5 None of you asketh me - Now when it is most seasonable. Peter
did ask this before, John 13:36.
7 It is expedient for you - In respect of the Comforter, John 16:7,
&c, and of me, John 16:16, &c, and of the Father, John 16:23, &c.
8 He - Observe his twofold office; toward the world, John 16:8, &c;
toward believers, John 16:12, &c: will convince - All of the world
- Who do not obstinately resist, by your preaching and miracles, of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment - He who is convinced of sin either
accepts the righteousness of Christ, or is judged with Satan. An abundant
accomplishment of this we find in the Acts of the Apostles.
9 Of sin - Particularly of unbelief, which is the confluence of all
sins, and binds them all down upon us.
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father - Which the Spirit will
testify, though ye do not then see me. But I could not go to him if I were
not righteous.
11 The prince of this world is judged - And in consequence thereof dethroned,
deprived of the power he had so long usurped over men. Yet those who reject
the deliverance offered them will remain slaves of Satan still.
12 I have yet many things to say - Concerning my passion, death, resurrection,
and the consequences of it. These things we have, not in uncertain traditions,
but in the Acts, the Epistles, and the Revelation. But ye cannot bear them
now - Both because of your littleness of faith, and your immoderate sorrow.
13 When he is come - It is universally allowed that the Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost dwell in all believers. And the internal agency of the Holy
Ghost is generally admitted. That of the Father and the Son, as represented
in this Gospel, deserves our deepest consideration.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine - Could any creature say
this?
