John Trapp on Philippians 3:10

Verſe 10. And may know him] Not notionally only (for ſo a man may do out of every Catechiſme) but practically, not apprehenſively only, but affectively, not with that knowledge that is [illegible: 1 letter]ognoſcitiva only ſtanding in ſpeculation, but that is directiva vitae, as the Apoſtle here expounds himſelf. A naturall man may have a diſciplinary knowledge of Chriſt, that is, by hear-ſay, as a blinde man hath of colours, not an intuitive, i.e. per ſpeciem propriam, &c.