times hitherto beſtowed, and made manifeſt the ſame, to ſome of his Friends: For the wiſe King Solomon doth teſtifie of himſelf, that he upon earneſt prayer and deſire did get and obtain ſuch Wiſdom of God, that thereby he knew how the World was created, thereby he underſtood the Nature of the Elements, alſo the time, beginning middle, and end, the increaſe and decreaſe, the change of times through the whole Year, the Revolution of the Year, and Ordinance of the Stars; he underſtood alſo the properties of tame and wilde Beaſts, the cauſe of the raigning of the Winds, and minds and intents of men, all ſorts and natures of Plants, vertues of Roots,