when Chriſt promiſed to ſee chew again, and that their hearts ſhould rejoyce, is without queſtion ; but what that day is, (as we before ſhewed) is not ſo well agreed. Some underſtand it of the gMeral Reſurrefion, when Chriſt ſhall come to Judgment, when all askings for ſarisfattion as to any thing which we doubt, ſhall ceaſe 3 and this ſeemeth ar firſt the plaineſt ſenſe : you ſhall then be made per- fea; as you ſhall want nothing, ſo you ſhall ask nothing: But be- cauſe of the following words, which plainly refer to the time of this life, others diſtinguiſh concerning ask:ng, and by asking here un-« derſtand, asking by way of queſtion, for further information, not by way of prayer for ſupply: and indeed the Greek word enforceth that ſenſe; for it is not aiJ1os]s, which ſignifieth to ask or beg, as in prayer, but $e&w]1os);, which ſignifieth to ask for a reſolution in caſe + of doubting; now tho! itbe true, that in the day of judgment when we ſhall ſee Chriſt as he is, and know God as we are known, *we ſhall have no occaſion to ask any queſtions; yer becauſe rhe following words ſpeak of an asking in Prayer, which is proper to this life ; it ſhould ſeem, that the day here mentioned, 7s ſome time before the laſt Judgment : what that ſhould be, is the queſtion. 1r is certain- ly beſt underſtood of the time after the effuſion or pouring out of the Spirit in the days of Pentecoſt ; of which time it was Propheſied by Foel, Chap. 2. 28. That God would pour out his Spirit on all fleſb : their ſons and their daughters ſhuld prophecy, their old mea ſhould dream dreams, and their young men ſhould ſee viſions, As 2. 17. and to which time 1/aiah had a reſpe& in his Prophecy, Chap. 11. 9. that the Earth ſhould be full of the knowleage of the Lord, as the waters cover the Sea. So as theſe words, you ſhall ack me nothing in that day, ſignifie the great light that ſhould upon the coming down of the holy Spirir, ſhine in upon their Souls ; ſothat they ſhould no longer have any ſuch. doubts as they now, had, and found much the ſame thing that we have, 1 John 2.27. But the awointing, Spirit ] which ye have received of him, avideth in you : and you need not that any man teach you: but as the ſame anointing teacheth you of all things. We muſt not too rigidly interpret our Saviour's words here, as if they werea promiſe of ſuch 2 tare in this life, when either the preſent orſucceeding Diſciples of Chrift ſhould be ſo filled with knowledge, as
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