The I1exation of the Spirit. increaferii know ledge increafeth ferrow. In eivill wifedome, the more able a man is, the more fervice is cart upon him, the more buhnef es runne through him, the leffe can he enjoy his time of liberty. His Eminence loads him with env y, jealoufies, obfervations, fufpicions, forceth him of- tentimes upon unwelcom compliancies, upon colours and inventions to palliate u' jufl counfels and flop the clamors of a gain- Paying Confcience,fills him with feares of mifcarriage and difgrace,and projec`ìs of honour and plan Gbility, with reif leffe thoughts how to difcover, pre- vent, conccale, accomodatethe adverfaries, or his owne affaires; in one word is very apt to make him a flranger to God and his own foule. In othcrlearning, let a mars but confider, Firfl, the confufion, uncertainty,involved- nelfe, perplexites of causes and effecis by mans fin ; Se- condly the paines of the body, the travel' ofthe miede, the fweatc of the braine, the tugging and plucking ache underflanciing , the very drudgery of the foule to breake through that confufion, and her own difficulties; Third - ly,the many invincible doubts and errors which will Hill biennial our brightefl notions ; Fourthly, the great char- ges which the very inflruments and fiirnitureof learning will put men to ; Fifthly, the generali difrefpe6t which, when all is done, it fi tides in the world, great men Icor -. ning it as pedantry, ordinary men unable retake notice cf it, and great fchokrs faint to make up a theater a- mong(} themfclves ; Sixtly, the Infufficiency thereof to perfect} that which is amifle in our nature, the malignant property thereof to put finne into armour to contemne the f mplicity and purity ofGods Word : and laí}ly, the neere approach thereof to its own period, the fame death that attendcth us being ready alfo to bury all our lear- ning in the grave with us : thefe and infinite the like ton federations mutt needs mingle much forrow with the. choifef} Learning. Secondly, let us take a view of plcafurre. There is nothing doth
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