3. What doth it avail thee, to discourse profoundly of the Trinity: if thou be void of humility, and consequently displeasing to the Trinity?
In truth, sublime words make not a man holy and just: but a virtuous life maketh him dear to God.
I had rather feel compunction, than know its definition.
If thou didst know the whole bible by heart, and the sayings of all the philosophers: what would it all profit thee, without the love of God and his grace?
Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity, besides loving God, and serving him alone.
This is the highest wisdom: by despising the world, to tend to heavenly kingdoms.
4. It is vanity therefore to seek after riches which must perish, and to trust in them.
It is vanity also to be ambitious of honours, and to raise one's self to a high station.
It is vanity to follow the lusts of the flesh: and to desire that for which thou must afterwards be grievously punished.