A Body of Practical Divinity

THE next Attribute is Gods' Wisdom, which is one of the brightest Beams of the Godhead, Job 9.4. He is wise in heart. Kacham lavau: The Heart is the Seat of Wisdom; Cor in Hebraeo sumitur pro Judicio, Pineda. Among the Hebrews the Heart is put for Wisdom. Job 34.32. Let Men of Understanding tell me: In the Hebrew,—Let Men of Heart tell me. God is wise in heart, that is, he is most wise. 1. God is only wise; he doth monopolize and engross all Wisdom; Ergo, he is called [Greek or Hebrew], the only wise God, 1 Tim. 1.17. All the Treasures of Wisdom are locked up in him, and no Creature can have any Wisdom, but as God is pleased to give it out of his Treasury. 2. God is perfectly wise; there is no defect in his Wisdom. Men may be wise in some things, but in other things may betray imprudence and weakness. But God is the Exemplar and Pattern of Wisdom, and the Pattern must be perfect, Matth. 5.48. God's Wisdom appears in two things: 1. His Infinite Intelligence, 2. His Exact Working.

THE next Attribute is Gods' Wisdom, which is one of the brightest Beams of the Godhead, Iob 9.4. He is wise in heart. Kacham lavau: The Heart is the Seat of Wisdom; Cor in Hebraeo sumitur pro Iudicio, Pineda. Among the Hebrews the Heart is put for Wisdom. Iob 34.32. Let Men of Understanding tell me: In the Hebrew,—Let Men of Heart tell me. God is wise in heart, that is, he is most wise. 1. God is only wise; he doth monopolize and ingross all Wisdom; Ergo, he is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the only wise God, 1 Tim. 1.17. All the Treasures of Wisdom are lock'd up in him, and no Creature can have any Wisdom, but as God is pleased to give it out of his Treasury. 2. God is perfectly wise; there is no defect in his Wisdom. Men may be wise in some things, but in other things may betray imprudence and weakness. But God is the Exemplar and Pattern of Wisdom, and the Pattern must be perfect,