One-Hundred Forty-Five Sermons Upon John 17, Table of contents – Notice
THE CONTENTS.
SERM. I.
JOHN 17.1. Theſe words ſpake Jeſus, and lift up his eyes to heaven, and ſaid, Father the hour is come, glorifie thy Son, that thy Son alſo may glorifie thee.THe Neceſſity of adding Prayer to Preaching, for its good effect: Shewing alſo what kinde of Cauſe the Word is of Converſion; and what are the requiſites of Heavenly and Spirituall Prayer.
SERM. II.
The tranſcendent excellency and efficacy of Chriſts Prayer (in reſpect of the matter and nature thereof, as being Mediatory, his perſon and Relation, &c.) held forth as a ground of unſpeakable Comfort to Believers.
SERM. III.
Sheweth, how prevalent the Prayers are that are poured out to God as a Father, and what diſpoſition and frame of heart this compellation Father may breed in every one that doth fervently pray to God.
SERM. IV.
Of Gods appointing an hour, a ſet time for the diſpenſing his Mercies and Judgements, in reference to particular perſons, and his Church and Churches Enemies.
SERM. V.
Of the Nature and Manifeſtations of that Glory which Chriſt prayed for, and is inveſted with; And how comfortable it is to all his Members.
SERM. VI.
Of Heavenly-mindedneſs, Shewing that we ſhould ſeek both earthly and heavenly Bleſſings, chiefly for this end, viz. That God may be Glorified.
SERM. VII.
JOHN 17.2. As thou haſt given him power over all fleſh, that he ſhould give eternall life to as many as thou haſt given him.The Text vindicated from Arians, Ubiquitarians, and Papiſts; and the power and dominion of Chriſt obſerved and applied, to the Comfort of his Diſciples, and Terrour of his Enemies.
SERM. VIII.
The Effects and Appearances of the Kingly power and dominion of Chriſt.
SERM. IX.
Chriſt under the notion of a Head, applyed to the Terrour of his Enemies, and Comfort of his Members.
SERM. X.
Of Predeſtination, or Gods giving ſome of mankinde to Chriſt, (not all) for him to Redeem, and what unſpeakable grounds of Comfort to Gods people flow from thence.
SERM. XI.
Treateth of Eternall Life in the Nature and Properties of it.
SERM. XII.
A Conſideration of Eternall Life, compared with this preſent Life, and with its contrary, viz. Eternall Death.
SERM. XIII.
Weighty Conſiderations upon Eternity.
SERM. XIV.
JOHN 17.3. And this is … …ternall, that they might know thee the …ly true God, and Jeſus Chriſt whom thou hast ſent.The Neceſſity of Divine Knowledge, and arraignment of Ignorance.
SERM. XV.
More Reaſons of the Neceſſity of Divine Knowledge, and the Cauſes of Ignorance.
SERM. XVI.
Sheweth what ſaving Knowledge is in its Concomitants and Effects.
SERM. XVII.
Of the Knowledge and Worſhip of the One true God: and the contrary thereto, viz. Idolatry.
SERM. XVIII.
The Neceſſity of the Knowledge of Chriſt Jeſus, as well as of God the Father.
SERM. XIX.
JOHN 17.4. I have glorified thee on the earth, I have finiſhed the work which thou gaveſt me to do.Sheweth how a Godly life (though it merit no good) is a ground of comfort at the hour of Death.
SERM. XX.
Sheweth who they are that cannot, at the cloſe of their daies, take comfort in this, That they have finiſhed the work God gave them to do: As alſo, what things, if not avoided, will much diminiſh the comfort of the Godly ones at that day.
SERM. XXI.
Of Gods being Glorified by mans Salvation, Chriſts chief end in what he did for man, was the Glory of God, which beſpeaks both our imitation and unſpeakable Conſolation.
SERM. XXII.
Of Chriſts Finiſhing the work he undertook, with the end and properties of it, and the great Comfort of i… to Beleevers.
SERM. XXIII.
JOHN 17.5. And now, O Father, Glorifie thou me with thine own ſelf, with the Glory which I had with thee before the World was.Of a holy working life, the Excellency, Equity and Neceſſity thereof in order to Glory.
SERM. XXIV.
