0 and willingly lay down his Life for. the Sins of the World,
riſe again from the dead, and aſcend unto his Father who fent hn into the World.
24 *. Ye ſhall ſeek me, and ſhall not find ve a, and *C 3.”
where I am, thither ye cannot come 6.
a Some rhink the meaning is, Tou ſhall ſeek me, to execute your malice upon ine, but to no purpoſe, for 5ou ſhallnor tind mee O-, you ſhall ſeek meto deltroy me in my Church, and to roor out my Name, bur to no purpoſe. Bur the moſt probable fen'e is this, You wicked Fes, that now contemn the means of Grace hy me offeced ro you, ſhall one day be 1n diitreſs ani calamity enouzh; and wh you are fo, then you will wiſh | were again among(t you, bur T ſhall be Aſcended to my Father, b and as deaf to your Pravers, #5 above the reach of your Malice. There 1s inuch the ſame icing {414 in Mate23. 39+ Thar he here ſpeakerh of his Afcenlion is [L2it fr OT Ch. 13. 33. He ſpeaketh of Heaven as a Place where he w 4s ac rhat time, for ſo he was as to his Divine Narure. Itis var2ye winther I go ; which makes fome think, it ſhould nor here be eu; bit £74 vado, But others reject it,becauſe it is a Poetical word, vardly uied in the New Teitamentr;
25 Then faid the Jews among themſeives, Whither
will he go, that we ſhall not find him c? will he 99
unto the diſperſed among the || Gentiles, and tzach ws 0: C
Gentiles 4 ?
© The Fewvs, not ar all believing the D.vine Nature of Chriſt, nor- withitanding all that Chriſt had faid, and all the Miracles he had wrought, are at a mighty loſs to conclude what our Saviour {pike of, and whither he would go; they rhouzht he could go no where in the Land of Fewry, bur they ſhould hear of him, - and be able ro come where he was; they conclude therefore that he wou'd gointo ſome Pagan Country. d In the Greekir is, }/ill he go into the ts, - perfion of the Grecians, There were two moſt famous Difper- ſions, of which we read in Scory. The firſt was of the F-iws, ot which we read in ſacred Hiſtory, in the Captivities of 4/Þr;a ( whi- ther the ten Tribes were carried, 2Kzngs 17. 6) and Babylon, wit- ther the two Tribes were carried, 2Kzng5 21. 26. And that by the Grecians and Macedonians ; when alſo many of the Fes were dit- perſed by Alexander the Great, and his Succeflors. Peter direterh his Epiſtle to the Strangers ſcattered throughout Ponrts, Galatia, Cappadocia, Aſia, and Bythynia, 1Per. 1.1. And Fames directs his Epittle ro-the twelve Tribes ſcattered abroad. They fancy that our Saviour would go into ſome of theſe places, and Preach ; by which means the Gentz/es would be raught the Miſteries of the F2w:ſh Reli- 2ion, which was what above all rhings they were Ilmpartent of hear- ing ; and yer hadreafon from the Prophecies of the Old Teſtamenr, to fear, v7. their own Rejection, and the receiving in of the Ger:- tilet, which afterward came to paſs, Rom. t1. 15.
36 What manner of ſaying 1s this that he ſaid, Ye ſhall ſeek me, and ſhall not find we ; and where I am zbither ye cannot come e ?
e This ſaying ſtuck in their Stomacks, and they knew not what
Senſe to put upon itz owning nothing of rhe Divine Nature of Chriſt.
27 * Inthe laſt day, that great day of the feaſt fJe-
him come unto me, and and drink g.
whither he would go, nor replyeth any thing ro it. The Feaft of
Tabernacles was to hold ſeven Days, Lev. 23. 34. in which they were to offer up Burnt-Offerings, v. 36» The eighth Day was to be kepr as a Sabbath ; there was in it to be an Holy Convocation, no Ser- vile Labour was to be done. Chriſt on thar Day diſcourſed again to the People, crying aloud, and publickly, g If 2ny man be a thirf?
let him come unto me and drinks That is, if any man {tand in need of any Spiritual Good, Righteouſneſs, Strength, Comfort, ©5c. Ir isro be found in me; ler him come to me, by Faith acknowledg- ing, receiving, and embracing me, as the Mediator and Saviour of the World, and he ſhall have from me whatſoever Spiritual Influence of Grace he ſtands in need of. Thoſe who remember what our Sa- viour told the Woman of Samara, Ch.g. 10. 14. where he compa- red himſelf ro Living Water, will eafily underitand this the ſenſe of theſe words. The Condition on our parts isexpreſ{ed 'under the motion of Th:irſtzng ; which we know 1s the Natural Appetite, crav- ing ſome liquid thing to refreſh the man under his Drought ; and ir is expreſſive of an exceeding great Pafſton, and ſo made uſe of both in the Old Teſtament and the New, to fignitie a Souls pattionate delire of Spiritual things, Iſa. 55+ I» Mat. 5, 6.
ſaid 6, out * of his belly ſhall flow rivers of living wa- 19.
h We have had frequent occaſion to open the tern of believing 9 Chr:# : It may be doubted, wherher thoſe words a the Scritture hath ſaid be to be referred to the firit or later part of the Text. Ir ro the former, they are words expreſſive of that Faith ro which the following Promiſe is made, which is nor any aſſent, or flizhry cre- dit given t9 the word ; bur ſuch a Faith as the Scripture hath ſpo- ken of ; as that Faith which ts juſtifying and ſaving. # The general ſenſe of the Promiſes, That bis Soul ſhall abound with 2H favinz and comfortable Influences of ſaving Grace. The Belly fignitieth the Heart rhar part of man which 1scalied rhe Heart, being in the Beily. So Fob 15. 35. Pſal. 40. 8. the flowing of Rivers of Water,tignifieti the plenty of Spiritual Influences with which Believers ſhal! be ſap- plied ; whether Joy, Knowledge, Spiritual Gifts or Graces It any ask, where the Scripture fpeaketh this? Tanfwer in all thoke Pro- miles we meet with in the Old Teſtament, about pouring out 738 Spirits
39 ( * But this ſpake he of the Spirit, which they |
was not yet given, becauſe that Jeſus was not yet gloit hzd 7} & For
ter 0. *Lae 4:
that believe on him ſhould receive k; forthe Holy-ghoft mots
Chap. VII.
1.
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ſus ſtood and cryed, ſaying, * It any man thirſt,” let, * Lev. 23+
35. : . : : *Qh. 6« 35> F Our Saviour thinketh nor fit to rake any notice of their gueſs gy 42.15,
28 * He that believech on me, as the Scripture hath »neur. 19.
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