; Thc Treaſury was a publick Place in the Temple ; concerning | which, fee the Notes on Mar. 17.6. Mark 12. 41,43» Luke 21.1- Caritt Taught ſometimes in one part of the Temple,fomertimes 1n ano- ther : +4 But that no man ſhonld lay hol on him, conſidering tae jearch made for him in the beginning of the Feaſt, and rheir ſending, Metſengers to take him, as we read Chap, 7. 32. and the Afffronr he had given to the Scribes and Phariſees, (of which we read in the be- pinning of this Chapter ) was very miraculous: { Nor can any aC- CUNT be given of it beſides what is here given, viz. That bis bour was ».0t 1et come. Which was the Reaſon we heard given before, mn the ſame caſe, Chap. 7.30, Men ſhall be able ro do nothing againit Chriſt, or any that belong unto him, till the time cometh that God hath fer in his wiſe and erernal Thoughts.
2: Then ſaid Jelus again unto chem, I go my way, and * ye ſhall ſeek me, and ſhall die in your fins m whithec 1] go, ye cannot come »,
1 The greateit part of whart is faid here, was faid by our Saviour before, Chap. 7. 34+ { See the Explicarion of it there) only here,
Father; bur they would not underitand when he fpake to the
ned that they could not underitand.
hath taught me, I ſpeak theſe things a.
H N.
e Fudging is not put here for Judicial Condernnation. tr fo; proving and Accuting, which 1s one part of Judgin-. ; and Reprove me; I h.ve many things of which I could atfo acc, and Convince you, bur ler me fay wha: I will, you will "+0 gr5n me. 7 But you will not eſcape the Judgment of my Father — true, he willjudge you . w I ſpeak unto men nothing by; 4, On is bis Will that I ſhould declare to them. wt it
27 They underſtood not that ne ſpake to them of th. Father x « x The Fews /ag we are told ) ufed ro call God, The F
s / Father in bi 3 Mi, way of Eminency ; they underliood thar he fpake to them of his
in of h1 Father, or the Father, thar he meant God rhe Father of of hi
; all: their Minds were blinded that they could not fee ; and their Hearts apy
Pe.
You ACCuſe
238 Then ſaid Jeſus unto them. When ye hays jk
up the Son of man y, then ſhall ye know that I am he
and * that T do nothing of my ſelf z, but * as my
» It is your Unhappineſs,that while I am alive, and Preach Goipel to you, inviting you ro Repentance, and Faith in me true Meſſiah, you will nor believe me to be indeed whar I am, þ,, you ſhall lift me upon the Croſs { for that is meant by lifting " as Chap. 12. 32. and 3. 14) and when the time cometh, you D know that Iam 7 the Light of the World, as Verſe 12, Foy after thar-the Goſpel began ro be Preached to all Nations. Or ty | am the true Meſſiah, he whom the Father hath ſenr into the Wqjjy Some of you ſhall then know it by thoſe Signs and Wonders tha ſhall attend my Dearh and Reſurrection, and ro your Shame and Conj,. fion ; others of you ſhall know it ro your eternal Joy and $aly; believing on me, then whom ye will not, now acknowledge ; - 1 rhar what I have done, I have only done by Gommillton from ww;
lion,
Father, not of my ſelf ; a and that whatT have taughr, I haye y;5
in Commiſſion from my Father ro teach.
we ſhall find in Ezex, 3. 18, 19. which doubtleſs fgnifieth, in the Guilt of your tins, not removed from you, and is a threatning of Erernal Death, as well as Temporal in the Deſtruction of Hieru- {aiem: u And tiole who do fo, cannot come into Heaven, where Chriit 1s.
22 Then ſaid the Jews, Will he kill himſelf ? be- emfe he faith, Whither I go ye cannot come o.
o Beforerthry Gueſſed, that he would go to the diſperſed arnongft te Gonzales, Che 7. 35- Now they Fancy that he would kill him {cif ; or ejle ſpeak this in Mockery. |
23 And he laid unto them, * Ye are from beneath,
I am trom above, ye are of this world, I am not of this world p. |
þ Yeare not only of an Earthly Extraction, Creatures of the Earth, tor deſcended from Heaven, as I am ; bur alſo of Earthly Spiras and Principles: 'You favour nothing that is ſublime and ſpi- 17a, and therefore you do not underſtand me. I tell you, 1am ot of thy World: My Original is not from ir, nor am I to determine n:y being 1n it. I ſhall die, but I (hall riſe again from the dead, and aſcend into Heaven, where you cannot come. Srill our Saviour af- ſerts his Divine Nature ; and the ſtreſs of all, he ſaith, lierh there ; their unbelief of which was the cauſe of all rheir Diſputings and Er-
inttead of you ſhall not find me, is, yoPſhall die in your ſins ; ma Phraſe
29 And * he that ſent me is with me, the * Fuher ty hath nor left me alone 6, tor I do always thoſe things;5, (
that pleaſe him c.
b I have the Preſence of God with me, as I am Mediator ; the r;. ther hath nor ſent me into the World to do his Will, and left we alone without his Preſence, c for | do his Will, I drive no ſcp; Deſign trom my Father, but always do thoſe things which pleaſe kin, From whence all Faithful Miniſters and Chriſtians may learn how tg conclude of Gods Prefence with them, which they can no lonyer pra. miſe to themſelves, than they ſpeak and do thoſe things that pleaſe him.
. ZO As he ſpake theſe words ®, many believed ane
him 4. |
d Believing on him, is not here to be nnderſtood ſtrictly of $1. virg Faith, but rather, of ſome preparations toward it ; they hepan to believe that hefſwas the rrue Meſſtas, and ro have more honourable thoughts than they had of him ; that this was all, will appear from what we find in rhe following Verſes; and believing often figrif. eth no more in the New Teſ/tament, than a light Afſent given to ſome Propoſitions in the Goſpe! relating ro Chriſt.
31 Then faid jeſus rochole Jews which believed on him e, If ye continue in my word f, then are ye my
rors. He had given them the greateft Evidence of it imaginable in the Works which he had done in their fight, which were nor only above the Power of Nature, bur ſuch as God had never Authorized, or eriabled any Creature to do ; yet they being deſtitute of ſaperna- tural Grace, did not believe in him : And they were inexcuſable, be-
diſciples indeed g,
e Inthe Senſe before expreſſed. Our Saviour well enough (ay their Hearts, and in what manner they believed, and what fort of Diſciples they were,viz. only Nominal : They have the Name of Dil-
cauſe that Grace was denied them for their wilful Corraption and Wickednels, which they might have avoided by the ule of that com- mon Gr..ce which was not denied thein,
- 24 *1 ſaid therefore unto you, that ye ſhall die in