Of vain Tautology in Prayer, and what Repetitions in Prayer are ſuch, and what not, ſhewing alſo what things are abſolutely neceſſary to a good Prayer.
SERM. XXV.
Of the Promiſes, and of Prayer.
SERM. XXVI.
Of heavenly Glory as oppoſed to earthly; and how the hopes thereof earneſtly ſought and prayed for, will comfort a man againſt the, fear and in the midſt of all trials and afflictions.
SERM. XXVII.
The Eternall Deity of Chriſt proved; and whence it comes to paſs that there are any ſo vile, as to deny it; ſhewing alſo what ſins do much provoke God to give men up to ſuch Blaſphemy.
SERM. XXVIII.
Proveth, That the world was not from Eternity, but had its beginning in time, and reduceth that Conſideration into Practice.
SERM. XXIX.
JOHN 17.6. I have manifeſted thy Name unto the men which then gaveſt me out of the world, thine they were and thou gaveſt them me, and they have kept thy word.Of Divine Knowledge, its Excellency and Rarity; Shewing that God is truly and properly known only by the Godly, and wherein their Knowledge of God differs from the knowledge that others have of him.
SERM. XXX.
The great End of the Miniſtry, and what ſhould be the End of both Miniſters and people, in their Preaching and Hearing.
SERM. XXXI.
That Gods people are not of (though in) this world; Wherein is alſo ſhewed the vaſt difference between them and the men of the world.
SERM. XXXII.
Of the peculiar propriety Gods people have in Him, and He in them.
SERM. XXXIII.
The truly Godly man only is obedient to Gods Word: Or the great Character of a Chriſtian.
SERM. XXXIV.
JOHN 17.7. Now they have known that all things whatſoever thou hast given me are of thee.Of Growth in Grace, the Duty, Neceſſity, and Glory of it.
SERM. XXXV.
Of Faith in Chriſt the Mediatour with the Ingredients or Concomitant acts of it.
SERM. XXXVI.
JOHN 17.8. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me, and they have received them, and have known ſurely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst ſend me.Of Obedience to all the Commandments of God; ſhewing, That that only is truly Obedience, and the property of a Godly man.
SERM. XXXVII.
Sheweth, That Gods people are ready and willing in Obedience, Whence it is that they are ſo: Tending to rouſe men up from dulneſs and formality in Gods ſervice.
SERM. XXXVIII.
Of the Excellency and Neceſſity of Beleeving in Chriſt as a Mediatour; That it's acceptable to God, as well as Obedience to a Command; yet withall ſheweth the difficulty of it, and whence it doth come to paſs that the children of God, ſenſible of their ſins, are ſo hardly brought to Beleeve; As alſo why ungodly men think it ſo eaſie a thing.
SERM. XXXIX.
Further ſheweth, how acceptable it is to God to beleeve in Chriſt the Mediatour, and ſetteth forth the dangerous nature of Truſting in our own Righteouſneſs.
SERM. XL.
Further ſetteth forth the Excellency and Neceſſity of preſſing the Doctrine of Faith in Chriſt the Mediatour, and of our being affected with it, and invites the greateſt ſinners to come unto him for Salvation.
SERM. XLI.
JOHN 17.9. I pray for them, I pray not for the world, but for them which thou haſt given me, for they are thine.Of praying both for the Godly and the wicked, with the Reaſons and Motives thereof.
SERM. XLII.
The Excellency and Efficacy of Chriſts Mediatory prayer; ſet forth in many Aggravations of it for the Conſolation of the Godly.
SERM. XLIII.
Of the Extent of Chriſts Mediatory Prayer, and of his Death; That he praied and died not for all and every one of mankinde, but only for the Elect; and that the Scripture expreſſions of Chriſts dying for all, are to be underſtood indefinitely and not univerſally.
SERM. XLIV.
Reaſons why the Scripture ſpeaks thus univerſally about Chriſts death, when yet but ſome were intended. Alſo what Benefits Reprobates have by Chriſt, with ſome Arguments further proving the point of Chriſts dying not for every man, but ſome.
SERM. XLV.
The Application of the former Subject; ſetting forth the Neceſſity of Faith and Repentance, as to the intereſting us in Chriſt; The Freeneſs of Gods Love▪ The Qualifications of thoſe to whom Chriſts death is made advantagious, and alſo their priviledges above all others.
