37a Chap. 33. An Expofition upon the Book of J o E. Verfs.23e enough to knowdivine things,but he mull know them divinely,or ,bÿ the unelionand teachings of the Spirit.The Apoillefohn(Rev: o.8.) is commanded toear the.bo6k,;this eating ofthe book,fìgnifi eth the fpirituall knowledg of divine truths;in this fence,we knows no more then we eat , then we ( as it were ) turn into our own fubflance, that which is eaten becomes one with us ; the.. rnyfte ry of the Gofpell mull be eaten by the interpreter ofGof-- pell myl}eries. A man cannot interpret.themind of God till he knows it ; and he cannot know the mind of God, unleife God - himfelf reveals it ; fo the Apoflle argùeth ( Cor. from 12, to 16.) GIs no roan1Znoweththe mind ofa man, but thefpirit ofa marl that is inhim, fo the things of thefpirit ofGod bnoìreth no man, but the fpirse ofGod, and he-to whom. the Spirit ofgod dathreveale them. And therefore thougha manmay have an abillityto inter pret the word of God, as 'rtsan excellent book,,a book fullyof ad minable knowledge;he may (I fay) have ahabillirÿ tomerpret it foundlyby humane learning,yet noman can doe it favinglyand convertingly, but by the help of the Spirit. (Pfal. 25. I4.) The, fecret ofthe Lord is with them thatfearhim, and he will Phew them, his Covenant ; he will fliew it etfe&ually,he will make them know ir. Thus Davidprayed (Pfal. 119.Iá.) Lord open thou mine eyes, that I maybeholdwenderous, things out ofthy Law. Naturali- partsand humane learning, arts and languages maygive us an un-. derflanding ofthe tenour and literal meaning ofthe LawofGodk but none of there canopenour eyes tobebold the wonders of the Law, much le lethewonders and myfleries ofthe Gofpell. The opening of our eyes to behold thefe fpirituall wonders is the Lords work, and it fhtould be marvelous in our eyes. For this o. pening of the eye ( and nothing withoutthis) will make anyman themofl ignorant manamong a thoufand, ,.;in Interpreter One among a thoufand,: Thefe words containe either a thirdhigher Title, or the high. eft commendation of the former two. A meffenger, an interpreter,, even fucha one as is oneamong st thoufand ; Oneis no number, and a thoufand is prit for the greatefl number ; then one among a thou- fand, or one ofa thoufand, implyeth that the one here fpoken of is a very rare one; onlyke that isfeldome feen, or found, is one a- meng a,thattfa#d; Solomon faith ( Etch.? 24.) One man among
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