Chap. r7. according to St J H N. a t forth good things, new and old, for the peoples ufe. Verfe i 8. Even fo have 1 feat them, &c.] Therefore they have need, that therebe put upon themofmyfpirit, that they maybe fit for thework. This boon none are to expect, but they that are fent ofChrift, and fuch are foreto be gifted. Verfe 19. And for their fakes do I fanF fie ] As both Prieff, Altar and Sacrifice : and this Chrift did from the womb to the Tomb ; at his death especially, when this Pafchal" lamb was rolled in the fire of his Fathers wrath, that his people might be made partakers ofhis holineffe, -Hcb. o. ro. Here alto it is worth the -noting, that these petitions in our Saviours prayer, do fo fweetly depend one upon another, that if you take away one, you deface the other. Thavorintu inGcliitss, comparing between the Rile of Lyfias and 'Plato, cbferves this difference; úòd fi ex Platonic oration aliáttiddemas mutefq; de elegantia tantum detraxeris; .fi"ex Lyle, defententia. Verle 2o. Neither pray I for thefe alone] Loe here a lure and fweet haven for all believers to have recourfe to, where they may fit a.,r` fing away care ofmifcarrying ; forhere Chris} Both as much as if ne íhould folemnly fwear to fecure and set them fafe from dan- ger, Pith the Father denies him nothing. joh Verfe 21. That they all may be one] Though not by the fame kindeofunion whereby the Father and the Sonne are one, yet by an union everyway as reali and indiffoluble ; filch, as whereby the world may be convinced that Chrift is the very Meiah, and the faithful!, the true Church. So it was acknowledged in the Primi- tive times, "At. 4. 32. But what a fad thingwas it, that a Heathen íhould loon after have caufe to fay, Nulle infefte hominibm beftie, Am. Marce.. ut font fabiferales pleriq; C>hriftiani ; No beans are fo mifchievous °us, d,z,c.z. iii to men, as Chriftians are one toanother. They had not fo learned p; feC oa Chrift. Love and humility are his cognizances. Why then fliould Diocletiano, the Turk.have occafion to fay, that he should fooner feehis fingers pstiffimè orte all of a length,then Chriflian Princes all ofa minde ? Why should pesbia rtt the few Rumble at our diffentions, which is one ofthe main fcan- e i'ccrdotum dais they take from Protestants ? E.ufeb. Verfe 22. e4 dthe glory which thou, &c. ] That is, thegrace, z Cor 3> uk. which is glorybegun,as glory is grace perfected : we arehere trans- EPhcf.z,t,, formed into thefame image from glory to glory ; and (et together in Eieb,6,9, %uv, heavenly places in Chrift ye* Such honour hwe all his Saints. > T7'1 Such things arefound in them as do accompany or comprehend "'r" g P ícholiaft. falvation. j Vcrre
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