'I fo~ it rather puifes .him up: ~But this brings a . man exceedingly out ofconceit with himfdfe, ; jr niakcs him to frand amazed at himfelfe ;that '.is the propertie of this wifedome,which fhewes it felfe to be perfect: andth~ reafon is, becaufe it is a fanctified difcovering wifedome; awife– dome, which that Spirit that giue-s it, enables. hiin -to make this ufe of, that he ufeth itas a, Lanrhorne to his feet,as a light to difcover the crookedne:lfe of his wayes, to_.findout the de– f~crs, to which he is fubjecr, both in his heart, : and in,his converfation ; therefore ·this wife- . dome di[covers him,a.nd opens him ~ahimfelfe;: whereas the knowledge of any naturall man, . orrhataRy hyppcrite_hf.l_thin the world befides,. ope.ns him not to himfelfe ·properly, but rather lifts him up, he ufeth it to reproue others, he uferhit for orherpurpofes, heholqsitasa.Jight to other mens f~et, he makes n0tthis ufe ofit, tp fea'rc-h the iniicre .ofhis owne heart, he (ear~ che,tn not every,defe~ and crannybfhis foufe with it, and he findes not out himfelfewl-1at he is. Th~rdore,you fee, as foone as theyhaue· beene.eniighmedwith this wifedome, ( Pardand others) how they were c<?nfeunded .~n them. fdues, how unworthily they thought ofthem– feJues. Thatis the firff propertieofthis w1fdome , tphumbk. . . . , :.He lfnll)w~s. • ;Anoth"er pfopertieis, He t·hat hath that wife– tbing$;ish-e . 'dome .rev~aled ~o him;thatJis proper onely tothe .oughr_. perfoC!,thofet~ings that heknowes, he knowes them .ashe ought to know them; whereas an- ~ . other
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