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« Whatſcever I have diſcovered to you fortierly, of my going to my Father, the coming of che Holy Ghoſt, your ſufferings from the World 1 have told von of before ; you will ſee that they will mot certainly come to pals: then you will remember whatlI have ſaid un- tn you, and I have roid you them en purpoſe, that you may remem- be: them, and thereby know, that alcho I am in the form of a man, vet 1 alſo am God bleſſed for ever : and did know things that ſhould afterwards come to piis, and could tell you the rruth about them. Z And having been with you, I have not fromthe firft of your con- verſe with me, rold you theſe things ; that is, thoſe which relate to the Warlds dealing with you, (which, he had rold them, 31arth. 10. 16, &c. bar that wasatrer ſome good whiles convert: with chem ) nor yet had he ſpoken to them at firſt abour his Dzath, RefurreCon, and Aſcention, becauſe he was w:th them,and ro ſtay with them fome time, during which time he bare the brunt of all; the whole hatred of the Fw: was poured out upon him, and for thoſz other things relating to his Death, and Aſcenſion, and the ſending of the Spirit ; he who taught his Diſciples, Mark 4. 33. as they were able to bear them, and concealed theſe things, till by his other DoCtrin he had prepared them to receive this Revelation ; and their was a ne- cefſity of his revealing them againſt his bodily abſence, by the pro- miſe of that other Comforter the Holy Goſt.
5 But now I go my way to him that ſent me g, and
none of you asketh me, Whither goeſt thou h ?
g Tho I did not tell you this from the beginning for many wiſe reaſons ; yet I now tell you, that T muſt die, but ſhall rife again from the Dead, and go to my Father, who ſent me into the World to finiſh that work which I now have done, and fo am 1e- turning from whence I came. þ And tho indeed ſome of you have cnriouſly asked me, whither I go, ( as Peter, Chap. 13. 36.) yet none of you ſeem tov underſtand, or fo ſeriouſly as you out to enquire, Whither I go, or ſo much to be buſicd in the thoughts of that.
6 But becauſe I have ſaid theſe things unto you, ſor-
row hath filled your hearts -.
i But all your thoughts are taken up about your ſelves, what you ſhall do for want of my bodily prefence ; and ſorrow for that hath ſo overwhelmed your hearts, that you cannor enough deliberate with your ſelves, as to conſider either my or your own advantages, from my Death, Reſurre&ion, and Aſcenſion. 7 :
7 Nevertheleſs, I tell you the truth; It is expedient r you that I go away k: for it I go not away Þ, the Comforter will not come unto you /; but if I depart,
I will ſend him unto you m7.
þ He goth nor fay it was expedient for him, tho this was truth- for his human Nature was not till his Afcention glorified, as after- ward, Chop. 17. $. but he faith it was expedient for zhemm. The Saints may defire a diffolution, but it is for their own advantage, P/z1. I» 23. Chriſt defires it for their advantage : / becauſe the Holy Spirit could not come upon them, ( as in the days of Pentecoſt ) until he by his Death had made reconciliation for iniquity ; and God had ſo ordered the Counſels of Eternity, that Chriſt ſhould firſt die, riſe 2gain, and aſcend into Heaven, and then he would pour our his Spz- rit uprn all fleſh, as one eminent fruit of Chriſt's meritorious Death and Paſſion, 4#s 2. 32, 33. Eph. 4. 11. We are not able to give cettain reaſons of the Counſels of God ; but the reaſonableneſs of them in this very particular may eaſily be concluded : That the ſending of the Spirit might appear to be the fruit of Chriſt's Death : T hat the Aeſiah's influence upon the ſending of him jointly with the Father, might appear 3 for he was to be ſent from Chriſt glorified, Ch 7. 39. That the Spirit might glorifie Chrif?, as we have it, Ver.14. for ( ſaith that verſe ) He ſhall rec2ive of mine, and ſhall ſhew it unto you; and that the World might better underſtand the Myſtery of the Trinity : The Father was by all owned to be in Heaven, The Son Aſcended up to Heaven in the preſence of many witneſſes. The Spirit deſcended from Heaven with great majeſty and glory, as mav be read, At: 2.2, 3.
8 And whenhe is come, he will | reprove the world
z of ſin, and of rightcouſneſs, and of judgment o.
7» When the holy Spirit is come in the day of Pentecoſt, he by his inward operation in mens hearts, and by his gifts beſtowed upon you that are his Apoſtles, will reprove the World. By the World here, may be meant all men and women, as it is uſed in fome Texts; neither is the operation ef the Spirit here mentioned, to be raftrained to carnal and wicked men. The Word tranſlated Reprove, 1. Lets us know : that the holy Ghoſt is here mentioned, not in the notion mentioned, Chap. 14, 16. as a Comforter, but in the larger Notion” ( there menti. oned ) as an Advocere, {which poſſibly had been a better tranſlation of it, ver. 7. than Comforter as We tranſlate it, for it is not the proper work of the Spirit conſidered as a Comforter, zo reprove ; but it 1s proper enough to the notion of an Advecare to do it) The word here tranſlated Reprove, doth often ſo ſignifie, and is ſo tranſlated Luke 3- 19. Chap. 3. 260, Eph. 5.11,13. It fignifieth real Rebukes , Heb. 12. 5. Rewv.3. 19. Bur it alſo fignifieth to Convince, John 8 9.46. 1 Cor. 144 24. 2 Tir 4. 2. Tits 1, 9. and in ſeveral other Texts; yet it isone thing to convince the underftanding, and judg- ment - another thing ro prevail upon the will, by reaſon of the tora] corruption of cur Souls ; fo that we will not imbrace what we confets 15 truth,nor do what we know is beſt, but through the ftub- borrinefs of our Will, we refit thelight and convition of our Under- ſtandings. The holy Spirit js here promiſed, not only (as before) to Je:d men into truth, by a work of i]Jumination, but to bow the hearts and wills of ſome in the World, ro the imbracing of it, and living tip ro it, whilſt others yet remain without excuſe. o The things of which the Spirit is promiſed to convince the World, are Sin, Righte- y_ and Judgment, which are further opened in the following
erſes.
9 Of lin, becauſe they believe not on me p ;