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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44613	The sufficiency of the spirits teaching without humane learning a treatise tending to prove humane learning to be no help to the spirituall understanding of the word of God ... / by Samuel How.	How, Samuel.; Kiffin, William, 1616-1701.	1655 (1655)	Wing H2952; ESTC R24385	44,603	49

doctrines of devils how that men should speak lies through hypocrisie c. as Zachary also foretold that the x Zach. 13.3 Father and Mother of the Prophet should say that he told them lies in the name of the Lord If thou put the Brethren in remembrance of these things because they are subject to forget them and thou shouldest be their Remembrancer which if thou do thou shalt be a good Minister of Jesus Christ which hast been nourished up in the words of Faith and good Doctrine then mark these things are not error nor lies nor he a false Teacher that speaketh of them out a good Minister that hath been nourisht up in faith and good doctrine which was continually taught of Paul and heard of Timothy And to this is to be added what the Apostle y 1 Tim. 6.3.4 saith further in this matter declaring that he that consenteth not to wholesome doctrine that is according to godlinesse is puft up and knows nothing but dotes about words and as such a one as is so far corrupted by the fl●sh as that he is to be separated from therefore Gods good Ministers as we see should be carefull of these things as knowing of whom they shall receive their reward and what shall also be their portion from men of the world in that which is z Rev. 11.7 death in the world but a Rev. 14.13 life with the Lord Be faithful therefore to the death and you shall have a b Rev. 2.10 Crown of Life declaring the power of the Spirit of the Lord in you Vse 5 Now in the last place I will conclude with the exhortation of the c 2 Pet. 3.16.18 Apostle in the words following Yea therefore beloved seeing ye knew these things before What things among others those that worldly learned men are Gods unlearned men being destitute of his Spirit beware and take heed lest ye also as well as others you being subject to it be plucked away before you be aware into the error of the wicked to think that Gods Mysteries can be attained to by mans learning and so you fall from your own stedfastnesse which is d Rom. 11. through Faith for by Faith ye stand and by the Spirit for by it ye are also e Psal 51. establisht and for a preservative against this error as opposite to it grow and encrease in the grace of God and the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ which is that that will preserve you from error Now to him be glory not to us nor to man but to him our Lord Jesus Christ both now and for evermore Amen ESAY 64.25 The Lord frustrateth the tokens of the Lyars and maketh Diviners mad turneth wise men backward and maketh their knowledge foolishnesse FINIS POSTSCRIPT HAving before the death of this Author been well acquainted with him and tasted that Spirit of Light and Truth which God in his day did more then ordinary powre out upon him by which he was inabled to minister seasonable words to the refreshing of many weary souls and also to contend against those corruptions and inventions which men brought into the Worship of God raging like the mighty waters against all the Servants of God which opposed them in the same I mean the power of Prelacy which ruled them in that day the weight of whose persecuting hand this Author while he lived had his share and when he died not suffered by them to have that which they called Christian Buriall but his friends were forced to lay his body in the high way as one which was numbred amongst the Transgressors of whom I may say the world was not worthy But my intent in writing this 〈◊〉 word is not to commend the Author but to tender to thy review the matter of this foregoing Book the bent thereof is to advance the Teachings of the Spirit of Christ in the unfolding of the mystery of the Gospel to the hearts of men as the choice Revealer of that glory of truth to the soul which will change from glory to glory into its own likeness a truth much opposed by men of corrupt minds in this day and therefore it becomes all that love the Lord Jesus in sincerity to stand upon their watch and be earnestly beging of the Father of Lights that Spirit which may help them to judg of things that differ and may lead into strait paths trying all things and holding fast that which is good Thou wilt find in this Tract the Spirit of the Author strongly and zealously contending for the advancement of the Spirit of Christ which if therein thou meet'st with any words that may seem harsh against that which men advance let it not be an offence to thee but try whether it be agreeable to the form of found words or no. I shall detain thee no longer but my desires to the Lord is that all his Isra● may more and more know the truth as it is in Jesus shining as the Sun more to their perfect clearnesse knowing the night is far past and the day neer approaching that so we may walk as the Children of the Light waiting for the glorious appearing of him that will come and not tarry Yours in the love of Christ William Kyffen

