Hearing is a great medium of knowledge. Peter enlightened his fellow-apostles. If we spend before we gather, we shall soon prove bankrupts. Self-will may resist this suggestion as Romish domination. Thus, when about to instruct us from the mouth of God, he begins at the beginning, the principal part.
All heathen wisdom is but folly.
Of all knowledge, the knowledge of God is the principal. There is no true knowledge without godliness. It is that affectionate reverence, by which the child of God bends himself humbly and carefully to his Father's law. The oldest proficient in the Divine school seeks a more complete moulding into its spirit. They know not its value.