SERM. XLVI.
Of Free-Grace oppoſite to Arminianiſm, tending to raiſe the hearts of thoſe that are Godly to Joy and Thankfulneſs.
SERM. XLVII.
Of Gods Propriety in his people, as the ground of all the good that accrueth to them.
SERM. XLVIII.
JOHN 17.10. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them.The Deity of Jeſus Chriſt cleared and defended againſt the Socinians.
SERM. XLIX.
Of mans glorifying of Chriſt, and how many waies that is done.
SERM. L.
JOHN 17.11. 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.Of Chriſts tender care of all his people in the greateſt of their care and afflictions.
SERM. LI.
Of the great danger of Gods peoples being in the world, chiefly from its tempting and ſeducing to ſin.
SERM. LII.
Of the danger Gods people are in, in the world, in reſpect of its hating and oppoſing of them; with Reaſons why the Lord makes the world ſuch a diſquieting place, ſuch a valley of tears unto his own people.
SERM. LIII.
The Exaltation of Chriſt improved for the Joy of all Beleevers.
SERM. LIV.
That all Civil Governours (as well as Eccleſiaſticall) from the meaneſt Maſter of a Family, to the greateſt Monarch, have from Chriſt a ſpirituall charge of thoſe that are under them; and are above all things to endeavour the good of their ſouls.
SERM. LV.
The great Lord-keeper of Iſrael from inevitable Ruine both of body and ſoul, extolled.
SERM. LVI.
That it's not enough to be put into a ſtate of Grace, unleſs by Gods power we are kept therein. How farre men may acknowledge Gods help, and yet with the Pelagians, Arminians, and Papiſts, not give him his due Glory: And alſo ſheweth, how many waies the power of God keepeth his people.
SERM. LVII.
Reaſons proving the Neceſſity of Gods preſerving his children in Grace: That God keeps them by Faith; Alſo, why and how Faith keeps them, rather then other Graces.
SERM. LVIII.
The greatneſs of the mercy of being kept ſound in the Truth, and the damnableneſs of Errour demonſtrated.
SERM. LIX.
That it's a ſpeciall Mercy for the Miniſters of the Goſpel to agree in one: Wherein their unity ſhould be, and the Reaſons of the differences that are among them.
SERM. LX.
The great Pattern of Unity, the Nature and Property of the Unity that is between God the Father and the Sonne, againſt the Socinians; That the Miniſters of God ſhould endeavour after a perfect Unity, even to be one, as the Father and Sonne are, Alſo ſome Rules guiding thereunto.
SERM. LXI.
JOHN 17.12. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy Name, thoſe that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is loſt, but the ſon of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. The great changes that even a Godly man is ſubject unto, in reſpect of the having and loſing thoſe ſenſible ſupports, both outward and inward, which God at ſometimes vouchſafeth to them: Alſo what thoſe ſenſible injoyments are, and why God doth ſo change the condition of his people.
SERM. LXII.
Sheweth, how prone men are for to know Chriſt after the fleſh, and wherein it appears.
SERM. LXIII.
Of the Saints Lord-keeper, ſhewing how ſafe the Godly are kept to Salvation by Chriſt, as a truſt committed to him.
SERM. LXIV.
Of the manner of Chriſts keeping thoſe that are his: Of a four fold principle that is operative to the preſervation of Beleevers: And of the excellent effects of the Lively Meditation of this Doctrine, of being kept by Chriſt to Salvation.
SERM. LXV.
Of the Perſeverance of the Saints: The Queſtion ſtated.
SERM. LXVI.
Of the Perſeverance of the Saints.
SERM. LXVII.
Arguments proving that every one that is in the ſtate of Grace ſhall be preſerved to Eternall Life.
SERM. LXVIII.
Of the ſonne of perdition, Shewing that ſome perſons are wilfully ſet for to damn themſelves, though they have never ſo many excellent Remedies and Means to the contrary; And what are the Cauſes that move them thereunto, and Characters of ſuch perſons.
SERM. LXIX.
Of the ſon of perdition, Shewing more Cauſes and Symptoms of ſuch wretched perſons that are deſperately bent to damn themſelves.
