,transcriber's note3     ,page numbers  
in this book are indicated by numbers   
enclosed in    curly braces1 e4g4 #ii4  
,they have been located where page      
breaks occurred in the original book4   
,for its ,scripture ,index    and its   
,general ,index1 a page number has been 
placed only at    the start of those    
sections4     ,footnotes have been      
renumbered sequentially and moved to the
    end of their respective chapters4   
,the book's ,index has a    number of   
references to footnotes1 e4g4 the #if n4
 entry under    ,assyrians4  ,in such   
cases1 check the referenced page to see 
which footnote7s7 are relevant4     ,the
 ,greek words in this e-book have been  
transliterated     indicated with       
surrounding underscores4  ,underscores  
are also    used to indicate            
italicization of words1 but in this     
e-book    such words are always ,english
 words4      ,,the ,,ministry ,,of ,,the
 ,,spirit  by  ,a4 ,j4 ,,gordon1 ,d4,d4 
,with an ,introduction by ,rev4 ,f4 ,b4 

,meyer ,minister at ,christ ,church1    
,london        ,philadelphia ,american  
,baptist ,publication ,society #adbj    
,chestnut ,street #ahid  ,copyright     
#ahid by the ,american ,baptist         
,publication ,society     ,to the       
,,inheritors ,,of ,,the ,,spirit     vii
  ,,preface  ,it is not claimed that in 
this little volume all has been said    
that might be said upon the subject     
treated4  ,on the contrary1 the writer  
has proceeded upon the belief that the  
doctrine of the ,holy ,spirit can be    
better understood by limiting the sphere
 of discussion1 rather than by extending
 it to the largest bounds4  ,for finite 
beings1 at least1 presence is more      
intelligible than omnipresence4  ,so1   
though the subject of this book is in   
itself profoundly mysterious1 we have   
sought to simplify it by dwelling upon  
the time-ministry of the ,holy ,ghost   
without entering upon the consideration 
of his eternal ministry4  ,what the     
,spirit did before the incarnation of   

,christ1 and what he may do hereafter   
beyond the second advent of ,christ1 is 
a question hardly touched upon in this  
volume4  ,we have sought rather to      
emphasize and to magnify the great truth
 that the ,paraclete is now present in  
the church3 that we are living in the   
dispensation of the ,spirit1 with all   
the unspeakable blessing for the church 
and for the world which this economy    
provides4  ,hence1 as we speak of the   
ministry of ,christ viii meaning a      
service embraced within defined limits1 
so we name this volume the ,ministry of 
the ,spirit1 as referring to the work of
 the ,comforter extending from          
,pentecost to the end of this           
dispensation4  ,how deep a subject for a
 study6  ,what prayer more becoming for 
those entering upon it than the humble  
petition that the ,spirit himself will  
teach us concerning the ,spirit6        
,deeply sensible of the imperfection of 
this work1 it is now committed to the   
use and blessing of that ,divine ,person

 of the ,godhead of whom it so          
unworthily speaks4  ,a4 ,j4 ,g4         
,,boston1 ,dec41 #ahid4     ix          
,,introduction  ,it is remarkable how   
many in these last days have been led to
 deal with the sublime subject to which 
this treatise is devoted4  ,without     
doubt the mind of the church is being   
instructed1 and her heart prepared for a
 recognition of the indwelling1         
administration1 and co-operation of the 
blessed ,paraclete1 which has never been
 excelled in her history1 and is fraught
 with the greatest promise both to her  
and to the world4  ,each of these       
treatises has brought out some new phase
 in respect to the person or mission of 
the ,holy ,spirit1 but ,i cannot recall 
one that is so lucid1 so suggestive1 so 
scriptural1 so deeply spiritual as this1
 by my beloved friend1 ,dr4 ,gordon4    
,the chapters on the ,embodying1 the    
,enduement1 and the ,administration of  
the ,spirit seem specially fresh and    
helpful4  ,but all is good1 and         

deserving of prayerful perusal4  ,let   
only such truths be well wrought into   
the mental and spiritual constitution x 
of ,god's servants1 and there would be  
such a revival of pure and undefiled    
religion in the churches1 and such      
marvelous results through them on the   
world that the age would close with a   
world-wide ,pentecost4  ,and there are  
many symptoms abroad that this also is  
in the purpose of ,god4  ,nothing else  
can meet the deepest needs and yearnings
 of our time4  ,christianity is beset   
with three powerful currents1 which     
insidiously operate to deflect her from 
her course4  ,materialism1 which denies 
or ignores the supernatural1 and        
concentrates its heed on ameliorating   
the outward conditions of human life2   
criticism1 which is clever at analysis  
and dissection1 but cannot construct a  
foundation on which the religious       
faculty may build and rest2 and a fine  
literary taste1 which has greatly       
developed of late1 and is disposed to   

judge of power by force of words or by  
delicacy of expression4  ,to all of     
these we have but one reply4  ,and that 
is1 not a system1 a creed1 a church1 but
 the living ,christ1 who was dead1 but  
is alive forevermore1 and has the keys  
to unlock all perplexities1 problems1   
and failures4  ,though society could be 
xi reconstituted1 and material          
necessities be more evenly supplied1    
discontent would break out again in some
 other form1 unless the heart were      
satisfied with his love4  ,the truth    
which he reveals to the soul1 and which 
is ensphered in him1 is alone able to   
appease the consuming hunger of the mind
 for data on which to construct its     
answer to the questions of life and     
destiny and ,god1 which are ever        
knocking at its door for solution4  ,and
 men have yet to learn that the highest 
power is not in words or metaphors or   
bursts of eloquence1 but in the         
indwelling and out-working of the ,word1
 who is the wisdom and the power of     

,god1 and who deals with regions below  
those where the mind vainly labors4     
,jesus ,christ1 the ever-living ,son of 
,god1 is the one supreme answer to the  
restlessness and travail of our day4    
,but he cannot1 he will not reveal      
himself4  ,each person in the ,holy     
,trinity reveals another4  ,the ,son    
reveals the ,father1 but his own        
revelation awaits the testimony of the  
,holy ,ghost1 which1 though often given 
directly1 is largely through the church4
  ,what we need then1 and what the world
 is waiting for1 is the ,son of ,god1   
borne witness to and revealed in all his
 radiant xii beauty of the ministry of  
the ,holy ,spirit1 as he energizes with 
and through the saints that make up the 
holy and mystical body1 the church4  ,it
 is needful to emphasize this           
distinction4  ,in some quarters it seems
 to be supposed that the ,holy ,spirit  
himself is the solution of the          
perplexities of our time4  ,now what we 
may witness in some coming age we know  

not1 but in this it is clear that ,god  
in the person of ,christ is the one only
 and divine answer4  ,here is ,god's yea
 and amen1 the ,alpha and ,omega1 sight 
for the blind1 healing for the          
paralyzed1 cleansing for the polluted1  
life for the dead1 the gospel for the   
poor and sad and comfortless4  ,now we  
covet the gracious bestowal of the      
,spirit1 that he may take more deeply of
 the things of ,christ1 and reveal them 
unto us4  ,when the disciples sought to 
know the ,father1 the ,lord said1 ,he   
that hath seen me hath seen the ,father4
  ,it is his glory that shines on my    
face1 his will that molds my life1 his  
purpose that is fulfilled in my         
ministry4  ,so the blessed ,paraclete   
would turn our thought and attention    
from himself to him1 with whom he is    
,one in the ,holy ,trinity1 and whom he 
has come to reveal4  xiii  ,throughout  
the so-called ,christian centuries the  
voice of the ,holy ,spirit has borne    
witness to the ,lord1 directly and      

mediately4 ,directly1 in each widespread
 quickening of the human conscience1 in 
each revival of religion1 in each era of
 advance in the knowledge of divine     
truth1 in each soul that has been       
regenerated1 comforted1 or taught4      
,mediately his work has been carried on 
through the church1 the body of those   
that believe4  ,but1 alas6 how sadly his
 witness has been weakened and hindered 
by the medium through which it has come4
  ,he has not been able to do many      
mighty works because of the unbelief    
which has kept closed and barred those  
avenues through which he would have     
poured his glad testimony to the unseen 
and glorified ,lord4  ,the divisions of 
the church1 her strife about matters of 
comparative unimportance1 her           
magnification of points of difference1  
her materialism1 her love of pelf and   
place and power1 her accounting herself 
rich and increased in goods and needing 
nothing1 when she was poor1 and         
miserable1 and blind1 and naked--these  

things have not only robbed her of her  
testimony1 but have grieved and xiv     
quenched the ,holy ,spirit1 and         
nullified his testimony4  ,we gladly    
hail the signs that this period of      
apathy and resistance is coming to a    
close4  ,the ,church which is in the    
churches is making herself felt1 is     
arising from the dust and arraying      
herself in her beautiful garments4      
,there is a widespread recognition of   
the unity of all who believe1 together  
with an increasing desire to magnify the
 points of agreement and minimize those 
of divergence4  ,the great conventions  
for the quickening of spiritual life on 
both sides of the ,atlantic in which    
believers meet1 irrespective of name or 
sect1 are doing an incalculable amount  
of good in breaking down the old lines  
of demarcation1 and making real our     
spiritual oneness4  ,the teaching of    
consecration and cleanliness of heart   
and life is removing those obstacles    
that have restrained and drowned the    

,spirit's still small voice4  ,the      
fuller's soap and the refiner's fire    
have been largely resorted to1 with the 
best results4  ,and as believers have   
become more consistent and devoted1 they
 have grown increasingly sensitive to   
the indwelling1 energy1 and co-witness  
of the ,holy ,spirit4  xv  ,if only this
 glorious movement is permitted to      
achieve its full purpose1 the effect    
will be transcendently glorious4  ,the  
church will become as pliant to the     
,divine ,tenant as the resurrection body
 of our ,lord to the impulse of his     
divine nature4  ,and so the ,lord ,jesus
 will increasingly become the object of 
human hope1 the center around which the 
concentric circles of human life shall  
circle4  ,that the ,lord ,jesus should  
be thus magnified and glorified through 
the ministry of the ,holy ,spirit1 and  
with this end in view1 that the hearts  
and lives of believers should be made   
more sensitive to and receptive of his  
blessed energy1 this treatise has been  

prepared2 and ,i add my testimony to the
 beloved author's1 that in the mouth of 
two witnesses1 every word may be        
established2 and my prayer to his that  
the yea of the ,spirit to the great     
voice of the gospel may be heard more   
mightily and persistently amongst us4   
xvii  ,,contents                        
,,page  ,,chapter ,i4  ,,the            
,,age-,,mission ,,of ,,the ,,spirit4    
,,introductory1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aa  
,,chapter ,,ii4  ,,the ,,advent ,,of    
,,the ,,spirit1  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ag   ,,chapter ,,iii4   
,,the ,,naming ,,of ,,the ,,spirit1  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #cc  
,,chapter ,,iv4  ,,the ,,embodying ,,of 
,,the ,,spirit1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4   #ea   ,,chapter ,v4  ,,the  
,,enduement ,,of ,,the ,,spirit1 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fe   #a4  
,sealing2 #b4 ,filling2 #c4 ,anointing4 
,,chapter ,,vi4  ,,the ,,communion ,,of 
,,the ,,spirit1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4   #ig   #a4 ,the ,spirit of   

,life3 ,our ,regeneration4   #b4 ,the   
,spirit of ,holiness3 ,our              
,sanctification4   #c4 ,the ,spirit of  
,glory3 ,our ,transfiguration4          
,,chapter ,,vii4  ,,the ,,administration
 ,,of ,,the ,,spirit1  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4  #abg   #a4 ,in the ,ministry
 and ,government of the ,church4   #b4  
,in the ,worship and ,service of the    
,church4   #c4 ,in the ,missionary      
,enterprise of the ,church4   ,,chapter 
,,viii4  ,,the ,,inspiration ,,of ,,the 
,,spirit1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4  #afc   ,,chapter ,,ix4  ,,the        
,,conviction ,,of ,,the ,,spirit1  4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahe   #a4  
,of ,sin2 #b4 ,of ,righteousness2 #c4   
,of ,judgment4   ,,chapter ,x4  ,,the   
,,ascent ,,of ,,the ,,spirit1  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjc     #aa
  ,i  ,,the ,,age-,,mission ,,of ,,the  
,,spirit     #ab  ,it is evident that   
the present dispensation under which we 
are is the dispensation of the ,spirit1 
or of the ,third ,person of the ,holy   

,trinity4 ,to him in the ,divine        
economy1 has been committed the office  
of applying the redemption of the ,son  
to the souls of men by the vocation1    
justification1 and salvation of the     
elect4  ,we are therefore under the     
personal guidance of the ,third ,person1
 as truly as the apostles were under the
 guidance of the ,second4--,henry       
,edward ,manning4         #ac  ,,the    
,,age-,,mission ,,of ,,the              
,,spirit--,,introductory  ,in some      
observations on the doctrine of the     
,spirit1 which lie before us as we      
write1 an eminent professor of theology 
remarks on the disproportionate         
attention which has been given to the   
person and work of the ,holy ,spirit1 as
 compared with that bestowed on the life
 and ministry of ,jesus ,christ4  ,it is
 affirmed1 moreover1 that in many of the
 works upon the subject now extant there
 is a lack of definiteness of impression
 which leaves much still to be desired  
in the treatment of this subject4       

