I unto you. Let not your let it be AFRAID. 28. Ye have heard how I faid unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I faid, I go unto the Father: For my Father is greater than I. 29. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye might believe. 30. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the Prince of this World cometh, and hath nothing in me. 31. But that the World may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me Commandment, even so I do. Arife, let us go hence. is stayed on thee: because he truft eth in thee. 12. Lord, thou wilt ORDAIN PEACE for us: for thou also haft WROUGHT all our Works in us. Chap. iii. 5. The Chastisement of our PEACE was upon him, and with his Stripes we are healed. Zech. vi. 13. He shall be a Prieft upon his THRONE, and the Counfel of PEACE shall be between them both. Ats x. 36. The WORD which God fent unto the Children of Ifrael, preaching PEACE by Festes Christ, he is Lord of all. Rom. v. 1. Therefore being JusTIFIED by FAITH, we have Peace with God, through our Lord Jess Chrift. 10. For if when we were Ene mies, we were reconciled to God by the DEATH of his SON: much more being reconciled, we shall be SAVED by his LIFE. 11. And not only fo, but we also Joy in God, through our Lord FeSus Chrift by whom we have now received the ATONEMENT 2 Cor. v 18. All Things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Fufus Chrift, and hath given to us the Ministry of RE CONCILIATION; 19. To wit, that God was in Chrift, reconciling the World unto himfelf, not IMPUTING their TRESIASSES unto them: and hath committed unto us the WORD OF RECONCILIATION. Ephef. ii. 13. But now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were afar off, are made NIGH by the BLOOD of Chrift. 14. For he is our PEACE, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle Wall of Partition between us; 15. Having abolifked in his FLESH the ENMITY, even the Law of Commandmen's, for to make in himself of twain, one new Man, fo making PEACE; 16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one Body by the Cross, having flain the ENMITY thereby: 17. And came and preached PEACE to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 19. Now therefore ye are no more Strangers and Foreigners: but fellow Citizens with the Saints, and of the HoUSHOLD of God. Col. i. 20. And having made PEACE through the BLOOD of his Cross, by him to reconcile all Things unto himself, by him, I fay, whether they be Things in Easth, or Things in Heaven. 21. And you that were fometime alienated, and Enemies in your MIND by wicked Works, yet now hath he reconciled, 22. In the Body of his FLESH, to present you holy and unblameable, and unreproveable in his Sight. Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing: but in every thing by PRAYER and SUPPLICATION with THANKSGIVING, let your Requests be made known unto God. 7. And the PEACE of God which passeth all Understanding, shall keep your Hearts and Minds through Christ Jesus. CHAP. XV. 1. The Confolation and mutual Love between CHRIST and bis Members, under the Parable of the Vine. 18. A Comfort in the Hatred and Perfecution of the World. 26. The Office of the HOLY GHOST, and of the Apostles. Ver.1. AM the true VINE, I and my Father is the Husbandman. 2. Every Branch in me that beareth not FRUIT, he taketh away: and every Branch that beareth Fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more Fruit. 3. Now ye are clean thro' the Word which I have spoken unto you. 4. Abide in me, and I in you. As the Branch cannot bear Fruit of itself, except it abide in the Vine: no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5. I am the VINE, ye are the BRANCHES: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the fame bringeth forth much Fruit: (b) for without me ye can do nothing. a BY Cant. Ý Night on my Bed iii. 1. I SOUGHT him whom my Soul loveth: I SOUGHT him, but I found him not. 2. I will rise now, and go about the City in the Streets, and in the broad Ways I will feek him whom my SOUL LOVETH: I sought him, but I found him not. 4. It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my Soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go. (6) 2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are fufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves: but our Sufficiency is of God. Phil. iv. 13. I can do all Things through Chrift which strengthneth me.. Ephef. ii. 8. For by GRACE are ye saved, through FAITH; and that not of your selves, it is the Gift of God: 9. Not of Works, lest any Man should boaft. Titue iii. 4. But after that the KINDNESS and LOVE of God our SAVIOUR toward Man appeared, 5. Not by Works of Righteouf neis, which we have done, but ac cording to his MERCY he faved us by the washing of Regeneration, and renewing of the HOLY GHOST. Cant. viii. 6. Set me as a Seal 6. If a Man abide not in me, he is caft forth as Branch, and is withered; and Men gather them, and caft upon thine Heart, as a Seal upon them Arm: for Love is STRONG Rr 7. If ye abide in me, and my Words abide in you, ye shall ASK what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8. Herein is my Father GLORIFIED, that ye bear much. Fruit, so shall ye be my Disciples. 9. As the Father hath loved me, fo have I loved you: continue ye in my LOVE. 10. If ye keep my ComMANDMENTS ye shall abide in my LOVE: even as I have kept my Father's Commandments, and abide in his Love. 11. Thefe Things have I fpoken unto you, that my Joy might remain in you, and that your Joy might be full. 12. This is my COMMANDMENT, That ye LOVE one another, as I have loved you. 13. Greater Chap. xii. 12. For as the Body is one, and hath many Members, and all the Members of that one Body, being many, are one Body: fo alio is Chrift. 