Wisdome, how to be regulated. [ 1726]
AS God appointed the Iews a measure,* 1.1 how much Manna they might ga∣ther, so St. Paul appointed the Romanes a measure, how much Wisdome they might gather, Let every Man understand according to Sobriety. The Iewish measure of Manna was as much as an Omer would hold, what they gathered over, turned, into Worms and pu••refaction; So the Wisedome which men gather beyond sobriety doth no good, but puff them up, and corrupt them, and put them upon strains of Machiavillian policy;* 1.2 Wisedom not well regulated, is like a dangerous knife in the hands of a Mad-man; and to speak truth, there is nothing so much to be feared, as Knowledg accompained with Injustice, & armed with power; Meat indigested for want of Exercise, will rumble in the stomach; and Knowledg not ballast with Sobriety, will elevate the brain: Serpentine wis∣dome, and Dove-like innocencie must go hand in hand together, or else we shall drown in our own Knowledge like a Candle that is quenched in his own Tallow.* 1.3