An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

He is wise in heart, wisdom it self. The Lord engrosses all wisdom, and is therefore styled by the Apostle, God only wise (1 Tim. 1.17.) he is only wise, because all wisdom is his; the creature hath none but what he gives out; he hath it all locked up in his own treasury, and as he dispenseth it, so man receives it.

He is wise in heart, wisdom it self. The Lord ingrosses all wisdom, and is therefore stiled by the Apostle, God only wise (1 Tim. 1.17.) he is only wise, because all wisdome is his; the creature hath none but what he gives out; he hath it all locked up in his own treasury, and as he dispenseth it, so man receives it.

There is a two-fold act of wisdom, and both most eminent in God. The first is, knowledge in the nature of things. The second is, knowledge how to order and dispose of things. The former is properly called Science; and the later, prudence. Where there is much of the former, and a want of the later, man in that case is like a ship that hath a very large sail, but wants a rudder to order it's course, and ballast to poise it. Both these meet in the Lord: he hath (as we may say) a vast sail, infinitely extending to the knowledge of all things: and he hath a most exact rudder, and ballast of prudence, to order and to manage all things. The knowledge of some men is too hard for their wisdom, they are not master of their knowledge, though they may be masters in their art. The Lord knows all, and he rules all his knowledge.

There is a two-fold act of wisdome, and both most eminent in God. The first is, knowledge in the nature of things. The second is, knowledge how to order and dispose of things. The former is properly called Science; and the later, prudence. Where there is much of the former, and a want of the later, man in that case is like a ship that hath a very large sail, but wants a rudder to order it's course, and ballast to poise it. Both these meet in the Lord: he hath (as we may say) a vast sail, infinitely extending to the knowledge of all things: and he hath a most exact rudder, and ballast of prudence, to order and to manage all things. The knowledge of some men is too hard for their wisdome, they are not master of their knowledge, though they may be masters in their art. The Lord knows all, and he rules all his knowledge.