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Wherein consists this learning? Not in a theory of divers arts; but in the so•er use and discreet application of Divinity. Cant. 1.11. We will make thee borders of •old, with studs of silver. Divinity is that border of gold, humane learning the studs of silver. A garment to have here and there a fringe, or button, or jewel, •s comely: to be nothing but buttons is ridiculous. Quaero documenta, non ornamen•a; Give us lessons, not laces. When Solomon made preparation for the building of the Temple;^a He had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens; and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains: there was hewing and knocking in the mountains. But when the House was a building, there was neither hammer, nor axe, not any •ole of iron heard in it, 1 King. 6.7. The study of arts must go before, but not •ee too busy in the edification. That which moves the conscience, and saves the •oule, is the Word of GOD; yet attendant to this Queen, are certain maids of ho•our; Arts. I cannot say they are commanded; I dare not say they are forbidden. Indeed a flourishing and meretricious eloquence puffed up with these, […] unprofitable. GOD affects not Aulicismes, and Courtly terms. It is like a •reat deal of painting in a Church-window, to keep out the light. What benefit is in a gilt armour? it is the armour that defends, not the gilt. Or to what purpose is a golden key, if it will not open the door? If a wooden key will open […] it is better for me. Neither would I have the truth stripped of her ornaments, ••d set barely forth; this is a kind of treason. There is a learning, no man can be good Preacher without it. Matth. 13.52. Every Scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, bringeth out of his treasure things new and old. The New Testament,