There be two things in the world that do pass under this
account:— 1. The one is learning or literature; skill and
knowledge of arts, sciences, tongues, with the knowledge of the things that
are past. 2. Prudence and skill for the management of ourselves
in reference to others, in civil affairs, for public good; which is much
the fairest flower within the border of nature’s garden. Now, concerning
both these, I shall briefly evince, — (1.) That they are utterly
insufficient for the compassing and obtaining of those
particular ends whereunto they are designed. (2.) That both of
them in conjunction, with their utmost improvement, cannot reach
the true general end of wisdom. Both which considerations will set the
crown, in the issue, upon the head of Jesus Christ:—