£ The World ſeeth me now only with fleſhly Eyes ; it will be but a little while, and the men of the World ſhall be able to ſee me no more ; I ſhall be crucified, and laid in the grave; and tho I ſhall riſe again, yet ſhall not be ſeen of them : ( we read of no appearances of him after his Reſurre&ion, but to his Diſciples) bur ye ſee me, or ſhall ſee me ; fo they did often after his ReſurreRiog with their bodily Eyes: or it may be underſtood of a Spiricual ſight by the Eye of Faith, or of a ſight of experience ; ( as ſeeing often in Scripture ſignifieth enjoying ) w Becauſe I live, that is, I ſhall live by my ReſurreRtion from the Dead, and by my glorious Aſcenſion into Heaven ; you alſo ſhall live the Life of Grace here ; and tho your bodies mut? die, b-cauſe of fin, yer your Souls ſhall upon the death of your bodies live; and in the Reſurre&ion, both your Souls and Bodies ſhall live, and together bs glorified with me; all this -_ _ mercy ſhall flow our to you from me as Mediator, and be- cauſe I live.
Father, and you in me, andI in you y. x Some underſtand our Saviour here ſpeaking of the day of his
lowing words diſcover, thar it is beft Interpreted of the day of Judg- ment, and the general Reſurre&ion ; for. y they ſpeak of two great myſteries, which the Diſciples ſhould underſtand in that day, which iS here ſpoken of ; to wit, The perſonal Union of Chriſt with his Fa- ther ; and the myſtical Union of Beligvers with Chriſt ; as to both which, tho the Apoſtles and Believers knew much more after Chriſts Reſurre&ion, and the pouring forth of the Spiric inthe days of Pente- coſt, than they knew before thoſe times ; yer it is a very imperfe& knowledge they ever had, or yet have of thoſe myſterious Unions ; but in the Reſurre&ion we ſhall underſtand theſe things clearly.
ſhall be loved of my Father, and I will love him a and
will manifeſt my ſelf to him 6.
z Our Lord here doth repeat what he had before ſaid, wer. 15. de- claring that there is no infallible indication of our love to Chriſt, but obedience, which is here expreſt under two Notions. 1. Having Chriſts commandments, and 2: keeping them, they muſt both con- cur to make a true indication of our love to Chriſt : Ir is poſſible thac men may have Chriſt's Commandments in their Ears,in theirNotion, in their mouths, and yet not keep them ; they may hear them, they may know and remember them, they may talk of them, yer they may not keep them ; for keeping them denotes univerſa}, diligent, induſtrious, ſteady and conſtant obedience co them; and this alone will ſpeak our love toChriſt : a And if any man thus declareth his love to Chriſt, Chriſt declareth, that both he and his Father, will take a pleaſure and delight in him to do him good ; 5 and he ſhall not live only under the real benefits of his love to him, bur under the ſenſible manifeſtations of ir. Here is no mention of the Spirits coming with the Father and the Son, becauſe the Son dwelleth in us by the Spirit.
22 Judas faith unto him, not Iſcariot c, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifeſt thy ſelf unto us, and not
unto the world d ?
c Fudas the Brother of James, Jude 1. the Son of Alphew, not Judas the Son of Simon, who from the City whence he was, was call- ed 1/cariet, and was the Traytor ; asks our Saviour, d how it was, or wherefote it was that he would manifeſt himſelf to them, and nor to the World ? This Queſtion either proceeded out of ignorance, not a right underſtanding of what manifeſtation of himſelf Chriſt here ſpake; or out of x pious deſire,that all might be made partakers of the ſame grace with them ; or out of the Apoſtles modeſt Opinion of himſelf and his Brethren ;' as if he had ſaid, Lord, what are we that thou ſhouldeſt ſpeak of any more ſpecial manifeſtation of thy love to us, than to the reſt of the World ? Or out of a deep admiration of
Gods unſearchable Judgments in leaving ſome of rhe World, whiles he made choice of others to dignifie, with ſuch ſpecial diſtinguiſhing favours, hiding thoſe things from the wiſe and prudent, which he re- vealed to babes.
23 Jeſus anſwered, and faid unto him *, If a man * veer. 2g.
love me, he will keep my words e: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our
abode with him h. |
e If any man Jove Chriſt, he will keep Chriſts words ; that is, he will ſtudy and endeavour to keep the Commandments of Chriſt ; for
if nothing evidenced a true love to Chriſt, but a perfedt obedience to his will, nonecould comforc himſelf from his obedience, or Conclude his love to Chriſt from it; but he that loveth Chriſt, will make it
his buſineſs to be obedient to him in thoſe things that he hath com-
manded, and are within his power. And my Father will manifeſt
his love to him in further difpenſationsof his Grace ; for it cannot be
underſtood of God's Eternal Love, nor yet of his love in Ju#ificat:on, and Regeneration 3 for till the Man or Woman be juſtified, and re-
Chap. XIV.
more? : but * ye ſee mes: becauſe I live, ye ſhall *
20 At that day ye ſhall know, that * I az in my * Chap.
ReſurreCtion ; others Interpret it of the days of Pentecoſt, when *'5? there ſhould be ſuch an effuſion of the bleſſed Spirit : but the fol- '*
21 * He that hath my commandments and keepeth », Joh.2.5, them, he it 1s that loveth me z : and he that loveth me & 5. 3.
re here ; he will not leave his people without proportionable com- | generated, he will never ſtudy and endeavour obedience to the Will
fort for their diftreſſzs. 5 In the Greek it is, 1 do Com? to you, to de-
of God. This love of God is the cauſe, not the effe& of our obedi-
note the certainty, and the ſuddainneſs of his coming, which is either | ence ; bur /ove in this verſe muſt be expoundec by manifeſting in fo be underſtand of his Reſurref{ion, which was (as we know) after the | the former verſe ; and this is certain, that the manifeſtation of Di- Wdience of three days; or, which is more probable, (for after his Re- | vine love to our Souls, depend upon our walking with God, g + is ſurreGion he ſaid with them but a few days ) in and by his bleſſed | is alſo meant by God the Father, and Chriſts coming ro thole that love
Piriiy, (for the Spirit 15 called the Spirit of Chriſt) who was to come,
him, and keep his Commandments ; viz. a coming in the fwezt in-