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O Lord, I am ignorant and want instructions in true wisedom.* 1.1 To whom shall I repair to learn it? shall I go to the world? A∣las no; for all the world lieth in Wickedness. Shall I go to the flesh? That be far from me, for the flesh doteth and lusteth against the spirit. Shall I go to the Devill? God forbid; For he is a Liar, a Tempter and a Seducer of the Brethren: To whom then shall I go? To mortal men? Alas no;
for all men are liars; the children of men are set on fire, their teeth are spears and arrowes, and their tongue a sharp sword, there is none that under∣standeth and seeketh after God. To whom then shall I go to learn wisdom? Shal I go to the Law of Moses? No neither; For the Law it self is but a School-Ma∣ster to bring us to Christ. Shall I go to the Angels for true wisedom? I must not do so; for they themselves learn of Christ and adore him. Shall I come to the Lord, without Christ? No that must I never do. For it is a horrible thing to think of thee without thy sonne Christ, to whom therefore shall I go but unto thee, my
blessed Saviour, which hast the word of wisedom and eternal life. Thou art a King to rule me, a Priest to pray for me, and a Prophet to teach and instruct me.* 1.2
O God the fountain of wisedom and knowledge, give me understanding and I shall live, for through thee I shall be wiser than the aged, and have more under∣standing than my teachers.* 1.3 Teach me therefore, good Lord, in thy Statutes, and to do the thing which plea∣seth thee; and for the first lesson, learne me the fear which is the beginning of wisedom, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
The Well of Wisdome.
Joh. 6.
Psal. 90. & 143.