,these observations lead us to ask3 ,why
 not employ the same method in writing  
about the ,third ,person of the ,trinity
 as we use in considering the ,second   
,person8  ,scores of excellent lives of 
,christ have been written2 and we find  
that in these1 almost without exception1
 the divine story begins with ,bethlehem
 and ends with ,olivet4  ,though the    
,saviour lived before his incarnation1  
and continues to live after his         
ascension1 yet it gives a certain       
definiteness of impression to limit     
one's view to his historic career1      
distinguishing his visible life lived in
 time from his invisible life lived in  
eternity4  #ad  ,so in considering the  
,holy ,spirit1 we believe there is an   
advantage in separating his ministry in 
time from his ministry before and after1
 bounding it by ,pentecost on the one   
side1 and by ,christ's second coming on 
the other4  ,we have to confess that in 
many respects one of the best treatises 
on the ,spirit which we have found is by

 a ,roman ,catholic--,cardinal ,manning4
  ,notwithstanding the papistical errors
 which abound in the volume1 his general
 conception of the subject is in some   
particulars admirable4  ,his treatise is
 called ,the ,temporal ,mission of the  
,holy ,ghost4  ,how much is suggested by
 this title6  ,just as ,jesus ,christ   
had a time-ministry which he came into  
the world to fulfill1 and having        
accomplished it returned to the ,father1
 so the ,holy ,spirit1 for the          
fulfillment of a definite mission1 came 
into the world at an appointed time2 he 
is now carrying on his ministry on      
earth1 and in due time he will complete 
it and ascend to heaven again--this is  
what these words suggest1 and what1 as  
we believe1 the ,scriptures teach4  ,if 
we thus form a right conception of this 
present age-ministry of the ,spirit1 we 
have a definite view-point from which to
 study his operations in the ages past1 
and his greater mission1 if there be    
such1 in the ages to come4  ,now we     

conceive that the vagueness and mystery 
attaching in many minds to the doctrine 
of the ,spirit1 are due largely to a    
failure to recognize his #ae            
time-ministry1 distinct from all that   
went before and introductory to all that
 is to come after--a ministry with a    
definite beginning and a definite       
termination4  ,certainly no one can read
 the farewell discourse of our ,lord1 as
 recorded by ,john1 without being       
impressed with the fact that just as    
distinctly as his own advent was        
foretold by prophets and angels1 he now 
announces the advent into the world of  
another1 co-equal with himself1 his     
,divine successor1 his other self in the
 mysterious unity of the ,godhead4  ,and
 moreover1 it seems clear to us that he 
implied that this coming ,one was to    
appear not only for an appointed work1  
but for an appointed period3 ,he shall  
give you another ,comforter1 that he may
 abide with you forever--eis ton aina4  
,if we translate literally and say for  

the age1 it harmonizes with a parallel  
passage4  ,in giving the great          
commission1 ,jesus says3 ,and lo1 ,i am 
with you alway1 even unto the end of the
 age4  ,here his presence by the ,holy  
,ghost is evidently meant4  ,the        
perpetuity of that presence is          
guaranteed1 with you all the days2 and  
its bound determined1 unto the end of   
the age4  ,not that it need be argued   
that he shall not be here after this    
dispensation is finished2 but that there
 is such a thing as a temporal mission  
of the ,holy ,spirit does seem to be    
implied4  ,and a full study confirms the
 view4  ,the present is the dispensation
 of #af the ,holy ,ghost2 the age-work  
which he inaugurated on the day of      
,pentecost is now going on1 and it will 
continue until the ,lord ,jesus returns 
from heaven1 when another order will be 
ushered in and another dispensational   
ministry succeed4  ,in the well-known   
work of ,moberly1 on ,the               
,administration of the ,holy ,spirit in 

the ,body of ,christ1 the author divides
 the course of redemption thus far      
accomplished into these three stages3   
,the first age1 ,god the ,father2 the   
second age1 ,god the ,son2 and the third
 age1 ,god the ,holy ,ghost4  ,this     
distribution seems to be correct1 and so
 does his remark upon the inauguration  
of the last of these periods on the day 
of ,pentecost4  ,at that moment1 he     
says1 the third stage of the development
 manifestation of ,god for the          
restoration of the world finally began1 
never to come to an end or to be        
superseded on earth till the restitution
 of all things1 when the ,son of ,man   
shall come again in the clouds of       
heaven1 in like manner as his disciples 
saw him go into heaven4  ,and what shall
 be the next period1 the age to come1   
whose powers they have already tasted   
who have been made partakers of the     
,holy ,ghost8  ,this question need not  
be answered1 as we have done all that is
 required1 defined the age of the       

,spirit which constitutes the field in  
which our entire discussion lies4       
#ag  ,,ii  ,,the ,,advent ,,of ,,the    
,,spirit     #ah  ,therefore the ,holy  
,ghost on this                          
day--,pentecost--descended into the     
temple of his apostles1 which he had    
prepared for himself1 as a shower of    
sanctification1 appearing no more as a  
transient visitor1 but as a perpetual   
,comforter and as an eternal inhabitant4
  ,he came therefore on this day to his 
disciples1 no longer by the grace of    
visitation and operation1 but by the    
very presence of his                    
majesty4--,augustine4     #ai  ,,ii     
,,the ,,advent ,,of ,,the ,,spirit  ,for
 the ,holy ,ghost was not yet1 is the   
more than surprising saying of ,jesus   
when speaking of the ,spirit which they 
that believe on him should receive4     
,had not the ,spirit been seen          
descending upon ,jesus like a dove at   
his baptism1 and remaining on him8  ,had
 he not been the divine agent in        

creation1 and in the illumination and   
inspiration of the patriarchs and       
prophets and seers of the old           
dispensation8  ,how then could ,jesus   
say that he was not yet given1 as the   
words read in our ,common version8 ,the 
answer to this question furnishes our   
best point of departure for an          
intelligent study of the doctrine of the
 ,spirit4  ,augustine calls the day of  
,pentecost the dies natalis of the ,holy
 ,ghost2 and for the same reason that   
the day when ,mary brought forth her    
first-born son we name the birthday of  
,jesus ,christ4  ,yet ,jesus had existed
 before he lay in the cradle at         
,bethlehem2 he was in the beginning with
 ,god2 he was the agent in creation4    
,by him all things were4  ,but on the   
day of his birth he became incarnate1   
that in the flesh he might fulfill his  
great #bj ministry as the ,apostle and  
,high ,priest of our confession1        
manifesting ,god to men1 and making     
himself an offering for the sins of the 

world4 ,not until after his birth in    
,bethlehem was ,jesus in the world in   
his official capacity1 in his divine    
ministry as mediator between man and    
,god2 and so not till after the day of  
,pentecost was the ,holy ,spirit in the 
world in his official sphere1 as        
mediator between men and ,christ4  ,in  
the following senses then is            
,augustine's saying true1 which calls   
,pentecost the birthday of the ,spirit3 
#a4  ,the ,holy ,spirit1 from that time 
on1 took up his residence on earth4 ,the
 ,christian church throughout all this  
dispensation is the home of the ,spirit 
as truly as heaven1 during this same    
period1 is the home of ,jesus ,christ4  
,this is according to that sublime word 
of ,jesus1 called by one the highest    
promise which can be made to man3 ,if a 
man love me he will keep my words3 and  
my ,father will love him1 and we will   
come unto him1 and make our abode with  
him 7,john #ad3 #bc74  ,this promise was
 fulfilled at ,pentecost1 and the first 

two ,persons of the ,godhead now hold   
residence in the church through the     
,third4  ,the ,holy ,spirit during the  
present time is in office on earth2 and 
all spiritual presence and divine       
communion of the ,trinity with men are  
through him4  ,in other words1 while the
 ,father and the ,son are visibly and   
personally in heaven1 they are invisibly
 here in the #ba body of the faithful by
 the indwelling of the ,comforter4  ,so 
that though we affirm that on the day of
 ,pentecost the ,holy ,spirit came to   
dwell upon earth for this entire        
dispensation1 we do not imply that he   
thereby ceased to be in heaven4  ,not   
with ,god1 as with finite man1 does     
arrival in one place necessitate        
withdrawal from another4  ,jesus uttered
 a saying concerning himself so         
mysterious and seemingly contradictory  
that many attempts have been made to    
explain away its literal and obvious    
meaning3 ,and no man hath ascended up to
 heaven but he that came down from      

heaven1 even the ,son of man who is in  
heaven--,christ on earth1 and yet in    
glory2 here and there1 at the same time1
 just as a thought which we embody in   
speech and send forth from the mind1 yet
 remains in the mind as really and      
distinctly as before it was expressed4  
,why should this saying concerning our  
divine ,lord seem incredible8  ,and as  
with the ,son1 so with the ,spirit4     
,the ,holy ,ghost is here1 abiding      
perpetually in the church2 and he is    
likewise there1 in communion with the   
,father and the ,son from whom he       
proceeds1 and from whom1 as co-equal    
partner in the ,godhead1 he can never be
 separated any more than the sunbeam can
 be dissociated from the sun in which it
 has its source4  #b4  ,again3 ,the     
,holy ,spirit1 in a mystical but very   
real sense1 became embodied in the      
church on the day of ,pentecost4  ,not  
that we would by any #bb means put this 
embodiment on the same plane with the   
incarnation of the ,second ,person of   

the ,trinity4  ,when the ,word was made 
flesh and dwelt among us1 it was ,god   
entering into union with sinless        
humanity2 here it is the ,holy ,spirit  
uniting himself with the church in its  
imperfect and militant condition4       
,nevertheless1 it is according to       
literal ,scripture that the body of the 
faithful is indwelt by the divine       
,spirit4  ,in this fact we have the     
distinguishing peculiarity of the       
present dispensation4  ,for he dwelleth 
with you and shall be in you6 said      
,jesus1 speaking anticipatively of the  
coming of the ,comforter2 and so truly  
was this prediction fulfilled that ever 
after the day of ,pentecost the ,holy   
,spirit is spoken of as being in the    
church4  ,if so be that the ,spirit of  
,god dwell in you is the inspired       
assumption on which the deep teaching in
 ,romans eighth proceeds4  ,all the     
recognition and deference which the     
disciples paid to their ,lord they now  
pay to the ,holy ,spirit1 his true      

vicar1 his invisible self1 present in   
the body of believers4  ,how artlessly  
and naturally this comes out in the     
findings of the first council at        
,jerusalem3 ,it seemed good to the ,holy
 ,ghost and to us runs the record2 as   
though it had been said3 ,peter and     
,james and ,barnabas and ,saul and the  
rest were present1 and also just as     
truly was the ,holy ,ghost4  ,and when  
the first capital sin was committed in  
the church1 in the conspiracy and       
falsehood #bc of ,ananias and ,sapphira1
 ,peter's question is3 ,why hath ,satan 
filled thine heart to lie to the ,holy  
,ghost8  ,how is it that ye have agreed 
together to tempt the ,holy ,ghost8     
,not only is the personal presence of   
the ,spirit in the body of believers    
thus distinctly recognized1 but he is   
there in authority and supremacy1 as the
 center of the assembly4  ,incarnated in
 the church6 do we say8  ,we get this   
conception by comparing together the    
inspired characterizations of ,christ   

and of the church4  ,this temple was the
 name which he gave to his own divine   
person1 greatly to the scandal and      
indignation of the ,jews2 and the       
evangelist explains to us that he spoke 
of the temple of his body4  ,a metaphor1
 a type6 do we say8  ,no6  ,he said so  
because it was so4  ,the ,word was made 
flesh and tabernacled among us1 and we  
beheld his glory 7,john #a3 #ad74  ,this
 is temple imagery4  ,tabernacled       
7eschnsen7 is the word used in          
,scripture for the dwelling of ,god with
 men2 and the temple is ,god's          
dwelling-place4  ,the glory harmonizes  
with the same idea4  ,as the ,shechinah 
cloud rested above the mercy-seat1 the  
symbol and sign of ,god's presence1 so  
from the ,holy of ,holies of our blessed
 ,lord's heart did the glory of ,god    
shine forth1 the glory as of the only   
begotten of the ,father1 full of grace  
and truth1 certifying him to be the     
veritable temple of the ,most ,high4    
,after his ascension and the sending    

down of the #bd ,spirit1 the church     
takes the name her ,lord had borne      
before2 she is the temple of ,god1 and  
the only temple which he has on earth   
during the present dispensation4 ,know  
ye not that ye are the temple of ,god1  
and that the ,spirit of ,god dwelleth in
 you8 asks the apostle4  ,this he speaks
 to the church in its corporate         
capacity4  ,a holy temple in the ,lord1 
in whom ye also are builded together for
 a habitation of ,god through the       
,spirit1 is the sublime description in  
the ,epistle to the ,ephesians4  ,it is 
enough that we now emphasize the fact   
that the same language is here applied  
to the church which ,christ applies to  
himself4  ,as with the ,head1 so with   
the mystical body2 each is indwelt by   
the ,holy ,spirit1 and thus is ,god in  
some sense incarnated in both2 and for  
the same reason4  ,christ was the ,image
 of the ,invisible ,god2 and when he    
stood before men in the flesh he could  
say to them1 ,he that hath seen me hath 

seen the ,father4  ,not otherwise than  
through the incarnation1 so far as we   
know1 could the unknown ,god become     
known1 and the unseen ,god become seen4 
,so1 after ,christ had returned to the  
,father1 and the world saw him no more1 
he sent the ,paraclete to be incarnated 
in his mystical body1 the church4  ,as  
the ,father revealed himself through the
 ,son1 so the ,son by the ,holy ,spirit 
now reveals himself through the church2 
as ,christ was the image of the         
invisible ,god1 so the church is        
appointed to be #be the image of the    
invisible ,christ2 and his members1 when
 they are glorified with him1 shall be  
the express image of his person4  ,this 
then is the mystery and the glory of    
this dispensation2 not less true because
 mysterious2 not less practical because 
glorious4  ,in an admirable work on the 
,spirit1 the distinction between the    
former and the present relation of the  
,spirit is thus stated3 ,in the old     
dispensation the ,holy ,spirit wrought  

upon believers1 but did not in his      
person dwell in believers and abide     
permanently in them4  ,he appeared unto 
men2 he did not incarnate himself in    
man4  ,his action was intermittent2 he  
went and came like the dove which ,noah 
sent forth from the ark1 and which went 
to and fro1 finding no rest2 while in   
the new dispensation he dwells1 he      
abides in the heart as the dove1 his    
emblem1 which ,john saw descending and  
alighting on the head of ,jesus4        
,affianced of the soul1 the ,spirit went
 oft to see his betrothed1 but was not  
yet one with her2 the marriage was not  
consummated until the ,pentecost1 after 
the glorification of ,jesus ,christ4#a  
#c4  ,a still more obvious reason why   
before the day of ,pentecost it could be
 said that the ,holy ,ghost was not yet1
 is contained in the words1 ,because    
that ,jesus was not yet glorified4  ,in 
the order of the unfolding ages we see  
each of the persons of the ,godhead in  
turn exercising an earthly #bf ministry 

and dealing with man in the work of     
redemption4  ,under the law1 ,god the   
,father comes down to earth and speaks  
to men from the cloud of ,sinai and from
 the glory above the mercy-seat2 under  
grace1 ,god the ,son is in the world1   
teaching1 suffering1 dying1 and rising  
again2 under the dispensation of        
election and out-gathering now going on1
 the ,holy ,spirit is here carrying on  
the work of renewing and sanctifying the
 church1 which is the body of ,christ4  
,there is a necessary succession in     
these ,divine ministries1 both in time  
and in character4  ,in the days of      
,moses it might have been said3 ,christ 
is not yet1 because the economy of      
,god-,jehovah was not completed4  ,the  
law must first be given1 with its       
sacrifices and types and ceremonies and 
shadows2 man must be put on trial under 
the law1 till the appointed time of his 
schooling should be completed4  ,then   
must ,christ come to fulfill all types  
and terminate all sacrifices in himself2

 to do for us what the law could not do 
in that it was weak through the flesh1  
and to become the end of the law for    
righteousness to every one that         
believeth4  ,when in turn ,christ had   
completed his redemption-work by dying  
on the cross for our sins1 and rising   
again from the dead for our             
justification1 and had taken his place  
at ,god's right hand for perpetual      
intercession1 then the ,holy ,ghost came
 down to communicate and realize to the 
church the finished work of ,christ4    
#bg ,in a word1 as ,god the ,son        
fulfills to men the work of ,god the    
,father1 so ,god the ,holy ,ghost       
realizes to human hearts the work of    
,god the ,son4  ,there is a holy        
deference1 if we may so say1 between the
 ,persons of the ,trinity in regard to  
their respective ministries4  ,when     
,christ was in office on earth1 the     
,father commends us to him1 speaking    
from heaven and saying3 ,this is my     
beloved ,son1 hear ye him2 when the     

