left the world, and went to his Father, that they should teach all Nations, and gather one Christian School out of them all, by teaching them to observe, and do Whatsoever he had com∣manded them, to wit, in the Gospel; and nothing else, or more: He commanded them to teach all that, and only that: and promised himself to be with them to the end of the World, in all such Doctrine.
And the Apostles accordingly, (not by any help of Hu∣mane Learning) but when they had received the Spirit, went forth to teach the Nations, and to set up Christian Schools everywhere by their Doctrine; and They all, only taught Jesus, and the Resurrection from the dead.
Thus Peter first taught the Men of Judea, and Inhabitants of Jerusalem, That God had made Jesus, whom they had cru∣cified, both Lord and Christ; having raised Him from the dead, because it was not possible for Him to be holden of Death, who was the Lord and Author of Life.
And Steven, disputing with the Libertines, Cirenians, and Alexandrians, and divers Philosophers of Cilicia and Asia, did hold forth to them nothing but Christ, and that He should put an end to the Temple and Law, and should change all the Customs of Moses. And, They were not able to resist the Wisdom and Spirit by which He spake, Acts 6.
And Paul at the University of Athens, reproved there Hea∣thenism, and taught Nothing among the Epicureans and Sto∣icks, and other Sects of Philosophers, but the Resurrection of Christ, and his Kingdom and Judgement, Acts 17.
He also disputed daily in the School of one Tyrannus, and that for two years together, and perswaded only the things touching the Kingdom of God, brought into the World by Jesus Christ, Acts 19. And he so prevailed with his Doctrine, that Many which used Curious Arts, brought their Books together, and burnt them before all men, and the price of them was counted at Fifty Thousand pieces of Silver: So that, as the Gospel prevailed, and the Name of Christ was magnifi∣ed, so did People renounce Philosophy, and burn their Books of Curious Arts: To recover which Books again out of their ashes, if it might be, our University would give as much