Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Ofworldly wifedome and lbickted potieie. 73 refbefi oftby wifdome ?but it it notthe propertie of lbifdome tore: faperbiendo be proud : for by being proud, like a felfe- robberthou fpotles`t thy prmúm um felfeof that whereofthouglorieFt. dintia pine's. Secondly,worldlypolicie is vnlawfull and wicked, when Chryfoll.i, as it isfeuered from Chrillianfimpiicitie and finceritie; forz.Thelf.r thefe our Sauiour bath conioyned, willing vs to be as wife mil. /. as ferpents, and fimple as doues;and therefore no man ought 4 Set3 to feuer themwhich he bath coupled: and this the Apoffle isorl déd rahrn repeateth and expoundeth, I would (faith he) haueyou wife,to it is fruered that which is good, andfimpleconcerning euill. For which fim- from fmPlicitie plicitie Nathaniel is commended by our Sauiour Chrill; Be- and finceritie. hold (faith he) a true lfraelite ,in whom there isnoguile. So al- Maahao.ró. fo it is euill when as it is not ioyned with truth and righte- ohn q 9 oufiteffe. For truewifdome promifeth, that her mouth ;ballProu.8q.8.zo. f Bake the truth, and her lips abhorre wickedneffe, that all the lbords ofher mouth (halt be foundrightem, that there ;hall be na lewdneffe norfrowardnes in them; and that fhe willcaufe her fol- lowers to walke in the way ofrighteoufneffe, and in the middeFt of the Father of judgement. So the fonne ofSyrach faith, that true wifdome is farre from pride anddeceit, andmen that lie cannot rememberher, but men of truth 1h allhaunt her,and [hull proler euen to the beholding of God. Againe, it is euill and vnlawfull, when as men vfe wicked and vniufl meanes for the accom- plifhing of theirdeliires, as lying, facing, fwearing,forfwea- ring, treacherie and double dealing; or when astheypro- poundvino themfelues,in their policies,vngodly and finfull ends,whereby either God is difhonored, their brethren en- damaged,or their ovine confciences wounded, and faluati- on hindered : for (as one faith) to be wife vnto euill; is not to salute maim, play thewife man, but the foole. Finally, this ciuill wifdome is faperenoa etï eu ill to themwho haue an ouerweening conceit of it, extol - fßern Pere,i ling and magnifying it abone it worth, and placing in it Grad.humc.. (with Ara ode ) their chiefe happineffe;as alto to chafe who Ariflot. in in their loue fo dote on it, that they preferre it before that rhic. lib .S. wifdome which is diuine and fpirituall,whercasit fhouldbe but an handmaid vnto it, gluing it precedence and place when both cannot fland together. To conclude, it is euill to thofe who put their trufl in their ovine wifdome andpoli- cies,