John Trapp on 1 Corinthians 2:8

Verſe 8. Which none of the Princes] He calleth the Phariſees and Philoſophers Princes, for their learning; as being himſelf a ſcholar. Only he might well have ſaid of them, as Tuliy of others in another caſe, Mihi quidem nulli ſatis eruditi videntur, quibus noſtra ſunt ignota. I cannot take them for ſcholars, Cic de Poet[illegible: 1 letter] Latinu. that partake not of our learning.

None of the Princes of this world knew] Becauſe their learning hung in their light. So it fared with Vſpian the chief Lawyer, Galen the chief Phyſitian, Porphyry the chiefeſt Aristotelian; and Plotinus the chief Plaioniſt, who were profeſt enemies to Chriſt and his truth. So was Libanius and Lucian the chief ſcholars of their time. None miſcarry oftner then men of greateſt parts. None are ſo deep in hell as thoſe that are moſt knowing. They ſee no more into the myſtery of Chriſt, then illiterate men do into the profound points of Aſtronomy. As a man may look on a trade and never ſee the myſtery of it: or he may look on the letter, and never underſtand the ſenſe: ſo here.