Ps. v, 9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. Ps. lv, 10, 11. Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. disobedient to parents. Without the LORD to wrath. Likewise, when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. Rom. iii, 13-17. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their Ps. lxxviii, 17. And they sinned tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their yet more against him, by provoklips: Whose mouth is full of curs-ing the most High in the wilderTheir feetness. ing and bitterness: are swift to shed blood: Destruc- Prov. vi, 16-19. These six things doth the LORD hate; yea, seven are 1 Cor. vi, 9, 10. Know ye not an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that the unrighteous shall not inthat shed innocent blood, Anherit the kingdom of God? Be heart that deviseth wicked imag- not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor inations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness effeminate, nor abusers of themwith mankind. Nor that speaketh lies, and him that selves thieves, nor covetous, nor drunksoweth discord among brethren. ards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. Isa. lix, 7, 8. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. Jer. vii, 9,10. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Hos. iv, 1-8. Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land, By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one, that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of sea also shall be taken the away. Rom. 1, 28-32. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient: Being filled with all unrighteous ness fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters inventors of evil things, Gal. v, 19-21. Now the works of Envyings, murders, 1 Tim. i, 9, 10. Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine. WILFUL VIOLATIONS OF Deut. ix, 7, 8, 13, 22-24. Remem- wrath in the wilderness: from the Isa. v, 18-20. Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope: That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we máy Woe unto them that know it! call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isa. xxviii, 12. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. hast Jer. ii, 5. Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to Behold, thou the end? spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. Jer. vi, 16, 17. Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk But they said, We therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. will not walk therein. Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. Jer. vii, 23, 24. But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. Jer. xxv, 7. Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. Jer. xxxv, 13. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Furthermore the LORD Go and tell the men of Judah, and spake unto me, saying, I have the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will seen this people, and, behold, it is ye not receive instruction to And at hearken to my words? saith the LORD. a stiff-necked people: Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked 379 Jer. xxxvi, 31. And I will pun Jer. xliv, 15. 16. Then all the men which knew that their wives had burnt incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. Ezek. ii, 3-5. And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. For they are impudent children, and stiff-hearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them. Thus saith the Lord GOD. And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house.) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. Ezek. xii, 2. Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebelHious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house. Ezek. xvi, 51, 52. Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame, for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou; yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. Zech. vii, 12. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant-stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. them; and I will make of thee a Lev. xxvi, 23-25. And if ye will Num. xv, 30, 31. But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, (whether he be born in the land, or a stranger,) the same reproacheth the LORD and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his 2 Chron. xxx, 8. Now be ye not were. Job xiv, 17. My transgression is sealed' up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. Jer. xix, 15. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city, and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against their necks, that they might not it, because they have hardened hear my words. day, after so long a time; as it is said, Today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Rev. xviii. 5. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. EXPERIENCE OF THE APOSTLE What shall we Rom. vii. 7-25. say then? Is the law sin, God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For For I was alive without the law without the law sin was dead. once; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. which was ordained to life, I And the commandment, found to be unto death. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold unler sin. For that which I do I ailow not: but what I hate, that do I. If for what I would, that do I not; then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing, for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now, if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For the inward man: But I see anI delight in the law of God after against the law of my mind, and other law in my members, warring bringing me into captivity to the Heb. iii, 7-9, 15. Wherefore (as law of sin which is in my memthe Holy Ghost saith, To-day, if bers. O wretched man that I am! ye will hear his voice, Harden who shall deliver me from the not your hearts, as in the provo-body of this death? I thank God cation, in the day of temptation through Jesus Christ our Lord. in the wilderness; When your So then with the mind I myself fathers tempted me, proved me, serve the law of God, but with the and saw my works forty years. flesh the law of sin. While it is said, To-day, il ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." Jer. xli, 20, 21. For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. Ezek. vill, 18. Therefore will I not spare, neither will I have pity; also deal in fury: mine eye shall and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. Heb. iv, 7. Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying, in David, To 2 Cor. xii, 20. For I fear, lest, when I come I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not; lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults. II. DELIVERANCE FROM HIS FALLEN STATE. See REDEMPTION. III. MAN-INTELLECTUAL. EVILS OF IGNORANCE. Prov. xxi, 16. The man that wandereth out of the way of uuderstanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. Isa. v, 13. Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge.. Isa. xxvii, 11. . ... It is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favour. John vii. 49. But this people, who knoweth not the law: are cursed. Acts lil, 17. And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. 1 Cor. xiv, 38. But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 1 Tim. i, 13...... I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. Jude 10. But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. IGNORANCE TO BE DEPLORed. Deut. xxxii, 28. For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. Job xi, 12, 13. For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; Job xxxii, 9. Great men are not always wise; neither do the aged understand judgment. Ps. lxxiii, 21, 22. Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. Prov. xxx, 2-4. Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a Inan. