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SEeing now that Gods Wonder∣ful-woorkes / [ A] the Spirit of his Power / & the a Misterie of his Kingdom of Heauen, is b knowen and vnderstanded, onlie of the heauenlie & spirituall Man / So hath not an earth∣lie and fleashlie Man {reversed ;}out of his naturall & scripture learned Vnderstandinge; anye Sight nor Know∣ledg c at-all therof: Yea / hee is so vtterlie voide of
thesame, that hee cannot vnderstande the smallest Title therof · much-lesse thē, expound or interpreate thesame {reversed ;}according to the Trueth; vnto an other.
2. But hee may well heare witnessed therof {reversed ;}ac∣cordinge to ye manlie maner; through the seruice∣able or writen Woorde / and also speake-fourth thesame againe afterwardes. but through himself / or out of his owne Vnderstanding, hee d vnderstan∣deth not anythinge at-all of thesame, accordinge to the Trueth: but it is all couered and e secreat before him / or in Similitudes / Images / Figures / and Parables. For that cause, hee cannot likewise {reversed ;}out of his owne Wisdom; once conceaue / nor f compre∣hend in his Knowledge, what thesame {reversed ;}accordinge to the Trueth; is, in the godlie Beeinge.
3. If hee therfore will iudge / speake-fourth / and [ B] interprete anythinge therof, according to the Ima∣ginatiō of his owne Knowledg / So is it all {reversed ;}doubt∣les; false and Lyes, what hee both conceaueth and also speaketh therof. wherout it becometh knowen, that a fleashlie Man {reversed ;}out of his naturall Vnder∣standing; g knoweth not anything at-all of the Spi∣rit of God: and that it is all Foolishnes, what hee iudgeth or speaketh therof.
4. Verelie / therfore they all do erre very much / that iudge, according to their Vnderstandinge {reversed ;}out of the earthlie Beeinge / or out of the Fleash or Let∣ter; God-his Trueth {reversed ;}which is heauenlie and spiri∣tuall; and his Wonderful-actes (whether it be of that which is passed · or of that which is present · or of that which is to come) or take vpon them to dis∣cusse thesame. and will teach / instruct or order the
ignorant People, according to their Iudgment.
5. For verelie / Gods Trueth / and his Workes {reversed ;}which Hee worketh not through any fleashlie Vn∣derstanding. but,i through the Power of his Spi∣rit / out of his holie Heauen; are farre aboue all Vn∣derstandinges of the Fleash. Yea / not anyone of all the Children of Men, can {reversed ;}through his naturall Vnderstandinge out of Bloud; k comprehend nor vnderstand thesame / nor yet finde-out the grounde therof.
6. Therfore suerlie, God-his Trueth / the excel∣lent Bewtie of his heauenlie Kingdō / and his god∣lie and heauenlie Woorkes, are l vnknowen vnto all Fleash / and vnto all fleashlie earthlie Men: But it is geeuen vnto the Children of the Kingdom ؛the Communialtie of the Loue{punctel} to vnderstande the se∣creat Misterie therof.
7. IT is likewise {reversed ;}verelie; a great Follie, vpon [ C] the Earth / yea a presumpteous and arro∣gant Enterprise or Dealinge {reversed ;}which is also vtterlie without all Equitie and resonable Vnderstanding; that the earthlie and fleashlie Men, sett themselues to Iudgment / for to iudge {reversed ;}out of their naturall Comprehending and Industrie / or out of their scrip turelie Learnednes, according to the Fleash; the spi∣rituall Trueth of God / and God-his heauenlye Wonderfull-actes, wherof ther is not anything at∣all m geeuen them to vnderstande: wherin they all {reversed ;}with their Vnderstandinges; runne to an Ende: Yea / they com so to an Ende or growe to such an ex∣igent therin / that they knowe not oftētimes n, where to catch or take-holde-of thesame againe.
8. But many are heerin very o arrogantlie-min∣ded. For / when-as they {reversed ;}with their Vnderstand∣ing; are runne-to-an-ende, in the godlie Matiers: to-weet, that they haue not nor cannot comprehend nor vnderstand thosesame aright / Yet perseuer they notwithstanding searching ther-after: and, prosecu∣tinge or ensuinge thesame with their Imagination of p the Knowledge / they will neuerthelesse alwayes be iudged to haue right. Yea / they wolde much-ra∣ther, iudge Moses / the Propheates of God / toge∣ther with the Appostles of Christ / and God-his elec∣ted Minister HN, to erre or misse the right / then that they wolde {reversed ;}by anye meanes; confesse and ac∣knowledge, that they {reversed ;}in the Imagination of their Knowledge concerninge the godlie Matiers; are ignorant and lyinge.
Math. 13. b.
Sap. 1. a. Math. 11. c.
Rom 8. a. •…•…. Cor. 2. b.
1. Cor. 2. b.
Math. 13. b. Luk 8. a. 2. Cor. 4. a.
Sap. 9. b.
1. Cor. 1. 2. b.
h Esa. 41. c. 48.
Math. 12. c. Luk. 11. b.
Sap. 1. •…•…. 9. b •…•…. Cor. 2. b.
Math. 11. c. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. b. Act. •…•…8. c.
Math. 11. •…•…. •…•…3.
Mich. 7. a. Luk. 21. c.
Esa. 30. b.
Rom. 1. c.