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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33290	The divine authority of the Holy Scriptures asserted in two discourses the former shewing the nature and extent of the inspiration vouchsaf't by the Holy Ghost to the penmen of the Scriptures ... : the latter shewing the divine authority of the vowels and accents in the Hebrew text ... in a discourse concerning the division of the Bible into chapters and verses : to which is added, A discourse concerning the testimony of the Spirit on Rom. 8. 16. / by Sam. Clark ...	Clark, Samuel, 1626-1701.	1699 (1699)	Wing C4490; Wing C4991_CANCELLED; ESTC R14562	28,221	56

Prophets strictly taken and Apostles Many things indeed in the Writings of the Prophets are plain enough the Subject of 'em being purely Practical as Instructions to the People about their Duty Reproof for their Sins Promises of Mercy to the Penitent Denunciations of Judgment against the Impenitent and the like and sometimes also there are Matters Historical And when among these any thing was Parabolically Typically or Mystically represented either they had a clear understanding of it themselves or the meaning of it was reveal'd to 'em by the Spirit of God as we find in many instances as In those Visions of an Almond-tree and a Seething-pot with the face towards the North Jer. 1 11-16 So the Types of a linnen Girdle and Bottles fill'd with Wine were expounded Jer. 13 9-14 and in many other places of that Prophecy The like was done to Ezekiel for his lying so many days upon his side Ezek. 4 4-8 and to Amos c. 7. 7 8. and 8. 2. Zech. 1.19 21. and 4 11-14 and 5. 6 c. § 21. Other things were Predictions of what was to come to pass hereafter and that either in a way of Judgment as the Seventy years Captivity in Babylon and many such-like Evils or in a way of Mercy as their Return from Babylon and all those Prophecies concerning Christ and his Kingdom in the latter part of Esay and other places These they understood also for the substance of 'em tho' possibly not every Circumstance for Peter saith They enquired and searched diligently about the Salvation they prophesied of searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify when it testified before-hand the Sufferings of Christ 1 Pet. 1.10 11. However I say they understood at least the Substance of their Prophecies as appears by those words Dan. 10 -1 A thing was revealed unto Daniel and he understood the thing and had understanding of the Vision See also c. 9. 22. and 10. 14. And when he did not understand some things an Angel was employ'd to unfold the meaning of 'em to him as c. 8. 15-19 and 12. 8 11. § 22. Then for the Apostles it is clear that the Holy Ghost did inable them fully to Comprehend or at least to Apprehend all those Mysteries of the Christian Religion which they committed to Writing as Paul testifies of himself Eph. 3. 3 4. How that by Revelation he made known unto me the mystery as I wrote before in few words whereby when ye read ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ And it must needs be so for This Assistance of the Holy Ghost was promis'd to 'em by Christ John 16.13 When the spirit of truth is come he will guide you into all truth for he shall not speak of himself but whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak and he will show you things to come and Luke 24.49 Behold I send the promise of my Father upon you That Promise of the Father was the Holy Ghost as appears by Acts 1.4 5. And being assembled with them commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem but wait for the promise of the Father which saith he ye have heard of me For John truly baptized with Water but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence § 23. Yet concerning this I observe That this Knowledge was not communicated to 'em all at once but by degrees For 1. They were train'd up in Christ's Family and under the Influence of his continual Instructions Mark 4.34 When they were alone he expounded all things to his Disciples 2. After his Resurrection he expounded to 'em in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself Luke 24.27 3. After that He open'd their Understandings to understand the Scriptures v. 45. So that they could apply those Scripture-Prophecies which concerned Christ pertinently and patly according to the true meaning of the Holy Ghost in 'em and that beyond the first and immediate sense of the words as in that passage of David Psal 34.20 He keepeth all his bones not one of 'em is broken Wherein David seems to speak only of Righteous men in general and of God's watchful Providence over 'em See Pool there but in John it 's applied to that particular of Christ's bones not being broken John 19.36 4. Some further degrees of Knowledge or the Holy Ghost were doubtless communicated to 'em when Christ breathed on 'em saying Receive the Holy Ghost John 20.22 5. Afterwards they were fill'd with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost Acts 2.4 And yet 6. After that They were further instructed in some particular Points as Peter was concerning the Calling of the Gentiles and the freedom of Conversation they might take with 'em by Vision Acts 10 9-15 with v. 28 34. By all which ways they were furnish'd at length with such a stock and treasure of Knowledge and Understanding as might enable 'em both in Writing and Preaching to bring forth things new and old Matth. 13.52 By these Ways Steps and Methods all the Mysteries of the Christian Faith were fully and clearly revealed to the Apostles and Prophets of the New Testament Eph. 3 3-6 § 24. But as for Paul it was otherwise with him His Case was peculiar He was not one of those that accompanied with the rest of the Apostles all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out before 'em Acts 1.21 but was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Cor. 15.8 an Abortive a Castling one born out of due time not being called while Christ was upon Earth as the other Apostles were but was called in an extraordinary way by an immediate Voice from Heaven therefore besides that stock of common natural Knowledge which he acquired by his learned Education it may seem that his supernatural Knowledge in all the Mysteries of the Christian Religion was communicated to him all at once when he was caught up into the third Heaven whereby he was fill'd with a larger measure of the Spirit than the rest of the Apostles As appears both by his abundant Labours his abundant Sufferings and his abundant Writings 1. His Labours were more abundant than the rest 1 Cor. 15.10 I laboured more abundantly than they all 2 Cor. 11.23 In labours more abundant Now Operari sequitur esse More Labour shows more Power 2. His Sufferings also were more abundant of which he gives us a large Catalogue and Inventory 2 Cor. 11-23-27 3. His Writings and share in the Canon of the New Testament is far more than of any of the other Apostles From all which we may fairly conclude That he has a more abundant Glory than the rest For when Peter said unto Christ Behold we have forsaken all and followed thee What shall we have Christ thereupon replies Verily I say unto you that ye which have followed me in the regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit on the throne of his glory ye also shall sit on twelve thrones