Sermons preached

(2.) In the Choice of apt and proper Means. A Man is wise enough, if he knows his Duty, and the Way to Happiness. God hath appointed us the Way wherein to walk, to fear him, and love him, and keep his Commandments; Deut. 4. 6. Keep these Statutes, for this is your Wisdom. Job 28. 28. The Fear of God, that is Wisdom; and to depart from Evil, that is Understanding. There is an Excellency in this sort of Life, Prov. 12. 26. Those applaud it that do not choose it. All are of this Mind at last, and dying are sensible of the Excellency of it.

(3.) A dextrous effectual Prosecution of the End. This Prosecution imports, First, Diligence. He is a Fool, that hath a Price in his Hand, and hath not a Heart to lay it out on a good Purchase, Prov. 17. 16. But he is a wise Man, that improveth his Time and Labour to a good Purpose. A wise Man's Heart is at his right Hand, Eccles. 10. 2. Secondly, ⟨p. 155⟩This Prosecution lies in Caution and Circumspection, to keep himself from Sin. Eph. 5. 15. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as Fools, but as Wise. Lastly, It consists in Self-denial. The wise Merchant sold all that he had for the Pearl of Price, Mat. 13. 46, 47. A wise Man doth not dally with Religion, but throughly sets himself to it.