466 God theonly giuee ofall knowledge. Vpon the Tuefday after sReg5. s.eGrons. ¿don 3.34. t.Reg.s. Amor s. Gala. fee, the deafe heare, the dumbefpeake, the lame walke , the dead rife, the Di- uels tremble:And do youWonder that he should thew himfelte thus learned, hauingnot learned ? youadmirethat which ought least to be wondred at, & are vndmindfullofthat which ought mofttobemeruailedat, Secondly, It was a foule fault in them, to fee fuch fingular learning, accompa- nied with fo vnblameablealife; and fuck ftrangemiracles,and that theyshould notonce thinke that this was from Heauen. Efpecially theyknowing,that Adam, and Salomon,did enioy this bleffing. OfSalomonwifèdome,andwhencehe had it,the Hiftorieofthe Kings, andthat of the Chronicles, deliuereth the fame vnto vs : andof victim the Schoolemendo affirme,That he could hardlyhaue giuen all things their propernames,(as Saint Chryfoflome hath obferued it) if- God had not infufed that knowledge intohim to call them after that fitting and conue- nient manner. And this knowledgewas communicated to Chrift euenfrom the venie inftant of his conception ; bymeanes whereof hee faw all things in their properffe ies,befrdes thatbleffed knowledge whereby he faw them in God , as rn a glaffe. Of this infufed knowledge Saint lobo faith, Godgone not the ffiris by meafurevnto him ; but it was without limitation : forhee that is forme and heire tohis father, is not to be !tintedas thofe that are feruants. And therefore it is faid, TheSpirit of theLord!fullreff vpon him ;the fpirit ofwifedome and vnder- ltanding,the fpirit ofcouncell andmight, the fpirit ofknowledge, &c. This infufedknowledge wasCeded in others by fits, not inall times& all places, nor fogenerally inall things, as inour Sauiour Ch rift , fromwhom it fproutedas waterfromaFountaine. Thatfountaine of the Rocke,ftrucke by the Rod of (Motes, ithad beene a foule finne in theIfraelites tohaue fearched into titeveins of Nature, whence thefe watersgufhedout andnot to thinkeon Gods grace, fromwhence thisfauour flowed : AndnoleflèabfurdeWas it in the Iewes , to feeke in the SchoolesandVniuerfities, after tholeveines ofliuing water,of that diuine learningofour Sauiour Chrift,whichwas that truc rocke; andnot to di- rett theireyes towards God, who is thenuegiuerofknowledge. Lastly, Itwas a foule fault in them , to thinke that God istied to humane meanes,knowingquadDes&fcientiaramDominos efl,That God is the Lordoffciences, and that it was theHoly-Ghoft that taught and inftruuEted thofe the Prophets, takingonefrom following the beards of Kyne & Oxen ; andanotherfrom kee- pingof Sheepe. Nonfum Propheta,(faith Amos of himfelfe) 7 am not a Prophet, nor thefonneofa Prophet, but a Heardfinan of Tekoah. And ofDauidit is faid, That he tooke himfrom the Sheepfold, followingthe Eweswith young. He indewed Daniel being achild,with wifedome : and¡ofephwith vnderftandingto declare King Pharaohsdrearne. Norwas itneedful! for himro draw thefe men outof the SchoolesofAthens, nor to take them from forth theVniuerfities of Greece; &c. As fooneaseuer ourLord Godhaddifcouered to the glorious ApoftleSaint Paul the beamesofhis light, he prefently departedto Arabiaand toDamafcus topreach the Gofpell : beemighthaue gone firltto Hierufalem to take acquaintance ofthofe other Apostlesofmore antient!landing, andto con-: ferrewith them what he fhouldpreach : butthis did not feeme vnto hima con_ uenient meanes to credit his Doctrine. 2"Lecveni Hierofodimamad Antece.res meos; to the end that the Gentiles might not prefume , that this his Dottrine was of theearth,and not ofHeauen, asafterwardshe told the Galathians ; The Gofpell which was preachedby me,is not afterman, neither did I receiue itof man,neitherwas I taught it but bythe reuelationofIefus Chrift.Andthe Ephe- flans, what 7receiredfrom theLord, Ideliaered votoyou. But becaufe theIews did furpaffe
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