SERM. LXX.
Of the ſonne of perdition, Sheweth from the example of Judas, that men may be eminent for a while in the Church of God, and afterwards prove deſperate Apoſtates.
SERM. LXXI.
Of the ſonne of Perdition.
SERM. LXXII.
Of the ſonne of Perdition.
SERM. LXXIII.
The great ſtumbling-blocks of Religion removed
SERM. LXXIV.
Of the Scripture.
SERM. LXXV.
Of the truth of Scripture-propheſies, and againſt Judiciall Aſtrology and Witchcraft, ſhewing the vanity and wickedneſs thereof, and of ſeeking to them.
SERM. LXXVI.
John 17.13. And now I come to thee, and theſe things I ſpeak in the world that they might have my joy fulfilled in themſelves.The Joy of Saints handled both as a duty and priviledge, as being one great end of Chriſts Prayer, Command, Promiſes and Miniſtry.
SERM. LXXVII.
Of Joy and Comfort, ſhewing how many waies the Spirit of God works it in the hearts of his people.
SERM. LXXVIII.
The ſeverall ſorts of Joy, and the Nature of Spirituall Joy, ſhewing alſo how farre it tranſcends and differs from worldly joy.
SERM. LXXIX.
The excellent effects of Chriſtian Joy.
SERM. LXXX.
John 17.14. I have given them thy Word, and the world hath hated them, becauſe they are not of the world.That the Word of God preached and received, doth inrage the wicked world; and Reaſons thereof.
SERM. LXXXI.
Of ſuffering for Chriſts Cauſe, and how it ingageth God for to take care of ſuch as ſo ſuffer, alſo the duty of Miniſters about preaching Gods truth.
SERM. LXXXII.
Of wicked mens hating the Godly, the Cauſes, Effects and Properties of it.
SERM. LXXXIII.
The Application of the foregoing Obſervation, both to the godly and the wicked, tending to encourage and rejoyce the one under all their ſufferings, and deterre and reclaim the other from all oppoſitions.
SERM. LXXXIV.
Of Conformity to Chriſt in not being of the world, and in his ſufferings.
SERM. LXXXV.
John 17.15. I pray not that thou ſhouldst take them out of the world, but that thou ſhouldſt keep them from the evil.Sheweth why God continueth his children in this world of ſinne and ſorrow, and doth not take them immediatly to Heaven? and alſo how farre 'tis lawfull for a man to pray for, or deſire to be taken out of this world.
SERM. LXXXVI.
That 'tis a greater mercy to be kept from ſinne and all evil in our afflictions and troubles, than from the afflictions themſelves.
SERM. LXXXVII.
That God hath determined a preciſe time to every particular man in the world, how long he ſhall live.
SERM. LXXXVIII.
JOHN 17.16. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.The Heavenly man much improved by much conſidering that he is not of this world.
SERM. LXXXIX.
JOHN 17.17. Sanctifie them through thy Truth, thy Word is Truth.Of Growth in Grace, Shewing that, and how many waies a Godly man may be ſanctified.
SERM. XC.
The Contraries of Growth in Grace. A Comfortable Advertiſement to ſuch as mourn under their ſenſe of not Growing; with Reaſons of the Neceſſity of Growing in Grace.
SERM. XCI.
Of the Cauſes of Sanctification, and in particular of God, as the Inſtrumentall Cauſe.
SERM. XCII.
Of the Truth of the Scriptures.
SERM. XCIII.
The tranſcendent Properties of the Scripture.
SERM. XCIV.
JOHN 17.18. As thou haſt ſent me into the world, even ſo have I ſent them into the world.How requiſite a ſound minde and a holy life are to a Miniſter of the Goſpel; and Chriſts peculiar love to, and care of ſuch.
SERM. XCV.
Of Chriſts Miſſion to the Office of a Mediatour.
SERM. XCVI.
Of the publick Office of the Miniſtry, ſome diſtinctions concerning it, and the Neceſſity of a lawfull Call thereunto; Alſo ſhewing wherein private Chriſtians ſhould exerciſe their Gifts, both ordinarily and in extraordinary Caſes.
SERM. XCVII.
