2. And her knowledge was not only notional swimming in the Brain, wherewith most of the professors of this age please themselves; but her knowledge was joined with wisdom and prudence, whereby she brought down all her principles into ⟨p. 43⟩practise and turned every DOCTRINE into USE; what light there was in her judgement, warned down into her heart, beamed out most gloriously in her life & conversation. She was a practical Christian; and indeed her knowledge was the fruit of her obedience; according to the tenor of that blessed promise of our Saviour,1 If any man will do Gods will, he shall know his Doctrine. A strange Method: In nature knowledge precedes action: in Grace action precedes knowledge: where there is an obediential disposition, knowledge flows in a pace, they that do Gods will that they may know it, and Labour to know Gods will that they ⟨p. 44⟩may do it, are the thriving Christians.
2. And her knowledge was not only notional swimming in the Brain, wherewith most of the professors of this age please themselves; but her knowledge was joyned with wisdome and prudence, whereby she brought down all her principles into ⟨p. 43⟩practise and turned every DOCTRINE into VSE; what light there was in her judgement, warned down into her heart, beamed out most gloriously in her life & conversation. She was a practical Christian; and indeed her knowledge was the fruit of her obedience; according to the tenour of that blessed promise of our Saviour,1 If any man will doe Gods will, he shall know his Dotrine. A strange Methode: In nature knowledg precedes action: in Grace action precedes knowledge: where there is an obe•ientiall disposition, knowledge flowes in a pace, they that doe Gods will that they may know it, and Labour to know Gods will that they ⟨p. 44⟩may doe it, are the thriving Christians.
- 1Joh. 7.17.
