394 VlllS.JS• ~ A•Expt~fitii11,WithNotu CHAP.J• .Out of this Verfe obferve : -~b[trv. t. 1. That 'Wt foould IDflk.Jt.[ter the Drfgi11t~l ofthat '¥1'hicb -_.,con– llive to be \\lifaom. ·Is it from above, or from beneath? The qua– lity is gft known by the original: True wifdom is infpired/Jy god, and taught out DJ theWord; fee for both, lob; :a.8. Prov. z.6. and fe.tched Dut by prayer, I. !Gng. 3·9·_& Pfal.zs-4,~· Men have~ natural faculty to underfiand and d1fcourfe, but without t·he affifrance, ·counfel and illumination of the-Spirit we can do nothing iq ~ divine matters; we have it from God, from his Word and Spirit~ . "" · after waiting and prayer. Gods mind is revealed in Scripture, but we cah fee nothing without the Spectacles oftheHoly Ghofi : The quickdl, tharpefi eye needethlight ; v.,,.,.. 21, He givethWljdom \ ro the 'Wife, and k.f1.owleelg to them that i{_uow 1111derf114nding. WeU then, You that pretend to wifdom in Religion, may from hence ~lilt Bent ora(Je know ofwhat kind it is, ifyou were wife indeed : m Prll]tr will ~ft bent ftHtl~J· be~ great pare of your dut_], theW1rdwill be your RNie, and the .iJli. Lutber. Spirit yottr Comife/lor; and then there needeth but one c:haratter ~ more, there will be thllnk!fulnefJ ,,yoNr Teacher : Wifdom as it cometh from God, will carry the Soul to God; as the Rivers return into the Sea from whence they came. , O!Jffrv, s. 2. That the TPifdomof m11n id c"Orrupt. There is a maim in the intelleCI:aals and higher faculties, not onlyjn the fenfual appetite; Rom. 8. 5· The] th11t 11re in the }lefo mind the things o.f the{tt.foi All the difcourfes of the underfianding, till it be' fanaified, are bot ' , fo~ti{b and foolilh: And afterward,Verf.7· The:,iftiomoftheflefb is en"'itf. Ifwifdambe meerly natur~l.- 'twill be prefentlydevil– ifb. How vain are men without the Spirit ofGod in their wor– Alip? How difarderly in their Converfations ? If left to our felves,_ what gro_fs thougbts thould we have of Religion? The Heathen! thinkjng them{elves '¥1'i[e, becltmefools,. Rom. t.2.l. Oh thtn, leaa '\ not upon your own underRandings; Soul light is not enough, . there mufi be Spirit light-; the whole man is corrupted, he.td, and· hcart,.andfeet, and all.. . . . . . .~(jhfirv. 3'· 3~ Carn,c/ wi{JomJs.-.either t.flrlh!y, orftn[~~:AI, or J~villfo: .oris · \ a perfeel di~tibution, like that 1 Ifh. s. 16. Fo.r all that is in the_ World~ iJ either tht /ufts qjthe flefh, th.e114/s oftht IJ~J, And pridt: ofIife. The evils of the WQrldmay be J:tdna:d tt? thefe thr-te Heads, · Senfualit),CovetotJ{nefs~a.nd 'Pride, fuitable to the trebkbait that isin the worldJ pleafw:esJbonours,~rofus ; th~faJike the three darts · ' . tba.t
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