þ By theſe words, the Evangeliſt expounds only what our Saviour meant in the former verſe, when he had told them, they were not a clean; for tho' the Diſciples did nor yer know that they had a Traytor amongſt them, Saran had before this, put the deſign into the heart of Judas, ver. 2. and Chriſt who knew all hearts, knew what was in the heart of Judas, and he ſoon after, (as we ſhall hereafter in this Chapter read) revealed it ; yet at this time he had not revealed It fo his Diſciples. Now he begins to diſcover it, telling them, that tho' the moſt of them were clean, juſtified, and ſanRified, yet all of them were not ſo.
12 $0 after he had waſhed their feet, and had taken his garments 7, and was ſet down again 7, he ſaid unto
them, Know ye what I have done to you s ?
'9 After that our Saviour had finiſhed this Ceremony, and waſhed his Diſciples feer ; ( ſome queſtion whether all or no, butl ſee no reaſon to doubt it) » he returned again fo the Supper, which (proba- bly) now was near finiſhed, which certainly was the common Supper Which the Few; had beſides the Paſſover Supper, and probably before i tho' ſome think after it. 5 He asketh them, if they knew the m2an- ng of this which he had done unto them ; leſt they ſhould nor fully underſtand ir, he openeth it to them in che following diſcourſe.
. 13 * Yecall me Maſter and Lord, and ye ſay well; lor /oI ame,
5 The Diſciples in their ordinary diſcourſes, called Chrift Mater, and Lord; nor was it a name improper for him, for he was their Maſter to inftruft them, their Lord to rule, guide and govern them ; - #nOw faith our Saviour, Diſciples ought ro obey their Maſter, Ser-
"ants ought to obey their Lords, and Diſciples alſo ought to imi-
tate their Maſter.
. 14 *IfI thenyour Lord and Maſter have waſhed your
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15 For*T havegivenyoun an example, that ye ſhould . Pet. 2,
do, as I have done to you. « Job 16 Verily, verily I ſay unto you, The ſervant is not 2. 5, greater than his Lord, neither he that 1s ſent, greater
than he that ſent him.
*. The Apoſtles were to take up a very high tation in the Goſpel Church, and our hearts are very prone to ſwell in an high opinion of our felves, for which the nature of man taketh advantage from every | thing in which we either really do excel, or can conceit that we do excel our neighbours: Our Lord therefore, tho” ſpeaking to the A- poſtles, (ome of the beſt of men) yer knowing they were (like E!:- jah) men ſubje& to like paſſions with other men, addeth this to arm them againſt anv 7--ptation to Pride, they owned themſelves as ſer- vants to Chriſt who was their grear Lord ; they had ſeen what he had done ; he therefore applizth a Proverbial expreſſion to them, which he alſo made uſe of in other caſes, as Marth. 10.24. Chap. 15 20. in both which places he maketh uſe of it to arm them againſt perſe- cutions; here to perlwade them to humility, condeſcention, and bro- therly love.
17 * If ye know theſe things, happy are ye if ye do * James
them y. l. 25»
3 There he tells them, that it is not the bare comprehenſion of
theſe things in their Notion, that woul4 do them any good, unleſs
they brought their knowledge into pratice ; for James 4. 17. To him
that knoweth to do good, and doth it not, it is [ins Faith without works
is dead, and the Knowledge of our Maſters will, (if we do it not) doth
but expoſe us to many ltripes.
18 I ſpeak not of you all, I know whom I have
choſen a : but that the ſcripture may be fulfilled #, He * Pal. 4r,
that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel againſt Meh
me. wig
z I am about to tell you what will make your ears tingle ; but be O
of good comfort, what I ſhall now reil you, doth not concern all of
you, it concerneth but one man amongſt you. a I know whom I have
choſen to the work of the Apoſtle{ſhip: ſo fome interpret it, as Chap.
5. 70. Hare not I chiſen you twelve, and one of you 15 a Devil ? But the
generality of the beſt Interpreters underſtand the chooſing here men-
rioned, of a chooſing ts eternal life, and perſeverance in the way of
God as a means 1n order to it, as Fp. 1. 4+and fo underſtood, here
is a greater argument in this Text to prove the Godhead of Chriſt, as
the Author of Erernal Ele#ion : tho' one of you bea Devil, a Trayror,
yet I have choſen the reſt of you to Eternal Life: and this is no
more than was Prophecied of me, and fulfilled in David as a Type
of me : the Scripture muſt have irs accompliſhment : that Scripture
is now fulfilled in me. | Or frort 19 ||* Now I tell you before it come, that when it}...
is come to paſs, ye may believe that I am heb. forth
þ What I now tell you ſhould be fo far from prejudicing your faith * Ch. 14, in me, that ic ought rather to confirm and increafe your faith in me 29. and as the true A7-ſi2s; when (the thing coming to paſs) you ſhall under- 16. 1, ſtand that I know the hearts, counſels and fecret thoughts of men :
and when you ſhall ſee the Scriptures have their accompliſhment, and
thoſe things which were long ago Prophecied concerning the Meſias
have their juſt accompliſhment, and fulfilling in me 2s the perſon in-
tended in thoſe Ancient Revelations.
20 * Verily, verily I ſay unto yon, He that receiveth « j,,,;, whomſoever I ſend, receiveth me; and he that receiveth yo. 40:
me, recciveth him that fent me c.
c See the Notes on Matth. 10. 24. The wordsof which place are but here repeated : either to commend to them brotherly love, and offices of love, which he had before recommended to them under the notion of waſhing one anathers fret : Or elle to comtort his Diſciples who might think that this treacherous villany of 7udzs would make them odious tothe whole World : No, faith our Saviour, you are my meſlengers, perſons ſent by me ; | « i!! provide for you, there ſhall be choſe who will receive you :; and | Jecture to all the World to incou- rage them, Thar I ſhall take their receiving of you as kindly as if they received me, and it ſhall turn to the ſame account, and that 15 a!l one as if they had received my Father himlelf, for he ſent me. Some chink that by theſe words Chriſt aggravateth the ſin of 7«42s, a5 being commirted againſt the Father as well as againſt Chriſt: and a moſt treacherous failure as to the dury of an .5pole, or one dignified fo much as to be ſent out by Chrilt.
21 * When Jeſus had thus ſaid, he was troubled I 26 21.
ſpirit 4, and teſtified, and ſaid, Verily, verily 1 ſay unto | > - 5 b] To
you, that * one of yon ſhall betray me c. ET