Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…

It is very observable that we find, Prov. 9. concerning wisdom and the foolish woman, both pleading to draw the hearts of men to them, and they begin in the same manner, they both make offers to draw the heart, ver. 4. Who so is simple, let him turn in hither; as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him; and verse 16. the foolish woman useth the same words to draw after her: ⟨p. 166⟩and as wisdom is upon the high places of the City, ver. 3. so is folly, ver. 15. yet wisdom is above the foolish woman, for the Text says of wisdom, she is upon the highest places, and of the foolish woman, it is only said, she is in the high places: And observe further, Wisdom calls to eat her bread, and drink her wine, ver. 5. and the foolish woman makes her offer, her delights are sweet, she says; but they are but sweet waters, and that stolen too; and her bread, she says, is pleasant; but it is secret, such as she is even ashamed of her self: In the choice that wisdom presents, and that which folly presents, you have life and death set before you; as Moses therefore said to the people, so I to you, I have set before you this day life and death: Now what answer will you give to God? Will you go on in the ways of the pleasure of the flesh? Are your hearts so bold and venturous, that you dare venture to go on in these ways? Woe unto you for the cursed hardness of your hearts. Were it indeed that you never heard the ways of God opened to you, it were another matter, but in that you have, and yet you go on in your choice after this Sermon, God may say, Be it unto thee as thou hast chosen; God may set to his seal, thou hast chosen vanities, and a lye, and base pleasures; and vanities, and a lye, and base pleasures to thy flesh thou shalt have.

It is very observable that we finde, Prov. 9. concerning wisdom and the foolish woman, both pleading to draw the hearts of men to them, and they begin in the same maner, they both make offers to draw the heart, ver. 4. Who so is simple, let him turn in hither; as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him; and verse 16. the foolish woman useth the same words to draw after her: ⟨p. 166⟩and as wisdom is upon the high places of the City, ver. 3. so is folly, ver. 15. yet wisdom is above the foolish woman, for the Text says of wisdom, she is upon the highest places, and of the foolish woman, it is onely said, she is in the high places: And observe further, Wisdom calls to eat her bread, and drink her wine, ver. 5. and the foolish woman makes her offer, her delights are sweet, she says; but they are but sweet waters, and that stoln too; and her bread, she says, is pleasant; but it is secret, such as she is even ashamed of her self: In the choice that wisdom presents, and that which folly presents, you have life and death set before you; as Moses therefore said to the people, so I to you, I have set before you this day life and death: Now what answer will you give to God? Will you go on in the ways of the pleasure of the flesh? Are your hearts so bold and venturous, that you dare venture to go on in these ways? Wo unto you for the cursed hardness of your hearts. Were it indeed that you never heard the ways of God opened to you, it were another matter, but in that you have, and yet you go on in your choice after this Sermon, God may say, Be it unto thee as thou hast chosen; God may set to his seal, thou hast chosen vanities, and a lye, and base pleasures; and vanities, and a lye, and base pleasures to thy flesh thou shalt have.