Of EleCiion. 1"'>.../'..P'~ You mull know that the word [All] mine, (.!)c. is in the Neuter Ut no, r . BooK ll. and fo notes forth properly tbmgs, notperjinu only : And in that paraltei 1...11~ pllce, Joh.t6.t'j. Allth,lt theFathrrht~lh trrrmilu, it is fpokenotthmgs and 'tis fo Tranfl•ted there [All things J the Fmher bath m·t mi"e; and . c: c rJingly it mull here be underllood, that all thing< univerf•lly that are mine, areth.ne: We may altoobferve, thatthefe words. A!! mine artth111e,andalt thnu are minr, are in their llation a Parenrhefis; which Br11gt11jis bath obfer– ved, and Reads as fuch; and fo fland out apart from the words : And as con. ccrning the Apof\les Pcrfons, the fenfe runs currently on •fore, and alter, with– cut rhefe words : And it ts apparent, they are a Maxim iuperadded by the way, thatfubfifrofthemfelves; not astf they had nothmg atallrodowithl,hatis immediltely fa id round about. tllem; but yet as uttering fame further thing; and fprcading and extendtog tt felfunto All thmgs whatfoever; though upon ocrafion ofhaving faid oft he Apofiles to his Father, Thry are tbme: And fo thence they do include the perfons of the Apofrles, or Eled: It mull be found– ed upon this, as ageneral M1xim, That 11/t thutgs whatever that are mine, are thir.e; and therefore it is that thefe perfons I prav tor, are both mine, and thine : And it is as if he had fa id, no wonder that they are mine, and thine; for Lo! all things whatever that are mi11e,'are thme, even to the God·head it felf. and upon that account it is, thi; Speech relates to, and involves the Per: fons. · But it may be Obj ·ded,that if theApoftles their being hu,fhould come in but upon this general •ccount,whereupon all things elfe are; this were only a com– mon intere!1,and fo they would be his but as all things elfe were:Whereas he in· tends, and in the reality ofthe thing,it is fo that thefe Apoftles were Hu,and rhe Ftllhrrs,upon afpecial property,as chofen out ofalt tht11gs elfe: This may fame objcd;and that therefore we mufr either limit the fpeech to theApoftlest>erfons; or if we would fnterpret it of Allthings whatever, as well as ofthem, we mult leave the Apof\les out, becaufe their fpecral interefl: cannot be intended by the common One: I will not ue– tain the Reader here with D1fpures about this Qyefli– on; but have cafr it into the Margent : But the Solu– tion of all thefe Difficulties will be e•fie, by fuppoling ( which is Rationally to be fuppofed ) that there is ta– citcly implied, and to be fupplied, this further Maxim to be added unto that forementioned: That look tU in their feveralranks, or kmd.r, or degrees, a~;yor rve· ry thmg amongH the [All things] are ow,,edto h mi1u, or t hi11e; a11d tU our propruty tn them Hmort, or lrfs, and Jo i" o11r value they are dem·er, or le(s dear to tu; according to thU meajiwe thefe Apojlles, and the Elefl being thine, and milte, in a lpecial lot and degree, are therefore infinuely de.1rer to tu than alt Creatttres 6efides: Now of thefe he had faid to his Father, they were thine by fpecial propriety of Choice, and Eledion out of All : And they became mine by thy gift; they are thine, a•d thou gtlvefl them me; and that therefore look in what indeared refpeCI: tbey were thine, they are mine in the fame alfo. And this Rule fuppofed (which thofe former words give warrant for)fetcheth in thePerfons oftheApoflles, as Gods, and his own choice!1 Eled; and with them, the l'erfons of all the Eled elfe, Saints, fmall and great : And will alfo admit an extenfion of the fpcech u111o all thi11gs elfe that are Gods, in their fe– veral order , and degree, which ends th~ d tfe– rence, and comprehendeth all we aim at in this Point. Tt is certain, that if we fheuld l!mit this Speech to the Pc:rfons of the Aponies, then Gtrlliuds Argument wou.Jrl have place: S.iith he, if you lirnir this to the Perfon~ o£ the A· pollks, u that wherehy, Chrifl {hould m~kt pro0f cf that he h'd {aid juft afore, (which they that do, mufi l'l'lake ro bco the Co.hcrc:occ:) Toq arrthi·r ;and theo bring thisaslm rc:afon, and (or for J all mine: are thine, &c. Then fays he, you nude: €hrifi tO prove but idtm, ptr idt,.>,, •he lame thin~;, by the famc- : And it had been bul i!S if he ha11 faid, Thelc: areThint ;for the P(:rforL oftheft,arc:both mine, and thint; sowthhmufi ·ot be admitrc:d: And again, to lu.ve inr<::nded tO fay, the!e Apoflks arc: rn;ne, foral/tbe l:'tr(onJ !hiltartminr, art.!hiJU, a1zd rhinr mint, aod therefore thcfc ; thiS had been thwart tohisScope, and Method; which wu fi11gular])· ·o Pray for, and prcknt his A· pofl\c; ash~clt cfefi, or choicdlElelt , :mcl paucrn<; ofGods Ekltion o! ·he rcfl: Soa~if he had intended to nore forth, that they were his, and hi~ l'athcrs Elclt oaes; then rather all the EleCt with them, mufi come inas intend– ed: For he f.1.ys all thing5 1 &c. as well as the Apofile,: And fo ftill h would fall outthac the Apoflles Perfom fhould come in, but be· c;su(e the whole Body of rhe Elett, are Gods, and his: Whereas Chritl.'s method in this prayer, and this pl~ceis,11itt vtrfa, c\ea~ other– wife; for he m~ntlons not the reft of Ius E.ielt, until Ver(. 20. Ntitbtr pra7 1 fort btft a/911t, b11t for tbtm a/fo whi~h PJa.ll btlitvt o!l mt thro~gh their word : BavJn& Intended rim foregoing pm of his Prayer, cfpeciA!Iy for his Apoflles, for their parricular comfort, and all other the EleCt; but byc!lnf::quence, and inference: from '\Vhat the Apoll\cs were to him : So a; the nutnJnd ~r:tnd Lot ofthe lntcrprcuti?u,mufi flil! be C:Ktcnded unto [ Tbiii&S J All tblnlS tbat ~~.rtmint,mThint. This
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