,holy ,ghost had entered upon his       
earthly office1 ,christ commends us to  
him1 speaking again from heaven with    
sevenfold reiteration1 saying3 ,he that 
hath an ear1 let him hear what the      
,spirit saith unto the churches4#b  ,as 
each ,person refers us to the teaching  
of the other1 so in like manner does    
each in turn consummate the ministry of 
the other4  ,christ's words and works   
were not his own1 but his ,father's3    
,the words which ,i speak unto you ,i   
speak not of myself1 but the ,father    
that dwelleth in me he doeth the        
works4#c  ,the ,spirit's teaching and   
communications are not his own1 but     
,christ's3 ,howbeit when he the ,spirit 
of truth is come1 he will guide you into
 all truth2 for he shall not speak of   
himself2 but whatsoever he shall hear   
that shall he speak2 and he will show   
you things to come4 ,he shall glorify   
me2 for he shall receive of mine and    
show it unto you4  ,this order in the   
ministries of the ,persons of #bh the   

,godhead is so fixed and eternal that we
 find it distinctly foreshadowed even in
 the typical teaching of the ,old       
,testament4  ,many speak slightingly of 
the types1 but they are as accurate as  
mathematics2 they fix the sequence of   
events in redemption as rigidly as the  
order of sunrise and noontide is fixed  
in the heavens4  ,nowhere in tabernacle 
or in temple1 shall we ever find the    
laver placed before the altar4  ,the    
altar is ,calvary and the laver is      
,pentecost2 one stands for the          
sacrificial blood1 the other for the    
sanctifying ,spirit4  ,if any high      
priest were ignorantly to approach the  
brazen laver without first having come  
to the brazen altar1 we might expect a  
rebuking voice to be heard from heaven3 
,not yet the washing of water2 and such 
a saying would signify exactly the same 
as3 ,not yet the ,holy ,ghost4  ,again1 
when the leper was to be cleansed1      
observe that the blood was to be put    
upon the tip of his right ear1 the thumb

 of his right hand1 and the great toe of
 his right foot2 and then the oil was to
 be put upon the right ear1 the right   
thumb1 and the right foot--the oil upon 
the blood of the trespass-offering      
7,lev4 #ad74  ,never1 we venture to say1
 in all the manifold repetitions of this
 divine ceremony1 was this order once   
inverted1 so that the oil was first     
applied1 and then the blood2 which      
means1 interpreting type into antitype1 
that it was impossible that ,pentecost  
could have preceded ,calvary1 or #bi    
that the outpouring of the ,spirit      
should have anticipated the shedding of 
the blood4  ,then let us reflect1 that  
not only the order of these two great   
events of redemption was fixed from the 
beginning1 but their dates were marked  
in the calendar of typical time4  ,the  
slaying of the paschal lamb told to     
generation after generation1 though they
 knew it not1 the day of the year and   
week on which ,christ our ,passover     
should be sacrificed for us4  ,the      

presentation of the wave sheaf before   
the ,lord1 on the morrow after the      
,sabbath#a had for long centuries fixed 
the time of our ,lord's resurrection on 
the first day of the week4  ,and the    
command to count from the morrow after  
the ,sabbath1 from the day that ye      
brought the sheaf of the wave offering1 
seven ,sabbaths1#d determined the day of
 ,pentecost as the time of the descent  
of the ,spirit4  ,we sometimes think of 
the disciples waiting for an indefinite 
period in that upper room for the       
fulfillment of the promise of the       
,father2 but the time had been fixed not
 only with ,god in eternity1 but in the 
calendar of the ,hebrew ritual upon     
earth4  ,they tarried in prayer for ten 
days1 simply because after the forty    
days of the ,lord's sojourn on earth    
subsequent to his resurrection1 ten days
 remained of the seven ,sabbaths period4
  ,to sum up what we are saying3 ,the   
,spirit of ,god is the successor of the 
,son of ,god in his #cj official        

ministry on earth4  ,until ,christ's    
earthly work for his church had been    
finished1 the ,spirit's work in this    
world could not properly begin4  ,the   
office of the ,holy ,ghost is to        
communicate ,christ to us--,christ in   
his entireness4  ,however perfectly the 
photographer's plate has been prepared1 
there can be no picture until his       
subject steps into his place and stands 
before him4  ,our ,saviour's redemptive 
work was not completed when he died on  
the cross1 or when he rose from the     
dead1 or even when he ascended from the 
brow of ,olivet4 ,not until he sat down 
in his ,father's throne1 summing up all 
his ministry in himself1--,i am he that 
liveth and was dead1 and behold ,i am   
alive forevermore1--did the full ,christ
 stand ready to be communicated to his  
church4#e  ,by the first ,adam's sin1   
,god's communion with man through the   
,holy ,ghost was broken1 and their union
 ruptured4  ,when the second ,adam came 
up from his cross and resurrection1 and 

took his place at ,god's right hand1    
there was a restoration of this broken  
fellowship4  ,very beautiful are #ca the
 words of our risen ,lord as bearing on 
this point3 ,i ascend to my ,father and 
your ,father1 to my ,god and your       
,god4#f  ,the place which the divine    
,son had won for himself in the         
,father's heart1 he had won for us also4
  ,all of acceptance and standing and   
privilege which was now his1 was ours   
too1 by redemptive right2 and the ,holy 
,ghost is sent down to confirm and      
realize to us what he had won for us4   
,without the expiatory work of ,christ  
for us1 the sanctifying work of the     
,spirit in us were impossible2 and on   
the other hand1 without the work of the 
,spirit within us1 the work of ,christ  
for us were without avail4  ,and when   
the day of ,pentecost was fully come4   
,what these words mean historically1    
typically1 and doctrinally1 we are now  
prepared to see4 ,the true wave sheaf   
had been presented in the temple on     

high4  ,christ the first-fruits1 brought
 from the grave on the morrow after the 
,sabbath1 or the first day of the week1 
now stands before ,god accepted on our  
behalf2 the seven ,sabbaths from the    
resurrection day have been counted1 and 
,pentecost has come4  ,then suddenly1 to
 those who were all of one accord in one
 place1 there came a sound from heaven  
as of a rushing mighty wind1 and it     
filled all #cb the house where they were
 sitting1 and there appeared unto them  
cloven tongues1 like as of fire1 and sat
 upon each of them1 and they were all   
filled with the ,holy ,ghost4  ,as the  
manger of ,bethlehem was the cradle of  
the ,son of ,god1 so was the upper room 
the cradle of the ,spirit of ,god2 as   
the advent of the ,holy ,child was a    
testimony that ,god had visited and     
redeemed his people1 so was the coming  
of the ,holy ,ghost4  ,the fact that the
 ,comforter is here1 is proof that the  
,advocate is there in the presence of   
the ,father4  ,boldly ,peter and the    

other apostles now confront the rulers  
with their testimony1 ,whom ye slew and 
hanged on a tree 4 4 4 ,him hath ,god   
exalted with his right hand to be a     
prince and a ,saviour1 to give          
repentance to ,israel and forgiveness of
 sins2 and we are his witnesses of these
 things2 and so also is the ,holy       
,ghost1 whom ,god1 hath given to them   
that obey him4  ,as the sound of the    
golden bells upon the high priest's     
garments within the ,holiest gave       
evidence that he was alive1 so the sound
 of the ,holy ,ghost1 proceeding from   
heaven and heard in that upper chamber1 
was an incontestable witness that the   
great ,high ,priest whom they had just  
seen passing through the cloud-curtain1 
entering within the veil1 was still     
living for them in the presence of the  
,father4  ,thus has the dies natalis1   
the birthday of the ,holy ,spirit1 come2
 and the events of his earthly mission  
will now be considered in their order4  
#a ,the ,work of the ,holy ,spirit in   

,man1 by ,pastor ,tophel1 p4 #cb4  #b   
,see epistles to the seven churches3    
,rev #b3 #aa4  #c ,john #ad3 #aj4  #d   
,lev4 #bc3 #aa-af4  #e ,christ having   
reached his goal1 and not till then1    
bequeathes to his followers the graces  
that invested his earthly course2 the   
ascending ,elijah leaves his mantle     
behind him4  ,it is only an extension of
 the same principle1 that the declared  
office of the ,holy ,spirit being to    
complete the image of ,christ in every  
faithful follower by effecting in this  
world a spiritual death and             
resurrection1--a point attested in every
 epistle1--the image could not be       
stamped until the reality had been      
wholly accomplished2 the ,divine ,artist
 could not fitly descend to make the    
copy before the entire original had been
 provided4--,archer ,butler4  #f ,john  
#bj3 #ag4  ,because though he and the   
,father are one1 and the ,father his    
,father by the propriety of nature1 to  
us ,god became a ,father through the    

,son1 not by right of nature1 but by    
grace4--,ambrose4     #cc  ,,iii  ,,the 
,,naming ,,of ,,the ,,spirit     #cd    
,the name ,paraclete is applied to      
,christ as well as to the ,spirit2 and  
properly3 ,for it is the common office  
of each to console and encourage us and 
to preserve us by their defense4        
,christ was their the disciples' patron 
so long as he lived in the world2 he    
then committed them to the guidance and 
protection of the ,spirit4  ,if any one 
asks us whether we are not under the    
guidance of ,christ1 the answer is easy3
 ,christ is a perpetual guardian1 but   
not visibly4  ,as long as he walked on  
the earth he appeared openly as their   
guardian3 now he preserves us by his    
,spirit4  ,he calls the ,spirit 'another
 ,comforter1' in view of the distinction
 which we observe in the blessings      
proceeding from each4--,john ,calvin4   
#ce  ,,iii  ,,the ,,naming ,,of ,,the   
,,spirit  ,the ,son of ,god was named by
 the angel before he was conceived in   

the womb3 ,thou shalt call his name     
,jesus1 for he shall save his people    
from their sins4  ,thus he came1 not to 
receive a name1 but to fulfill a name   
already predetermined for him4  ,in like
 manner was the ,holy ,ghost named by   
our ,lord before his advent into the    
world3 ,but when the ,paraclete is come1
 whom ,i will send unto you from the    
,father 7,john #ae3 #bf74  ,this        
designation of the ,holy ,spirit here   
occurs for the first time--a new name   
for the new ministry upon which he is   
now about to enter4  ,the reader will   
find in almost any critical commentary  
discussions of the meaning of the word1 
and of the question of its right        
translation1 whether by ,comforter1 or  
,advocate1 or ,teacher1 or ,helper4     
,but the question cannot be fully       
settled by an appeal to classical or    
patristic ,greek1 for the reason1 we    
believe1 that it is a divinely given    
name whose real significance must be    
made manifest in the actual life and    

history of the ,spirit4  ,the name is   
the person himself1 and only as we know 
the person can we interpret his name4   
,why #cf attempt then to translate this 
word any more than we do the name of    
,jesus8  ,we might well transfer it into
 our ,english version1 leaving the      
history of the church from the ,acts of 
the ,apostles to the experience of the  
latest saint to fill into it the great  
significance which it was intended to   
contain4  ,certain it is that the       
language of the ,holy ,ghost can never  
be fully understood by an appeal to the 
lexicon4  ,the heart of the church is   
the best dictionary of the ,spirit4     
,while all the before-mentioned synonyms
 are correct1 neither one is adequate1  
nor are all together sufficient to bring
 out the full significance of this great
 name1 ,the ,paraclete4  ,let us        
consider1 however1 how much is suggested
 by the literal meaning of this word1   
the ,paracletos and by all that our     
,lord says concerning him in his last   

discourse4  ,to call to one's aid1 is   
the meaning of the verb1 parachale1 from
 which the name is derived4 ,very       
beautiful therefore is the word in its  
application to the disciples of ,christ 
at the time when the ,spirit was given4 
,they had lost the visible presence of  
their ,lord4  ,the sorrow of his removal
 from them through the cross and the    
sepulchre had after three days been     
turned into joy by his resurrection4    
,but now another separation had come1 in
 his departure to the ,father after the 
cloud had received him out of sight4    
,in this last and longer bereavement1   
what should they do8  ,their beloved    
,master had told them beforehand #cg    
what to do4 ,they were to call upon the 
,father to send them ,one to fill the   
vacant place1 and he who should be sent 
would be the ,paraclete1 the one called 
to their help4#a  ,but what deep        
questionings must have arisen in their  
hearts as they heard the ,saviour's     
promise3 ,if ,i go not away the         

,paraclete will not come unto you2 but  
if ,i depart ,i will send him unto you4 
,did they begin to ask whether the      
mysterious comer would be a person8     
,impossible to imagine4  ,for he was to 
take the place of that greatest of      
persons2 to do for them even greater    
things than he had done2 and to lead    
them into even larger knowledge than he 
had imparted4  ,the discussion of the   
personality of the ,holy ,ghost is so   
unnatural in the light of ,christ's last
 discourse that we studiously avoid it4 
,let us treat the question1 therefore1  
from the point of view of ,christ's own 
words1 and try to put ourselves under   
the impression which they make upon us4 
,to state the matter as simply and      
familiarly as possible3 ,jesus is about 
to vacate his office on earth as teacher
 and prophet2 but before doing so he    
would introduce us to his successor4    
,as in a complex problem we seek to     
determine an unknown quantity by the    
known1 so in this paschal discourse     

