* p Chap. y up. x that I was going to my Farber, vor, 2. from whom theo 1 Was nu. ſeparated, as I am God ovcr all blefled for ever; yet my gs rure was yet never glorified with him, ſo that I ſhall be there my happier than here ; being highly exalted, and having a name Fine wn above every name, Phil, 2. 10, « For my Father i; greater tha, Fo not greater in E/?zce, (as the A4rians and Socinian; would have it \ had many times before aſſerted the contrary ; but preater, 1, Eith ; the order amongſt the Divine perſons, becauſe the Father egat ps Son 1s begotten ; the Father is he from whom the Son proceed.q1. | Eternal generation : in Which ſenſe divers of the Ancients, amc ; whom Athazacrius, Cyril, and Auguſtine, and ſome modern Inter ters underſtand ir, Or 2. as a Mediator fent from the Father py he is greater than I, Or 3. In reſpe& to my preſent ſtate whit [ am here in the form of a Servant, and in my ſtate of humilia wa which ſremeth to be the beſt interpretation, if we conſider the —_ before ; Nu would rejoyce, becauſe 1 fay tenmo yok, 1 go unto the Fath : for the true reaſon of that joy muſt have been, becauſe Chriſt ke glorious ftate of Exaltation would be much more happy than hehig been in his ſtate of Humiliation, while he was expoſed to the ſeo reproaches, and injuries of men, the temptations of Satan, ©, *
29 And * now I have told you before it come to pabs ig,
that when it is come to paſs, ye might believe y, © * $
y Evilsthar ſurprize us are always the moſt heavy, and load rits ;'(ſaith our Saviour) before theſe things come to paſs, you notice of them, that when you ſee them come to PaG, you might not be overwhelmed with forrow, and trouble, to the hin- derance of your faith in.me ; but underſtanding that I haye told you the truth, before the thing come to paſs, you may be aſſured that] am not meer man, bur truly God, and receive and imbrace me, and reſt upon me as = Saviour.
30 Hereatter I will not talk much with yay ,. for the prince of this world cometh «, and hath nothing in me b. «
z I ſhaallnot have much time hereafter to reveal my mind» you my ſuffering is very near, the Devil whois the Prince of this World, Chap. 12. 31. ( ſee the notes there) Chap. 16. rr, Eph, 6. 1,
Our ip, { have given
It 1s they ſay ; often, falſly, formally wiſhing peace, when.they are a- boutto ſtrike thoſe to whom they wiſh it,under the fifch rib,and when
they are moſt ſerious, wiſh ir, but cannot give it : Chriſt leaves it to | q
his Diſciples for a legacy, giveth it to them as a gift; if they want it, Tt 15theetr own fault ; therefore * as in the firſt verſe, ſo here again, he faith, Les ner Jour heart be troubted ; and adds, neither let it be a- Fraid. Fear is one of thoſe paſſions which moſt uſually and porently doth diſturb the hearts and minds of men ; bur there was no reaſon 1 ſhould have this ill influence on Chriſts Diſciples, becauſe he had let them Peace for his legacy, and the gifts of God are withour re- pentance ; and if God be for us, faith the Apoſtle, who, or whas can be againſt us ?
28 Ye have heard how * I faid unto you, I go away, and come again unto you v. If ye loved me, ye would
rejoyce, beeauſe I ſaid, I go unto the Father w : for my Father 1s greater than Ix
# They had heard our Saviour ſaying fo, ver.3. w It 15 of the naure of true love, to rejoice in the good of the obje&t beloved, as much as n its own, nay before its own; (faith our Saviour) if you loved me, that 15, as ye ought to love me, for our Lord had before owned, that they did love him, giving it as a reaſon why he rather revealed him- lelf, and manifeſted himlelf to them, than ro the World, (wer. 23.) vou would (faith our Saviour) not have been ſo unreaſonably di- flurbed ©t my telling you, thar I ſhall Teave you; becauſe I not only
tid yors that 3 would come again to you, but becauſe I told you,
- : 378. cerning the bread of life, upon the Loaves that were —