Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Of fpiriruallwifdome. 67 dome iborth eft eeme,which doth sootflie in the wind of words, but Sapiemtio ilia con fig in the operations of vertue.But when this wifdome and clam eft,xon obedience are ioyned together, then are we truly faid to qua attained unto fpirituallwifdom, whereby as our iudge- rattbnr conflit. ments are informed, lo alto are our affeelionsfanetified, and Gregor.in our hues reformed and amended. And hereof it is that true moral. wifedome is faid in the Scriptures to conGft in the feare of God; The feare ofthe Lord is Liiifdome, and to depart from will lob a8.:8. is vnderrfanding. And, the beginning of wi fedome is the feare of Pfal.t t r.to. the Lord,all they that o6ferue them banegood vnderflandrng,his Prou.o.q. praife endureth foreuer.Becaufe,where the true feare ofGod is, it will make chofe who .are .inducd therewith, to labour after the knowledge of will, that knowing what is plcafing voto him, they may imbrace it, and what difplea- fing, that they may auoid it : and for as much as they are al- wayes in his fight, it will caute them awfully to demeane themfelucsasin his prefence, obferuing his will, and yeel- ding obedience to all his Commandements. And thus the Prophet ioynech thefe together, faying, that the Spirit of the Efay u:a.y. Lord fbould rest upon Chri'E,the Spirit ofkyowledge,and of the feare of the,Lord,andfhonldmakehim prudent an the feare of tho Lord. Now thisfpirituall wifdomeconfif1ingin knowledge, O- .Sec`i.4. bedience, and feare of the Lord, is.to bee learned no where spirituati wiiJ elfe, but outofGods word, in which her bath ecuealed his dome is to be will, and vied manyeffe&uall rcafons to moue vs to obedi- l`arnedonly out Gads word. ente; forfo. the Prophet `Daurdfaith, that the lawof the Lord P lm x9.7. ss perfett,conreerting thefoule; the teFfimonie gibe Lord is fore, and giuetb wifdome to thefimple. To which purpofeanother faith,that theword ofGodmoffhigh IS the fountaine ofwifdome, Ec leti.s: and the euerlaging Commandements are the entrance vnto her. And Hierome afñrmeth, that true wifdome is a treafere which Vera fapientia only groweth in thefield of the Scriptures, thewhichisa ielbellqu /Jltsfmina worthietobe boughttbithmanypearles. So Danis! afcribethall.gro¡cripeora- his wifdome to the inflruelion of this SchooIcmatler.: By remnafcuur, thy Commandements (faith.he) thou hart made mee wifer then &c. Hieron.ad mine enemies ; for they are euer wok, me : I,haue had more vn- Pammachium, demanding then all my teachers, far thy teífimonies are my me- Tom,t. F z diration.