Matthew Poole and continuators on John 16:13

13 [illegible: 1 letter]owbeit, when he the Spirit of truth is come , he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself ; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will shew you things to come .

The word which we here translate [guide] [non-Latin text not transcribed] is a word of great emphasis; it strictly signifieth to be a guide of the way, not onely to discover truth as the object of the understanding, but the bowing of the will to the obedience of it: It is said, that the Spirit should guide the Apostles into all truth; that is, all necessary truth, whatsoever Christ had revealed to them, because in their present state they were not able to bear it; whatsoever should be fit for them to know, in order to their planting, ordering, and governing the Church of God; which Christ had not while he was with them, acquainted them with, and people were to expect from the Apostles, upon whom the Spirit should come in the days of Pentecost, and so influence them, that in those things they should not be at a loss to understand [illegible: 1 letter]he Will of God, which they should communicate unto others; and they ought to look upon what the Apostles so revealed, as the mind of Christ:

for the holy Spirit should not speak meerly from himself, but as from Christ, with whom he was essentially one; as also from the Father,

whatsoever the Father and the Son Willed, he should communicate, that he should reveal to the Apostles:

and he shall reveal to you things that are to come, being in you the Spirit of Prophesie. The Apostles in their Epistles, and in the book of Revelation, shewed not indeed all things, but many things which were, and are to come to pass.

Marginal references: Chap. 14.17.; Chap. 14.26.