Christ's school consisting of four classes of Christians

1. They were unskilful in the Word of righteousness for justification. These Jewish or Hebrew-Babes could not easily, Exu•re hominem Judaicum, put off the legal man, who sought righteousness by, or at least as it were ⟨p. 177⟩by the works of the Law, Rom. 9.32. and 10.2,—4. Saith Vatablus of this Babe, Non potest intelligere sermonem Evangelicum, qui docet veram justitiam: he cannot understand the Word of the Gospel which teacheth the true righteousness, and that is Justification by Faith and not by the works of the Law. This Babe knows the Elements ([Greek or Hebrew]) the letters of the Gospel, but is not yet able to spell and read the whole Word of righteousness. Though Jesus Christ were made of God to the Corinthian-Babes righteousness, as 1 Cor. 1.30. yet they were ignorant how, viz. that he became sin and a curse for us, that we might be the righteousness of God in him, as the Apostle tells them and us, 2 Cor. 5.21. and therefore he resolved to know (or make known) nothing among them, but Christ and him crucified, 1 Cor. 2.2. that is, as dying for our sins (for he had none, knew none of his own) and as he rose again for our Justification, Rom. 4.25. which was the thing he Preached to the Corinthians at first, but doubted a little, whether they firmly believed it, 1 Cor. 15.1,—5. and therefore were but Babes as well as for other things, which he mentions, 1 Cor. 3.

1. They were unskilful in the Word of righteousness for justification. These J•wish or Hebrew-Babes could not easily, Exure hominem Judaicum, put off the legal man, who sought righteousness by, or at least as it were