54 The Souks efetsnui i v ij to . drift. {kilt never be taught byhim ifthou thy felfe can teach thy felfe : thereforedown wth thole haugh- ty imaginations, in regard of thyovineparts and abilities, ift'iouhopeft that Gal (hill guide thee; and learne thee in thewayof truth. Therefore let every onebe a foole, that he maybe wife : when thou art a foole in thy fell-,thenGod will inform thee,when thoucanft l t v down all thy ownecon- ceits, andcaptivate all thy carnal! reafons, then thou art like tobe taught oftheLord : But before, there hinder the Lord from informing thee in the wayoftruth. He that fees uphisowne wit above thewifedomeofthe Lord, he{hall neverbe exal- tedby the Lordof heaven. This I take to bee the reafon why fome men of deepe reaches, and of great underhand;.ngs,aremarve!Ioufly be(btted in achriftian courfe,& in the wayoflife &falvaton. The reafon is, becaufe they truft to their owne wifedome, and rely upon t',-e arma of&{h, and upon their owne policy, and upon the depth of their owneunderftandings; and that is the reafon why the Lord leaves them to their fooli b imagi- nations : and as the Text faith to the Roman;, when they thought themfelves wife, they becamefeeler. James 5. at the beginning; Ifany man want wife. deme, let himaske of the turd. Theword in the 0- rig:nail is, ifan: man be like a begger, that beg. geth upand downe for bread when he is hungry,: för Ifthou beeft emptyof thy felfe, and abegger in thine owne apprehenfion;if thoudolt laydown all thy conceit of thv owne wifedome, then the Lordwill give thee wifedomeabundantly. Secondly;
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