,jesus #ch aims to make us acquainted   
with the mysterious1 invisible coming   
personage whom he names the ,paraclete  
by comparing him with himself1 the known
 and the visible one4  ,collating his   
comparisons we may find in them several 
groups of seeming contradictions1 and   
just such contradictions as we should   
expect if this comer is indeed a person 
of the ,godhead4  ,of the coming        
,paraclete then we find these           
intimations4#b  #a4  ,he is another1 yet
 the same3 ,and ,i will pray the ,father
 and he shall give you another          
,comforter 7,john #ad3 #af74  ,by the   
use of this expression another our ,lord
 distinguishes the ,paraclete from      
himself1 but he also puts him on the    
same plane with himself4  ,for there is 
no parity or even comparison between a  
person and an influence4  ,if the       
promised visitor were to be only an     
impersonal emanation from ,god1 it would
 seem impossible that our ,lord should  
have so co-ordinated him with himself as

 to say3 ,i go to be an ,advocate for   
you in heaven 7#a ,john #b3 #a71 and ,i 
send another to be an ,advocate for you 
on earth4  #ci  ,but if ,christ thus    
distinguishes the ,comforter from       
himself1 he also identifies him with    
himself3 ,i will not leave you orphans3 
,i will come to you 7,john #ad3 #ah74   
,by common consent this promise refers  
to the advent of the ,spirit1 for so the
 connection plainly indicates4  ,and yet
 almost in the same breath he says3 ,the
 ,comforter whom ,i will send unto you  
7,john #ad3 #bf74  ,thus our ,lord makes
 the same event to be at once his coming
 and his sending2 and he speaks of the  
,spirit now as his own presence1 and now
 as his substitute during his absence4  
,so what must we conclude but that the  
,paraclete is ,christ's other self1 a   
third ,person in that blessed ,trinity  
of which he is the second4  #b4  ,the   
,paraclete is subordinate yet superior  
in his ministry to the church4  ,for he 
shall not speak of himself2 but         

whatsoever he shall hear that shall he  
speak4  ,he shall glorify me2 for he    
shall receive of mine and show it unto  
you 7,john #af3 #ac74  ,well may we mark
 the holy deference between the persons 
of the ,trinity which is here pointed   
out4  ,each receives from another what  
he communicates1 and each magnifies     
another in his praises4  ,as ,bengel    
concisely states it3 ,the ,son glorifies
 the ,father2 the ,spirit glorifies the 
,son4  ,what then is the office of the  
,holy ,ghost1 so far as we can interpret
 it1 but that of communicating and      
applying the work of ,christ to human   
hearts8  ,if he convinces of sin it is  
by exhibiting the #dj gracious          
redemptive work of the ,saviour and     
showing men their guilt in not believing
 on him4  ,if he witnesses to the       
penitent of his acceptance it is by     
testifying of the atoning blood of      
,jesus in which that acceptance is      
grounded2 if he regenerates and         
sanctifies the heart it is by           

communicating to it the life of the     
risen ,lord4  ,christ is all in himself1
 and through the ,spirit in all those   
whom the ,spirit renews4  ,this reverent
 subjection of the earthly ,comforter to
 the heavenly ,christ contains a deep   
lesson for those who are indwelt by the 
,spirit#c and makes them rejoice        
evermore to be witnesses rather than    
originators4  ,with this subordination  
of the ,holy ,spirit to ,christ1 how is 
it yet true that such a great advantage 
was to accrue to the church by the      
departure of the ,saviour and the       
consequent advent of the ,spirit to take
 his place8  ,that it would be so is    
what is plainly affirmed in the         
following text3 ,nevertheless ,i tell   
you the truth4  ,it is expedient for you
 that ,i go away3 for if ,i go not away 
the ,comforter will not come unto you2  
but if ,i depart ,i will send him unto  
you 7,john #af3 #g74 ,if the ,spirit is 
simply the measure of the ,son1 his sole
 work being to communicate the work of  

the ,son1 what gain could there be in   
the departure of the one in order to #da
 the coming of the other8  ,would it not
 be simply the exchange of ,christ for  
,christ8--his visible presence for his  
invisible8  ,to us the answer of this   
question is most obvious4  ,it was not  
the earthly ,christ whom the ,holy      
,ghost was to communicate to the church1
 but the heavenly ,christ1--the ,christ 
re-invested with his eternal power1     
re-clothed with the glory which he had  
with the ,father before the world was1  
and re-endowed with the infinite        
treasures of grace which he had         
purchased by his death on the cross4    
,it is as though--to use a very         
inadequate illustration--a beloved      
father were to say to his family3 ,my   
children1 ,i have provided well for your
 needs2 but your condition is one of    
poverty compared with what it may       
become4  ,by the death of a kinsman in  
my native country ,i have become heir to
 an immense estate4  ,if you will only  

submit cheerfully to my leaving you and 
crossing the sea1 and entering into my  
inheritance1 ,i will send you back a    
thousand times more than you could have 
by my remaining with you4  ,only in the 
instance we are considering1 ,christ is 
the testator as well as the heir4  ,by  
his death the inheritance becomes       
available1 and when he had ascended into
 heaven he sent down the ,holy ,spirit  
to distribute the estate among those who
 were joint heirs with him4  ,what this 
estate is1 may be best summarized in two
 beautiful expressions of frequent      
recurrence in the #db epistles of ,paul1
 ,the riches of his grace 7,eph4 #a3    
#g71 and ,the riches of his glory 7,eph4
 #c3 #af74  ,on the cross the riches of 
his grace was secured to us in the      
forgiveness of sins2 on the throne the  
riches of his glory was secured to us in
 our being strengthened with all might  
by his ,spirit in the inner man2 in the 
indwelling of ,christ in our hearts by  
faith1 and in our infilling with all the

 fullness of ,god4  ,the divine wealth  
only becomes completely available on the
 death1 resurrection1 and ascension of  
our ,lord2 so that the ,holy ,spirit1   
the divine ,conveyancer1 had not the    
full inheritance to convey till ,jesus  
was glorified4  ,observe therefore1 in  
the valedictory discourse of our ,lord1 
the frequent recurrence of the words3   
,because ,i go to the ,father1 one of   
the sayings which greatly perplexed his 
disciples4  ,in the light of all which  
,jesus says in this connection1 let us  
see if its meaning may not be clear to  
us4  ,if ye loved me ye would rejoice   
because ,i go unto the ,father2 for the 
,father is greater than ,i 7,john #ad3  
#bh71 he says in the same connection4   
,we cannot here enter into the deep     
question of the kenosis1 or             
self-emptying of the ,son of ,god in his
 incarnation4 ,it is enough that we     
follow the plain teaching of the        
,scripture1 that though being in the    
form of ,god1 he counted it not a thing 

to be grasped to be on an equality with 
,god2 but emptied himself1 taking the   
form of a servant 7,phil4 #b3 #dc #f1   
#g1 ,r4 ,v474  ,what now does his going 
to the ,father signify but a refilling  
with that of which he had been emptied1 
or a resumption of his co-equality with 
,god8  ,the greater blessing which he   
could confer upon his church by his     
departure seems to lie in the fact of   
the greater power and glory into which  
he would enter by his enthronement at   
,god's right hand4  ,as ,luther         
pointedly puts it3 ,therefore do ,i go1 
he saith1 where ,i shall be greater than
 ,i now am1 that is1 to the ,father1 and
 it is better that ,i shall pass out of 
this obscurity and weakness into the    
power and glory in which the ,father is4
  ,in the light of this interpretation  
the meaning of our ,lord's words above  
quoted does not seem difficult4  ,the   
,paraclete was to communicate ,christ to
 his church1--his life1 his power1 his  
riches1 his glory4  ,in his exaltation  

all these were to be very greatly       
increased4  ,all things that the ,father
 hath are mine 7,john #af3 #ae71 he     
says4  ,and though he had for a time    
voluntarily disinherited himself of his 
heavenly possessions1 he is now to be   
repossessed of them4 ,therefore said ,i1
 that he shall take of mine and shall   
show it unto you 7#af3 #ae74  ,christ at
 ,god's right hand will have more to    
give than while on earth2 therefore the 
church will have more to receive through
 the ,paraclete than through the visible
 ,christ4  ,what obvious significance   
then do the following sayings from this 
farewell sermon of ,jesus have3 ,verily 
#dd verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,he that   
believeth on me the works that ,i do    
shall he do also2 greater works than    
these shall he do2 because ,i go unto   
the ,father 7,john #ad3 #ab74  ,the     
earthly ,christ is equal only to himself
 thus conditioned2 and if the ,holy     
,spirit shall communicate his power to  
his disciples1 they will do the same    

works that he does4  ,but the heavenly  
,christ is co-equal with the ,father1   
therefore when he shall ascend to the   
,father1 and the ,spirit shall take of  
his and communicate to his church1 it   
will do greater works than these4  ,the 
stream of life1 in other words1 will    
have greater power because of the higher
 source from which it proceeds4 ,very   
deep are the mysteries here considered1 
and we can only speak of them in the    
light which we get by comparing         
,scripture with ,scripture4 ,did the    
risen ,christ breathe on his disciples  
and say to them3 ,receive ye the ,holy  
,ghost8#d  ,it is enough1 ,lord1 that we
 have received the ,spirit from thee1   
they might well have said4  ,yet it was 
not enough for him to give2 for looking 
on to the day of his enthronement1 he   
says3 ,but when the ,paraclete is come1 
whom ,i will send unto you from the     
,father1 even the ,spirit of truth which
 proceedeth from the ,father1 he shall  
testify of me 7,john #ae3 #bf74  ,when  

,jesus hath ascended on high1 then can  
the #de ,holy ,ghost communicate the    
power from on high4  ,therefore it is   
expedient that he go away4  ,as with the
 power which ,christ was to impart to   
his church through the ,paraclete1 so   
with the righteousness which he was both
 to impute and to impart2 its highest   
source must be found in heaven3 ,and    
when he1 the ,comforter1 is come1 he    
will convince the world of              
righteousness2 4 4 4 of righteousness   
because ,i go to my father1 and ye see  
me no more 7,john #af3 #h-aj74  ,we may 
say truly that the righteousness of     
,christ was not completely finished and 
authenticated till he sat down at the   
right hand of the majesty on high4  ,by 
his death he perfectly satisfied the    
claims of a violated law1 but this fact 
was not attested until the grave gave   
back the certificate of discharge in his
 released and risen body4  ,by his      
resurrection he was declared to be the  
,son of ,god in power1 according to the 

,spirit of holiness 7,rom4 #a3 #d74     
,but the fact was not fully verified    
till ,god had set him at his own right  
hand in the heavenly places1 far above  
all principality1 and power1 and might1 
and dominion1 and every name that is    
named 7,eph4 #a3 #bj1 #bl74  ,now in his
 consummated glory he is prepared to be 
made wisdom1 and righteousness1 and     
sanctification1 and redemption to his   
people4  ,he who had been manifest in   
the flesh that he might be made sin for 
us1 was now justified in the ,spirit and
 received up into glory1 that he might  
be made #df righteousness to us1 and    
that we might be made the righteousness 
of ,god in him4  ,christ's coronation1  
in a word1 is the indispensable         
condition to our justification4  ,till  
he who was made a curse for us is       
crowned with glory and honor we cannot  
be assured of our acceptance with the   
,father4#e  ,how deep the current of    
thought which flows through this narrow 
channel--,because ,i go to the ,father4 

#c4  ,the ,paraclete teaches only the   
things of ,christ2 yet teaches more than
 ,christ taught3 ,i have yet many things
 to say unto you1 but ye cannot bear    
them now4  ,howbeit when he the ,spirit 
of truth is come1 he will guide you into
 all the truth 7,john #af3 #ab1 #ac74   
,it is as though he had said3 ,i have   
brought you a little way in the         
knowledge of my doctrine2 he shall bring
 you all the way4  ,one reason for this 
saying seems plain3 ,the teaching of    
,jesus during his earthly ministry      
waited to be illumined by a light not   
risen--the light of the cross1 the light
 of the sepulchre1 the light of the     
ascension4  ,therefore until these      
events had come to pass1 ,christian     
doctrine was undeveloped1 and could not 
be fully communicated to the disciples  
of ,christ4  ,but this is not all4  ,the
 because ,i go to the ,father still     
gives the key to our ,lord's meaning4   
,but what things #dg soever he shall    
hear1 these shall he speak1 and he shall

 declare unto you things to come 7,john 
#af3 #ac1 ,r4 ,v474  ,very wonderful is 
this hint of the mutual converse of the 
,godhead1 so that the ,paraclete is     
described as listening while he leads1  
as having an ear in heaven attentive to 
the converse of the ,father and the     
glorified ,son1 while he extends an     
unseen guidance to the flock on earth1  
communicating to them what he has heard 
from the ,father and the ,son4  ,and we 
may reverently ask1 ,has not the        
glorified ,christ more of knowledge and 
revelation to communicate than he had in
 the days of his humiliation8  ,of the  
things to come has he not secrets to    
impart which hitherto may have been     
hidden in the counsels of the ,father8  
,to take a single illustration from the 
words of ,christ4 ,speaking of his      
second advent1 he says3 ,but of that day
 or that hour knoweth no one1 not even  
the angels in heaven1 neither the ,son1 
but the ,father 7,mark #ac3 #cbf74  ,it 
is best that we should interpret these  

words frankly1 and instead of saying1   
with some1 that he did not know in the  
sense that he was not permitted to      
disclose1 admit it possible that while  
in his humiliation and under the veil of
 his incarnation1 this secret was hidden
 from his eyes4  ,but is it not         
presumptuous for us to reason1 that #dh 
therefore he does not now know the day  
of his coming8  ,how constantly is that 
text quoted as a decisive and final     
prohibition of all inquiry into the     
proximate time of our ,lord's return in 
glory4  ,but they who so use this saying
 simply remand us to the childhood of   
the church1 to the spiritual nonage of  
the ante-,pentecostal days4  ,have we   
forgotten that since our ,lord ascended 
to the ,father he has given us a further
 revelation1 that wondrous book of the  
,apocalypse1 which opens and closes with
 a beatitude upon those who read and    
faithfully keep the words of this       
prophecy8  ,and one characteristic      
feature of this book is its             

chronological predictions concerning the
 time of the end1 its mystical dates1   
which have led many sober searchers of  
the word of ,god to inquire diligently  
what and what manner of time the ,spirit
 did signify in giving us these         
way-marks in the wilderness4  ,this     
being so1 we may ask3 ,if we are not    
irreverent in concluding with many      
devout expositors that our ,saviour     
meant what he said in declaring that he 
did not yet know the time of his advent1
 are we presumptuous in taking literally
 the opening words of the ,apocalypse83 
,the ,revelation of ,jesus ,christ1     
which ,god gave unto him1 to show unto  
his servants the things which must      
shortly come to pass4  ,it was because  
of his going unto the ,father that      
greater works and greater riches were to
 attend the church after ,pentecost4    
,why may we not assign to the same #di  
cause also the fuller revelation of the 
future and the leading into completer   
truth concerning the blessed hope of the

 church8  ,in other words1 if we may    
think of ,christ as entering into larger
 revelation as he returns to the glory  
which he had with the ,father must we   
not think of larger communications of   
truth by the blessed ,paraclete8  ,have 
we not learned something of the nature  
and offices of the ,spirit by this study
 of his new name1 and of all that the   
departing ,lord says in the wondrous    
discourse wherein he introduces him to  
his disciples8 ,at least the study      
should enable us to distinguish two     
inspired terms which have been          
needlessly confounded by not a few      
writers1 viz43 the words ,paraclete1 and
 ,parousia4  ,the latter word1 which    
constantly occurs in ,scripture as      
describing our ,lord's second coming1   
has been applied in several learned     
works to the advent of the ,holy        
,spirit2 and since ,christ came in the  
person of the ,spirit1 it has been      
argued that the ,redeemer's promised    
advent in glory has already taken place4

