elect ones among the Gentiles, and might happily bring them to the participation of the same grace and glory.

XII. 49. Behold, the world is gone after him.

We see so many believe in him, as if all the world would turn disciples to him.

XII. 23. And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of Man should be glorified.

The time is now at hand, wherein the Son of Man shall be glorified, both by his triumph over death, and by the general publication of the Gospel all the world over.

XII. 24. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

In the mean time, let it not trouble you to see me die: for I tell you, this is the way to my greater glory. Even as ye see the corn falls into the ground, and there doth, as it were, die, in a natural corruption, that it may live again in a plentiful in

crease.

XII. 25. He that loveth his life shall lose it; &c. See Matthew x. 39.

XII. 27. Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. See Matthew xxvi. 39.

XII. 28. Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

I do not so regard my own safety and peace, that I would have either of these stand in the way of thy glory. O Father, therefore, whatsoever I suffer, do thou glorify thy own name, &c. I have hitherto glorified it by all those proofs I have given of thy Deity, by all the miracles which thou hast wrought; and I will perfect that which I have begun; and will after a glorious death consummate thine everlasting glory in heaven. XII. 32. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, upon my cross, which my enemies intend to my shameful death, shall then shew forth my glorious triumphs; and will then, by the power of my death, draw up all my chosen ones into heaven with

me.

XII. 35. Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Yet a little while is the light of my bodily presence with you, and the light of my personal doctrine shines forth unto you make use of this happy opportunity while it lasteth.

XII. 39, 40. Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts; that they should not see with their eyes, &c.

Therefore they could not believe, because that, as Isaias speaketh, in a just punishment of their maliciousness and contempt, God had strucken them with a reprobate sense, so as their eyes were blinded, and their hearts hardened against the means of their conversion and salvation.

XII. 47. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. See chapter iii. 17.

XII. 50. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting.

That doctrine which by his commandment I preach unto you, is that which will surely bring you to everlasting life.

XIII. 3, 4, 5. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Jesus, though he well knew what evil was towards him by the treacherous conspiracy of Judas, yet well knowing also the happy issue of all these his imminent sufferings; and foreseeing his triumph over all his enemies, and the glory prepared for him, in that free and full sovereignty, which the Father had given him, over all things, both in heaven and earth; and knowing, that as he was sent from heaven by his eternal Father, so also, that he was, in spite of all the opposition of the powers of hell, to return now to the glory of his Father; he cheerfully addressed himself to this great work; and rising from supper, in a desire to leave behind him an example of humility and charity, he laid aside his garments, and took a towel and girded himself; and pouring water into a bason, began to wash his disciples' feet.

XIII. 7. Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

Thou dost not as yet understand the reason of this act of mine thou shalt in due time know, upon what ground I do it; but, in the mean time, it behoves thee to submit thyself with all humble obedience, to this work which I have in hand.

XIII. 8. If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

If I do not wash thee, both by my blood shed for the expiation of man's sin, and by the sanctifying power of my Spirit which I would represent unto thee by this washing, thou canst have no part with me, no interest in me, no benefit by me.

XIII. 9. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

Nay then, Lord, let it not be enough that thou washest some part of me alone; for alas, I am all unclean with my sin

ful corruptions; wash me therefore all over: cleanse thou both my hands that are guilty of many offensive actions, and my head that hath conceived many sinful thoughts.

XIII. 10. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

As it is in the custom of baths, that those, who come forth thence, shall not need to be washed over again, save only to have their feet washed, which have soiled themselves by treading upon the ground; so is it in this spiritual washing: ye my disciples are already, in respect of the main business of regeneration, washed from your sins, yet there are some remainders of earthly and worldly affections, which must be still purged away, and rectified in the best men; so shall they be altogether clean and such is your condition at this time; ye my disciples are clean: and yet not all of you; there is one of this your small number, who is extremely foul and filthy.

XIII. 18. I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

But when I say ye are happy, I speak not of you all: I do well know the condition of those, whom I have chosen to follow me; and amongst them do well know who be my true and faithful followers, and vessels of honour; and I know ye are not all such; for in my family must that be fulfilled which David my true type spake of his familiars, He that eateth bread with me hath conspired against me.

XIII. 23. Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

Now, according to the usual form of their posture at the table, one of the disciples, (even John whom Jesus loved above the rest) leaned on the bosom of Jesus.

