The soasieseTe: uattcaIIingtoChrift. 57 acknowledge youhave it as fromGod, labour fo to improve this wifedome, that God may get fomethingbyit : you are but flewards ofit, and therefore youmull improveit for his advantage as the fleward that receives money fromhis ma- iler, &c. fo bath the Lord given thee a f ocke of wifedome, and bath elected that eye , and that judgementofthine, of it to hisglory. Therefore doenot lift up thy felfe, in regardof thine own parts,and fufficiency; but ifyou finde your hearts to fwell, and rife within you, (for knowledge is a very airymetall, as the Apoille faith, it puffes up a man) therefore when thou findeft thy heart thus bublingwith tholecurled diftempers,realon thus, Why fhould I be proud of a borrowed fuit? my minde was as blinde as any undçr hewen, there- fore let bafenefíe bee mine, let wifedome be the Lords, Gal. 5. The apprentice that is taught by his mailer, muff: not prefently trade for himlelfe, buthe workes for his matter, and gives him the commodity : fo let usdoe ; weare Gods fctiollers and prentices; weare now come into his fchoole. }-lath the Lord taught thee any skill in prayer, any wifedome toconceive ? doe not worke now foryour(elves, doe not letup prefently, but la- bour to return all to him, and tomakethe Lord partaker ofthegood hebath beflowedupon thee. Thus much in generall, that the Lord is theau- thorofthis teaching. but now we come to parti- culars, to feehow the Spirit in fpeciall manner doth this. ThisI tell you,that thewhole foule mull come H 3 to
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