Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment. By Thomas Vincent, sometime Minister of Maudlins…

2. The second Character of Divinity in the Scriptures is, the sublime mysteries therein revealed; namely concerning the Trinity of Persons in one nature and essence of God; the hypostatical union of the two natures of God and Man in one person of Christ; the mystical union of Christ and his members, and the like; which mysteries are so sublime, so high, that no mortal Man of the highest reason, and most elevated understanding could possibly invent, in as much as now they are revealed, they exceed the capacity of the most enlightened to understand: especially if we further consider by whom these mysteries were revealed; not by the great Scholars, and subtle Philosophers of the World; not by them who were brought up in Schools, and had conversed with Books and learned Men; not by Men of high parts, who had polished their reason, and heightened their understandings by all possible humane helps; but the most of the Pen-men of Scripture, especially those by whom the greatest mysteries are revealed, were Fisher-men, Publicans, and the like; Men of mean education, illiterate Men; Men of no reading, and of but m•an natural abilities; as appears not only by the history, but also by the stile of their writings; which hath not that politeness as is to be found in many humane Authors; which doth not run in such a golden stream of eloquence, neither is dressed wi•h▪ ⟨p. 141⟩such nea•nesses of Wit, nor garnished with such flowers of Rhetoric; which is not methodized by the rules of Logic, nor enterl•rded with any peepings of humane wisdom; which doth not favour of high parts, and great natural ingenuity, or give the least suspicion of cunning, and subtlety, which these Men had above others; But some of highest mysteries of divinity are set forth by these Pen-men in a passing-mean and home-spun•dress; yea they are left even naked and bare of such apparel, as the ingenuous Men of the World have clothed their matter withal, which hath given the light of the most glorious truths and mysteries more evident discovery▪ not but that some parts of the Scriptures have such a strain of divine eloquence, as doth exceed humane writings; but the plainness of the stile, especially of the Apostle John in his Gospel, and Matthew, &c.