John Trapp on 1 Corinthians 13:9
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1 Corinthians13:9
Verſe 9. We prophecy in part] We therefore know but imperfectly, becauſe we are taught but imperfectly. My greateſt knowledge,Melch. Adam. ſaid Chytraeus, is to know that I know nothing. And not only in moſt other things am I ignorant, ſaid Auſtin, Aug epiſt. 119. cap. 21. but even in the Scriptures (my chief ſtudy and trade of life) Multò plura neſcio quam ſcio. The Rabbins in their Comments upon Scripture, when they meet with hard knots that they cannot explicate, they ſolve all with this, Elius cum venerit, ſolvet omnia.
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