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3. Consider Christ's Wisdom and Omniscience. Wisdom doth make the face to shine; Learning doth advance some very highly in esteem; such as know most, if their morals be suitable to their intellectuals, are most admired by those that understand what true worth is; especially ⟨p. 66⟩if there be spiritual Wisdom in conjunction with natural and acquired, if there be much Grace in the heart as well as much Knowledge in the head, how worthy are such to be beloved? Daniel was a man of great learning and wisdom, skilled in all the learning of the Chaldeans which was not sinful and diabolical; and besides this he was endued with divine wisdom by the teachings of the Holy Spirit; the Angel told this Daniel more than once or twice, that he was a Man greatly beloved; he was greatly beloved by the Lord of Heaven, greatly beloved by his Prince on Earth, and greatly beloved by his people, and by all, except some few that envied his prosperity and favour Daniels Wisdom did render him so universally amiable; How then should Christ be beloved because of his Wisdom and Knowledge! the wisdom of Christ is far beyond the Wisdom of Daniel, or the Wisdom of Solomon who was wiser than Daniel; these men had Wisdom which made them famous and esteemed in their day, but Christ is Wisdom, the Wisdom of the Father; they were children of wisdom, but Christ is the Father and Fountain of wisdom; they had some jewels of wisdom, but the treasures of ⟨p. 67⟩wisdom are hid and laid up in Christ, Col. 2. 3. they had learning and knowledge, but their knowledge was Ignorance compared with the knowledge of Christ, the greatest part of the things which they knew, being but the least part of the things which they knew not; they knew some things, but Christ is omniscient and knoweth all things; they knew many secrets of nature, but Christ knoweth the secrets of Heaven, the mind of God, and nothing is hid from him. How greatly beloved then should Christ belif you are wise you will, if you would be wise you must love Christ who is so Infinitely wise himself, and who alone can make you truly wise.

3. Consider Christ's Wisdome and Omnisciency. Wisdom doth make the face to shine; Learning doth advance some very highly in esteem; such as know most, if their morals be sutable to their intellectuals, are most admired by those that understand what true worth is; especially