Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	disciple_n	know_v	mystery_n	1,896	5	9.7001	5	false

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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

man and so must needs himself lie under that blame that he layes upon others therefore Humane Learning is not here that which he intends 2. Because Humane Learning is a c Col. 2.8 rudiment of this world 2 Reason hence it is that our Saviour acknowledgeth that his Mysteries were hid from the d Luk. 10.21 learned but they were not hid from his Disciples For unto them it was e Mar. 13. Col. 2.8 given to know the mysteries of the Kingdome And the rudiments of this world are not after Christ the Apostle tells us therefore Humane Learning cannot be it that Peter here minds 3. Because the * Or carnal natural man cannot f 1 Cor. 2.14 perceive the things of God 3 Reason but a meer natural man may be a great worldly learned man as were the Aegyptians and Babylonians and as are many of the Romish Priests and Jefuits therefore for this cause that is not the learning here meant 4. Because such of Gods Servants 4 Reason as have had such kind of learning when as they came to know Christ they forsook it all As Moses when he came to age though he was g Act. 7.32 learned in all the wisdome of the Aegyptians yet by Faith he forsook all the treasures of Aegypt and this being one of Aegypts treasures he forsook this also for when he saith treasures there is none excepted therefore in as much as learning was one as well as riches and honours he forsook that also as seeing by Faith a better treasure in the worst condition among the people of God then in the best condition in the world suppose it be learning The like is to be seen in Paul who counted all things losse and dung that he might win Christ even the righteousnesse of the Law it self which is far beyond all this and all this he did that he might know him Wherein the Apostle gives me to understand that all such things were but hinderances to keep him from the knowledge of Christ to salvation which is it that here I mind also therefore likewise this is not the learning here meant seeing it was rejected of them therefore it was no help nor furtherance to them to know Christ by but lets and hinderances and so much appears by those Converts in Acts 19.18 19. Who when they believed are said such of them as used curious Arts to burn their Books * The price whereof was fifty thousand pieces of silver declaring that how they had met with learning of far greater worth then their curious Arts and therefore now they burn their Books declaring that now they had no more need of them and so I conclude that such as this was not the learning here meant What learning it is I now come to manifest what learning it is the Apostle here intended Now the learning here intended by the Apostle it is as I understand that sound knowledge and sure information that every Christian hath in Iesus Christ whereby he is so deeply rooted Col. 2.7 and so surely grafted into him by Faith as that he abides unmoveably setled in him Ephes 3.17 18. Pet. 2.6 as thereby he abides stable in the sure knowledge and understanding of the Word of C●rist and so much here methinks the Apostl● gives us to understand how that the unlearned they be unstable then on the contrary the learned they are stable believing and being laid on the true foundation they shall never be confounded or ashamed Now such as these are that are learned as the truth is in Jesus these may well say to the greatest wordly learned ones as Philip said to the Eunuch Vnderstandest thou what thou readest and not only so but such may teach them the understanding of the mystery saying These are taught and instructed by the Teachings of the Spirit of God agreeable to these Scriptures b 1 Cor. 2.10 That it hath not entred into the heart of man to conceive of that which God by his Spirit which searcheth the deep things of God hath revealed unto us And this the Apostle further explains That as no man knows the things of a man save the spirit of a man which is in him so the things of God knows no man no not a worldly learned man but by the Spirit of God And so he goes on to difference the Spirit of the World * A difference between the teaching of Gods Spirit and the worlds artificial Tongues from Gods Spirit and shews that that is it whereby the things of God are known and also manifested to others so that all the things of God both for matter and manner flow from the wisdome of Gods Spirit and not what mans wisdome teacheth which is to compare spirituall things and carnall things together as Tongues and Arts and such like but Gods Spirit teacheth us to compare spirituall things with spirituall things and so he goes on and declares that onely such that are taught by the Spirit are capable of true discerning of spirituall things without being justly condemned of any as truly having the mind of Christ rightly and truly knowing the things that are of God and with this agrees the witnesse of John i 1 John 2. ●6 27. saying These things have I written unto you concerning them that deceive you whereby it appears they had deceivers about them and those things were written concerning such But saith the Apostle in opposition to their deceivings ye have received the Anointing of him that dwells in you and this anointing that they had received doth he oppose to their deceiving as being able throughly to teach them so as that they needed not that any man teach them save as that anointing taught them Then seeing that that anointing never did teach them such Tongues or Arts as were humane therefore the Saints by the Apostles grant had not need of any such learning and yet this anointing taught all truth and obe●i●n●e in it also And yet further k John 16.7 with 13. our Saviour himselfe concludes this point shewing that when he hath sent the Comforter the Spirit of Truth to them that then he shall lead them into all truth Whence I do conclude that for the Disciples knowledge of the truth there was no more necessary according to the mind of him that was Truth but the Spirit of God to lead them into all truth without all errour teaching by no humane means the reason why is rendred because it is sufficient and that is because it speaks from the Father agreeable to that of our Saviour taken from the Prophet That l John 6.45 we shall be all taught of God and so indeed being taught of the Spirit we are taught of the Father and the Son also which are all one and so our learning comes to us being taught of the Father Son and Spirit for all our Instructers and Councellors and this is all the lear●ing that we need to