_Against vain knowledge._
_Christ._ SON, let not the fair speeches and subtle sayings of men move
thee: for the kingdom of God consisteth not in word but in power.
Labour to mortify thy sins; for that will profit thee more than the
knowledge of many difficult questions.
2. When thou hast read and knowest many things, thou must ever return
to one principle.
*I am he that teacheth man knowledge, and giveth unto babes a more
clear understanding than can be taught by man.
He to whom I speak, shall quickly be wise, and he shall profit much in
the spirit.
Woe be to them that enquire many curious things of men; and little mind
the way how to serve me.
*The time will come, when the Master of Masters shall appear, Christ
the Lord of angels, to hear the lesson of all, that is, to examine the
conscience of every one.
And then he will search _Jerusalem_ with a candle, and the hidden
things of darkness shall be laid open, and the arguing of men’s tongues
shall be silent.
*3. I am he that teacheth without the noise of words, without the
confusion of opinions.
I am he that teacheth to despise earthly things, to disdain things
present, to seek the everlasting, to relish things eternal, to fly
honours, to suffer injuries, to place all hope in me, to desire nothing
out of me, and above all things ardently to love me.
I am the teacher of truth, the searcher of the heart, the discerner of
the thoughts, the promoter of good actions, distributing to every one
as I judge meet.