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kingdom_n	heaven_n	pharisee_n	scribe_n	2,390	5	10.4944	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

Therefore seeing the Gospel is t 1 Cor. 1.25 foolishnesse therefore it is meet he should have * Foolish in the worlds account was the Lords choice foolish Ministers in the wise worlds account yea and in his servants too when as they see as man sees and not as doth the Lord. For thus was it of old subject to Samuel the Lords Prophet when as the Lord sent him to the House of Is●ay to anoint him a King he seeing as a man doth he said u 1 Sam. 16.6 7. Surely the Lords Anointed is before me but we finde that the Lord corrects that and tells him It was not so the more unlikely man and the unthought of one was he that God had chosen to himself and so is it here we are not to see as man sees but as the Lord directs us Thirdly God chuseth these things in opposition to others to astonish the wisdome of man When the x Acts 4.13 Council perceived Peter and John were unlearned men and without knowledge they marvelled and were amazed And so saith the Apostle He y 1 Cor. 3.19 catcheth the wise in their own craft they think that all knowledge lies in their breasts now the Lord he comes and mak●s fools wise and so catcheth them manifesting that their thoughts be but vain in thinking that the wise are them that God h●●●●hosen for it is not so for he hath chosen the foolish to confound the wise and therefore such as are godly wise should chu●e Gods wise but the worlds foolish things for his serve before the worlds wise ones and so I come to another exception which is Object 5 If it be sanctified it must needs be a good help to the right understanding of the truth Answ It is true if it be sanctified so it is But how or where doth that appear that ever it was sanctified Hath not the Lord long agone told us by his z Isa 29.14 Prophet and wished his to behold it That he would do a marvellous work and then he doubles it again even a marvellous work and a wonder and then all comes to this that he would cause to perish and destroy the wisdome of the wise and cast away the understanding of the prudent * A curse threatened because the people were led by the prec●pis of men verse 13. and here if we could see we might all of us stay our wondering at this strange thing and consider the Lord tells us it is a marvellous work and a wonder and so our wondering and marvelling how these things come so to be is but a fulfilling of Gods Word and men might rest in it and see in the next words that it is a woe to them for the former abuse of the same and so now as a Mal. 2.2 Malachy saith that he would curse their blessings and that he had done it already to both which b 1 Cor. 1.19 Rom. 8.7 agrees the Apostle from Isay and concludes also that God hath distroyed it and in another place tells us that it is enmitie with God How shall any dare say then * The worlds learning not sanctified in a spiritual way it is sanctified when as so plain a curse is on it as that we are wished to beware of being c Co. 2.8 spoiled by it Now are we wished any where to beware of being spoiled by that which is sanctified to us in a spirituall way Now these things can be sanctified no further then they are of use and that is but in a worldly way for a spirituall use they be accursed from it Object 6 Now another exception from these things thus minded is That by this all Humane Learning seems utterly to be condemned Answ I Answer that it follows not because it is not to be allowed in this way that therefore it is not of any use for I doe acknowledge it in it selfe to be a good thing * Humane and good in its proper place Learning is good in its proper place which is for the repairing of that d Gen. 11. from 6. to 10. decay which cam● upon man for sin so I say it is of good use for the repairing of that losse and so fit for Statesmen Physitians Lawyers and Gentlemen yea all men so far as they can attain to it are as men beyond and above others that are without it yea and beyond all other excellencies that this world can afford but bring it once to be a help to understand the minde of God in the holy Scriptures and there it is detestable filth drosse and dung in that respect and so good for nothing but e 1 Tim. 6.21 destroy and cause men to erre as we have seen before It fares with it as I perceive * But out of its place is like fire out of the Chimney and in the roof of the house it doth with fire keep it in the chimney and it serves as a good blessing of God for good and necessary uses but let it once come into the roofe of the house and it destroys all because it is not in its proper place so it is here for this thing among men for humane and worldly imployments it is good but bring it once to the perfecting of the Gospel and it will be found to be the spoiling of the right understanding thereof And yet further so far doe I acknowleg † Tongues a help in Translation Tongues to be ●●●se as to yeeld us the translation of the Scriptures our of one language into another without which we that are unlearned could not come to have the letter of the Word and so far there is a necessity of it for that use but that man which can so do is ever the more able to understand the spirituall meaning of the word thereby that I deny and withall do affirm that an understanding man may through the teaching of the Spirit know the mind of God which the other may never reach unto according to that f Mat. 13.11 saying of our Saviour To you it is given to know the mysteries the secrets of the Kingdome of heaven to you his simple Disciples it is given but to others the learned Scribes and Pharisees it was not given But in this case it may fare as it did with those that built Noahs Ark they made a place of safeguard for others but were drowned themselves So these men may prepare a good help for others but themselves be altogether without the benefit of it A Lanthorn you know is of good use to contain the candle but let one carry it in a dark night and it will do him no pleasure without a candle lighted in it of the same use is the lette● of the Word it is but as a Lanthorn or candle without light * Learning Now the Spirit is the light of the letter and so is the Apostle● g 2 Cor. 3. opposition without the Spirit is