  ,but this is to confuse terms whose   
use in ,scripture marks them as clearly 
distinct4  ,observe their difference3   
,in the ,paraclete1 ,christ comes       
spiritually and invisibly2 in the       
,parousia1 he comes bodily and          
gloriously4  ,the advent of the         
,paraclete is really conditioned on the 
,saviour's personal departure from his  
people3 ,if ,i go not away the          
,paraclete will not come to you 7,john  
#af3 #g74  #ej ,the ,parousia1 on the   
other hand1 is only realized in his     
personal return to his people3 ,for what
 is our hope or joy or crown of         
rejoicing8  ,are not even ye in the     
presence of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ at 
his coming8 7#a ,thess4 #b3 #ai47  ,the 
,paraclete attends the church in the    
days of her humiliation2 the ,parousia  
introduces the church into the day of   
her glory4  ,in the ,paraclete1 ,christ 
came to dwell with the church on earth3 
,i will not leave you orphans2 ,i will  
come to you 7,john #ad3 #ah74  ,in the  

,parousia1 ,christ comes to take the    
church to dwell with himself in glory3  
,i will come again and receive you unto 
myself2 that where ,i am there ye may be
 also 7,john #ad3 #c74  ,christ prayed  
on behalf of his bereaved church for the
 coming of this ,paraclete3 ,and ,i will
 pray the ,father and he shall give you 
another ,paraclete4  ,the ,holy ,spirit 
now prays with the pilgrim-church for   
the hastening of the ,parousia4  ,and   
the ,spirit and the bride say1 ,come    
7,rev4 #bb3 #ag74  ,these two can only  
be understood in their mutual relations4
  ,christ1 who gave the new name to the 
,holy ,spirit1 can best interpret that  
name to us by making us acquainted with 
himself4  ,may that name be for us so   
real a symbol of personal presence that 
while strangers and pilgrims in the     
earth we may walk evermore in the       
paraclesis of the ,holy ,ghost 7,acts   
#i3ca74    #a ,the word parakltr is used
 in the ,septuagint 7,job #af3b7 with   
the meaning of ,comforter1 and the term 

parakltos occurs in the ,talmud1        
signifying ,interpreter4  #b ,the most  
obvious reason for concluding that the  
,holy ,spirit is a person is that he    
performs actions and stands in relations
 which belong only to a person1 e4 g43  
,he speaks 7,acts #a3 #af72 he works    
miracles 7,acts #b3 #d2 #h3 #ci72 he    
sets ministers over churches 7,acts #bj3
 #bh72 he commands and forbids 7,acts   
#h3 #bi2 #aa3 #ab2 #ac3 #b2 #af3 #f1    
#g72 he prays for us 7,rom4 #h3 #bf72 he
 witnesses 7,rom4 #h3 #af72 he can be   
grieved 7,eph4 #d3 #cj72 he can be      
blasphemed 7,mark #c3 #bi72 he can be   
resisted 7,acts #g3 #ea1 etc74  #c ,if  
the ,holy ,spirit may not speak of      
himself as preacher1 how canst thou draw
 thy preaching out of thyself--out of   
thine head or even out of thine         
heart4--,pastor ,gossner4  #d ,let it be
 observed that in this communication of 
the risen ,christ it is not said1       
,receive ye the ,holy ,ghost--the       
article being significantly             

omitted--,labete ,pneuma agion 7,john   
#bj3 #bb74  #e ,how righteous must he   
be1 who will go to the ,father from the 
cross and the grave6  ,thus will the    
,holy ,spirit convince the world that he
 is a righteous man1 and truly righteous
 for man4--,roos4  #f ,neither the ,son3
 ,it is more than neither2 it is not yet
 the ,son1 says ,morrison the           
commentator4     #ea  ,,iv  ,,the       
,,embodying ,,of ,,the ,,spirit     #eb 
,but now the ,holy ,ghost is given more 
perfectly1 for he is no longer present  
by his operation as of old1 but is      
present with us so to speak1 and        
converses with us in a substantial      
manner4  ,for it was fitting that1 as   
the ,son had conversed with us in the   
body1 the spirit should also come among 
us in a bodily manner4--,gregory        
,nazianzen4     #ec  ,,iv  ,,the        
,,embodying ,,of ,,the ,,spirit  ,the   
church1 which is his body1 began its    
history and development at ,pentecost4  
,believers had been saved1 and the      

influences of the ,spirit had been      
manifested to men in all previous       
dispensations from ,adam to ,christ4    
,but now an ecclesia1 an outgathering1  
was to be made to constitute the        
mystical body of ,christ1 incorporated  
into him the ,head and indwelt by him   
through the ,holy ,ghost4  ,the         
definition which we sometimes hear1 that
 a church is a voluntary association of 
believers1 united together for the      
purposes of worship and edification is  
most inadequate1 not to say incorrect4  
,it is no more true than that hands and 
feet and eyes and ears are voluntarily  
united in the human body for the        
purposes of locomotion and work4  ,the  
church is formed from within2 ,christ   
present by the ,holy ,ghost1            
regenerating men by the sovereign action
 of the ,spirit1 and organizing them    
into himself as the living center4  ,the
 ,head and the body are therefore one1  
and predestined to the same history of  
humiliation and glory4  ,and as they are

 one in fact1 so are they one in name4  
,he whom ,god anointed and filled with  
the ,holy ,ghost #ed is called the      
,christ1 and the church1 which is his   
body and fullness1 is also called the   
,christ4  ,for as the body is one1 and  
hath many members1 and all the members  
of that one body1 being many1 are one   
body1 so also is the ,christ 7#a ,cor4  
#ab3 #ab74 ,here plainly and with       
wondrous honor the church is named o    
,christos1 commenting upon which fact   
,bishop ,andrews beautifully says3      
,christ is both in heaven and on earth2 
as he is called the ,head of his church1
 he is in heaven2 but in respect of his 
body which is called ,christ1 he is on  
earth4  ,so soon as the ,holy ,ghost was
 sent down from heaven this great work  
of his embodying began1 and it is to    
continue until the number of the elect  
shall be accomplished1 or unto the end  
of the present dispensation4  ,christ1  
if we may say it reverently1 became     
mystically a babe again on the day of   

,pentecost1 and the hundred and twenty  
were his infantile body1 as once more   
through the ,holy ,ghost he incarnated  
himself in his flesh4  ,now he is       
growing and increasing in his members1  
and so will he continue to do till we   
all come in the unity of the faith and  
of the knowledge of the ,son of ,god    
unto a perfect man1 unto the measure of 
the stature of fullness of ,christ4     
,then the ,christ on earth will be taken
 up into visible union with the ,christ 
in heaven1 and the ,head and the body be
 glorified together4  ,observe how the  
history of the church's formation1 as   
recorded in the ,acts1 harmonizes with  
#ee the conception given above4  ,the   
story of ,pentecost culminates in the   
words1 and the same day there were added
 about three thousand souls 7,acts #b3  
#da74  ,added to whom8 we naturally ask4
  ,and the ,king ,james translators have
 answered our question by inserting in  
italics to them4  ,but not so speaks the
 ,holy ,ghost4  ,and when1 a few verses 

further on in the same chapter1 we read3
 ,and the ,lord added to the church     
daily such as should be saved1 we need  
to be reminded that the words to the    
church are spurious4  ,all such glosses 
and interpolations have only tended to  
mar the sublime teaching of this first  
chapter of the ,holy ,spirit's history4 
,and believers were the more added to   
the ,lord 7,acts #e3 #ad47 ,and much    
people were added unto the ,lord 7,acts 
#aa3 #bd47 ,this is the language of     
inspiration--,not the mutual union of   
believers1 but their divine co-uniting  
with ,christ2 not voluntary association 
of ,christians1 but their sovereign     
incorporation into the ,head and this   
incorporation effected by the ,head     
through the ,holy ,ghost4  ,if we ask   
concerning the way of admission into    
this divine ecclesia1 the teaching of   
,scripture is explicit3 ,for in one     
,spirit were we all baptized into one   
body 7#a ,cor4 #ab3 #ac74  ,the baptism 
in water marks the formal introduction  

of the believer into the church2 but    
this is the symbol1 not the substance4  
,for observe the identity of form       
between the ritual #ef and the          
spiritual4  ,i indeed baptize you in    
water1 4 4 4 said ,john1 but he that    
cometh after me 4 4 4 shall baptize you 
in the ,holy ,ghost and in fire 7,matt4 
#c3 #aa74  ,as in the one instance the  
disciple was submerged in the element of
 water1 so in the other he was to be    
submerged in the element of the ,spirit4
  ,and thus it was in actual historic   
fact4  ,the upper room became the       
,spirit's baptistery1 if we may use the 
figure4  ,his presence filled all the   
house where they were sitting1 and they 
were all filled with the ,holy ,ghost4  
,the baptistery would never need to be  
re-filled1 for ,pentecost was once and  
for all1 and the ,spirit then came to   
abide in the church perpetually4  ,but  
each believer throughout the age would  
need to be infilled with that ,spirit   
which dwells in the body of ,christ4    

,in other words1 it seems clear that the
 baptism of the ,spirit was given once  
for the whole church1 extending from    
,pentecost to ,parousia4  ,there is one 
,lord1 one faith1 one baptism 7,eph4 #d3
 #e74  ,as there is one body reaching   
through the entire dispensation1 so     
there is one baptism for that body given
 on the day of ,pentecost4  ,thus if we 
rightly understand the meaning of       
,scripture it is true1 both as to time  
and as to fact1 that in one ,spirit we  
were all baptized into one body1 whether
 ,jews or ,greeks1 whether bond or free4
  ,the typical foreshadowing1 as seen in
 the church in the wilderness1 is very  
suggestive at this point3 ,moreover1    
brethren1 ,i would not that ye should be
 #eg ignorant1 how that all our fathers 
were under the cloud and all passed     
through the sea2 and were all baptized  
unto ,moses in the cloud and in the sea 
7#a ,cor4 #aj3 #a74  ,baptized into     
,moses by their passage through the sea1
 identified with him as their leader1   

and committed to him in corporate       
fellowship2 even so were they also      
baptized into ,jehovah1 who in the cloud
 of glory now took his place in the     
midst of the camp and tabernacled       
henceforth with them4  ,the type is     
perfect as all inspired types are4  ,the
 antitype first appears in ,christ our  
,lord1 baptized in water at the ,jordan1
 and then baptized in the ,holy ,ghost  
which descended from heaven like a dove 
and abode upon him4  ,then it recurred  
again in the waiting disciples1 who     
besides the baptism of water1 which had 
doubtless already been received1 now    
were baptized in the ,holy ,ghost and in
 fire4  ,henceforth they were in the    
divine element1 as their fathers had    
been in the wilderness1 not in the flesh
 but in the ,spirit 7,rom4 #h3 #i72     
called to live according to ,god in the 
,spirit 7#a ,peter #d3 #f72 to walk in  
the ,spirit 7,gal4 #e3 #be72 praying    
always with all prayer and supplication 
in the ,spirit 7,eph4 #f3 #ah74  ,in a  

word1 on the day of ,pentecost the      
entire body of ,christ was baptized into
 the element and presence of the ,holy  
,ghost as a permanent condition4  ,and  
though one might object that the body as
 a whole was not yet in existence1 we   
reply that neither was the complete     
church in #eh existence when ,christ    
died on ,calvary1 yet all believers are 
repeatedly said to have died with him4  
,to change the figure of baptism for a  
moment to another which is used         
synonymously1 that of the anointing of  
the ,spirit1 we have in ,exodus a       
beautiful typical illustration of our   
thought4  ,at ,aaron's consecration the 
precious ointment was not only poured   
upon his head1 but ran down in rich     
profusion upon his body and upon his    
priestly garments4  ,this fact is taken 
up by the psalmist when he sings3       
,behold how good and pleasant it is for 
brethren to dwell together in unity4    
,it is like the precious ointment upon  
the head that ran down upon the beard1  

