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A13851 Christian wisdome, or The excellency fame and right meanes of true wisdome As it was briefly delivered in a sermon in St Maries Church in Oxford. Novemb: 11. 1638. By H. Tozer B. D. Fellow of Exeter Colledge. Tozer, Henry, 1602-1650. 1639 (1639) STC 24159; ESTC S121020 22,673 117

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the world before us hath been so much transported with the admiration of Wisdome Let it be the portion of the Asse to carry a burdē of Gold which he knows not the worth of it is His portion and let Him beare it but if Balaam be a Foole that rides upon him the Asse may chance to speak as much to the purpose as Hee for the Asse and the Foole are both alike To prevent this as I have in the first Generall shewed what true wisdome is so let me now briefly put you in mind of seeking after it and that by the example of All the Earth which as it is in the Text sought to Solomon to heare c. Where first wee have considerable Who They were that so far esteemed Solomon for his Worth and they are expressed in this Particle All the Earth That is Generally Particular 1 all the Inhabitants of the Earth or more Especially All the Kings of the Earth for so this All is limited 2. Chro. 9.23 2. Chron. 9.23 where the same Text is repeated All the Kings sought c. When Kings seek after wisdome t is likely the Gift of wisdome is Glorious Desirable so it is and best of all others befitting Them none having so much need of wisdome as Kings and Rulers for This if in any Inhabitants of the Earth is in Them especially the principall thing and therefore according to the advise of Solomon the wisest of all Kings They of all Others should strive with all their getting to get understanding Prov. 4.7 to get a Speculative or Knowing wisdome to Discern between Good and Evill and also a Practicall or Doing wisdome to be Exemplary in Goodnesse Both to Rule and Governe aright and This for Kings to desire and seek after will be in Them as it was in these here in the Text an argument of their Humility of a due acknowledgement that they Rule and Governe by the guidance of a King aboue by whom alone all Kings doe raigne and Princes decree justice Prov. 8.15 Prov. 8.15 and 't will be a manifestation of their Fidelity and Care too that in seeking after Wisdome as Solomon did to goe in and out aright their desire is to be in the performance of their Charge faithfull unto God who hath call'd them to it But I stand not here now to read a Lecture of Wisdome unto Kings and Governours It is our happinesse that we of all parts of the World have cause enough to blesse God for crowning the Throne of this Kingdome with the wisdome of Solomon these many yeares to this very day where All that stand before it and Some to their shame may behold a Searching wisdome of God in judging aright with an Exemplary Integrity well befitting the Imitation of the very best And let it be thy good pleasures O Lord for the continual maintenance of thy Truth and the advancing of thine own Glory in this our Kingdome thy chosen Israel to double this Heavenly wisdome of the FATHER upon the SONNE to many generations Again to follow the Text in the full extent of the Words All the Earth sought to Solomon that is All sorts of men upon Earth without exception And who of All men without exception is there that needs not seek to finde out Wisdōe As for Knowledge the Speculative part thereof it is not good the Soule should be without it Pr. 19.2 Prov. 19.2 because This must guid us in the way wherein we go Isai 33.6 so wāting This we goe without a guid run headlong to our own destruction wee know not into what Hosea 4.6 Now if any had of This enough of his own he need not then seek out for more bu St Paul will tell us that the World Sapientiâ suâ by it's own wisdome knew not God 1. Cor. 1.21 1. Cor. 1.21 nor is there any hope it should ever know him if it have no oother Wisdome then it 's Own and therefore as Wee are Men of the World and the Best are no better of Themselves we must All seek out beyond our selves for that Knowledge and VVisdome which He giveth unto Men to know him with But did wee abound in This yet are we not truly wise as long as we fall short in that part which is Practicall which to All men without exception is needfull to make them appeare worthy of the vocation wherewith they are called whereunto St Paul so earnestly exhorteth Ephes 4.1 Ephes 4.1 Jn the performance whereof as long as we fayle our Knowledge though never so great is but that Wisdome which in verbis volat as S. Gregory speaks in his Morals like a painted feather tost in the Ayre and vanishing away wee know not how or it is cibus indigestus as S. Bernard compares it like to meat undigested Bernard in Cant. Serm. 36. circa med which may chance to bring a surfeit in the end Whence Tully doth not unfitly call true Wisdome Ars vivendi Tul. l. 1. de Fin p. 82. a certain Art of Living Well This being indeed The Wisdome that must keep alive preserve both our Knowledge and our Selves Wherein how far Men of themselves fall short when they trust to their own strength and seek no further wee may learne from the experience of Judas before mentioned with many more who supposing themselves to bee none of this All in the Text that are to seek for Wisdome have runne themselves along through their own Inventions to an End far worse then ever their Beginning was We Beloved are of all other men if Any be in a blessed way of All kinde of Wisdome of Knowledge Consider and the Lord giue you understanding in all things 2. Tim. 2.7 which in every corner profereth it selfe unto us God knowes how much or how litle we think we need it and of Practice which in many Worthies is made good before us God knowes too how much or how litle we are carefull to follow it It will be without question a shame and misery too if the simple vulgar who Know lesse than we but in plaine honesty Practice more if These I say doe one day rise up in judgement against us and condemne us for that which we Know Practice not From this shame and misery good Lord deliver Vs And sure we may be that if ever wee think to answer the bountifull Blessings of God towards us it is onely true Wisdome must make us fit to doe it This if we desire to find and have we must seek it out which is the Action whereby this ALL expressed their esteem of Solomon's worth They sought unto him There is a double vanity Particular 2 which too many are possessed with and that is on the One side to seek that which is not worth the finding and on the Other to neglect that which is wel worth the seeking each of them is a folly he which is guilty of the One is seldome