That the Scripture appoints a diſtinct Office of the Miniſtry: Sheweth wherein the Call to the Miniſtry conſiſts, and that none may enter into that Office without an Authoritative Miſſion, alſo what the Miniſtry of Preaching is, and whether Reading be Preaching.
SERM. XCVIII.
JOHN 17.19. And for their ſakes I ſanctifie my ſelf, that they alſo might be ſanctified through the Truth.Of Chriſts ſanctifying himſelf to be a Mediatour: Shewing what is implied in it, how pure, willing and fit he was for that Great undertaking.
SERM. XCIX.
Sheweth further what is implied in that phraſe of our Saviour, I ſanctifie my Self; Handling chiefly the Prieſtly Office of Chriſt, in oppoſition to the Socinians, and for the Comfort and Direction of Penitent ſinners.
SERM. C.
Of Jeſus Chriſt as Prieſt, Sacrifice and Altar: The Properties of that Sacrifice; The way how men come to partake of the Benefit of it; Its Efficacy as to Sanctification as well as Juſtification.
SERM. CI.
Of Sanctification, as the Effect of Chriſts death; ſhewing that no man truly beleeveth in Chriſt for Juſtification, that doth not alſo for Sanctification.
SERM. CII.
JOHN 17.20. Neither pray I for theſe alone, but for them alſo that ſhall beleeve in me through their word.Sheweth, why Chriſt, who could do all things, yet puts up prayers: What difference there is between his prayers and ours, and the great advantage Beleevers have by Chriſts praying for them.
SERM. CIII.
In what reſpects the Benefits of Chriſts mediation extends to all Beleevers alike, and in what not, for the comfort of weak Chriſtians, and ſuch of them as are moſt contemptible in the eyes of the world.
SERM. CIV.
That in ſome particulars the poor weak Chriſtian hath more reſpect from Chriſt then the ſtrong one.
SERM. CV.
Of Chriſts love and care of every one of his before they had a being.
SERM. CVI.
Of both the moving cauſes and effects of Election, and of Chriſts prayer and death; Againſt Arminians and others.
SERM. CVII.
Of Faith, the ſeverall kindes of it, and eſpecially of Juſtifying Faith, its object and ſeat, &c.
SERM. CVIII.
Of Juſtifying Faith, ſhewing what things are neceſſary thereunto; and how or in what method the Spirit of God inableth the humble ſoul to Beleeve.
SERM. CIX.
Of Juſtifying Faith.
SERM. CX.
Of Juſtifying Faith, that it is a fiduciall Recumbency in Chriſt.
SERM. CXI.
That a Goſpel Miniſtry is to continue to the end of the world, and for what ends.
SERM. CXII.
JOHN 17.21. That they all may be one, as thou (Father) art in me, and I in thee, that they alſo may be one in us, that the world may beleeve that thou haſt ſent me.Of Unity among Gods people, the Nature of it.
SERM. CXIII.
Of Unity among Chriſtians, the Benefits and Neceſſity of it; and the miſchief of Diviſions.
SERM. CXIV.
Of Unity among the Godly; More particulars ſetting forth the excellency of it, and miſchief of Diviſion; Anſwering this Objection, viz. Seeing God hath promiſed one heart and way, and Chriſt prayed for it, How comes it to paſs that there ſhould be ſo many breaches amongſt the Godly.
SERM. CXV.
Of Unity among Beleevers, Cautions about it: Alſo ſetting forth ſome good uniting Principles, with a cenſure of ſome bad ones.
SERM. CXVI.
Of Chriſtian Unity, ſetting forth ſome Rules for Unity in Doctrine, Church-order, and Affection, for the preventing of Errour, Schiſm and Wrath.
SERM. CXVII.
Of the diſtinction of Perſons and Unity of Eſſence in the Deity: againſt the Socinians.
SERM. CXVIII.
The Glorious myſtery of the Saints Union with Chriſt, and with the Father by him, opened.
SERM. CXIX.
Sheweth, what a ſpeciall means Unity among Beleevers is, to enlarge the Kingdom of Chriſt, and yet notwithſtanding that Unity, without true Doctrine, is no Infallible Mark of the true Church, againſt the Papiſts.
SERM. CXX.
