John Trapp on 1 Corinthians 2:14

Verſe 14. But the naturall man] The meer Animal, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. that hath no more then a reaſonalbe ſoul, and naturall abilities, Iude 19. Such was that ſapleſſe fellow, Pſal. 14.1. that may have a diſciplinary knowledge, that is, by hear-ſay, as a blinde man hath of colours, but not an intuitive per speciem propriam. The water riſeth no higher, then the ſpring whence it came: So naturall men can aſcend no higher then nature. If the unreaſonable creatures could draw a picture of God, ſaid Xenophanes, they would certainly paint him like themſelves, Quià ſcilicet nihil animal animàli ſuperius cogitare potest, becauſe they can think of nothing above themſelves.

Neither can he know them] They that are blear-eyed and weak-ſighted, if at any time they ſet themſelves to ſee better into a thing, they ſee the worſe: So here. Nay more,Vives in Aug. de civ Dei. l. 22. cap. 6. in our nature there is an antipathy to divine truth. We love the law better then the Goſpel, and any truth better then the law.

Becauſe they are ſpiritually] Ambroſe reads, Becauſe he is spiritually judged, being delivered up to a reprobate ſenſe. But the other reading is be[illegible: 1 letter]t [illegible: 1 letter].