John 12

2. Then we aim at God's glory when we can be content that God's will should take place though it cross ours: Lord I am content to be a loser if you a gainer; to have less health, if I may have more grace, and you more glory; whether it be food or bitter medicine you give me, Lor…

Absalom masks over his treason with the pretense of a religious vow. Judas dissembles his envy at Christ, and covetousness, with a pretense of charity to the poor (John 12:5). Jehu makes religion a stirrup to his ambitious design (1 Kings 10:16). but God sees through these fig l…

Do they honor God who are ashamed of him? John 12:42. Many believed on him, but dared not confess him. They are bastard sons, who are ashamed to own their Heavenly Father.

Achan's covetous humor made him steal the wedge of gold, which wedge did cleave asunder his soul from God (Joshua 7:21). 2. The external cause of theft is Satan's solicitation: Judas was a thief (John 12:6). How came he to be a thief?

Secondly, the written word, as it is our pattern, so it will be our judge. (John 12:48) The word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him at the last day. We read of the opening of the books (Revelation 20:12).

3. Consider Satan's power in tempting. He is called the Prince of the World (John 12:31), and [in non-Latin alphabet], the strong man (Luke 11:21), and the Great Red Dragon who with his tail cast down the third part of the stars (Revelation 12:4). He is full of power, being an a…

Indeed, the Holy Ghost reproves such as do lean on the Lord and yet transgress; and besides, the text speaks of such who, for their present condition, fear God and are obedient to him, which if they thus walked in darkness, they could not be said to do. Neither, secondly, is it…

Secondly, let us further consider the other phrase, and what is intimated thereby to be his condition when, as it is said, he walks in darkness. First, to walk in darkness implies to be in doubt where to go: so John 12:35, 'He that walks in darkness knows not where he goes.' And…

Which two glorious and incommunicable attributes of his that description of the word of God (Hebrews 4:12-13) seems fully to hold forth to us. Where, as at the gate of paradise was set a cherub with a flaming sword to keep our fallen parents from ever entering in again, so there…

Answer. We may use them not only for necessity, but also for honest delight and pleasure (Psalm 104:15): God gives wine to make glad the heart of man: and oil to make his face shine. And (John 12:3) our Savior Christ allowed of the fact of Mary, which took a pound of ointment of…

2. Consider that the prophet speaks of this report, not as in his own person only, but as in the person of all that ever preached, or shall preach this gospel; therefore this report is not peculiar to Isaiah, but it's our report, the report of the prophets before, and of these a…

For the first, the causes why so few believe the Gospel, we cleared to you already, that generally the powerful preaching of the Gospel has been with little fruit, so that Isaiah has this sad complaint, Lord, who has believed our report? And our Lord Jesus has it also on the mat…

He answers, it's not to be marveled at, in respect of God as if he were frustrated of his design, no such matter; it's because the power of Jesus Christ is revealed but to few; and we take this the rather to be the meaning of these words, because when Christ is preaching and man…

And we shall instance several places of Scripture that serve to hold them out. The first is that of (John 12:27-28) — now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour; here our blessed Lord is troubled in spirit, and so pinched and hedged in as in a…

The second thing then, is, the duty that lies on people to whom the Lord sends the gospel, or this report concerning Christ, and you may take it in this general; that it lies on all that hear the gospel to believe the report that it brings concerning Christ, and by faith to rece…

Indeed, considering that it was the wrath of God and His curse due to the elect that He had to deal with, His soul was more capable of being affected with it than His body. Hence He says, when no hand of man touched Him (John 12:27), "Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I sa…

And these two, put together: 1. That there is a sufficient price laid down, for the satisfying of the justice of God, for the debt of elect sinners. 2. That this is the Lord's design, in laying of the price down, even to procure, and to communicate life to them, according to tha…

Only take this for an advertisement, that when we speak of the soul-sufferings of our Lord, we do not mean of any sufferings after death (as Papists falsely slander us) but of these sufferings, especially that were about the time of His passion, when He got the full cup of the F…

And His accepting of the satisfaction tells plainly, that He was content, that the guarantor's payment should stand for the principal debtor's: all this supposes a covenant, which is as real, as if we had seen, and had been ear-witnesses of the reading over of the covenant in al…

The 2. Promise is, that He shall see the fruit of His soul-travail; or His seed; it is much to have a seed, but it is more to see it; it is not only this, that Christ shall have a numerous issue, but that He shall outlive death, to see and oversee, and be a tutor to them, though…

For further clearing, and confirming of this, you should know that there are three courts, that especially the hearers of the gospel are liable to, which we should make ourselves ready for; they are all put together (Romans 2:12, 15, 16). There is 1. the court of the word, where…

Much and long — or many years of preaching, much plain and powerful preaching — and yet little or no fruit; they are snared and taken, and fall backward, for all that. And this was not in Isaiah's days only, but in Christ's days (John 12:37-38), and in Paul's days (Romans 10:16)…

Yet He did abide it all out; He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that pulled off the hair, and hid not His face from shame and spitting; and had a most glorious victory and triumph over all. What we said in expounding of the words clears it somewhat, and that…

John 12:27. Now is my soul troubled: and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: But for this cause came I to this hour. 28. Father, glorify your Name. It is a question whether these words of our Savior's soul-trouble be nothing but the same words and prayer which Matt…

