Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 1737 — Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible

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: Thereby we may quench the Spirir, which uſually works upon mens Minds and Hearts by it. By prophete is ſometimes meant fore- telinz things to come, and ſpeaking by extraordinary Revelation, x Cor. 14. 29, 39. ſometimes the Scriptures are ſo calleil, cſnecially the

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nt, 2 Per, n, 21, and ſomerimes the interpretation an ap:

plying of *cripture, which 1s the ſame we now call Preaching, 1 Cor,

14, 3. And the Duty with reſp-d& to it, is nor ro dejpiſe ir, to It it at

raught, as a thing of no worth, Ihe word is often uied in the New-

Tefament, 11h, 18,9. Ai 4.11, Rom, 24,3, 19 but tne Apoſtle

uſer avain the figure Mciotts before mentioned, and means, prize,

value, and highly eftcen it, attend upon it, have great regard to it, it b-ins an Ordinance of Ged for Inftruftion and Edification, yea, and for Converſion al'o, 1 Cor. 14. 24, 25, Some Ceſpile it becaule of the

ourward m-anne(s of the perſons which prophefie, ſome through a

proud conceit of their own nowledre, ſome by a contempt of Religi-

en ir (elf, Theſe Thejjdontans had been commended tor their great pro

Foeirncy, and yet were ftill to attend wpon propheſying in the Church.

VWi:ich he calls proph-{yings in the plural number, referring either to tio fvoral Prophets that propheſied, or to the ſ{cyeral parts of their prophetie, or the times they prophetied, And the Prophets WETE either ſuch as proph-ticd only by an extraordinary gitt, and immediate re- violation, which fome private members of the Church had in thoſe times, 1 Cor, 14.29, 30, Or {ach as propheſied not only by gift, bur office alſo, Zj4, 4. 1T. f

* Co 221 *Prove all things «, hoid faſt that which 1s good w. « this duty relates to the former ; as they were to attend upon

rronhelyings,ſo to axercite a diſcerning julgment about what was pro-

vheſed, lor ali rirgs 15 not to betaken here univerſally, but for Do-

Grines and Opinons inReligion which were delivered by the Prophets.

%lc {ome which the Apoſtle Fokn requires, believe not every ſpirit, bui

pv the ſpirits, KC Aoviucl,eTr, and it's the ſame word there which in

this 1ext we read prove z alluding to Gold or other Mettals which are trved in the Fire, or by a touch-ftone, as ſome think. And though there was a peculiar gift of diſcerning of SPITItS, I Cor. 12. 10, yet it is the Quty of every Chriftian to try Mens Spirits and DoCtrines, whe- ther from God or no, The Apoitle ſpeaks here to the Saints in gene- ral, and ſo doth the Apoſile >t, Fon, 1 Fobn 4.1. And mens Do:

#1:jn-5 are to be judzcd of by the Scriptures as the ſtandard of Truth,

24 the Boreas were Commended for learching the Scriptures about the

Apoltles Dofh ine, A. 17, 11, andthe Apoſtle prays for the Philippi-

«15, that they might dilcern things that ditter, Phil, 1,10, and if the

bad not yet attained it as they ought, yet he prays that they might,

and not be always babes, but ſuch as the Apoftic ſpeaks of, who hav

their 1cnſes exercijed in the diſcerning of good and evil, Heb, g, 13, 14.

the people are to look upon them as their guides and leaders, as they

are called, Zeb,13.7,17.and ſuch as are to go before them in the ſearc!; in and diſpenſing of truth, yet becauſe the beſt are not infallible, the\ ought to try their Potetrine by the rule of Truth, Which is that jud;

neat of diſcretion which Proteſtants allow to the People in their 1.

ſputes with the Papiſts agaiuſt their Dofrine of Infallibility, and im-

Plicit Faith, which grounls the Peoples Faith upon the Authority

of Men, which ought to reſt upon the authority of God, As we ought

not eatily to rejett the Authority ard Faith of the Church, ſo not to believe with a bhnd Faith, or obey with. a blind obedience, w The £00d here meant 1s Truth, which 1s an intelle&ual good, the contrary

t which 1s Error, Which is a mental Evil, When we have proved mens

DoGrires and Opinions, what we find agreeable to the Scriptures of

Truth, we ought to hold falt, And thougy all truth hath a goodneſs in

it, yet eſp<ially divine Truth, and the Dottrine of the Goſpel, which

the Apoſtle calls, That good thing committed to Timothy, 2 Tim, 1.14.

It i5 g06d with retpect to the Soul, and lo hetter than any bodily good,

and good that refers to Eternity, and fo better than any temporal good.

Now this good we are to ho} faſt, To hold it faſt againſt Adverſaries,

and all oppoſition, as ſome underſtand tlie word, to hold it as with both

hands, againſt ſeducing Doetrine, Satans temptations, and the Worlds

Perlccution, Ihe fame word is uſed concerning the good ground that

h=14 faſt the ſecd of the Word, Luk.$.15.S0 1Cor, 11.2. Wwe are to 7c

1.29 the Truth, butnot d-r47 it, as the Heathen are ſaid to do, Kom.

1, 18, where we tind ally the ſame word as in the 'Text, Jt isa duty

much preſt by the Apoſtles in their Epiſtles to the Saints and Churches