88 Chap. 2 Commentarie vpon °I learnedno- Ithin2,or,t wa; eao, Caught. great, (what theywere in times paft,it makes nomatter to me : God accepteth no mans perfon:)for they that are the cheife, did not commu- nicateany thing tome. Here Paul lilies downe the fecond ligneofhis approbation, namelyithat in coriference,hc learned nothingof the (liege A. to poffles.And thishcexpreffeth in the fira words:in which, the concealernent whichhe vfeth , is to be obferued . For hating begunafentence,hebreakes it offin themiddle, and concealer the latter part,and leaves it to be fupplied by the reader thus, I 5 Of them thatfeemcd to begrear,i mar not taught,or,1 learnea no. thing. The like forme offpeaking-, is vfed Chron. 4, io. Where Iabcz faithdftheLord blereme and te withme; concea- ling the end ofhis fcntence, Iwill be thankefiell,thus,and 'thus. Inthe roorneof this concealment, Pawl puts ananfwer to anobiettion.For force manmight takeexception, againft his former fpeech,thus:Thon calleft theApoffles Great,but thou fpeakeft fainedly :for thou knowcfl , they werebut poore fi- fhermcn.To this be makes anfwer thus: What they were once,it makes nomatter so me.Then herenders a reafon of his anfwer: 2 Godaccepts no mans perfon.This done,he proceeds,and renders areafon °fins fira fpeech:he learned nothing ofthe cheefe A- potties: bccaufe,theydieinot communicate any things to han,either in cloarineor counfell. Thevfe.This verfe fernes to expound other places in S. lIohn. Where Chrift promifeth to give hid/pine to his ples,to teach themall thins, lob. t 4.26. and to led them into sill traith,Ioh.t 6.1 3. Now there prounfesclire6tly ,and properly, concerne the Apoffles : and theyare here verified in Paul. Whowas fo farm forthtaught by God,and lead into all truth, thatthe cheife Apoffles could not teach, or communicate,any 35 thing to him. Forall this, though Paul and the ref+ , were led intoall truth , that they could not erre, yet were theynot led into all holineffe of life,that they could not finne.Paulfaith,to will it prefent withme,but be addes , that he cannot doe thegood 5
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