even ,aaron's beard1 that went down to  
the skirts of his garments 7,ps4 #acc3  
#a1 #b74  ,of our great ,high ,priest we
 read3 ,how ,god anointed ,jesus of     
,nazareth with the ,holy ,ghost and with
 power 7,acts #aj3 #ch74  ,but it was   
not for himself alone but also for his  
brethren that he obtained this holy     
unction4  ,he received that he might    
communicate4  ,upon whom thou shalt see 
the ,spirit descending and remaining on 
him1 the same is he that baptizeth in   
the ,holy ,ghost 7,john #a3 #cc74  ,and 
now we behold our ,aaron1 our great     
,high ,priest1 who has passed through   
the heavens1 ,jesus the ,son of ,god1   
standing in the holiest in heaven4      
,thou didst love righteousness and didst
 hate iniquity1 is the divine encomium  
now passed upon him1 therefore ,god1 thy
 ,god1 anointed thee with the oil of    
gladness #ei above thy fellows 7,heb4   
#a3 #i74  ,he1 the ,christos1 the       
,anointed1 stands above and for the     
,christoi1 his anointed brethren1 and   

from him the ,head1 the unction of the  
,holy ,ghost descended on the day of    
,pentecost4  ,it was poured in rich     
profusion upon his mystical body4  ,it  
has been flowing down ever since1 and   
will continue to do so till the last    
member shall have been incorporated with
 himself1 and so anointed by the one    
,spirit into the one body1 which is the 
church4  ,it is true that in one        
instance subsequent to ,pentecost the   
baptism in the ,holy ,ghost is spoken   
of4  ,when the ,spirit fell on the house
 of ,cornelius1 ,peter is reminded of   
the word of the ,lord1 how that he said3
 ,john indeed baptized in water1 but ye 
shall be baptized in the ,holy ,ghost   
7,acts #aa3 #af74  ,this was a great    
crisis in the history of the church1 the
 opening of the door of faith to the    
,gentiles1 and it would seem that these 
new subjects of grace now came into     
participation of an already present     
,spirit4  ,yet ,pentecost still appears 
to have been the age-baptism of the     

church4  ,as ,calvary was once for all1 
so was the visitation of the upper room4
  ,consider now that1 as through the    
,holy ,ghost we become incorporated into
 the body of ,christ1 we are in the same
 way assimilated to the ,head of that   
body1 which is ,christ4  ,an            
unsanctified church dishonors the ,lord1
 especially by its incongruity4  ,a     
noble head1 lofty-browed and            
intellectual1 upon a #fj deformed and   
stunted body1 is a pitiable sight4      
,what1 to the angels and principalities 
who gaze evermore upon the face of      
,jesus1 must be the sight of an unholy  
and misshapen church on earth1 standing 
in that place of honor called his body4 
,photographing in a sentence the        
ecclesia of the earliest centuries1     
,professor ,harnack says3 ,originally   
the church was the heavenly bride of    
,christ1 and the abiding place of the   
,holy ,spirit4  ,let the reader consider
 how much is involved in this           
definition4  ,the first and most sacred 

relation of the body is to the head4    
,watching for the return of the         
,bridegroom induces holiness of life and
 conduct in the bride2 and the supreme  
work of the ,spirit is directed to this 
end1 that ,he may establish our hearts  
unblamable in holiness before ,god our  
,father1 at the coming of our ,lord     
,jesus ,christ with all his saints 7#a  
,thess4 #c3 #ac74  ,in accomplishing    
this end he effects all other and       
subordinate ends4  ,the glorified       
,christ manifests himself to man through
 his body4 ,if there is a perfect       
correspondence between himself and his  
members1 then there will be a true      
manifestation of himself to the world4#a
 ,therefore does the ,spirit abide in   
the body1 that the body may be          
in,christed1 to #fa use an old phrase of
 the mystics2 that is1 indwelt by       
,christ and transfigured into the       
likeness of ,christ4  ,only thus1 as a  
chosen generation1 a royal priesthood1 a
 holy nation1 a peculiar people1 can it 

shew forth the virtues of him who has   
called us out of darkness into his      
marvelous light4  ,and who is the       
,christ that is thus to be manifested8  
,from the throne he gives us his name3  
,i am he that liveth and was dead1 and  
behold ,i am alive for evermore 7,rev4  
#a3 #ah74  ,christ in glory is not      
simply what he is1 but what he was and  
what he is to be4  ,as a tree gathers up
 into itself all the growths of former  
years1 and contains them in its trunk1  
so ,jesus on the throne is all that he  
was and is and is to be4  ,in other     
words1 his death is a perpetual fact as 
well as his life4  ,and his church is   
predestined to be like him in this      
respect1 since it not only heads up in  
him1 as saith the apostle1 that ye may  
grow up into him in all things which is 
the ,head1 even ,christ1 but also bodies
 itself forth from him1 from whom the   
whole body1 fitly joined together and   
compacted by that which every joint     
supplieth1 4 4 4 maketh increase of the 

body 4 4 4 7,eph4 #d3 #af74  ,if the    
church will literally manifest ,christ1 
then she must be both a living and a    
dying church4  ,to this she is committed
 in the divinely given form of her      
baptism4  ,know ye not that so many of  
us as were baptized into ,jesus ,christ 
were baptized into his #fb death2       
therefore we were buried with him by    
baptism into death1 that like as ,christ
 was raised up from the dead by the     
glory of the ,father1 even so we also   
should walk in newness of life 7,rom4   
#f3 #c1 #d74  ,and the baptism of the   
,holy ,ghost into which we have been    
brought is designed to accomplish       
inwardly and spiritually what the       
baptism of water foreshadows outwardly  
and typically1 viz41 to reproduce in us 
the living and the dying of our ,lord4  
,first1 the living4  ,for the law of the
 ,spirit of life in ,christ ,jesus hath 
made me free from the law of sin and    
death 7,rom4 #h3 #b74  ,that is1 that   
which has been hitherto the actuating   

principle within us1 viz41 sin and      
death1 is now to be met and mastered by 
another principle1 the law of life1 of  
which the ,holy ,spirit of ,god is the  
author and sustainer4  ,as by our       
natural spirit we are connected with the
 first ,adam1 and made partakers of his 
fallen nature1 so by the ,holy ,spirit  
we are now united with the second ,adam1
 and made partakers of his glorified    
nature4  ,to vivify the body of ,christ 
by maintaining its identity with the    
risen ,head is1 in a word1 the unceasing
 work of the ,holy ,ghost4  ,secondly1  
the dying of our ,lord in his members is
 to be constantly effected by the       
indwelling ,spirit4  ,the church1 which 
is the fullness of him that filleth all 
in all1 completes in the world his #fc  
crucifixion as well as his resurrection4
  ,this is certainly ,paul's profound   
thought1 when he speaks of filling up   
that which is behind of the afflictions 
of ,christ in my flesh1 for his body's  
sake1 which is the church 7,col4 #a3    

#bd74  ,in other words1 the church1 as  
the complement of her ,lord1 must have a
 life experience and a death experience 
running parallel4  ,it is remarkable how
 exact is this figure of the body1 which
 is employed to symbolize the church4   
,in the human system life and death are 
constantly working together4  ,a certain
 amount of tissue must die every day and
 be cast out and buried1 and a certain  
amount of new tissue must also be       
created and nourished daily in the same 
body4 ,arrest the death-process1 and it 
is just as certain to produce disorder  
as though you were to arrest the        
life-process4  ,literally is this true  
of the corporate body also4  ,the church
 must die daily in fulfillment of the   
crucified life of her ,head1 as well as 
live daily in the manifestation of his  
glorified life4  ,this italicised       
sentence1 which we take from a recent   
book1 is worthy to be made a golden text
 for ,christians3 ,the ,church is       
,christian no more than as it is the    

organ of the continuous passion of      
,christ4  ,to sympathize1 in the literal
 sense of suffering with our sinning and
 lost humanity1 is not only the duty of 
the church1 but the absolutely essential
 condition to her true manifestation of 
her ,lord4  ,a #fd self-indulgent church
 disfigures ,christ2 an avaricious      
church bears false witness against      
,christ2 a worldly church betrays       
,christ1 and gives him over once more to
 be mocked and reviled by his enemies4  
,the resurrection of our ,lord is       
prolonged in his body1 as we all see    
plainly4  ,every regeneration is a      
pulse-beat of his throne-life4  ,but too
 little do we recognize the fact that   
his crucifixion must be prolonged side  
by side with his resurrection4  ,if any 
man will come after me let him deny     
himself and take up his cross daily and 
follow me4  ,the church is called to    
live a glorified life in communion with 
her ,head1 and a crucified life in her  
contact with the world4  ,and the ,holy 

,spirit dwells evermore in the church to
 effect this twofold manifestation of   
,christ4  ,but ,god be thanked1 that ye 
have obeyed from the heart that pattern 
of doctrine to which ye were delivered1 
writes the apostle 7,rom4 #f3 #ag74     
,the pattern1 as the context shows1 is  
,christ dead and risen4  ,if the church 
truly lives in the ,spirit1 he will keep
 her so plastic that she will obey this 
divine mold as the metal conforms to the
 die in which it is struck4  ,if she    
yields to the sway of the spirit that   
now worketh in the children of          
disobedience1 she will be stereotyped   
according to the fashion of the world1  
and they that look upon her will fail to
 see ,christ in her4    #a ,the ,holy   
,spirit not only dwells in the church as
 his habitation1 but also uses her as   
the living organism whereby he moves and
 walks forth in the world1 and speaks to
 the world and acts upon the world4 ,he 
is the soul of the church which is      
,christ's body4--,bishop ,webb1 ,the    

,presence and ,office of the ,spirit1 p4
 #dg4     #fe  ,v  ,,the ,,enduement    
,,of ,,the ,,spirit     #ff  ,to the    
disciples1 the baptism of the ,spirit   
was very distinctly not his first       
bestowal for regeneration1 but the      
definite communication of his presence  
in power of their glorified ,lord4      
,just as there was a two-fold operation 
of the one ,spirit in the ,old and ,new 
,testaments1 of which the state of the  
disciples before and after ,pentecost   
was the striking illustration1 so there 
may be1 and in the great majority of    
,christians is1 a corresponding         
difference of experience4 4 4  ,when    
once the distinct recognition of what   
the indwelling of the ,spirit was meant 
to bring is brought home to the soul1   
and it is ready to give up all to be    
made partaker of it1 the believer may   
ask and expect what may be termed a     
baptism of the ,spirit4  ,praying to the
 ,father in accordance to the two       
prayers in ,ephesians1 and coming to    

,jesus in the renewed surrender of faith
 and obedience1 he may receive such an  
inflow of the ,holy ,spirit as shall    
consciously lift him to a different     
level from the one on which he has      
hitherto lived4--,rev4 ,andrew ,murray4 
#fg  ,v  ,,the ,,enduement ,,of ,,the   
,,spirit  ,we have maintained in the    
previous chapter that the baptism in the
 ,holy ,ghost was given once for all on 
the day of ,pentecost1 when the         
,paraclete came in person to make his   
abode in the church4  ,it does not      
follow therefore that every believer has
 received this baptism4  ,god's gift is 
one thing2 our appropriation of that    
gift is quite another thing4  ,our      
relation to the second and to the third 
persons of the ,godhead is exactly      
parallel in this respect4  ,god so loved
 the world that he gave his only        
begotten ,son 7,john #c3 #af74  ,but as 
many as received him to them gave he the
 right to become the children of ,god1  
even to them that believe on his name   

7,john #a3 #ab74  ,here are the two     
sides of salvation1 the divine and the  
human1 which are absolutely             
co-essential4  ,there is a doctrine     
somewhat in vogue1 not inappropriately  
denominated redemption by incarnation1  
which maintains that since ,god gave his
 ,son to the world1 all the world has   
the ,son1 consciously or unconsciously1 
and that therefore all the world will be
 saved4  ,it need not be said that a    
true evangelical teaching must reject   
this theory as utterly #fh untenable1   
since it ignores the necessity of       
individual faith in ,christ4  ,but some 
orthodox writers have urged an almost   
identical view with respect to the ,holy
 ,ghost4  ,they have contended that the 
enduement of the ,spirit is not any     
special or more advanced experience1 but
 simply the condition of every one who  
is a child of ,god2 that believers      
converted after ,pentecost1 and living  
in other localities1 are just as really 
endowed with the indwelling ,spirit as  

those who actually partook of the       
,pentecostal blessing at ,jerusalem4#a  
,on the contrary1 it seems clear from   
the ,scriptures that it is still the    
duty and privilege of believers to      
receive the ,holy ,spirit by a          
conscious1 definite act of appropriating
 faith1 just as they received ,jesus    
,christ4  ,we base this conclusion on   
several grounds4  ,presumably if the    
,paraclete is a person1 coming down at a
 certain definite time to make his abode
 in the church1 for guiding1 teaching1  
and sanctifying the body of ,christ1    
there is the same reason for our        
accepting him for his special ministry  
as for accepting the ,lord ,jesus for   
his special ministry4  ,to say that in  
receiving ,christ we necessarily        
received in the same act the gift of the
 ,spirit1 seems to confound what the    
,scriptures make distinct4#b  ,for it is
 as sinners that we accept #fi ,christ  
for our justification1 but it is as sons
 that we accept the ,spirit for our     

sanctification3 ,and because ye are     
sons1 ,god hath sent forth the ,spirit  
of his ,son into your hearts1 crying    
,abba1 ,father 7,gal4 #d3 #f74  ,thus1  
when ,peter preached his first sermon to
 the multitude after the ,spirit had    
been given1 he said3 ,repent and be     
baptized1 every one of you1 in the name 
of ,jesus ,christ1 for the remission of 
sins1 and ye shall receive the gift of  
the ,holy ,ghost 7,acts #b3 #ch74  ,this
 passage shows that logically and       
chronologically the gift of the ,spirit 
is subsequent to repentance4  ,whether  
it follows as a necessary and           
inseparable consequence1 as might seem1 
we shall consider later4 ,suffice that  
this point is clear1 so clear that one  
of the most conservative as well as     
ablest writers on this subject1 in      
commenting on this text in ,acts1 says3 
,therefore it is evident that the       
reception of the ,holy ,ghost1 as here  
spoken of1 has nothing whatever to do   
with bringing men to believe and repent4

  ,it is a subsequent operation2 it is  
an additional and #gj separate blessing2
 it is a privilege founded on faith     
already actively working in the heart4 4
 4  ,i do not mean to deny that the gift
 of the ,holy ,ghost may be practically 
on the same occasion1 but never in the  
same moment4  ,the reason is quite      
simple too4  ,the gift of the ,holy     
,ghost is grounded on the fact that we  
are sons by faith in ,christ1 believers 
resting on redemption in him4 ,plainly1 
therefore1 it appears that the ,spirit  
of ,god has already regenerated us4#c   
,now1 as we examine the ,scriptures on  
this point1 we shall see that we are    
required to appropriate the ,spirit as  
sons1 in the same way that we           
appropriated ,christ as sinners4  ,as   
many as received him1 even to them that 
believe on his name1 is the condition of
 becoming sons1 as we have already seen1
 receiving and believing being used as  
equivalent terms4  ,in a kind of        
foretaste of ,pentecost1 the risen      

