Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That worldly Vifedome and'Wide istodecontemned .- 7î which God efieemeth the greateft follie; whereofit is that vfually in the Scriptures finne is called by the name of h fol. h 1.Sam.13.13 lie,and (inners are termed fooles. Thus the Prophet conclu- .z.Sam.r3.i j. c and z4.ro. deth that they are fohfl, that doe not know the way of the Pro.r4.9. Lord,and that there is no poflibility that there fhouid be any o lere.q.4. and wifedome in them that reie .the word of God: d they haue d cap.s.9. (faith he)reiea5led the word of the Lord; and what wifedome is e Proa.7. ooles, who Sa tie ma!um in them ?And the Wifeman faith that they are of p de i ewi edome and ir. ruïlien, that is, the feare of the Lord fa non eft, f f Ì , and true godlineffe, as he there expoundeth it. To this pur- Bern.de grad. pofe one taith,that to be f vntoeutll is to play thefoole. And humil. another afñrmeth,that this falfe wifidome is true follie.And in stutriria vera truth what is moréfoolifh then to gaine the world,yea Tome tia.Au 4 de fmall trifles in the world, and to lofe a mans foule ?then to Epic.@ stoic. embrace carnali things,and contemne fpirituall;to exchange traa.cap.s. for earthly and momentanie vaniti'es,our heauenly inheri- tance, and that eternall waight ofglorie ? what more abfurd then with ouermuch wifedome to ioy in a mans felfe of his owne faluation,aud by wilful! finning to call a mans foule into hell,fór the gaining of that which hee is euery day in danger to lofe? the which follie who fo will not acknow- ledge here,that he may forfake it,fhall be fure to confeffe it, in hell fire, with bitter griefe and horrible anguifh, as it is Wifd.t.4.5.Etc, notably fet downe in the booke of Wifedome. Let vs there- fore in time embrace this fpirituall and heauenly wifedome, and reietf and hate that which is worldly and carnali, for fuch contrarietie there is betweene them, that they cannot be reconciled nor ioyned together. To this point one fpea- keth fitly : l f(faith he) thou lbouldefl6e accounted the f eitfe of Chr :,what haft thou to doe with the wifedome ofthe flefh,which is emnitie with God? wouldeft thou reconcile this emnitie, and haue in thee both the wiredome of the f efh and of the f irit ? a little 'careen f wreth theWhole lampe, and how much more when Poteßperimi the leauen is much, grad the lumpe little? what fellowfhip is there at penitt:a non between the law of concupifcence, and the law of charitie ? that fit, non penit ought not to be ioyned with this ,becaure at will not be fubtelt to it: premi Vt ei cas- for the lbifedome of thefia fh either re/ifleth the law of God, and tefeeratura fir. fa is anenemie,orveterl eri eth and commeth tonothin ; ei- GIInbert.fup. yp g Cant.fem.za: t her