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8$ Of f iritaaall trifedovee, Pfa1.t 19.98.99 titration. By thy precepts l haste gotten vnderflanding; there 104. fore 1 hate allthe wales of ftlfehood. Ofwhich whofocuer are ignorant(thongh they excell in worldly wifedome,yet they) are very looks; as Jeremy concluded: :Surely (faith he) they Icre.s.4, are pore, they arefooltlb, for they haue not knowne the way of the Lord,nor the iudgements oft heir God. 4.Sell.5, And thus it appeareth wherein true wif t}w confifleth; The true proper_ the properties whereof theApofile lames tints defcribeth tics of (f'.rituall The anfedome (faith he) that is from above, is frig pare, then f cdome peaceable,gentle, eafie to be intreated, fall of mere*, and good I 3 . fruites,n ithout iudging,wsthoot hypocrite. Vnto which diucrs others might be added; as firfi, that it is fpirituall, and exer- cifeth it felfe in fpirituall things, namely in the getting and well ordering of Gods fpirituall graces, and in the affttring and furthering the eternall faluation ofour foules. Second.. ly, it is humble and ioyned with meekenes of fpirit; for f© the Apoflle exhorteth him that would be elicemeda wife Iatn.3.,3: man and judged with knowledge, to !hew by good conuerfation his workes in meeknes of wifedome. To the fame purpofeone Sommacura faith, that wee mull takefpeciallcare,lell hagingrecetssed wife- prouidendum dome,when it cloth inlight en the darknes of ignorance, it doe not eß ne accepta take away the light of humilitie. efind fe it cannot be true Mife- fapientia,cum dome ; for although tt /hMe with the vertue ofeloquence, yet it iorantiete- doth darken the heart of the fpeaker with the valle of pride. zebras it /umi- f k nat,lumert Thirdly, it is fincere and fimple, and voide of all fraude and humilitatistol- diflìmulation. For as our Sauiour Chrifi requireth, that his lhaItGregor.in remains fhould be as tki(as ferpents,fo alfoas fimple and in- Mauh.xo.16. nocentasdoues. And the Prophet Dauid faith, that as fhone Pfal.ra9.1o4. astby Gods precepts hee had gotten vnderflandifig, heepre- fently hated allthe waies of falfehood. To which purpofe Ber- nard fpeakerh to the Church after this manner : O fpoufe of Chr (faith he) there ought not to bee in thee the w: f dome of the frpent without theftmplicitie ofthe doue, nor thefimphcitie of the doue without the wifedome of the ferpent;for as much as 'De modo benè the wifidome of theferpent warneth the doges ftmplicitie to be- viuend,,Ser.1f ware ofeuils,and the ftmplicitie of the done tempereth the wife- dePrudentia dome oftheferpent ,thatit may doegood.And a little after hee faith,that are oughtto be fo fimple in innocencie of life, as that alto