And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
Ver. 11. Keep through thine own name] "The name of the Lord is a strong tower," Proverbs 18:10; "A munition of rocks," Isaiah 33:16. Hither the saints run for the securing of their comforts and safe guarding of their persons, as conies do to their burrows, all creatures to their refuges, as the Shechemites fled to their tower, when their city was beaten down to the ground,Judges 9:51. The lame and blind, the most shiftless creatures, when they had gotten the stronghold of Sion over their heads, thought then they might securely scorn David and his host, and yet their hold failed them, 2 Samuel 5:6,7. So doth not God those that fly to his name. Pray to be kept by it.