnallivifdotre.. let thy dwelling-be inlacoh; and take thine inheritance in Ifrael; androot thy felfe amongmychafen. And tartly by the Author this fpirituall wifdome is di flinguifhed, from that worldly and carnali wifdorne, whichisinfpired by the wicked fpirit, the ftibtilc world and our ovine corrupt fiefs. L.SeJl.2 Now this diuine and fpirituall wifdome cloth confifiin whtrei4/piri- our knowledge of God, and of his will, andina holy obe- taallwi;dome diente thereunto, in the whole courfe ofour lines; for it is confìfetb. partly fpeculatitle and in contemplation,and partlypraélicall and in operation : the former is vfually called fpirituall dome, whereby our of Gods word we know generally what istruth,and what is falfehood, what is good, and what is e- uill ; and anfwerablie in our iudgements approue and chufe the one, and condemne and refute the other: thelatter is cal- led fjiritual prudence,whereby we are able to bring the for- mer into vfe upon euery fpeciall occa lion, putting difference betweene truth and falfehood, good and euill, chufing the one and refuting the other, according to thofe dicers cir. cumfiances, ofperfons, times, places, meaner and ends. So that the former is exercifed in things generali and neceffary, (hewingwhat is lawful!, and what vnlawfull in it felfe; the other in things fpeciall and contingent, !hewing what is fit and conuenient, and what vnfit and inconuenient in refpea ofcircumfiáces: which d ifferencethe Apofile maketh,where tiCor.6:ra. fpcaking of things indifferent, he faith, that all things were latbfxll vnto him, but not all things profitable orexpedient. §.Secl.3. Spirituali wifdome therefore conlfleth in the knowledge spiritnau tatf. ofGod, and his will, ioyned with a praéiicall and holy vfe domeira.'w2yes thercofin our lines and conuerfations ; for without this the et feand bidi- other is but an idle (peculation, which deferueth not the cget,. name ofwifdome or Ghriflian prudence ;the which is opera- tine, caufng a man to make vie ofthat he knoweth, accor- ding to that, Jam. 3. 13. whe is a wire man andinduedenith knowledge among you ? let him fbelb by good conues fàtion hit worhes,inmeekener and wifdome.To tshjob purpofe one faith, Ilazianzenin that rho cheefe wifdome isa commendable life, and a pure mind A2olog. beforeGod,hysahich the1ure are ioynedwrtb theprere,and theho- affoctited with the holy. And another faith, that that ù trif- demo