x Tho' the Phariſees made up a great part of the Sanhearim, vet there were divers others alſo mixt with them, amongſt which there were many of a better temper ; and it may be «ap x*7)w» here may not ſignifie members of that Courr, but principal men im the magi- tracy ; we muſt not underſtand by believing that they belizved with a ſaving Faith ; what follows will evidence the contrary : bur rhev had ſome convitions upon them, as to the creth of what he faid, and his being the true Meſias ; » bur they durſt nor openly dectire whar
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2 For they were not willing to part with their great places 1n the Magiſtracy, which brought them Reſpe&t, Honour, and Aplauſe from men, they Valued this more than God's Honouring and prail- ing them. How hard it is for great men to enter into the Kingdom of God: : ;
44 Jeſus cried and faid *, He that believeth on me, hbelieveth not on me, but on him that ſent me 4. |
a The words art firſt view, ſeem to contain a contradittion, and denving the ſame AR, as to the ſame perſon; as if any man could believe, and yer not belicve on Chriſt ; but there is nothing lefs in them: by the ſame figmative way of ſpeaking, God tells the Pro- het $az"0/, The people had not rejeted S2mzuct, (that 15, NOL Samnel alone) but they had reje&ed him. So Mark g. 37. Whoſoever ye eciverſ mig recciveth not me | that is, nor m2 aloe] but him 6p 7þ:/.4. g. Or elſc thus, He that belicveth on me, aot' wo? believe 0% 2 42.1 man, as I appear at preſent ro the World, but he alſo believeth on God that ſent me. - The 7ews owned one Gad the Father, and acknowledged him the obj=Q of their Fairh, Chap. T4. 1. Tor beſfewe in God: bur they were blinded as to Chriſt, appear- ing onlv in the form of a man. So that our Saviour again by theſe words allerteth his Divine Nature, his Oneneſs and equality with his Father, fo as he was alſo the objeQ of their Faith, as well as his
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_ wares ; ”- as wichout danger to our Souls, we may bs 1onorane ather. ; of what 1s the truth about them. þ When Chriſt knew 5, wet | : ! th 45 And he that ſeeth me b, ſeeth him that ſent hour {which he had once or twice before ſaid was nor come) _—_ we. come, that he muſt die, riſe again, and in a ſhort time aſcend to his
6 No man hath ſeen God at any time : but he that by the Eyes of his mind, knows and underftands, and believeth in me, ſeeth him that ſent me 3 or, he that ſeeth me in my works which 1 do, ſeeth al- ſo him that ſent me, by whom I do theſe mighry works z thus afrer- ward Chap. 14 5+ he ſaith to Philip, He that hath ſeen me, hath ſeen the Father. He that hath ſeen me, hath not indeed ſeen the Divine Nature and Eſſence, but hath ſeen that perſon, who 1s one with the Father; the brightneſs of his glory, and the expreſs image of his perſon, as the Apoſtle ſpeaks, Hb. 1. 3.
46 I am come a light into the world c, that whoſoe-
ver believeth on me, ſhould not abide in darkneſs 4.
c This is no more than what our Saviour hath often ſaid, Cha 3. 19. and 19.5. and it was according to the Prophecy of him, Iſa. 42. 6. That he who receiveth and embraceth me, as his Prie/? and Prophet, tho' he may be in darkneſs naturally, Fph, 5, g. yer ſhould not abide in a ſtate of ignorance, and fin, and guilt, Chap. 3. 36. Chap. 8.31. Menand Women before they believe in Chriſt, are in dark- zeſs ; but upon believing they are tranſlated out of their ſtate of dark- neſs into a ſtate of marvellous light ; they do not abide in darkneſ:.
47 * Andif any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not e; for I came not to judge the
world, but to ſave the world f.
e I alone judge him nor, or rather it is not my preſent buſineſs to pronounce ſentence of Condemnation againſt him ; I am now doing the work of a Redeemer,and Saviour,not of a Judge : he is condemn- ed already, 7ohn 3. 18. and he hath another that accuſeth,- and con- demneth him, as the Jews had Moſes, Chap. 5. 45. fo he hath my Father as his Judge, and will have my word as his Accuſer, (as in the next verſe) I ſhall one day condemn him ; bur that is not my preſent buſineſs, that was not my errandin coming into the world.
f I came to offer the World the means, and to ſhew them the way to Salvation; if they do periſh, their blood will be upon their own heads, it is not my buſineſs to Condemn them.
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48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not MY | him in Heaven and Earth, as in Match. 28, 18, Thathe wihisDiſ words g, hath one that judgeth him h : the word that |ſciples Lord; that he came from Goda, and was now going to Golagin; T have ſpoken, the ſame ſhall judge him in the laſt | yer to ſhew how much he lov'd his Diſciples, and to fet them Pat:
day :z. 2 Theſe words | and receiveth not my words ] expound the for- mer : not to receive in heart, to believe, and embrace the words of
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ward ſuffereth, 6-—11, Chriſt exhorteth them to Humil; Charity, 12-—19. Telleth that one of them ſhould betra = comforteth them againſt it, 18-—21, Shewerh that he it ; : he would give a Sop, 22—26, Speaketh to his Diſciples a glorification,” 29 —33. Exborteth them to mutual Lowe Sheweth Peter, he ſhould deny bim thrice, 37, 38.
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