,christ1 standing in the midst of his   
disciples1 breathed on them and said1   
,receive ye the ,holy ,ghost4  ,the verb
 is not passive1 as our ,english version
 might lead us to suppose1 but has here 
as generally an active signification1   
just as in the familiar passage in      
,revelation3 ,whosoever will1 let him   
take the water of life freely4  ,twice  
in the ,epistle to the ,galatians the   
possession of the ,holy ,ghost is put on
 the same grounds of active #ga         
appropriation through faith3 ,received  
ye the ,spirit by the works of the law  
or by the hearing of faith8 7#c3 #b74   
,that ye might receive the promise of   
the ,spirit through faith 7#c3 #ad74    
,these texts seem to imply that just as 
there is a faith toward our ,lord ,jesus
 ,christ for salvation1 there is a faith
 toward the ,holy ,ghost for power and  
consecration4  ,if we turn from ,new    
,testament teaching to ,new ,testament  
example we are strongly confirmed in    
this impression4  ,we begin with that   

striking incident in the nineteenth     
chapter of ,acts4  ,paul1 having found  
certain disciples at ,ephesus1 said unto
 them3 ,did ye receive the ,holy ,ghost 
when ye believed8  ,and they said unto  
him1 ,nay2 we did not so much as hear   
whether there is a ,holy ,ghost4  ,this 
passage seems decisive as showing that  
one may be a disciple without having    
entered into possession of the ,spirit  
as ,god's gift to believers4  ,some     
admit this1 who yet deny any possible   
application of the incident to our own  
times1 alleging that it is the          
miraculous gifts of the ,spirit which   
are here under consideration1 since1    
after recording that when ,paul had laid
 his hands upon them and the ,holy      
,ghost came upon them1 it is added that 
they spake with tongues and prophesied4 
,all that need be said upon this point  
is simply that these ,ephesian          
disciples1 by the reception of the      
,spirit1 came into the same condition   
with the upper-room disciples who #gb   

received him some twenty years before1  
and of whom it is written that they were
 all filled with the ,holy ,ghost and   
began to speak with other tongues as the
 ,spirit gave them utterance4  ,in other
 words1 these ,ephesian disciples on    
receiving the ,holy ,ghost exhibited the
 traits of the ,spirit common to the    
other disciples of the apostolic age4   
,whether those traits--the speaking of  
tongues and the working of              
miracles--were intended to be perpetual 
or not we do not here discuss4 ,but that
 the presence of the personal ,holy     
,spirit in the church was intended to be
 perpetual there can be no question4    
,and whatsoever relations believers held
 to that ,spirit in the beginning they  
have a right to claim to-day4  ,we must 
withhold our consent from the           
inconsistent exegesis which would make  
the water baptism of the apostolic times
 still rigidly binding1 but would       
relegate the baptism in the ,spirit to a
 bygone dispensation4  ,we hold indeed1 

that ,pentecost was once for all1 but   
equally that the appropriation of the   
,spirit by believers is always for all1 
and that the shutting up of certain     
great blessings of the ,holy ,ghost     
within that ideal realm called the      
apostolic age1 however convenient it may
 be as an escape from fancied           
difficulties1 may be the means of       
robbing believers of some of their most 
precious covenant rights4#d  ,let us #gc
 transfer this incident of the ,ephesian
 ,christians to our own times4  ,we need
 not bring forward an imaginary case1   
for by the testimony of many experienced
 witnesses the same condition is        
constantly encountered4  ,not only      
individual ,christians1 but whole       
communities of disciples are found who  
have been so imperfectly instructed that
 they have never known that there is a  
,holy ,spirit1 except as an influence1  
an impersonal something to be vaguely   
recognized4  ,of the ,holy ,ghost as a  
,divine ,person1 dwelling in the church1

 to be honored and invoked and obeyed   
and implicitly trusted1 they know       
nothing4  ,is it conceivable that there 
could be any deep spiritual life or any 
real sanctified energy for service in a 
community like this8  ,and what should a
 well-instructed teacher or evangelist  
do1 on discovering a church or an       
individual ,christian in such a         
condition8  ,let us turn to another     
passage of the ,acts for an answer3 ,now
 when the apostles which were at        
,jerusalem heard that ,samaria had      
received the word of ,god they sent unto
 them ,peter and ,john1 who when they   
were come down prayed for them that they
 might receive the ,holy ,ghost2 for as 
yet he had fallen upon none of them2    
only they were baptized in the name #gd 
of the ,lord ,jesus4  ,then laid they   
their hands on them and they received   
the ,holy ,ghost 7,acts #h3 #ad-ag74    
,here were believers who had been       
baptized in water4  ,but this was not   
enough4  ,the baptism in the ,spirit1   

already bestowed at ,pentecost1 must be 
appropriated4  ,hear the prayer of the  
apostles that they might receive the    
,holy ,ghost4  ,such prayer we deem     
eminently proper for those who today may
 be ignorant of the ,comforter4  ,and   
yet such prayer should be followed by an
 act of believing acceptance on the part
 of the willing disciple3 ,o ,holy      
,spirit1 ,i yield to thee now in humble 
surrender4  ,i receive thee as my       
,teacher1 my ,comforter1 my ,sanctifier1
 and my ,guide4  ,do not testimonies    
abound on every hand of new lives       
resulting from such an act of           
consecration as this1 lives full of     
peace and power and victory among those 
who before had received the forgiveness 
of sins but not the enduement of power8 
,we conceive that the great end for     
which the enduement of the ,spirit is   
bestowed is our qualification for the   
highest and most effective service in   
the church of ,christ4  ,other effects  
will certainly attend the blessing1 a   

fixed assurance of our acceptance in    
,christ1 and a holy separateness from   
the world2 but these results will be    
conducive to the greatest and supreme   
end1 our consecrated usefulness4  #ge   
,let us observe that ,christ1 who is our
 example in this as in all things1 did  
not enter upon his ministry till he had 
received the ,holy ,ghost4  ,not only   
so1 but we see that all his service from
 his baptism to his ascension was       
wrought in the ,spirit4  ,ask concerning
 his miracles1 and we hear him saying3  
,i by the ,spirit of ,god cast out      
devils 7,matt4 #ab3 #bh74  ,ask         
concerning that decease which he        
accomplished at ,jerusalem1 and we read 
that he through the eternal ,spirit     
offered himself without spot unto ,god  
7,heb4 #i3 #ad74  ,ask concerning the   
giving of the great commission1 and we  
read that he was received up after that 
he through the ,holy ,ghost had given   
commandments unto the apostles 7,acts   
#a3 #b74  ,thus1 though he was the ,son 

of ,god1 he acted ever in supreme       
reliance upon him who has been called   
the ,executive of the ,godhead4         
,plainly we see how ,christ was our     
pattern and exemplar in his relation to 
the ,holy ,spirit4  ,he had been        
begotten of the ,holy ,ghost in the womb
 of the virgin1 and had lived that holy 
and obedient life which this divine     
nativity would imply4  ,but when he     
would enter upon his public ministry1 he
 waited for the ,spirit to come upon    
him1 as he had hitherto been in him4    
,for this anointing we find him praying3
 ,jesus also being baptized and praying1
 the heaven was opened1 and the ,holy   
,ghost descended in a bodily shape like 
a #gf dove upon him 7,luke #c3 #bb74    
,had he any promise of the ,father to   
plead1 as he now asked the anointing of 
the ,spirit1 if as we may believe this  
was the subject of his prayer8  ,yes2 it
 had been written in the prophets       
concerning the rod out of the stem of   
,jesse3 ,and the ,spirit of the ,lord   

shall rest upon him2 the spirit of      
wisdom and understanding1 the spirit of 
counsel and might1 the spirit of        
knowledge and of the fear of the ,lord  
7,isa4 #aa3 #b74  ,the promise of the   
seven-fold ,spirit1 the ,jewish         
commentators call it4  ,certainly it was
 literally fulfilled upon the ,son of   
,god at the ,jordan1 when ,god gave him 
the ,spirit without measure4 ,for he who
 was now baptized was in turn to be     
baptizer4  ,upon whom thou shalt see the
 ,spirit descending1 and remaining on   
him1 the same is he which baptizeth with
 the ,holy ,ghost 7,john #a3 #cc74  ,i  
indeed baptize you in water unto        
repentance3 but he that cometh after me 
is mightier than ,i 4 4 4 he shall      
baptize you in the ,holy ,ghost and in  
fire 7,matt4 #c3 #aa1 ,r4 ,v474  ,and   
now being at the right hand exalted1 and
 having the seven spirits of ,god 7,rev4
 #c3 #c71 the fullness of the ,holy     
,ghost1 he will shed forth his power    
upon those who pray for it1 even as the 

,father shed it forth upon himself4     
,let us observe now the symbols and     
descriptions of the enduement of the    
,spirit which are applied equally to    
,christ and to the disciples of ,christ4
  #gg  #a4  ,the ,sealing of the        
,spirit4  ,we hear ,jesus saying to the 
multitude that sought him for the loaves
 and fishes1 ,labor not for the meat    
which perisheth1 but for that meat which
 endureth unto eternal life1 which the  
,son of man shall give unto you1 for him
 hath ,god the ,father sealed 7,john #f3
 #bg74  ,this sealing must evidently    
refer back to his reception of the      
,spirit at the ,jordan4  ,one of the    
most instructive writers on the ,hebrew 
worship and ritual tells us that it was 
the custom for the priest to whom the   
service pertained1 having selected a    
lamb from the flock1 to inspect it with 
the most minute scrutiny1 in order to   
discover if it was without physical     
defect1 and then to seal it with the    
temple seal1 thus certifying that it was

 fit for sacrifice and for food4        
,behold the ,lamb of ,god presenting    
himself for inspection at the ,jordan6  
,under the ,father's omniscient scrutiny
 he is found to be a lamb without       
blemish and without spot4  ,from the    
opening heaven ,god gives witness to the
 fact in the words3 ,this is my beloved 
,son in whom ,i am well pleased1 and    
then he puts the ,holy ,ghost upon him1 
the testimony to his sonship1 the seal  
of his separation unto sacrifice and    
service4  ,the disciple is as his ,lord 
in this experience4  ,in whom having    
also believed ye were sealed with the   
,holy ,spirit of promise 7,eph4 #a3     
#ac74 ,as always in the statements of   
,scripture1 this #gh transaction is     
represented as subsequent to faith4  ,it
 is not conversion1 but something done  
upon a converted soul1 a kind of crown  
of consecration put upon his faith4     
,indeed the two events stand in marked  
contrast4 ,in conversion the believer   
receives the testimony of ,god and sets 

his seal to that ,god is true 7,john #c3
 #cc74  ,in consecration ,god sets his  
seal upon the believer that he is true4 
,the last is ,god's ,amen to the        
,christian1 verifying the ,christian's  
,amen to ,god4  ,now he1 which          
establisheth us with you in ,christ1 and
 anointed us1 is ,god2 who also sealed  
us and gave us the earnest of the       
,spirit in our hearts 7#b ,cor4 #a3 #ba1
 #bb74  ,if we ask to what we are       
committed and separated by this divine  
transaction1 we may learn by studying   
the church's monograph1 if such we may  
name what is brought out in a mysterious
 passage in one of the pastoral         
epistles4  ,in spite of the defection   
and unbelief of some1 the apostle says3 
,nevertheless the foundation of ,god    
standeth sure1 having this seal4  ,then 
he gives us the two inscriptions on the 
seal3 ,the ,lord knoweth them that are  
his2 and1 ,let every one that nameth the
 name of the ,lord depart from          
unrighteousness 7#b ,tim4 #b3           

#ai7--,ownership and holiness4  ,when we
 receive the gift of the ,holy ,spirit  
it is that we may count ourselves       
henceforth and altogether ,christ's4    
,if any shrink from this devotement1 how
 can he #gi have the fullness of the    
,spirit8  ,god cannot put his signature 
upon what is not his4  ,hence1 if under 
the sway of a worldly spirit we withhold
 ourselves from ,god and insist on      
self-ownership1 we need not count it    
strange if ,god withholds himself from  
us and denies us the seal of divine     
ownership4  ,god is very jealous of his 
divine signet4  ,he graciously bestows  
it upon those who are ready to devote   
themselves utterly and irrevocably to   
his service1 but he strenuously         
withholds it from those who1 while      
professing his name1 are yet serving    
divers lusts and pleasures4 ,there is a 
suggestive passage in the ,gospel of    
,john which1 translated so as to bring  
out the antitheses which it contains1   
reads thus3 ,many trusted in his name1  

beholding the signs which he did2 but   
,jesus did not trust himself to them    
7,john #b3 #bc1 #bd74  ,here is the     
great essential to our having the seal  
of the ,spirit4  ,can the ,lord trust   
us8 ,nay2 the question is more serious4 
,can he trust himself to us8  ,the ,holy
 ,spirit1 which is his signet ring1 can 
he commit it to our use for signing our 
prayers and for certifying ourselves1   
and his honor not be compromised8  ,the 
other inscription on the seal is3 ,let  
every one that nameth the name of the   
,lord depart from unrighteousness4#e    
,the possession of the ,spirit #hj      
commits us irrevocably to separation    
from sin4  ,for what is holiness but an 
emanation of the ,spirit of holiness who
 dwells within us8  ,a sanctified life  
is therefore the print or impression of 
his seal3 ,he can never own us without  
his mark1 the stamp of holiness4 ,the   
devil's stamp is none of ,god's badge4  
,our spiritual extraction from him is   
but pretended unless we do things worthy