Answ. The argument is strong for us; the Apostle speaks of the Gospel-truth; but he will not have the Gospel preached to Samaritans (Matthew 10), to Bithinians, and thousands others. 2. He will not open the hearts of thousands that hear the Gospel, because he will (Matthew 11:28…

Or the troubles which accompany a strict profession are many. The world will note us (John 12:42): Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the Synagogue. Whereas we must…

That may be good for the glory of God, which is not good for our personal contentment and ease. Now the glory of God is our greatest interest; if it be for the glory of God that I should be in pain, bereft of my comfort, my sanctified subjection to the will of God must say it is…

3. Though this was a lie, yet here is the color of the lie. God permits that men sometimes by indirect means to become great in honor and dignity in this world; all which are done by the instinct of Satan, and his help: and evil men often succeed in their attempts, and from henc…

The Apostle Peter who was one of the parties present, could never forget this testimony of the Father, concerning his Son Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:17), he received from the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory. This is my beloved So…

For whose cause most chiefly this book is translated and printed, and dedicated to the same. While you have light, walk in the light. (John 12) Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier dwelling within the Black Friars by Ludgate.

And Christ says, When I am exalted, I will draw all men to me. Ioh. 12. 32. And he liues for euer to make intercession[•] for vs. Heb 5:27.

Our Sauiour bidds vs walke in the light, while we have light. Ioh. 12. 35. II.

For it is a rendering of the cause, why the Gospel gets no more attendants; namely, they cannot comprehend the mysteries thereof by the dexterity of their natural wit. This is a very worthy sentence therefore, and it is alleged both by Saint John and Saint Paul to this very purp…

The Lord bears with our slothfulness for a time, and patiently waits for us; but if he gets nothing by it, he will leave us, and bestow his grace upon others. Christ therefore admonishes us to walk while it is day, because the night will come, in which we can walk no more forwar…

Lord, who will believe our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? (Isaiah 53:1; John 12:37-38) At London, imprinted by Felix Kingston, and are to be [reconstructed: sold] by William Cotton, dwelling in Paternoster Row, at the sign of the golden Lion. 1609.

That it lies not in the will and power of the minister to bring men back to God, we conclude from this that John did not indiscriminately bring all back, (which he would unquestionably have done, if every thing had yielded to his wish,) but only brought those back whom it please…

The word conceive is enough to set aside the dream of Marcion and Manichaeus: for it is easy to gather from it that Mary brought forth not an ethereal body or phantom, but the fruit which she had previously conceived in her womb. You shall call his name Jesus The reason of the n…

24. Verily, I say to you He reproaches them with the blame of preventing him from exerting his power among them as he did in other places, by working miracles: for the unbelief of men presents an obstruction to God, and hinders him from working, as might be desired, for their sa…

By these words he intended to charge them to walk in the light before the darkness of the night overtook them, (John 12:35;) for this ought to have been a very powerful excitement to endeavor to make progress, so long as they enjoyed the presence of Christ, when they learned tha…

As to some slight diversity between John’s narrative and that of Matthew and Mark, it is easy to remove the apparent inconsistency, which has led some commentators erroneously to imagine that it is a different narrative. John 12:3 expresses the name of the woman who anointed Chr…

nailed to his cross the handwriting which was opposed to us, (Colossians 2:14,) and has destroyed death and Satan, and in his resurrection has triumphed over the prince of the world, (John 12:31,) it would be unreasonable to suppose that the passage from death to life will be mo…

Therefore hath he mercy [on whom] he will [have] mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. John 12:40. He hath [blinded] their mind, and hardened their hearts.

We learn by the evangelist John, that the reason why the people made this ado, was because they were affected with the miracle of raising Lazarus; John 12:18. Here was a vast multitude crying Hosanna on this occasion, so that it gave occasion to the Pharisees to say, Behold the…

Matthew 11:27. No Man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any Man the Father, but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. John 12:45. He that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. Psalm 9:10. They that know thy Name, will put their trust in thee.

So when he came to declare his dreadful Work of the final hardning and Rejection of the Jews, one of the most tremendous Effects of Divine Providence, a Work which for the strangeness of it Men would in no wise believe, though it were declared to them, Acts 13. 41. he was signal…

Sometimes in and by that word which in its own Nature tends to the Conversion of Sinners, he intendes by it only their hardning, Isa. 6. 9, 10. John 12. 40, 41. Acts 18. 26.

Those who believe not upon the Proposal of Christ in the Gospel, are left without remedy in the guilt of those other Sins, for which they must perish eternally; If you believe not, saith Christ, that I am he, you shall die in your sins, John 8. 12. (2.) The Impotency that is in…

And this dreadful dereliction, and consequent obduration we see is referred to primitive justice as a vindictive dispensation. But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him (John 12:37). That the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled…

God is said to speak, as men are said to speak: but God does not speak, as men speak, forming a voice by such organs or instruments of speech: But when the Lord speaks it is either by forming and creating a voice in the air, so God is said to speak sometimes, As when Christ was…

Ans. In this case learne of Paul, to passe littlefor mans judgment, but be carefull to get and [illegible] this grace of meekenesse, and then Christ will pronounce you []ssed, which ought more to preuaile with you, then all mens estimatiō in the world; and so it will, unless yo…