Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

Others on the contrary, ground themselves so learned from this very promise, that they exclude all teachings of men. The anointing (say they) teacheth us all things, and we need not that any man teach us: and they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, ¹saying, know the Lord, for they shall all, &c. I answer, the words either relate to the grounds of Religion, and so in Gospel-times Christians need not to be taught in these fundamental points; for now all know the Lord, from the least to the greatest; or else these words are an Hebraism, which deny positively, when they intend it only comparatively, or secundum quid, as when God and men are compared together, man is vanity, lighter than vanity, and a very nothing: here is a comparison of knowledge in Gospel-times with the knowledge of Israel in those dark times when God brought them out of the Land of Egypt; then all was dark, and they were fain to teach one another the very Principles, the Rudiments of Religion, there was very little effusion of Gods Spirit in those times; but in Gospel-times (saith the Prophet) the Spirit of grace and knowledge shall be so abundant, that rather God himself shall be the teacher, than one man shall teach another. There shall be such exuberance and seas of knowledge under the new Covenant, above the Covenant made with his people when he brought them out of Egypt, that men shall not need to teach one another comparatively; for all shall know the Lord, who are taught of God from the least to the greatest: An high-way shall be there, ²and it shall be called the way of holiness— the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

Others on the contrary, ground themselves so learned from this very promise, that they exclude all teachings of men. The anointing (say they) teacheth us all things, and we need not that any man teach us: and they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, ¹saying, know the Lord, for they shall all, &c. I answer, the words either relate to the grounds of Religion, and so in Gospel-times Christians need not to be taught in these fundamental points; for now all know the Lord, from the least to the greatest; or else these words are an Hebraisme, which deny positively, when they intend it only comparatively, or secundum quid, as when God and men are compared together, man is vanity, lighter than vanity, and a very nothing: here is a comparison of knowledge in Gospel-times with the knowledge of Israel in those dark times when God brought them out of the Land of Egypt; then all was dark, and they were fain to teach one another the very Principles, the Rudiments of Religion, there was very little effusion of Gods Spirit in those times; but in Gospel-times (saith the Prophet) the Spirit of grace and knowledge shall be so abundant, that rather God himself shall be the teacher, than one man shall teach another. There shall be such exuberancy and seas of knowledge under the new Covenant, above the Covenant made with his people when he brought them out of Egypt, that men shall not need to teach one another comparatively; for all shall know the Lord, who are taught of God from the least to the greatest: An high-way shall be there,