The foolish man.] He is A fool, who hath not wisdom to direct 1himself; but The fool, is he, who will not follow the counsel and direction of the wise. The word signifies, not so much a fool, who hath no knowledge; as a fool, who makes no use of the knowledge, which he hath: such a one is a foolish man indeed. Or it notes a man hasty, bold, inconsiderate, rushing on hand over head, without fear or wit. A man, who either is master but of little knowledge, or that which he hath (be it little or much) masters ⟨p. 178⟩him. It agrees fully in sense, and is the same to a letter in found, with our English word Evil; Such the Prophet (Zech. 11. 15.) describes: Take (saith he) the instruments of a foolish shepherd, he doth not mean, the instruments of a rude and merely ignorant shepherd, a man that hath no knowledge or learning, but of a rash and imprudent shepherd, or of a lazy and idle shepherd, who, though hath knowledge, yet knows not how (or hath no heart) to improve his knowledge for the good of his flock. The Prophet Ezekiel gives us the character of such, Chap. 34. 4. The diseased have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed that which was sick, nor bound up that which was broken, &c. but (will ye know what work they made?) with fury and with cruelty have ye ruled them; ye have been moved with fury, not with pity, and acted by passion, not by reason, much less by grace. So in this place, the foolish man, whom envy slays, is not a mere ignorant, one that hath no brains, but one hare-brained and uncompos'd Eliphaz hints at Job secretly in this word, whom he knew reported for a man of great knowledge and learning, according to the learning of those times, yet he numbers him with 2soles, because, he conceived him wrathful, rash, intemperate, not having any true government of himself. Anger resteth in the bosom of fools, Eccles. 7. 9. A fool is not able to judge of the nature of things or times, or occasions, and therefore he is angry with every thing that hits not his nature or his humour. He will be angry with the Sun, if it shine hotter then he would have it, and with the winds, if they blow harder then he would have them, and with the clouds, if they rain longer then serves his turn. They that are emptiest of understanding, are fullest of will, and usually so full of will, that we call them will-full.
The foolish man.] He is A foole, who hath not wisedome to direct 1himselfe; but The foole, is he, who will not follow the counsell and direction of the wise. The word signifies, not so much a foole, who hath no knowledge; as a foole, who makes no use of the knowledge, which he hath: such a one is a foolish man indeed. Or it notes a man hasty, bold, inconsiderate, rushing on hand over head, without feare or wit. A man, who either is master but of little knowledge, or that which he hath (be it little or much) masters ⟨p. 178⟩him. It agrees fully in sense, and is the same to a letter in found, with our English word Evill; Such the Prophet (Zech. 11. 15.) describes: Take (saith he) the instruments of a foolish sheapheard, he doth not meane, the instruments of a rude and meerely ignorant sheapheard, a man that hath no knowledge or learning, but of a rash and imprudent shepheard, or of a lazie and idle shepheard, who, though hath knowledge, yet knowes not how (or hath no heart) to improve his knowledge for the good of his flock. The Prophet Ezekiel gives us the character of such, Chap. 34. 4. The diseased have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed that which was sicke, nor bound up that which was broken, &c. but (will ye know what work they made?) with furie and with crueltie have ye ruled them; ye have been moved with fury, not with pity, and acted by passion, not by reason, much lesse by grace. So in this place, the foolish man, whom envy slayes, is not a meere ignorant, one that hath no brains, but one hare-brayn'd and uncompos'd Eliphaz hints at Job secretly in this word, whom he knew reported for a man of great knowledge and learning, according to the learning of those times, yet he numbers him with 2sooles, because, he conceived him wrathfull, rash, intemperate, not having any true government of himselfe. Anger resteth in the bosome of fooles, Eccles. 7. 9. A foole is not able to judge of the nature of things or times, or occasions, and therefore he is angry with every thing that hits not his nature or his humour. He will be angry with the Sunne, if it shine hotter then he would have it, and with the winds, if they blow harder then he would have them, and with the clouds, if they raine longer then serves his turne. They that are emptiest of understanding, are fullest of will, and usually so full of will, that we call them will-full.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Temerarius, audax, imprudens, percitus ira.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Temerarius, audax, imprudens, percitus ira.
- 2N•n his solum sed calamo i•os Timur in scribendo, eumque […] & fra•g•mus, & pecto••s penecallo & alcato res tesseris & cuicunque instrumento quil•bet, ex quo d•fficultatem se pa•• arbitratur August •ra stultitiae come•.N•n his solum sed calamo i•os •imur in scribendo, eumque 〈…〉 & fra•g•mus, & pecto••s penecallo & alcato res tesseris & cuicunque instrumento quil•bet, ex quo d•fficultatem se pa•• arbitratur August •ra stultitiae come•.
