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<p>Note, 1. Sin is the shame of sinners: <i>The simple</i>, who love simplicity, get nothing by it; they <i>inherit folly</i>. They have it <i>by inheritance</i>, so some. This corruption of nature is derived from our first parents, and all the calamities that attend it we have by kind; it was the inheritance they transmitted to their degenerate race, an hereditary disease. They are as fond of it as a man of his inheritance, hold it as fast, and are as loth to part with it. What they value themselves upon is really foolish; and what will be the issue of their simplicity but folly? They will for ever rue their own foolish choice. 2. Wisdom is the honour of the wise: <i>The prudent crown</i> themselves <i>with knowledge</i>, they look upon it as their brightest ornament, and there is nothing they are so ambitious of; they bind it to their heads as a crown, which they will by no means part with; they press towards the top and perfection of knowledge, which will crown their beginnings and progress. They shall have the praise of it; wise heads shall be respected as if they were crowned heads. They <i>crown knowledge</i> (so some read it); they are a credit to their profession. Wisdom is not only justified, but glorified, of all her children.</p>
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