Prov. xix. 8. He that getteth wisdom, loveth his own foul: He that keepeth understanding, fhall find good.

Prov. xvi. 20. He that handleth a matter wifely, fhall find good.

Ver. 22. Understanding is a well-spring of life to him that hath it.

Prov. xi. 29. The fool fhall be fervant to the wise in heart.

Prov. xxi. zo. There is a treasure to be defired, and oil in the dwelling of the wife.

Prov. xxiv. 3. Through wisdom is an house builded, and by understanding it is established.

Ver. 4. And by knowledge fhall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

Ver. 5. A wife man is ftrong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth ftrength.

Ver. 13. My fon, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honey-comb, which is fweet to thy

tafte.

Ver. 14. So fhall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy foul: When thou haft found it, then there fhall be a reward, and thy expectations fhall not be cut off. Prov. xxviii. 26. Whoso walketh wifely, fhall be delivered.

Eccle. viii. I. A man's wifdom maketh his face to fhine, and the boldness of his face fhall be changed.

Eccle. vii. 12. Wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Dan. ii. 21. He giveth wisdom unto the wife, and knowledge to them that know understanding.

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wife fhall fhine as the brightness of the firmament.

Ver. 10. The wife fhall understand.

Hof. xiv. 9. Who is wife, and he shall understand these things? Prudent, and he shall know them?

Pf. cvii. 43. Whofo is wife, and will obferve these things, even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the LORD.

Eccle. x. 10.

To the Love and
Study of Wifdom.

Wisdom is profitable to direct.

Prov. ii. 3. If thou criest after knowledge, and lifteft up thy voice for understanding;

Ver. 4. If thou feekeft her as filver, and fearchest for her as for hid treasures ; Ver. 5. Then fhalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Prov. iv. 13. Take faft hold of instruction, let her not go, keep her, for fhe is thy life.

Prov. viii. 17. I love them that love me, and those that feek me early fhall find me.

Prov. xix. 20. Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wife in thy latter end. Hof. vi. 3. Then fhall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD.

2 Chron. i. 11. And GOD faid to Solomon, Becaufe this was in thine heart, and thou haft not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet haft thou asked long life; but haft asked wisdom and knowledge for thyfelf, that thou mayeft judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

Ver. 12. Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour.

To the Knowledge

of God and Chrift.

Pf. xci. 14. I will fet him on high, because he hath known my name.

John xvii. 3. And this is life might know thee the only true GOD, and Jefus Chrift whom thou haft fent.

eternal, that they

2 Pet. i. 2. Grace and peace be multiplied unto

you,

you, through the knowledge of GOD, and of Jefus our LORD.

Ver. 3. According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.

To Learning of
Chrift.

Matt. xi. 29. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye fhall find reft unto your fouls.

X. To a due REGARD to the WORD of GOD.

To Hearing and
Reading the Word.

Prov. viii. 34. Bleffèd is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the pofts of my doors.

If. ii. 3. Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the GOD of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.

If. lv. 2. Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your foul delight itself

in fatnefs.

Ver. 3.

Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your foul fhall live: And I will make an everlafting covenant with you, even the fure mercies of David.

Ver. 10. For as the rain cometh down, and the fnow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give feed to the fower, and bread to the eater :

Ver. 11. So fhall my word be, that goeth forth out of my mouth it fhall not return unto me void, but it fhall accomplish that which I please, and it shall profper in the thing whereto I fent it.

Ver. 22. For ye fhall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace.

John v. 39. Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me.

Mark iv. 14. Unto you that hear, shall more be given.

Ver. 25. For he that hath, to him fhall be given ; and he that hath not, from him fhall be taken even that which he hath.

Rom. i. 16. The gospel of Chrift is the power of GOD unto falvation, to every one that believeth.

Rom. x. 17. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of GOD.

I Cor. i. 21. It pleafed GOD by the foolishness of preaching, to fave them that believe.

Fam. i. 21. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, and fuperfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meeknefs the ingrafted word, which is able to fave your fouls.

2 Pet. i. 19. We have also a more fure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light fhining in a dark place until the day dawn, and the day-ftar arife in your hearts.

Rev. i. 3. Bleffed be he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein.

2 Tim. iii. 15. The holy fcriptures, which are able to make thee wife unto falvation, through faith which is in Chrift Jefus.

Heb. iv. 12. For the word of GOD is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged fword, piercing even to the dividing afunder of the foul and fpirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a difcerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

P. xix. 7. The law of the LORD is perfect, converting

verting the foul; the teftimony of the LORD is fure, making wife the fimple.

Ver. 8. The ftatutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Ver. 11. Moreover, by them is thy fervant warned; and in keeping of them there is great reward. Pf. cxix. 105. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Ver. 130. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Prov. vi. 23. The commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of inftruction are the way of life.

Loving the Word.

Pf. cxii. 1. LORD, that

ments.

Pf. cxix. 165. Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing fhall offend them. Bleffed is the man that feareth the delighteth greatly in his command

1 Pet. ii. 2. As new-born babes, defire the fincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.

Trembling at the
Word.

Prov. xiii. 13. He that feareth the commandment, fhall be rewarded.

If lxvi. 2. To this man will I loook, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite fpirit, and trembleth at my word.

XI. To MEDITATION.

Deut. xi. 18. Ye fhall lay up thefe words in your heart, and in your foul, and bind them for a fign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between

your eyes;

Ver. 21. That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD