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Look to your wisdom, and learning, and knowledge, for I my self was almost puffed up with it. If Paul might learn his own lesson, then it is like that none here have learned it. The Scribes and Pharisees did not come to Christ, as the people came to John to ask, Master what shall we do? But these Rabbis might have come to Christ as well as there scholars came to Christ disciples: to whom he would have answered like Paul, Be wise unto sobriety.

Looke to your wisedome, and learning, and knowledge, for I my selfe was almost puft vp with it. If Paule might learne his owne lesson, then it is like that none heere haue learned it. The Scribes and Pharisies did not come to Christ, as the people came to Iohn to aske, Maister what shall wee doe? But these Rabbies might haue come to Christ as well as there schollers came to Christ disciples: to whom hee would haue aunswered like Paul, Be wise vnto sobrietie.

Five things in my judgment, are to be noted in these words. The first is, that wisdom is a thing to be desired, for when he saith, not above sobriety, he would have us wise within sobriety. The second is, that every man affecteth a kind of wisdom, either according to sobriety, as Paul counselled the Romans, or above sobriety, as the Romans did before. The third is, few are wise, as God counteth wisdom, & therefore Paul speaketh to all, as though all were to learn this lesson. The fourth is, that sobriety doth show like a glass who are wise, and who are not The last is, that the wisdom which goeth. beyond sobriety, doth hurt him which hath it, and other. For when Paul saith be wise to sobriety, he implieth that who is not so, is in a kind of distemperature, like one scarce sober. ⟨p. 985⟩As the meat which is not digested with exercise, doth rumble in the stomach: So the knowledge which is not digested with sobriety, troubleth the brain.

Fiue things in my iudgmēt, are to be noted in these wordes. The first is, that wisedome is a thing to be desired, for when hee saith, not aboue sobrietie, hee woulde haue vs wise within sobrietie. The second is, that euerie man affecteth a kinde of wisedom, either according to sobrietie, as Paule counselled the Romans, or aboue sobrietie, as the Romanes did before. The third is, few are wise, as God counteth wisedome, & therefore Paul speaketh to all, as though all were to learne this lesson. The fourth is, that sobrietie doth shew like a glasse who are wise, and who are not The last is, that the wisedome which goeth. beyond sobrietie, doth hurt him which hath it, and other. For when Paul saith be wise to sobrietie, he implieth that who is not so, is in a kind of distemperature, like one scarse sober.