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Chap, Y1 6 By his ſaying, T call you not ſervanes, he dor ' them of that duty and ſervice which rhe owed to ho Ot Aiſcharg ſing them ro obey his commandments, he declareth chat dy af, owed fo him ; he only ſheweth that they were no ordinary ſer, y but taken into a ſtate of dignity, favour, and familiarity beyo ns of ſervants, and that he had not treated them like ſervants bs timate familiar friends. c For look as ordinary Maſters in the Won communicate their counſels, and whole heart to their friends _ ally in things which are of any concern, or may be of any advan for them ro know and underſtand : whereas they keep themſely >» diſtance from ſervants, and they only know ſo much of their mind « is by them to be done in their Maſters ſervice; ſo he had not 6 lv revealed to them their duty, what was to be by them done in his l 4 vice, but had been more free, giving to them to know the m: Few of the Kingdom of Heaven ; as he told them, Mas. I3. IT, as well « ling them his Farher's Counſels on the behalf of them, and whatſo . ver he might communicate tothem ; as his Father's Will what þ would have them do in obedience ro his commandmens. , 16 * Ye have not choſen me 4, but I have choſen s you, and * ordained you, that you ſhould go and bring k , forth fruit f, and that your fruit ſhould remain : that "Ms * whatſoever ye ſhall ask of the Father in my Name he 1% may yu it you h. " Mag d You have not choſen me to be your Lord, Maſter, Saviour Gl, e but I have choſen and ordained you: fo we have it in our franſl2ti- ' on ; but the Greek is, WYyxa, I have ſer you, or placed you'ina Nation, What c buſing Chriſt here ſpeaks of, is doubted amongft varion; Di- vines, Some think that our Saviour here ſpeaks of his choice of them to the Apoftleſhip, as Luke 6. 13, Chap. 6. ver. 70. thoſe who thus underſtand it, underſtand by going, and bringing forth fruit, the A- poſtles going out Preaching, and Baprizing all Nations, bringing forth fruir amongſt the Gentiles. But others underſtand it, of «/:8;;y 74, ternal Life, and the means neceſſary to it ; for our Saviour brings this as an argument of his greateſt love ; Zudas was in the firf ſenſe choſen, yet not beloved with any ſuch love ; and this ſeemeth to be favoured by Chap. 13. 18. 7 ſpeak nor of you all, I know who, 1 hany choſen : and certain it is, Auguſtine and others, of the Ancients from hence proved the freedom of Ele#7on, and ſpecial Grace. Both ſenſes may be united, for the Elever,, (ro whom Chrift was now ſpeaking were choſen in both ſenſes, they were choſen f for this end, to bring forth fruit amongſt the Gentiles, turning many to Righteouſneſs, 2nd
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might have a freedom of acceſs to the Throne of Grace, and obrain whatſoever they ſhould ask of the Father, in the Name, for the Me- rits, and through the Mediation of the Lord Jeſus Chriſt. See the notes on Chap. Ig. 33 14-
17 Theſe things I command you, that ye lore one another z. |
# This is but the repetition of the ſame precept we beforehad, un-
leſs we will underſtand it as a more ſpecial charge upon them, con- er ſidered as Miniſters of the Goſpel; the mutual love of Miniſters being highly neceſſary for the good and peace of the Churchof God, over which God hath ſetthem. :
18 * If the world hate you &, ye know that it hated «| one me before zt hated you l. bo
& In this latter part of rhis Chapter, our Lord cometh to comfort * thoſe who were his true Diſciples, againſt that third crouble, from the Chr profpeCt they had of that hatred which the World would pour out, wa and execute upon them, as ſoon as he ſhould be withdrawn from 2 them. Hatred is rooted, and originated in the heart, and is properly non a diſpleaſure that the mind raketh ar a perſon, which: fermenting, and hay boiling in the mind, breeds an abhorrence of that perſon, anger, and x malice, and a deſire to do him miſchief, and root him out, andrhen "Th breaks out at the lips, by lying, ſlanders, calumnies, curſings, wiſhing recei of evil, &c. and is executed by the hands, doing to ſuch perſons all Gan the harm and miſchief, within the power of him that hateth : All | 1nd! chis is to be underſtood under the general term Hate. By the World Fra here, muſt be meant wicked men, in oppoſition to good men ; who Joave are often in Scripture called the World, becauſe they are of the earth, "Iſh earthly ; they reliſh and favour nothing bur worldly things, and pur: # ap ſue nothing but worldly deſigns. Againſt this our Saviour comforts from
chem, firſt by telling them, That this part of the World hatedhin child before it hated them ; which muſt needs be ſo, becauſe they hated 4.6. them as his Diſciples, and for that very reaſon. indee
19 * If ye were of the world, the world would love +, _
way t but I have choſen you out of the world », therefore tic on world hateth you 0, that t]
» Men and women may be in the World, yet not of the #1, than Of the World, here-ſignifies carnal men, ſuch as are like to the men ſufficic of the World in their ſtudies, deſigns, counſels, affeQtions ; 45 of the Powe, Devil, and of God ſignifies, Chap. 8. 44, 47. If you had affedions, What | luſts, and diſpoſitions like them, and drave no other deſigns than they faces, drive, you might expe {that as it is the nature of all men 7 oo God, : ſuch as arelike to them in manners and ſtuddies : ſo they would = had be you, cake a delight in-you, be kind to you, and do you all offices if that]; love : » But becauſe you are not of ſuch tempers, oy ry their n inclinations, but that T having choſen you out of the World, = and m; given you new: hearts, new frames and diſpoſirions, quite Concrary him, theirs ; 0 therefore theWorld diſlikng you,and ſeeing that your ce 25 ciples are quite oppoſite to theirs, abhor and hate you, and Wh of 5. fulki] rcady to do you all that evil and miſchef, which is the produ wy with rooted hatred and malice inthe heart : This is a ſecond __— - 0 which our Lord comforts them. It is drawn from the ca m_ _—_ root of that hatred, which they would meet-with : An Jove, f io; which being alſo ſhed abroad in their hearts. by the holy Ghoſt, pry. BY daga duced again in them holy affe&ions and diſpoſitions, Making than i
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wholly unlike to.men in the World.
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