Matthew Poole and continuators on John 5:40

40 And ye will not come to me , that ye might have life .

You will not own, embrace, and receive me as the true Messiah and Saviour of the World, tho that be the onely means by which you can obtain

that Eternal Life which you pretend to be seeking after; and rightly think that the Scripture alone can shew you the way to. These two Verses teach us, 1. That the Holy Scriptures are the onely Writings which shew us the way to Life Eternal. 2. That not onely the Scriptures of the New, but also of the Old Testament, are of use in order thereunto, tho the Old Testament Scriptures shew us it more darkly, and those of the New Testament shew it to us more clearly. 3. That both the one and the other point us to Christ, and to the receiving and embracing of him, as our Saviour, if we would have Life. 4. That it is not sufficient for us to search the Scriptures, to be versed in, and acquainted with them, unless we in Obedience to them come to Christ.