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A35327 The usefulnesse of spiritual wisdom with a temporal inheritance in a sermon preached March 11th 1688/9 at the entrance of a young man upon his habitation and particular calling / and at his request published by T. Cruso. Cruso, Timothy, 1656?-1697. 1689 (1689) Wing C7446; ESTC R30285 16,384 34

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that are wise and good This will be an evidence Prov. 9.9 that God hath given us some wisdom already and it is the proper course to be yet wiser and increase in Learning Prov. 12.1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge but he that hateth reproof is brutish q. d. he is not a reasonable Creature but a Beast They are no better than Swine that trample upon Pearls when cast before them A poor and a wise Child is preferred to an old and foolish king Eccles 4.13 who will not be admonished The stubbornness of Rehoboam in opposition to the advice of his Fathers Counsellours ended in the loss of the far greater part of his Kingdom and in more private cases many times mens leaning to their own judgments and walking after the sight of their own eyes hath been very fatal Seasonable and prudent rebukes should be accepted always with all thankfulness as the truest and most valuable acts of Friendship Fifthly Endeavour to subdue both pride and passion because both of them are great Enemies to sound Wisdom Humility makes men teachable therefore be not wise in your own eyes Prov. 3.7 learn this rule both from Solomon Rom. 12.16 and the Apostle Paul. Strive to see your own blindness and be not dazled with a false reflexion of your own abilities 'T is easie to observe that they who are most pufft up are least enlightned and men who think that they have the clearest knowledge are generally clouded with the grossest ignorance 1 Cor. 8.2 Take heed also of giving place to wrath for this is a Devil which above all others will soonest deface the Image of God on the understanding What mad unadvised actions do mens furious unbridled passions hurry them into How do they put men beside themselves and expose them to the just scorn of their fellow-creatures The Scripture doth not say in vain or without cause that He who is hasty of spirit Prov. 14.29 exaltteth folly i. e. he lifts it up as it were in the open view of others Jam. 3.13 Meekness of wisdom is recommended by the Holy Ghost as if there could be no wisdom where Meekness is not A cool head and understanding heart are linkt together so that if we do not suppress the heat of Anger we shall extinguish the light of knowledge Sixthly Live in the constant vigorous sense of approaching death If any thing will make men apply their hearts to wisdom for the wisdom which we speak of is the wisdom of the Heart more than of the Head it must be a right numbring of their dayes Psal 90.12 The common follies of mankind who mind nothing but buying and selling and getting of gain Jam. 4.13 14. do spring from hence that they do not consider what a thin vanishing vapour our life is The Religiously prudent men of this World are such as always reckon themselves to be upon the borders of another we cannot be truly wise without understanding our latter end Deut. 32.29 According as every one is sensible of and seriously Thoughtful about his present mortality he will be wise for a future Eternity that Man who walks among the Tombs and makes the Grave his House is best fitted both to Vse the World and to Leave it he will be a blessing to others while he lives and he himself shall be blessed with God when he comes to Dye THE END Books Printed for John Salusbury THE Period of Humane Life determined by the Divine Will by T. Cruso The Mighty Wonders of a Merciful Providence in a Sermon Preached on January the 31th 1688. Being the day of publick thanksgiving to God for the great Deliverance of this Kingdom by His Highness the Prince of Orange by T. Cruso A Rational Defence of Non-Conformity wherein the practice of Non-Conformists is vindicated from promoting Popery and Ruining the Church imputed to them by Dr. Stillingfleet in his unreasonableness of Separation Also his Arguments from the Principles and way of the Reformers and first Dissenters are Answered and the case of the present Separation truly stated and the blame of it laid where it ought to be and the way to Union a mong Protestants is pointed at by Dr. Rule Four grand Questions proposed and briefly answered wherein is discoursed the Authority and Duty of the Magistrates in the Matters of Religion the unlawfulness of a Toleration and general Liberty of Conscience the Divine-Right of Christian Liberty in things indifferent the unlawfulness of repealing the Laws against Popery and Idolatry quarto price 6 d. Seventy five Sermons by the Right Reverend Father in God Ralph Browrigg late Lord Bishop of Exeter published by W. Martin M. A. sometimes Preacher at the Rolls 2 Vol. Folio