Ghost might remain in your hearts, constantly; and that your joy in me might be exquisite and perfect.

XV. 15 For all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

For all that part of my Father's counsel, which it concerns you to know, and all that is in any way requisite to your salvation, I, as the only Doctor of my Church and the Word of my Father, have imparted unto you.

XV. 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.

It is their obstinate infidelity and wilful contempt, that shall procure their just and deep damnation: if they had not had means sufficient offered unto them, yea if I had not come to them in person and spoken unto them and tendered to them the means of salvation, their sin had been the less; but now, they have no excuse for their sin, no colour of extenuation. So also verse 24. XV. 24 But now have they both seen and hated both me and Father.

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But now, have they seen in me the clear proofs of the Godhead of my Eternal Father, with whom I am one; and have maliciously opposed themselves against me, and that Divine Power whereof they have been convinced.

XVI. 5 But now I go my way to him that sent me ; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

But now, I am going to heaven from whence I came, to the repossession of my Father's glory; and none of you so asks after the issue and success of my departure, as to establish his heart with abundance of comfort, in the assurance of that happy provision, which I shall there make for him and my Church.

XVI. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

It is for your benefit and advantage, that I remove my bodily presence from you; for, except I go away from you, ye shall not have the Holy Ghost, who is the True Comforter of my Church, sent down upon you in that abundant measure, which you shall shortly find for it is the decree of mine Eternal Father, which in all things must be obeyed and fulfilled, that, until mine Ascension into heaven, the Holy Spirit shall not, in the plentiful store of his graces, be sent down upon the earth.

XVÍ. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment :

And this Spirit, which I will send, shall, in the powerful preaching of that Gospel which shall be committed unto you, and by his secret co-operation therewith, convince this wicked and sinful world, both of their own sin, and of my righteousness and judgment:

XVI. 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

Of their Sin, wherewith they abound every where, and which

shall be most justly imputed to them, because of their unbelief; for could they believe in me, that faith would work repentance, and that faith and repentance would have purged them from all their sin :

XVI. 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see

me no more;

Of my Righteousness, wherein both I have approved myself perfectly answerable to the will of my Heavenly Father; and whereby only I do and can justify all that believe in me, notwithstanding all their unworthiness; because, as having overcome sin and death, I ascend triumphantly to the glory of my Father:

XVI. 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

Of my righteous Judgment, in the moderation of the world, and ordering all the affairs of my Church; redressing the enormities thereof, suppressing and punishing the enemies of it, maintaining and vindicating the truth professed in it, and reducing all things therein to a right order; because Satan, the Prince of the World, is by me despoiled of his power, and restrained, and confounded in his devices and attempts.

XVI. 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

I have yet many things to speak unto you, concerning the future estate of my Church, which, through your weakness, ye are not

as yet meet to receive.

XVI. 13 For he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak and he will shew you things to

come.

The lying spirits of false teachers speak, as of themselves, their own vain imaginations and erroneous doctrines; but the Holy Spirit, which I shall send, as he proceeds from the Father and Me his Eternal Son, so he speaks also as from God the Father and the Son and whatsoever he hath from us received, that will he inspire you with, and inform you in; and shall reveal unto you those things, which concern the future condition of my Church. XVI. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

He shall not set up any new kingdom, different from mine; but shall establish that glory and government, which is put upon me by the Father: he shall confer the blessings and benefits, that arise from my incarnation, suffering, redemption, justification, sanctification, upon you my faithful ones; and shall reveal unto you the knowledge of those things, which I have willed ye should be informed in; and shall enrich you with those heavenly treasures of wisdom and knowledge, which are laid up in me.

XVI. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew. it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine, by the right of that Godhead, which is one and the same, in both; and to me also, as Mediator, hath he communicated all that power, which may serve

for the administration and happiness of my Church: therefore said I, that he should impart the treasures of my wisdom and knowledge

unto you.

XVI. 16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

Now it shall not be long, ere I be removed from you, in respect of my bodily presence; and again it shall not be long after that, ere I comfort you with the gracious presence of my Spirit; because I go to the Father.

XVI. 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Ye shall, after my departure, be put to great extremities, for many grievous persecutions shall befal you: in the mean time, the world shall insult upon you, and shall cry you down as miserable men, and magnify their own ease and happiness; but be not herewith discomforted, for this sorrow of yours shall end in unspeakable joy and blessedness.

XVI. 21. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, &c. Yea, ye shall find cause of exceeding joy, in that, which was the occasion of your sorrow; even your sufferings, for my Name's sake: even as a woman in travail is extremely afflicted with her painful throes, but as soon as &c.

XVI. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing.

