CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Obs. That Christ by Death went to his Father;¹ Here is much practical Divinity in this Point; We see our Saviour again and again instructed his Disciples about his; He knew how much his Sufferings and Death would amaze them and shake their Faith, he knew what a false principle they were possessed with, viz, that he would erect a temporal Glorious Kingdom; Therefore that they might not be undone by these thoughts, he tells them often both of his death, and whither by that he was to go, Joh. 14.3. Our Saviour comforts their troubled hearts with this, that he was going to the Father, and that not merely for his own glory and honour, but also for their good; Even as Joseph was advanced in Pharaohs Court as well for the good of his Father and his brethren as for his own glory, and by the way observe that our Saviour tells them, That they knew whither he went and the way, yet Thomas in the name of the rest saith, Lord, we know not whither thou goest: Now you may ask, Either Christ who is Truth it self spake not right, or Thomas, The ⟨p. 250⟩answer is, Both spake right, for the Disciples knew in the general and confusedly but not distinctly or particularly, or they knew it habitually, but in time of temptation they did not put this knowledge forth; By this we see the Godly may have that grace and that faith in them, which yet they think is not there.

Obs. That Christ by Death went to his Father;¹ Here is much practicall Divinity in this Point; We see our Saviour again and again instructed his Disciples about his; He knew how much his Sufferings and Death would amaze them and shake their Faith, he knew what a false principle they were possessed with, viz, that he would erect a temporall Glorious Kingdome; Therefore that they might not be undone by these thoughts, he tels them often both of his death, and whither by that he was to go, Ioh. 14.3. Our Saviour comforts their troubled hearts with this, that he was going to the Father, and that not meerly for his own glory and honour, but also for their good; Even as Ioseph was advanced in Pharaohs Court as well for the good of his Father and his brethren as for his own glory, and by the way observe that our Saviour tels them, That they knew whither he went and the way, yet Thomas in the name of the rest saith, Lord, we know not whither thou goest: Now you may ask, Either Christ who is Truth it self spake not right, or Thomas, The