Matthew Poole and continuators on John 7:16

16 Jesus answered them, and said , My Doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me .

My Doctrine is not mine, considering me as the Son of Man; not taught, or to be taught me by men; not learned out of Books, or by the Precepts of men; not invented by me; but it is mine as it is the Doctrine of the Father that sent me, and I and my Father both are one, and agree in one, 1 Iohn 5.7, 8 and being so, there was no such need that Christ should be Learned, in their sense, viz. at the feet of their Doctors, and in their Schools. But Enthusiasts vainly argue from hence, That there is no need of Humane Learning for him who is to be a Preacher of the Gospel: For Christ was not mere man, but one in whom the fulness of the Godhead dwelt bodily. No such thing will follow from the Prophecying of Amos, who was an Herdsman, or the Apostles who were Fishermen; much less from the Preaching of Christ. We must distinguish betwixt an extraordinary and an ordinary Calling: And tho it be truth, That the Ministers of the Gospel Preach Doctrine which is not theirs, but his that sent them; yet it doth not follow, that they must come by the knowledge of this Doctrine in the same manner that Christ did; who was in the bosom of the Father, and knew his will, and came from him to communicate it to the World: Nor yet in the same manner that the Prophets and the Apostles came to the knowledge of it, as by Christs vocal Instruction. So also by the Influence of the Holy Spirit upon them in the days of Pentecost, which abode upon them.

Marginal references: Chap. 3.11. [illegible: 1 span] and 12.49. and 14▪ 12, 24.