XIII. 26. Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it.

Then Jesus, as whispering secretly unto John, said; He it is to whom I shall give a sop, &c.

XIII. 27. And after the sop Satan entered into him. said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

Then

Upon that sop so kindly given by Jesus to him, Satan took more full possession of Judas; and more strongly prevailed with him, to resolve and endeavour his intended mischief. Then said Jesus unto him, I know well what thou goest about; thy secrecy cannot elude my knowledge of thy plots against me; since therefore thou wilt needs do thus treacherously, dispatch speedily that which thou hast in hand.

XIII. 31. Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

Now is the time at hand, wherein the Son of Man shall be

exempted from all the miseries and calamities of this life, and shall be invested with the incomprehensible glory of God; as in his patient death and powerful resurrection, God shall be glorified by him. So also verse 32.

XIII. 36. Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

Thou art not yet fit to follow me up to my cross, or to ascend up with me to my glory, but ere long, thou shalt be enabled to both, and shalt be admitted to the fellowship both of my death and blessedness.

XIV. 1. Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Ye have great conflicts to undergo: see therefore that your souls be furnished with a strong and lively faith: and, let it not suffice you, that ye do believe in one infinite and invisible God, that eternal and incomprehensible Spirit, who hath made you and all the world; but repose the whole affiance of your hearts upon me, the true and only Son of God, whom ye see clothed with flesh: and the rather now fasten your souls upon me by a stedfast belief, for that ye shall see this Humanity of mine subjected to many and great miseries, much contempt, pain, insultation; yea to an ignominious death; but let not your hearts be troubled with those heavy things, which ye shall see to befal me, the issue whereof ye shall find to be glorious.

XIV. 2. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

In heaven, which is the house of my Father above, there is infinite provision, and store of glorious mansions, for all my faithful ones: were there only room for me alone, I would not have borne you in hope of that, which were not to be enjoyed; but now, I know, there are such great store, that I go, beforehand, to prepare places for you.

XIV. 3. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

And, though I do now go from you and ascend into heaven, to make provision for you and my whole Church, yet I will, at the day of my Last Judgment and restoring of all things, come again into the world, and gather all mine Elect to myself; that, in a full consummation of bliss, where I am, there may ye be also.

XIV. 5. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

Master, thou hast, in some general terms, told us of thy going to thy Father, and taking possession of thy kingdom; but thou hast not clearly explicated unto us the means and manner,

how thou wilt do it: since therefore thou hast not fully expressed thyself in those particularities of thy kingdom and glory, how much less should we be able to know, which way thou wilt take for thy compassing and attaining of it?

XIV. 6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

If thou wouldest know the way to heavenly glory, know, that there is no way thither, but in and by me: there is nothing tending to happiness, that thou canst desire, but it is found in me in me is to be found the beginning, the proceeding, the end of all perfection: whosoever would come to the glory of my Father, in me he must enter, for I am the Way; in me he must go forward, for I am the saving Light of divine truth; in me he must shut up, for I am eternal Life.

XIV. 7. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

If ye had so thoroughly observed, and informed yourselves of me, and noted my words and actions, as ye might have done, ye might have seen in me the lively image of my Father, and have acknowledged the fulness of his Godhead dwelling bodily in me; but herein you have hitherto been defective: now, from henceforth, see your own error, and amend it; and know, that in knowing, and believing in me, ye do know my Father, and do so believe in him, as if your eyes beheld him. So also verse 9.

XIV. 8. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

Lord, we have seen thee, and we have seen great proofs of thy Divine Power, so as thy Father hath shewed forth himself in thee; but we wish that thou wouldest shew us thy Father in himself: if we could see him with our bodily eyes, we should be fully satisfied; and should not trouble thee with any more questions of this kind.

XIV. 10. Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?

Believest thou not that I am, in my eternal essence, one God with the Father, and that the Godhead of the Father dwelleth and exhibiteth itself in me? So verse 11.

XIV. 12. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

I would have you know, that the manifestation of the power of my Godhead is not so tied to my personal presence, as that, when I am gone, there shall be no further proof nor use of it; but, contrarily, even after my departure out of the world, I will give such power to those that believe in me, that they shall do the very same miracles that I have done: yea, I will do more