And  here  I  (hall  mind  Mr  Simpfan  of  a  pafiage  which!
have  read  in  Cbryfojiomv  which  comes  home  to  this  matter
in  hand  ^  it  is  in  his  third  homily  on  the  firft  epiftle  to  the
Corinthians^  where  he  faid,  c*  That  God  had  no  need,  at
**  the  beginning  of  the  gofpel,  of  learned  men,  and  fa-
**  phifters  to  preach  the  gofpel,  and  to  convince  the  world
«  with  fyllogifms  -a  but  did  only  ufe  the  word  of  faith,  in  the
"  mouths  of  plain  handicrafts-men,  and  artificers :  Where*
«  fore,  faith  he,  when  the  Greeks  (hall  accufe  the  difcipies
*'  of  Chrift  as  ignorant  of  letters,  and  unlearned,  letus
"  ourfelves  who  are  chriftians,  accufe  them  more,  Nci-
«  ther  let  any  one  fay,  that  Paul  was  wife  and  learned;
«  but  let  us  fay,  their  men  were  wife  and  learned,  bu:
*6  ours  were  rude  and  ignorant:  For  in  thus  doing,  accord-
**  ing  to  the  truth,  we  ihall  have  the  greater  advantage  againft
w  them. For  if  Paul  was  unlearned,  and  yet  overcame  leam-
™  ed  PUto*  his  viftory  was  the  greater,  and  the  grace  ot
"  God  the  more  glorious. Now  this  I  fay,  faith  he,  becaufe
«  the  other  day,  I  heard  a  certain  chrift izn  difcourfmg
«  ridiculoufly  with  a  Greek  ;  each  of  them  in  their  diV
**  courfe  prejudicing  their  own  caufe:  For  the  Greek  fpake
*<  that  which  the  chriftian  fbould  have  faid  1  and  the  chrif-
**  tian  fpakc  that  which  the  Greek  fliould  have  faid. For

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Mr  S. SIMPSOTPs  ERRORS. 525

€i  the  queftion  between  them  being  touching  Paul  and

44  PlatOj  the  Greek  endeavoured  to  prove  that  Paul  was

-  «*  rude  and  unlearned  •,  but  the  chriftian  through  his  fim-

44  plicity  did  endeavour  to  prove,  that  Paul  was  more

ft  learned  and  eloquent  than  Plato. And  fo,  the  Greek

44  fhould  obtain  the  vi&ory,  if  the  chriftians  reafons  fhould

44  prevail. For  if  Paul  were  more  learned  than  Platoy

,  "  then  might  men  objeft,  that  he  overcame  not  the  world

44  through  grace,    but  through  eloquence. Wherefore. w  that  which  the  chriftian  fpake,  made  for  the  Greek  ;  and

u  and  that  which  the  Greek  fpake,  made  for  the  chrif-

"  tian. 