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3 The house shalbe built by wisedome, and established by prudence.
4 And by science shal the chambers bee filled, with al ri∣ches precious, and pleasant.
For from the beginning God hath made al by wisedome, and
continueth to gouerne and guide, and also to establishe al thinges * 1.1 by the same. This was wel giuen to vnderstande, by the Prophet Nathan to Dauid, saying, And the Lorde sheweth thee that the Lorde wil builde thee an house. Also Dauid hath wel vnderstoode it, as hath beene clearly shewed. Moyses gaue this wel to vnder∣stande to the children of Israel, when hee pronounceth the blessings of the Lorde vpon the obedient, and curses vppon the rebelles, and amongest other places, when he saieth, Thou shalt builde a house, &c. It behooueth vs therefore, to giue ourselues to wisedome by the obedience of the worde. And when wee haue goods, not to attribute them to our owne industrie and wisedome, nor to our owne desertes. For as wee can not merite that God may giue vs wisedome, so can wee not deserue that which commeth thereby. Wherevpon ensueth, that wee haue to acknowledge that al com∣meth from the liberalitie of our father, and for the same, giue him continual thankes.
Pro. 3. 19. 20 & 8. 14. 28. 2. Sam. 7. 11. Psal. 127. 1 Deut. 28. 30 31. 32.