13. For by one SPIRIT are we all baptized into one Body whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free, and have been all made to drink into one SPIRIT. 27. Now ye are the Body of Chrift, and Members in particular. 2 Cor. xi. 2. For I am jealous over you with godly Jealousy: for I nave Efpouted you to one Husband, that I may present you as a chaite Virgin to Chrift. Things * LOVE hath no Man, than this, that a Man LAY DOWN his LIFE for his Friends. 14. Ye are my Friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Ephef. i. 22. And hath put all gs under his Feet, and gave him to be the Head over all Things to the Church, 23. Which is his Body, the FULNESS of him that filleth all in all. Chap. iv. 15. But speaking the Truth in LOVE, may grow up into him in all Things, which is the HEAD, even Chrift. 15. Henceforth I call you not SERVANTS, for the Servant knoweth not what his Lord doth: but I have called you FRIENDS; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you. 16. Ye Chap. v. 2. And walk in LOVE, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an Offering and a Sacrifice to God for a fweet-fmelling Savour. 25. Chrift LOVED the CHURCH, and gave himself for it: 26. That he might SANCTIFY and cleanse it, with the washing of water, by the WORD, 27. That he might present it to him * See pag. 94, to 100. Of the LOVE of Gon, and of CHRIST, again John iii. 16. 30. For we are Members of his BODY, of his Flesh, and of his 16. Ye have not chofen himself a GLORIOUS CHURCH, not Spot or Wrinkle, or any fuch me, but I have chofen you, Thing, but that it should be holy and and ordained you, that you without Blemish. should go and bring forth Fruit, and that your Fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my Name, he may give it you. 17. These Things I command you, that ye LOVE one another. Bones. Col. i. 18. And he is the HEAD of the BODY, the CHURCH: Who is Beginning, the FIRST-BORN the theeans that in all Things he might have the Preeminence. 19. For it pleased the Father, that in him should all FULNESS dwell. Chap. ii. 19. And not holding the Head, from which all the Body by Joints and Bands having Nourishment miniftred, and knit together, increaseth with the Increase of GOD. Heb. ii. 11. For both he that SANCTIFIETH, and they who are SANCTIFIED, are all of ONE: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them BRETHREN, 12. Saying, I will declare thy Name unto my Brethren, in the midst of the Church will I fing Praise unto thee. Chap. iii. 6. But Chrift as a Son over his own House: whose House are we, if we hold fast the Confidence, and the rejoicing of the Hope firm unto the End. Rev. iii. 20. Behold, I stand at the Door, and knock: if any Man hear my Voice, and open the Door, I will come in to him, and will fup with him, and he with me. * Ver. 18.TF * the World hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19. If ye were of the World, the World would love his own: but because ye are not of the World, but I have chosen you out of the World, therefore the World hateth you. 20. Remember the Word that I said unto you, The Servant is not greater than the Lord. If they have perfecuted me, they will also PERSECUTE you: If they have kept my Saying, they will keep yours alfo. 21. But all these Things will they do unto you for my Name's fake, because they know not him that fent me. 22. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had Rr2 not * Note, Part of the xyth and xvith of John is quoted before in Pages 74, 75, 76. (where Chrift foretels the great Perfecutions that should befal his Disciples) which is here again inferted, that the Speeches of Qur SAVIOUR may be kept intire. See also the References againft against Matthew V. 10. not had Sin: but now they have no Cloke for their Sin. 23. He that hateth me, hateth my Father also. 24. If I had not done among them the Works which none other Man did, they had not had SIN: but now have they both seen, and hated both me and my Father. 25. But this cometh to pass, that the Word might be fulfilled that is written in their Law, They HATED me without a Cause. 26. But when the * COMFORTER is come, whom I will SEND unto you from the Father, even the SPIRIT of TRUTH, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall TES TIFY of me. 27. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the Beginning. CHAP. XVI. 1. CHRIST comforteth bis Disciples against Tribulation, by the Promise of the HOLY GHOST, and by bis Resurrection and Ascension. 23. Affureth their Pray'ers made in his Name to be acceptable to his Father. 33. Peace in CHRIST, and in the World Affliction. Ver. 1.THESE Things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2. They shall put you out of the Synagogues: yea, the Time cometh, that whosoever KILLETH you, will think that he doth God service. 3. And these Things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4. But these Things have I told you, that when the Time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these Things I said not unto you at the Beginning, because I was with you. 5. But now I go my Way to him that SENT me, and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou ? 6. But because I have said these Things unto you, Sore row hath filled your Hearts. 7. Never * See Acts ii. Tos Descent of the HOLY GHOST, and the References thereto. |