Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That worldly tbifdomeand policie is to be contemned. 8 t which was vied in his daies, faith that it con//iledingatherinQ Auguftin, ad treafure, and in fcraping together worldly goods, in lying, pea_ tratr,in crcuso ring, cunning peruerting oficiftice, and[itch like cariageinall ferm.36. thúrcourfes; all which (faith he) is but meere fooliflineflè :n the fight of God. So another fpeaking according to the experi- ence of his times, faith, that this is the wifdome of the world,to Gregor.mora /, hide the heart *rth cunning deuices, to difguife a mans meaning lib.to, caps 6, with his words,to make thofe things which are falte to feeme true, and thofe things which are true toappearefalf. This forfoeth is that wifdome lvbich is knewne of Yong men by vie, and learned of children at dears rates: who fo know this, they thew theirpride in des`» fng others, and thofe who areignorant hereof,as vnderlingr and timorous perfont admire it in thofe that haue it ; becaufe this famedaublene , being cloaked with iaiquitie, is lowed of them..., whiled peruerfitie ofmind is calledcourtlineffe. This wi fedome commandeththofe that obey it, to clime into the higheftfsate of honor, and to reioycein the vanitie oftemporallglorie, when they haue obtained et ; to take manifold reisenge for Jingle inittries : to gioie place to none that oppofe again/t them, as long as their ltrengtb la3leth, but when all poffibilitie of power faileth them, that which they are-not able toatchieueby profef dmalice, they mull dill by difembiing peaceable kindneffe. But contrariwife, this is the wifdome of the iuif, to fame nothing in outward fhew, todeclaretheir meaning by their words, to loue truth, and awoid fal/toad, to dogoodfreely, and to fufereuill more willingly then to do it, not to Peke reuengeofiniuries, but to thinke it gaine to be reproched for the truth.But this (mplicitie of the iu/b is fcor.. ned, becaufe the vertue of innocence is by worldlings efteemed follie. For whatfoeuer is done innocently, is que.Ftaonleffe with them thought foaligi, and whatfoeuer in any worke the truth ap. proueth, that foundeth asfilly to carnali wifdome. For whatcan [vine morefooldl, to the world, then tv fhew a mans meaning by his words, not to faine any thing with cunning fetches, to offer no contumelies for injuries received; to pray for them that cnrfe; to feekepouertie, to leaueprefentpoffefons, not to rep him that taketh by violence,to turne the other cheeks to him thatfmiteth? &c.But what is thought an abomination to the efEgyptians,tbat the Ifratlites offer to God,and thisfmplicitie ofconfcience which G z1$