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? Isa. xli, 28. For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. Jer. iv, 22. For my people is foolish, they have not known me, they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Mark viil, 17-21. And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember, When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? Acts iv, 13. Now, when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Prov. xiv, 10. The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. Prov. xvi, 16. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold? and to get un lerstanding rather to be chosen than silver? Prov. xix, 8. He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. Prov. xxiv, 5. A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. Eccles. i, 16-18. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Eccles. ii, 15. Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. Eccles. vii, 11, 12, 19. Wisdom is good with an inheritance; and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. For wisdom is a defence, 1 Cor. xv, 34. Awake to right-and money is a defence: but the eousness, and sin not; for some excellency of knowledge is, that have not the knowledge of God: I Wisdom giveth life to them that have it. Wisdom strengtheneth speak this to your shame. the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. Heb. v, 11. Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. Ps. cxi, 10. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. Prov. il, 9-11. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee. Prov. xiii, 14. The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. Hosea xiv, 9. Who is wise, and he shall understand these thingst prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. Luke xii, 47, 48. And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. John ix, 41. Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. John xv, 22. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin; but now they have no cloak for their sin. Acts vill, 23. For I perceive that 1 Kings iv, 30-32, 34. And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrabite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five. And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. 2 Chron. ix, 1-8, 22. And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and, when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, And Solomon passed all the kings of, the earth in riches and wisdom. Neh. x, 28. And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding. Dan. i, 18, 19. Now, at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they Lefore the king. Dan. viii, 23. And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. Dan. x, 1. In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. Acts vii, 22. And Moses was learned in' all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. 1 Thess. iv, 2. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. WISDOM OF THE WORLD. Ps. xlix, 20. Man that is in the meat of his table, and the sit-honour, and understandeth not, ting of his servants, and the is like the beasts that perish, attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cup-bearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. Happy are thy men and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. And king with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect; yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come nought. to 1 Cor. iii, 18-21. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God: for it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. Therefore let no man glory in men: for all things are yours. Col. ii, 8. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 2 Chron. 1, 7-12. In that night did said auto him, Ask what I shall God appear unto Solomon, and give thee. And Solomon said shewed unto God, Thou hast Job v, 12. 13. He disappointethther, and hast made me to reign great mercy unto David my fathe devices of the crafty, so that in his stead. Now, O LORD God, their hands cannot perform their let thy promise unto David my enterprise. He taketh the wise father be established: for thou in their own craftiness; and the hast made me king over a people counsel of the froward is carried like the dust of the earth in mulheadlong. titude. Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? And God said to Solomon, because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, nelther yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king; Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that 1 Cor. i, 19-22. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom. 1 Cor. ii, 1, 6. And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not the will of the Lord is. have been before thee, neither | understand a proverb, and the in- I unwise, but understanding what shall there any after thee have terpretation; the words of the wise, the like. and their dark sayings. Prov. il, 6, 7. For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. James 1, 5. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. IMPERFECTION OF KNOWLEDGE. Eccles. iii, 11. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart; so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Eccles. vii, 23-25. All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. That which is far off, and exceed ing deep, who can find it out? I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness. Prov. ii, 1-5, 21, 22. My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding: Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. ledge. That thou Prov. xviii, 1. Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. James i, 16. Do not err my beloved brethren. PERSONIFICATION OF WISDOM IN SCRIPTURE ITS VALUE AND BLESSING. Job xxvii, 12-28. But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. The gold and the exchange of it shall not be for the crystal cannot equal it; and jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of Prov. v, 1, 2. My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding, mayest regard discretion, and pearls: for the price of wisdom is that thy lips may keep know-above rubies. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth: under the whole heaven: To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. struction that causeth to err from Prov. xix, 20, 27. Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou Eccles. viii, 16. 17. When I mayest be wise in thy latter end. applied mine heart to know, wis-Cease, my son, to hear the indom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea, further, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. 1 Cor. vili, 2. And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 1 Cor. xiii. 12. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. EARNEST EFFORTS TO OBTAIN IT. Job v, 27. Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. Job xxxiv, 4. Let us choose to us judgment; let us know among ourselves what is good. Ps. xciv, 8. Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? Prov. 1, 5, 6. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To Prov. xxvii, 22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Eccles. vi, 9, 12. Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? Jer. vi, 8. Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. Rom. xvi, 19. For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. 1 Cor. xii, 1. Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Gal. iii, 24, 25. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer Prov. 1, 20-23. Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will yo love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Prov. iii, 13--20. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the For the merchandise of it is better man that getteth understanding: than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than under a schoolmaster. |