Matthew Poole and continuators on John 11:26

26 And whosoever liveth , and believeth in me, shall never die . Believest thou this d?

He had before proved himself to be the Resurrection, now he proveth himself to be the Life. He saith, he that Liveth, that Liveth a Natural Life, if he be one who receiveth and imbraceth me as the true Messiah, and Saviour of the World, and committeth himself, and all the concerns of his Soul to me, shall never die, Rom. 8.11. Tho his body shall die because of Sin, yet his Spirit shall live because of Righteousness; and God shall in the great Day quicken aagain his mortal Body, through the holy Spirit which dwelleth in him, and is united to him.

He asketh Martha if she believed this. We shall observe, that our Saviour, not here onely, but Matth. 9.22.28. before he wrought his Miraculous Operations, required Peoples Faith as a prerequisite. And Matth. 13.58. He could not do many mighty Works in his own Country, because of their unbelief. And Matth. 17.20. He tells his Disciples, that the reason why they could not cure the man Possessed with the Devil, was, because of their unbelief: So great an honour hath God given to the exercise of Faith.