Ghap.1F: according to St.'J O H ty io3. Verfe 1 s. Butyecannot bearthem now] Becaufc your fpirirs are dulledwithwordly forrow. But the fpirit (hall be unto you a powerful' Removenc, prohibent. Verfe 13. He willguideyou into all truth] Many are thebene-. fits that we receive by theSpirit. The fruit of the Spirit is inall Ephefi 9.. ' goodneffe, and righteourneffe, and t°ruth This our Saviour delivers., to his difciplesat feverall times, and by degrees, as theycould bear it. Here he reprefents him as a guide to godlineffe. Simeon was brought into the Templeby the inftinft of the Spirit. `Paulwould have gone to a certain place, but the Spirit would not fuffer him. Lo, filch is the workingofthe holyGhoft ftill ingoodmens hearts, Thefleps of a good manare ordered by the Lord, andhe,delighteth Pfa1.3723i in his Way. Kings füf-fèrtheir children to ridewith them, but yet 'fet Tutors and governours t&over-rule them. So here. And becaufe Delicata res eft'Spirittu Dei , Therefore we muff obferve andobey his motions, which are the foundofhis goings , thefoot- fieps of his anointed, Pfal. 89.51. We fhould lay our felves (as in= firnments) open to the Spirits touch, fubmit tohis difcipline as Paul did,Gal.z.zo:. And this requires a.great deal offelf-deniall. Verfe 1q. He Jhall glorifie me, &c. ] And if the holy Ghoft couldnot ufe anybettermeans to glorifie Chrift,thento takeof his excellencies, and hold.them out to the world , what íhould Mini= fiers; the mouthofthelaoly Ghofl, do rather ? Verfe 15.. 411 things that the Father hash, &c. ] So that ifwe can but marry theheir, we have all. The :Father faith unto him, as he did tohis eld_eft Son., Luki 5.. 31. Sonne, thou art ever avith me, and all that I have äs thine : therefore we maygoboldly tohim for all things needful! for life and godlinefle. When yofeph fent to 1acob that Pharaoh had put all into his hands , he was not a little comforted, that one fo near tohim in nature was fo able to ac- .commodate him. Let us alfo come boldly to the throneof grace, &hour fiat and blond bathall power todo us good. Chrift, as Mediatour, is able to make all grace abound toward us , that we always , having all fuffeiency in all things, may abound to every goodWork, 2 C'or.8,8. Well might Ignatius fay, Ignis, crux Ge diaboli.tormenta in me Deviant, tantummodó ut yefumnancifear. Verfe aC A littlewhile , and ye ¡hall not fee mc. ] This litt teemed alongwhile tothem,fo that they:began to doubt ( though, it were but the thirddayafter his death) whether or no it were - aita$eenar be that Ihould redeem Ifrael, Luk, 24. a1, Gods help fe-ems,long, sic.,ísttojç. H 4 becaufe
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