In that day, when I shall have sent my Holy Spirit upon you, ye, shall not need to ask any questions for the gaining of further knowledge; for all things, meet for you to know, shall be clearly revealed unto you.

XVI. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Ye have not hitherto taken so express notice of my Mediatorship, as to propound your suits to my Heavenly Father in my Name; though the types and figures of the Law and the plain intimations of the Prophets have directed you to this practice: but now, ever hereafter make this use of my Ñame in your prayers, and ye shall be sure to obtain that which ye sue for, to the unspeakable joy and comfort of your souls.

XVI. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but &c.

I have hitherto delivered divers doctrines to you in dark and mystical manner, as ye have thought, through the weakness of your apprehension: but henceforth, &c.

XVI. 26 And I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you.

I shall not need to encourage you with the assurance of my praying for you; for such is the gracious propension of my Heavenly Father toward you, that he will, in his wonderful mercy, prevent you with his goodness, and give you all blessings unasked.

XVII. 1 Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Sort also may glorify thee.

O Father, as thou hast hitherto mightily declared me for thy Son, by those wonderful miracles that have been wrought by me; so now, that the hour of my suffering and death approacheth, do thou more glorify thyself by me, in that, by this bitter passion of mine, mankind shall be redeemed, Satan and all the powers of hell defeated: even while I must undergo this pain and ignominy, do thou shew forth thy almighty power, in acknowledging and magnifying the infinite virtue of this my all-sufficient redemption; that herein, thine Eternal Son, the Mediator betwixt thee and mankind, may also glorify thee in this work of atonement, which I shall make betwixt thee and men, and the full glorification of all mine with thee.

XVII. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

And this is the sure and certain way to attain eternal life: even this, to know thee, who art the Only True God; and Jesus Christ thy Son, whom thou hast sent into the world, to be the Redeemer thereof.

XVII. 4 I have glorified thec on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

I have, by my doctrine and miracles, made thee known to men on earth; and now I am upon the point of finishing that work of man's redemption, by my death and passion, which thou hast enjoined me to do.

XVII. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

And now they have known, both by my information and by their own experience, that all the power that I have, and all the great acts that I have done, are from thee, and from that perfect and indivisible union which I have with thee.

XVII. 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

O Father, I require nothing of thee, but what I know may and doth well stand with thine eternal counsel: I pray not therefore for the world of unbelievers, and rebellious wicked men; I pray for that special charge, that peculiar flock, which thou hast committed unto me: they are thine; and thou hast professed to have a dear interest in them, and an infinite care of them.

XVII. 10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

There is that perfect union between thee and me, that those, which pertain to the one, are no less peculiarly proper unto the other: our right in all the elect is inseparable: all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am, together with thee, glorified in them. XVII. 11 Keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

Keep thou, through thy mighty power and gracious protection,

those, whom thou hast given me, that they may be joined toge. ther in the unity of the Spirit; and may be so of one heart, as thou, O Father, and I, are of one nature and essence.

XVII. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

While I was visibly with them in the world, I was ready upon all occasions to sustain, and comfort, and instruct them; and, as by the personal execution of that power of a Mediator, which thou bast committed unto me to preserve and keep them: even all those, whom thou gavest to my peculiar charge and attendance, have I yet more specially watched over and kept from the peril of temptations; so as not one of them is lost: only Judas, who was of old ordained to this condemnation, miscarrieth; not through any neglect of mine, but through his own wilful wickedness; so as in him is that Scripture fulfilled, which the Psalmist said of him long ago, Let his days be few, and let another take his office. Psalm cix. 8.

XVII. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. Sanctify thou them, O Lord, and purge them from all evil and corrupt affections, by the power of thy Gospel: which is the word of truth, and the power of God to salvation to every believer.

XVII. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

For their sakes I have sanctified and consecrated myself to this work of mediation, to become a holy and all-sufficient sacrifice unto thee; that the holiness of my perfect obedience might be derived unto them, that they, through this my word of truth, might be sanctified unto thee.

XVII. 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

That they may be perfectly joined in the unity of faith and love, and may make up one entire body, whereof I am the Head; even as thou, Ŏ Father, art one with me, as I am Mediator betwixt thee and men: and, by the virtue of this union, all, that I have received from thee, is communicated unto them, and they become one with us; that by this full accord and unity, that is between them, the world may be convinced of the efficacy of my coming into the world, and of my divine power and authority, putting me upon this great work, and effecting it by me.

XVII. 22, 23 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one.

The glory, which thou hast put upon me, as Mediator, I have not so received for myself, or so reserved to myself, as not to communicate it unto them, which are the members of my body: I have stamped them with the same glorious impression, that they may be one in themselves and in me; as we are one, not only by an