OfZZnovied e. 319 thus do thebeaflá:Balaams wifedome,and his Affeswifedome is allone. FortheAffe which and to make bathhutafouleofonelife,&whenhedyeth,hisfoulevanilhethintotbeatre ,ifhelraueaGadti Thfl good pafture,and then get a Lyons skin to makethe.beafts of the field afraidof him,and ',,';',1,11 part can kickeone with hisheeles,andùiakehim he before him,this isa bedshonour:: but the Cslatum ar- honour ofaman isgreater,whicb bath two lines, towhom this life oughtonly to beforthe genital,. fiiretieof the foule;atrd rather a way to another lrfe tlrena life ït felfe. This hadxbeen an- fwerrd bythe fathers-5.1 willdean fowith theworld,that I may remember God,but a Sear. ned fatherfaith, Thou mull put infe andmore,ordaleaueout,IwillrememberGod.De -Ftiu, &plus: eeiuenot thy fèlfe,thou giuclt all totlieworld:Godwill not onely be ferued,but in his or= der. Malachie calleth him a great-King, and therefore helooketlrfórthefirft feruice...and Daniel callethhimtheAncient of daies,a great Senior, andtherefore hewillbeferued be- forehisIuniors,Luc. i 7.The (-truant thathad laboured all day,is notbidden i rft toeatom' drinke, but toferbe:hismafter and then totake hisr"epaft. Cotstráryisourpract1fe,asin marriage, we lookefor beanie asad richesfirft, and then after our religion comesin.for a corollaiie, we will not be muchagainst it.- lomitháv snuff carrieSaules armour,and í31e. phïbefiethaloft looketo the Arke. Wemake diode beforeGod :irsbeitoev our &II yeeres on out felues , and.then the jeft wee bcjFowonGod. Tholeare vainemen which willfirlt feeke theadiettiues, - ester', then thekingdonie ofGod. Auguiline.faith : Ifthou wile nettles, thoumay fl fceke,but then' (halt never finde. I hone heard and knowne.awonglt couerowpilJe vsebofe,tbat would snake accounts first to bowel providedfor,andthen they wouldferue 7nrhe'51'44.. God in their callings, who hauing.gottenthree hundredor foure hundred by theyeere,Jitr5e. thenhauebeers furtheroff the they were before. Thesec and reason is,ifanymail befofoo- lifh,he (hall yet bemorefoolifh,he preferred]the fhadowofthefetranfrtoriethings before the eternal things:they fhal loose both thefhadov andthe thing.it:felfe,as Ae(apsdogdid. AuguJfisse faith, theyMollhave an end, either theltowne : that is, they fhall leaue thee,as Fichesbase lobs goodes did him socchine thanfhaltleasethen as theGlutton in theGof ell :butlra.7,adet, > P r. _itherto that which istvorlt,when theyfrall.haue left thee,,yetthe finne :whereby thougocteft teeuethre, them, (hallremaine withthee. Genefchap.4. Sinne Ileepeth at the doore, it ioquite ali s orthoe¡halt thy lifelong, but when weegot outof the doore of this life, it (hall compafl'e about our lease them. lieeles and our hands, andwe (hall neuer be rid of it. xo Knowledge of the word is as neceffaryaliaiteTor Chriftiaris,as the arteoflitAan- drie is neceffariefor husbandnien. Men can lay, they can learnt nothingof thePreachers butto loneGod abone all, and our neighboursajour felons: and as for this leffon,they fay they arenot now to goe to fchoolr. But this is as much as iforsefhouldfay,Husban- ObicCionof drie is an oafe thing , and there, is nothing tobee' learned there l utto fotrce, plough and e" ojtkarzde reape, anal yetto set his hand to anyof theft without knowledge of the trade , bee is alto- ledge', favt- getherfoolish. Weli then, as in this;fo inailother actes we will coh'f ffd that wee cannot rad. come to thepradife of particulars without knowledgeof theprinciples : and yet come to thegreat arte of knowledge, which is the maine profeflionof all, and needed] molt tea- chers'add heft fchollers ; andwee thinkeweecan karnethat With-fittingBill and taking of our cafe. But there is a knowledge of the worlde, and they that come to bee our fchooleínafters to that; they (hall be had in high eftimation, Howfoeuer evee;account of knowledge, the Prophet faith, that wider Chriihour knowledge excelled, the know.. ledgeof ehePrieftes ; and in Paules time, the women were fo full of vnderftanding, that theApoftlewas faine co take order that they Mould not fpeake in their open aflèniblies, wheretheywould = needes bee fpeaking. TheholyGhótb, Colof.chap.3. would not basic xorofnüar ó t thewotde of Godto dwell invsbeggerly , thinnelie or strangely, but plentifully : and fortrecer hardy withouttliis knowledgewee knowenothing todoe aswee. (hould doeit. And for se, fhll, sy Jt this cause in the formerage, though the diuell couldbee content men flionld bee as mer- cereguikieef ciu[l3'andastrue-dealers,- astheywould; becaure2hey wereguiltie.of Ignorance, and igierance,sad wanted knowledge to diret1them herein :yet.nowbecaufeknowledge is come,. hoe cares thépeople of nothowë vnmercbfäll and deceitfull men:become ,, naynow flee takesaway alerts and oa, shat c to- y calessemart arrìètlü and knoivledge, and all: Thereafonis,;becaufrwee make nomore precious ac- rnercie&zu- count Rice.
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