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That worldly wifdowe and policie ie to be contemned, 7 5 their glorie, of being counfellers to Princes and Potentates of the world, which they moli defire and value, he maketh them none ofhiiscounfaile, but keeping all bisfecrets dote from them, he reuealeth them to filch as theyeflecme babes Matth.11.z5. and fooles. And therefore feeing the Lord fo bafely eftee- meth of worldly policie,let vs (making his infinite wifdome the rule according to which we are to conforme and fquare our iudgement) learne allo to fcorne and contemne it ; and labour after that fpirituall and diuine wifdome, which will make vs wife veto God, and further our glorie and euerla- fling happineffe. But this may further our contempt of this worldly will 4seii,s. dome, ifweconfider that it is not onely not good, or of any Mat the diuell worth, but alfo corrupt and exceeding culli. For fir(}, if we is the author of will deriue the pcdegree ofit, we fhall find that it is more sortdlywile_ ancient then noble, the diuell himfelfe being the father and dome. full founder ofit c for the Apofile lames plainly tellcth vs, that this `worldly wefedome which defcendeth not from abcue, is Iames 3.15... earthly, fen/raalland dine/bib. Earthly,becaufe it mindeth only earthly things, and maketh vs neuer to forecall how after we depart from the earth we may come to heaven : fenfuall, not only becaufe itbeleeueth nothing,but that which is Cub - iedt to the fenfes, or may be demonfirated by carnalireafon, but becaufe it alto moueth men to pamper themfelues in fen - fuall delights, and voluptuous pleafures; as thinking that there is no other Paradife but the earthly Eden; and diucl- lifh, becaufe it came from the diuell as the firfl author, and is continually taught by the fame fchoole.mafler; and will alto bring then to the diuell whcvfe and praElife it, vnlcffe they preuent their damnation by vnfainedrepentance. But that wee may more plainly perceive that this curled 4,Se17.6 childc doth not degenerate from this wicked parent, if wee Worldly wife- confider. further of it, we (ball finde that it exceedingly re- domerelcmhtr,/h fembleth him in the very countenance. For firfi,as the diuell saran in mold -_ with ref itefull malice o oféth hirnfelfe againil the maie- Lt0`4 onno ¡rag P 1 P n a s¡r,ff 6od.. file :fo this worldly wifedome being his offering,, g taketh the fatherspart, and oppoleth it Idle with like ma- lice againfl the wifedome of God. For fo the Apoflle faith, that.