can they be rooted and established in the Faith according to the Apostles c Col. 2.7 saying seeing they be not founded on the Rock Christ Jesus but on the Sands of Humane Learning arising from a sleshly mind destitute of the Spirit of Truth for they have not learned as the truth is in Jesus Reason 4 Again it must needs be so that such must pervert the Scriptures because it is impossible for them to go beyond their principle Now their principle is error as the following words declare and by it they be guided † They that heaped Teachers to themselves were led to fables and led even the whole heap of them as big as it is and these shall satisfie mens lusts and turn them from the Faith unto Fables as the d 2 Tim. 4 4.5 Apostle long ago hath foretold for such as are themselves of the flesh turn all things to fleshlinesse for that is it which they savour for to the unclean all things are unclean their consciences being defiled as e Tit. 1.15 witnesseth the Apostle Hence was it that when as our Saviour f Joh. 2.29 bad the Jewes to destroy this Temple meaning his g Ver. 29. body they themselves being carnall understood him to speak of the Temple of Jerusalem And so the Capernaits when as Jesus Christ tells them He will give them h Joh. 6. of his flesh to eat they being carnal cannot bear it Verse 53.60.63 and all because they be destitute of the Spirit for it was in a spirituall sense that he intended it And the like is to be seen in Nicodemus a Pharisee Joh. 5.1 3 4. and so a learned man being a Teacher and a Ruler of the Jews this man for all this when as Jesus Christ tells him That he must be born again otherwise he cannot enter into the Kingdome of God he seeing no further then into the natural birth demands how that could be That a man when he is old should enter into his mothers womb and be born again so destitute was he of the spirituall meaning of the minde of Jesus Christ in his Word Reason 5 Another Reason methinks included in the words is Because such persons are usually vessels of wrath prepared to destruction * Those to whom the Gospel is a savour of death would have it go in their way therefore they drive all to the same end to which themselves belong The Gospel is the savour of life to life in them that are saved but is the savour of death to them that perish Yet would I not from hence have any to conclude that I deny salvation to learned men as some in effect have affirmed as I hear of me for the Scripture is against it as is already before declared from the i 1 Cor. 1.26 Apostle though there be not many But yet this for certain is the worst work that a carnall man can undertake to meddle with the Scriptures seeing that he abuseth them and that to his own destruction for the Word is a Sword with two edges which whosoever that is carnall meddles with it will run into his heart to k Rom. 2.5 harden it against the day of wrath And so I conceive the point is clear and plain That men without Gods Spirit though furnisht with Humane Learning do wrest the Scriptures to their own destruction Object 1 But here it will then be demanded how shall we know whether we have the Spirit of God or the Spirit of Error Answ I answer that the Spirit of God is a sufficient witnesse to it self seeing that the Spirit is Truth Now this agreeing as it doth with the Word needs not any other testimony of it self because it is the witnesse of God and that is the greatest as saith John the l 1 Joh. 5.6 Spirit beareth witnesse for the Spirit is Truth And againe m 1 Joh. 3. Hereby we know that he abideth in us even by the Spirit that he hath given us Next it is to be knowne by its operations and works as first it savours spirituall things They that are after the flesh saith the Apostle n Rom. 8.5 Gods Spirit is known by his mighty works savour the things of the flesh and they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit And again the o Verse 10. spirit is life for righteousnesse sake and is said to be of a p Verse 11. quickning and an enlivening nature for righteousnesse The fruits of it arc further manifested in q Gal. 5 22 23 other places Now these things being found in us do witnesse for God against Error though it set it self up with never so high a hand Object 2 And yet here methinks I hear the wordly learned men saying to me as did r 1 Kin. 22.24 Zedekiah When went the Spirit of God from them to such as I speak of To this I answer that with Zedekiah such persons do but beg the question Answ and take for granted like him that which they never had for that could never depart from him which was never with him therefore though he were great and his companions many as is ſ Verse 6. shewed and that Micajah was but one poor Prophet alone and hated of the King yet he had the Spirit of God when as all the other were led and ruled by the lying Spirit and though Jesus Christ and his learned ones cannot be believed of the great and honourable Prophets of the world but by Zedekiahs shall be smitten on the Cheek when by them this question is demanded of the Lords Prophets yet this answer may be given them that when as they come to hide themselves in secret and to be ashamed of their Vision and that the t Rev. 15.1 seven last plagues come to be fulfill'd spoken of in the Revelations then they shall find the truth of the testimony that is born against them though in the mean time the servants of the Lord be committed to prison there to eat the bread of affliction and the water of affliction for their testimony Object 3 But though it be granted that Humane Learning is no help to understand the mind of God yet is not usefull to furnish us with words to expresse our selves in the delivery of the Cospel Answ I answer with Paul that the † The whole Scripture is given of God whole Scripture is given of God and is profitable to make the man of God absolute and throughly u 2 Tim. 3.16 furnished to every good work Whence I conclude that if the Scripture be perfect and abs●lute for every good work then it is so for that so that then there is no need of mans wisdome to help the Ministers of God And so yet further saith the Apostle that he x 1 Cor. 1.17 preached the Gospel not with wisdome of words if not with wisdome of words then I conclude they were needlesse and so much the next