Thos. Fuller John 8:38-47 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do that which you have seen with your father.… King Canute promised to make him the highest man in England who should kill King Edmund, his rival; which, when he had performed, and expected his reward, he commanded him to be hung on the highest tower in London. So Satan promises great things to people in pursuit of their lusts, but he puts them off with great mischief. The promised crown turns to a halter, the promised comfort to a torment, the promised honour into shame, the promised consolation into desolation, and the promised heaven turns into a hell. The lusts of your father ye will do. — It is a frightful "will," and as frightful a "must," which governs the soul of an ungodly man. Such a soul either is a slave of the "must," or a free agent of the "will"; and the most fearful feature of all is that it is guilty as being a free agent, and the more guilty it is so much the more enslaved, and therefore the more it is free to will by so much the more enslaved. ( Augustine.)Satan hath no impulsive power; he may strike fire till he be weary (if his malice can weary); except man's corruption brings the tinder, the match cannot be lighted (Acts 5:4; James 1:13-16). (Thos. Fuller.) Parallel Verses KJV: I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. |
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