9 6 tl Commentary upon the GoJpel Chap.! 5. Verfe 8. Herein is my Father glorified, &c.] There is not ( faith one) fo much of the glory of God in all his works of Crea- tion, and Providence,as in one gracious action thata Chriftian per- forms ; how much more in a life full of good fruits ? This makes érè magnrts others fay, Surely God is in them. God al!ó accounts that he re- ji Deco thri- ceives a new being, as it were, by thofe inward conceptions of his ianortrm,taid glory, and by thofe outward honours that we do to him, el ecial- ne cafocenus p Heathen. ly, when we ftudy Godsends more thenour own, and drown all felt-refpe Is in his glory. Surely, they that do thus, may have what they will (faith one) and God even think himfelf beholden to them. Verfe g. Continue ye in my love] In the love wherewith I do dearly love you. As who fhould fay, Suffer your (elves tobe loved by me : loe, the Lord Chrift even makes love to the good foul, and wooes entertainment. Verfe ro. Evan as I have kept my Fathers.] Chrifts obedi- ence muff be our pattern ofimitation. All his ations were either Moral or Mediatory. In both we are to imitate him. In the former, by doing as he did, Matth. i r. i.9. I `Pet. 2. 23. In the later, by fimilitude, tranflating that to our fpirituall life, which he did as Mediatour : as to die to finne, to rife to righte- oufneffe. Verfe s r. Theft things have I ffioken, that, &c.] Sound joy is wrought in the heart by the hearing of the Word : Make me to heart joy and gladnef fe , that the bones which thou hail bro- ken (with the fenfe of finne, and fear of wrath) may rejoyce, Pfalm 51. 8. And god creates the fruit of the lips to be peace, Jfai.45. That my joy may remain inyou.] The Temporaries joy, as it is groundleffe, like weeds that grow on the top ofthe water, fo is it but frothyand flay , fuch as may wet the mouth, but not warm the heart, fmooth the brow, but not fill the breaft; like a flight dafh of rain, or an handfull ofbrufh wood, &c. Ecclef. 7.6. The true Chriftians joy is full and firm, folid and fubftantial, caudium in re, gaudium in f ie, podium de pofj'efone, gaudium de promiffione. HebathRill enough to make him everlai}mgly merry, under what- foever mifery. He can turn into his counting-houfe, and find there fufficient to fuftain him, as David did, i Sam.3o.6. Verfe i 2. This is my Commandement] Love is the complement of the Law, and thefupplement oftheGofpel. Verfe i3'
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