A Conſideration of Faith in its Generall nature, as Dogmaticall or Hiſtoricall, carried out to Scripture-Truths, becauſe of Divine Authority.
SERM. CXXI.
Of Dogmaticall Faith, the Properties of, and Contraries to it.
SERM. CXXII.
JOHN 17.22. And the Glory which thou gaveſt me I gave them, that they may be one, even as we are one.Of the Glory which Chriſt communicates unto all his Diſciples, even in this life, and of Union with him as the ground of it.
SERM. CXXIII.
Practicall Concluſions from the foregoing Doctrine.
SERM. CXXIV.
That Jeſus Chriſt though God co-equall with the Father, had many things given him by the Father, and how that can be?
SERM. CXXV.
Unity among Chriſtians is part of that Glory Chriſt hath purchaſed for them.
SERM. CXXVI.
JOHN 17.23. I in them and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that thou haſt ſent me.Of Union with Chriſt: Shewing how, or in what reſpect Chriſt is in every Beleever, and how he is not.
SERM. CXXVII.
Shewing ſomthing of the Nature, Manner, and Effects of Chriſts being in Beleevers.
SERM. CXXVIII.
Of the Fathers being in Chriſt, of both their being in Beleevers, and how that can be, and yet they not quite freed from ſin and ſorrow.
SERM. CXXIX.
Of the Unity of Beleevers, of the cauſe and nature of it, and what makes to the perfect conſummation of it.
SERM. CXXX.
Sheweth that every one that beleeveth, knoweth the thing that he beleeveth: Againſt the Popiſh implicit faith, and what Knowledge the knowledge of Faith is.
SERM. CXXXI.
Of the unſpeakable love of God to Beleevers, ſhewing wherein Gods love to Chriſt and Beleevers is alike, and wherein it differs.
SERM. CXXXII.
Sheweth of what high concernment it is to the men of the world, to know how greatly Beleevers (whom they hate and perſecute) are beloved of God.
SERM. CXXXIII.
JOHN 17.24. Father I will that they alſo whom thou haſt given me, be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, for thou lovedſt me before the foundation of the world.Of the Connection between Grace and Glory, and that Glory even to the moſt Godly, is the free gift of God.
SERM. CXXXIV.
Of immediate Injoyment of, and Communion with Chriſt in Heaven, as the Complement of mans Happineſs.
SERM. CXXXV.
Of an humbled Chriſtians improving, in his prayers, the ſweet Apellation of Father.
SERM. CXXXVI.
Of the ſtate of Glory, ſhewing what it is to behold Chriſts Glory in Heaven.
SERM. CXXXVII.
How Chriſt, as Mediatour, had his Glory given him, although as God he could not properly have it given him, except by way of Manifeſtation: Againſt the Socinians.
SERM. CXXXVIII.
Of Gods love to Chriſt as Mediatour, and in him to all Beleevers from all Eternity.
SERM. CXXXIX.
JOHN 17.25. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee, but I have known thee, and theſe have known that thou hast ſent me.Of the Righteouſneſs of God (as Judge) in his Adminiſtrations to Devils and Wicked men: and (as a Father) unto his own people.
SERM. CXL.
That every unregenerate man, whether in or out of the Church, is deſtitute of the true ſaving Knowledge of God.
SERM. CXLI.
Chriſt is the great Teacher of his Church.
SERM. CXLII.
Setting forth the ſingular Chriſtian cleaving to God, though the multitude go another way, and how his Godlineſs in that caſe endears him to God.
SERM. CXLIII.
JOHN 17.26. And I have declared unto them thy Name, and will declare it, that the love wherewith thou haſt loved me, may be in them, and I in them.Of Chriſts teaching Beleevers: Shewing what great need the moſt illuminated Chriſtians have ſtill to be taught.
SERM. CXLIV.
Of the powerfull ſenſe and feeling of the Love of God; How it is attained, and what a great advantage it is to him that hath it, both in reference to Duty and Comfort.
SERM. CXLV.
Directions how to obtain, and alwaies to preſerve the Knowledge and Aſſurance of Gods Love in our Hearts.
IF any thing in the Contents of this Book appear incongruous either to the Author or his Work, let it be hereby known, that not the Author, but a Friend of his gathered them as well as he could.
T. U.