The power was His; yet as Messiah, the sphere exercise was limited to the lost sheep of the be Israel. But there were some given to HiETERNAL LIFE; this eternal life He would comm to them. What this was He knew right well; a knowledge of Moses or of things down here; b3. "And this is life eternal, that they might kn the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom the

sent.

4. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have the work which thou gavest me to do.

5. "And now, O Father, glorify thou me wi own self with the glory which I had with thee."

The Father, He knew; and knew that none col sent Him to man save Himself, Jesus Christ the one; He knew, too, how he had made manifest the r glory of the Father upon earth; He was it; His was done, He would return thither whence he even to the eternal, divine glory.

THE WORLD.

But note, here, that at the close of v. 5 He br in the world: "the glory which I had with Thee the world was." He had in his days of hum been faithful to God and to Israel, God's people earth, whose portion was to be in this world. E-· Him there was a "before the world was" too.

6. "I have manifested thy name unto the mes st thou gavest me out of the world.”

HIS DISCIPLES.

In the power of the glory which was His in e with the Father before the world was, He had whe the world (Himself the despised by Israel) the men given to Him by the Father out of the end them he could say,

"Thine they were, and thou gavest them mi? they have kept thy word."

The gift of the Father to the Son, from among

things, that His own joy might be fulfilled na had had the joy of known fellowship with the amid all the sorrows of His humiliation.

Then (ver. 14) comes responsibility, and the s and consequent thereon, the joy of the knowle their origin. "I have given them thy word, and hath hated them, because they are not of the world, an I am not of the world." Then as girding up the patience, and strengthening the soul against the of escape from the furnace:

15. "I pray not that thou shouldest take th of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them “ the evil." Their origin is again adverted to, and ed as being associated with (not with creature but) with Himself, the Son of God, the Tr Word. Their mission into the world, recalling mission by the Father, follows.

16. "They are not of the world, even as I am w the world. Sanctify them through thy truth, this is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, have I also sent them into the world." (17 and It.

Next we have (in ver. 19) the grand means of ther good, now openly, of this entire separation to the Fof sons down here in this world. Himself, th would sit down as Son of man upon the Father's and His people down here should know Him Father and themselves in Him, and His spirit in t

19. "And for their sakes I sanctify myself, t also might be sanctified through the truth." A was not only for them then present, but for all thats believe through their word:"

20. "Neither pray I for these alone, but for also which shall believe on me through their wor contrasts between the world and these sons of God ▼ follow are of a different kind from those noted jet” 1st, such a manifested union, in life, by the all-pervading was to be theirs, that the worliebelieve in the Son's mission by the Father. T fulfilled, perhaps, in one sense, at Pentecost; anth ́s a fuller accomplishment may yet be hoped for here 21. "That they all may be one, as theu, For

art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." Then follows the blessed outshining of more of the Son of God's heart toward these adopted sons of God. How He understands and acts out the blessed truth, "God giveth liberally."

22. "And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me." (v. 23).

He that gave Himself, how should He keep back the sharing of His glory from these sons? The expectation of this realised, manifested fellowship leads to unity; and when the glory is come, then we shall realise the full revelation in Him of the Father, and His glory outshining will perfect the fellowship of those among whom it shines; and then the world shall own both the mission of the Son and the Divine heavenly love bestowed on those who left the world to follow Him.

The last three verses put the contrast between these sons by adoption and the world, if possible, even more markedly still. 1st, He has a will, as Son, delighting in the Father's love and gifts to Him, and that will is that these should be let into the presence chamber; should behold His glory as given to Him as the one loved before the foundation of the world; 2ndly, He appeals to the righteous dealings of His Father as to these that have known and owned Him as the sent one; 3rdly, To them the Father's name and character (which was his joy) had been set forth, and should be set forth. All the Father's love to Him should rest on them, and Himself be in them.

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Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me, for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O, righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me; and I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it, that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them." VOL. XIV. PT. V.

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I desire to put it home to my own soul, and to the of him that reads, whether these things are so st own selves; and whether our outward life and w witness to a present and entire separation between the present evil world, through our owning, ty that we belong to an earth-rejected, but God-hcz Lord.

ASSOCIATED WITH CHRIST.

A FRAGMENT.

WHAT Wondrous terms does the Holy Ghost app the Believer in Scripture! to the Believer since t of Pentecost!

1. Co-plant in His death and life (Rom. vi. 6). 2. Co-heir with Him of suffering and glory viii. 17).

3. Conformed to Him in humiliation (Phil E and in glory (Rom. viii. 17; Phil. iii. 20). 4. Crucified together with (Rom. vi. 6). 5. Dead together with (2 Tim. ii. 11).

6. Buried together with (Rom. vi. 4; Col. ii. 12、 7. Quickened together with (Eph. ii. 3; Col. ii. 15 8. Made alive together with (Rom. vi. 8; 2 Tim.. 9. Raised up together with (Eph. ii. 6; Col. ii. 12; E 10. Seated together with (Eph. ii. 6).

11. Co-workers (1 Cor. iii. 9; 2 Cor. vi. 1). 12. Fellowcitizens with (cf. Eph. ii. 19, and Phil.: 13. One body with (Eph. i. 22, 23, and iii. 6). 14. Partakers of the promises with (Eph. iii. 6. 15. All of them compacted (Eph. iv. 16) or knit tager (Col. ii. 2, 19).

16. Fitly framed together (Eph. ii. 21, and iv. lf the body of which He is head.