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The spirit of the world understandeth ¹not the speaking of God, neither the spirit of the wise of this world, neither the spirit of Philosophers, neither y• spirit of Socrates, of Plato, or of Aristotle's Ethics, as thou mayest see in the first and second chapter of the first to the Corint. Though that many are not ashamed to rail and blaspheme, saying, how should he understand the scripture, seeing he is no Philosopher, neither hath seen his metaphysic? Moreover they blaspheme, saying, how can he be a divine and wotteth not what is subiectum in theologia? Nevertheless as a man without the spirit of Aristo tell or Philosophy, may by the spirit of God understand scripture: Even so by the spirit of God, understandeth he that god is to be sought in all the Scripture, and in all things & yet wotteth not what meaneth Subiectum in Theologia, because ²it is a term of their own making. If thou shouldest say to him, that hath the spirit of god, the love of god is the keeping of the commandments, & to love a mans neighbour is to show mercy, he would without arguing or disputing understand, how that of the love of God springeth the keeping of his commandments, and of the love to thy neighbour springeth mercy. Now would Aristotle deny such speaking, & a Duns man would make xx. distinctions. If thou shouldest say (as saith John the 4. of his Epistle) how can he that loveth not his neighbour, whom he seeth, love God whom he seeth not? Aristotle would say lo, a man must first love his neighbour and then God, and out of the love to thy neighbour springeth the love to God. But he that feeleth the working of the spirit of God, and also from what vengeance the blood of Christ hath delivered him, understandeth how that it is impossible to love either father or mother, sister, brother, neighbour, or his own self a right, except it spring out of the love to God, and perceiveth that the love to a mans neighbour, is a sign of the love to God, as good fruit declareth a good tree, and that the love to a mans neighbour accompanieth, and followeth the love of God, as heat accompanieth and followeth fire.

The spirit of the worlde vnderstandeth ¹not the speaking of God, neither the spirite of the wise of thys worlde, neyther the spirite of Philosophers, neither y spirite of Socrates, of Plato, or of Aristotles Ethikes, as thou mayest see in the first and second chapter of the first to the Corint. Though that many are not ashamed to rayle and blaspheme, saying, how shoulde he vnderstand the scripture, seing he is no Philosopher, neyther hath sene his metaphisike? Moreouer they blaspheme, saying, how can he be a deuine and woteth not what is subiectum in theologia? Neuertheles as a man without the spirite of Aristo tell or Philosophy, may by the spirite of God vnderstand scripture: Euen so by the spirite of God, vnderstandeth he that god is to be sought in all the Scripture, and in all thynges & yet wotteth not what meaneth Subiectum in Theologia, because