 of so illustrious birth and becoming   
the honor of so great a ,father4  ,the  
great office of the ,spirit in the      
present economy is to communicate       
,christ to his church which is his body4
  ,and what is so truly essential of    
,christ as holiness8  ,in him is no sin2
 whosoever abideth in him sinneth not4  
,the body can only be sinless by        
uninterrupted communion with the ,head2 
the ,head will not maintain communion   
with the body except it be holy4  ,the  
idea of ownership1 just considered1     
comes out still further in the words of 
the apostle3 ,and grieve not the ,spirit
 of ,god in whom ye were sealed unto the
 day of redemption 7,eph4 #d3 #cj74     
,the day of redemption is at the advent 
of our ,lord in glory1 when he shall    
raise the dead and translate the living4
  ,now his own are in the world1 but the
 world knows them not4  ,but he has put 
his mark and secret sign upon them1 by  
which he shall recognize them at his    
coming4  ,in that great quickening1 at  

the ,redeemer's advent1 the ,holy       
,spirit will be the seal by which the   
saints will be recognized1 #ha and the  
power through which they will be drawn  
up to ,god4  ,if the ,spirit that raised
 up ,jesus dwell in you 7,rom4 #aa3 #i71
 is the great condition of final        
quickening4  ,as the magnet attracts the
 particles of iron and attaches them to 
itself by first imparting its own       
magnetism to them1 so ,christ1 having   
given his ,spirit to his own1 will draw 
them to himself through the ,spirit4    
,we are not questioning now that all who
 have eternal life dwelling in them will
 share in the redemption of the body2 we
 are simply entering into the apostle's 
exhortation against grieving the        
,spirit4  ,we must fear lest we mar the 
seal by which we were stamped1 lest we  
deface or obscure the signature by which
 we are to be recognized in the day of  
redemption4#f  ,in a word the sealing is
 the ,spirit himself1 now received by   
faith and resting upon the believer1    

with all the results in assurance1 in   
joy1 and in #hb empowering for service1 
which must follow his unhindered sway in
 the soul4  ,dr4 ,john ,owen1 who has   
written more intelligently and more     
exhaustively on this subject than any   
with whom we are acquainted1 thus sums  
up the subject3 ,if we can learn aright 
how ,christ was sealed1 we shall learn  
how we are sealed4  ,the sealing of     
,christ by the ,father is the           
communication of the ,holy ,spirit in   
fullness to him1 authorizing him unto   
and acting his divine power in all the  
acts and duties of his office1 so as to 
evidence the presence of ,god with him  
and approbation of him4  ,god's sealing 
of believers then is his gracious       
communication of the ,holy ,spirit unto 
them so to act his divine power in them 
as to enable them unto all the duties of
 their holy calling1 evidencing them to 
be accepted with him both for themselves
 and others1 and asserting their        
preservation unto eternal life4#g  #b4  

,the ,fullness of the ,spirit4          
,immediately upon his baptism we read3  
,and ,jesus1 full of the ,holy ,spirit1 
returned from the ,jordan and was led by
 the ,spirit into the wilderness 7,luke 
#d3 #a74  ,the same record is made      
concerning the upper-room1 disciples1   
immediately after the descent of the    
,spirit3 ,and they were all filled with 
the ,holy ,spirit 7,acts #b3 #d74  ,what
 is here spoken of seems nothing        
different from what in other ,scriptures
 is #hc called the reception of the     
,spirit4  ,it is a transaction that may 
be repeated1 and will be if we are      
living in the ,spirit4  ,but it is      
clearly an experience belonging to one  
who has already been converged4  ,this  
comes out very plainly in the life of   
,paul4  ,if according to the opinion    
quoted in the early part of this        
chapter1 the reception of the ,spirit is
 associated always and inseparably with 
conversion1 one will reasonably ask1 why
 a conversion so marked and so radical  

as that of the apostle to the ,gentiles 
need be followed by such an experience  
as that named in ,acts #i3 #ag3 ,and    
,ananias departed and entered into the  
house1 and laying his hands on him1 said
 ,brother ,saul1 the ,lord1 even ,jesus 
who appeared unto thee in the way which 
thou earnest1 hath sent me that thou    
mightest receive thy sight and be filled
 with the ,holy ,ghost4  ,we seem to    
have a clear allusion here to that which
 so constantly appears in ,scripture1   
both in doctrine and in life1 a divine  
something distinct from conversion and  
subsequent to it1 which we have called  
the reception of the ,spirit4 ,the      
enduement of power we may well name it2 
for observe how constantly throughout   
the book of ,acts mighty works and      
mighty utterances are connected with    
this qualification4  ,then ,peter1      
filled with the ,holy ,ghost1 said unto 
them 7,acts #d3 #h71 is the preface to  
one of the apostle's most powerful      
sermons4  ,and they were all filled with

 the ,holy ,ghost1 and they spake the   
#hd word with boldness 7,acts #d3 #ca71 
is a similar record4  ,and they chose   
,stephen1 a man full of faith and of the
 ,holy ,ghost1 the narrative runs1      
regarding the choice of deacons in ,acts
 #f3 #e4  ,and he1 being full of the    
,holy ,ghost1 is the keynote to his     
great martyr-sermon4  ,this infilling of
 the ,spirit marks a decisive and most  
important crisis in the ,christian life1
 judging from the story of the apostle's
 conversion1 to which we have just      
referred4  ,but1 as we have intimated1  
we are far from maintaining that this is
 an experience once for all1 as the     
sealing seems to be4  ,as the words     
regeneration and renewal used in        
,scripture mark respectively the        
impartation of the divine life as a     
perpetual possession and its increase by
 repeated communications1 so in our     
sealing there is a reception of the     
,spirit once for all1 which reception   
may be followed by repeated fillings4   

,it is reasonable to conclude this since
 our capacity is ever increasing and our
 need constantly recurring1 according to
 the beautiful saying of ,godet3 ,man is
 a vessel destined to receive ,god1 a   
vessel which must be enlarged in        
proportion as it is filled and filled in
 proportion as it is enlarged4  ,and yet
 we confess here to a degree of         
uncertainty as to the use of terms1 and 
as to whether the two now under         
consideration are identical4 ,we may    
well pause therefore and lift a prayer1 
that since we have received not the     
spirit of #he the world but the ,spirit 
which is of ,god1 that we might know the
 things which are freely given to us of 
,god1 this blessed ,revelator and       
,interpreter may not only reveal to us  
our privilege and inheritance in the    
,holy ,ghost1 but teach us to name and  
distinguish the terms by which it is    
conveyed4  ,while the fact of which we  
are speaking seems undoubted1 the       
exposition of it is far from being easy4

  ,therefore we should attach no little 
value to a consensus of opinion on this 
subject from those who have thought most
 carefully and searched most prayerfully
 concerning it ,this is our apology for 
the multiplied quotations which we are  
introducing into this chapter1 believing
 that the ,holy ,spirit is most likely  
to interpret himself through those who  
most honor him in seeking his guidance  
and illumination4  ,in a recent work    
upon this subject1 in which careful     
scholarship and spiritual insight seem  
to be well united1 the author thus      
states his conclusions3 ,it seems to me 
beyond question1 as a matter of         
experience both of ,christians in the   
present day and of the early church1 as 
recorded by inspiration1 that in        
addition to the gift of the ,spirit     
received at conversion1 there is another
 blessing corresponding in its signs and
 effects to the blessing received by the
 apostles at ,pentecost--a blessing to  
be asked for and expected by ,christians

 still1 and to be described in language 
similar to that employed #hf in the book
 of the ,acts4  ,whatever that blessing 
may be1 it is in immediate connection   
with the ,holy ,ghost2 and one of the   
terms by which we may designate it is   
'to be filled with the ,spirit4'  ,as   
with the early ,christians so with us   
now1 the filling comes when there is    
special need for it4 4 4  ,and there is 
an occasion when that blessing comes to 
a man for the first time4  ,that first  
time is a spiritual crisis from which   
his future spiritual life must be dated4
  ,there may be a question as to what it
 is to be called1 or at least by what   
name in ,scripture we are authorized to 
call it4 4 4  ,whether consciously or   
not1 it is to the fact of the ,holy     
,spirit's coming in new power to the    
soul that all new life is due2 and the  
more that this is consciously understood
 the more is the ,holy ,ghost in his due
 place in our hearts4  ,it is only when 
he is consciously accepted in all his   

power that we can be said to be either  
'baptized' or 'filled' with the ,holy   
,ghost4  ,i should like to add that it  
is possible to maintain that ,god from  
the first offered to his own people a   
higher position in this matter than they
 have generally been able to occupy1 in 
that the fullness of the ,spirit was and
 is offered to each soul at conversion2 
and that it is only from want of faith  
that subsequent outpourings of the ,holy
 ,ghost become needful4#h  #hg  ,that   
the filling of the ,spirit belongs to us
 as a covenant privilege seems to be    
clear from the exhortation in the       
,epistle to the ,ephesians1 which is    
confessedly of universal application3   
,be not drunken with wine1 wherein is   
excess1 but be filled with the ,spirit  
7,eph4 #e3 #ah74 ,the passive verb      
employed here is suggestive4  ,the      
surrendered will1 the yielded body1 the 
emptied heart1 are the great requisites 
to his incoming4  ,and when he has come 
and filled the believer1 the result is a

 kind of passive activity1 as of one    
wrought upon and controlled rather than 
of one directing his own efforts4       
,under the influence of strong drink    
there is an outpouring of all that the  
evil spirit inspires--frivolity1        
profanity1 and riotous conduct4  ,be    
,god-intoxicated men1 the apostle would 
seem to say2 let the ,spirit of ,god so 
control you that you shall pour yourself
 out in psalms and hymns and spiritual  
songs4  ,if such divine enthusiasm has  
its perils1 we believe that they are    
less to be dreaded than that moderatism 
which makes the servants of ,god        
satisfied with the letter of ,scripture 
if only that letter be skillfully and   
scientifically handled1 rather than     
giving the supreme place to the ,spirit 
as the inspirer and motor of all        
,christian service4  #c4  ,the          
,anointing of the ,spirit4  ,after the  
baptism and temptation we find our ,lord
 appropriating to himself the words of  
the prophet1 as he read them in the     

synagogue of ,nazareth3 #hh ,the ,spirit
 of the ,lord is upon me1 because he    
hath anointed me to preach good tidings 
to the poor 7,luke #d3 #ah74  ,twice in 
the ,acts there is a reference to this  
important event in similar terms3 ,thy  
holy servant ,jesus1 whom thou didst    
anoint 7,acts #d3 #bg1 ,r4 ,v474  ,jesus
 of ,nazareth1 how that ,god anointed   
him with the ,holy ,ghost and with power
 7,acts #aj3 #ch74  ,and as with the    
,lord so with his disciples3 ,now he    
that establisheth us with you in        
,christ1 and anointed us1 is ,god 7#b   
,cor4 #a3 #ba1 ,r4 ,v474  ,a student of 
the ,scriptures need not be told how    
closely the ceremony of anointing was   
related to all important offices and    
ministries of the servants of ,jehovah  
under the old covenant4  ,the priest was
 anointed that he might be holy unto the
 ,lord 7,lev4 #h3 #ab74  ,the king was  
anointed that the ,spirit of the ,lord  
might rest upon him in power 7#a ,sam4  
#af3 #ae74  ,the prophet was anointed   

that he might be the oracle of ,god to  
the people 7#a ,kings #ai3 #af74  ,no   
servant of ,jehovah was deemed qualified
 for his ministry without this holy     
sanctifying touch laid upon him4  ,even 
in the cleansing of the leper this      
ceremony was not wanting4  ,the priest  
was required to dip his right finger in 
the oil that was in his left hand and to
 put it upon the tip of the right ear1  
upon the thumb of the right hand1 and   
upon the great toe of the right foot of 
him that was to be cleansed1 the oil    
upon #hi the blood of the               
trespass-offering 7,lev4 #ad3 #ag74     
,thus with divine accuracy did even the 
types foretell the two-fold provision   
for the ,christian life1 cleansing by   
the blood and hallowing by the          
oil--justification in ,christ1          
sanctification in the ,spirit4  ,if we  
ask now what this anointing is1 the     
reply is obviously the ,holy ,spirit    
himself4  ,as before he was the seal    
attesting us1 so now he is the oil      

sanctifying us--the same gift described 
by different symbols4 ,and as it was the
 ,aaron who had been the first anointed 
who was qualified to anoint others1 so  
with our great ,high ,priest4  ,it is he
 within the veil who gives the ,spirit  
unto his own1 that he may qualify them  
to be an elect race1 a royal priesthood1
 a holy nation1 a people for ,god's own 
possession 7#a ,peter #b3 #i1 ,r4 ,v474 
,but ye have an anointing from the ,holy
 ,one1 and ye know all things 7#a ,john 
#b3 #bj74 ,christ in the ,new ,testament
 is constantly called the ,holy ,one4   
,and because the ,spirit was sent to    
communicate him to the people1 they are 
made partakers of his knowledge as well 
as of his holiness4  ,if it should be   
said that this unction of which ,john   
speaks is miraculous1 the divine        
illumination of evangelists and prophets
 who were commissioned to be the        
vehicles of inspired ,scripture1 we must
 call attention to other passages which 
connect the knowledge of ,god with the  

,holy ,ghost4  ,for who among men       
knoweth the things of a man save the    
spirit of a man which #ij is in him2    
even so the things of ,god none knoweth 
save the ,spirit of ,god 7#a ,cor4 #b3  
#aa1 ,r4 ,v474  ,the horse and his rider
 may see the same magnificent piece of  
statuary in the park2 the one may be    
delighted with it as a work of human    
genius1 but upon the dull eye of the    
other it makes no impression1 and for   
the reason that it takes a human mind to
 appreciate the work of the human mind4 
,likewise only the ,spirit of ,god can  
know and make known the thoughts and    
teachings and revelations of ,god4      
,this seems to be the meaning of ,john  
in his discourse concerning the divine  
unction3 ,but the anointing which ye    
have received of him abideth in you1 and
 ye need not that any man teach you2 but
 as the same anointing teacheth you of  
all things 7#a ,john #b3 #bg74  ,in     
nothing does the enduement of the       
,spirit more distinctly manifest itself 

than in the fine discernment of revealed
 truth which it imparts4 ,as in service1
 the contrast between working in the    
power of the ,spirit and in the energy  
of the flesh is easily discernible1 even
 more clearly in knowledge and teaching 
is the contrast between the tuition of  
learning and the intuition of the       
,spirit4  ,while we should not          
undervalue the former1 it is striking to
 note how the ,bible puts the weightier 
emphasis on the latter2 so that really  
the unspiritual hearer is to be         
accounted less blameworthy for not      
discerning the truth than the           
intellectual preacher is for #ia        
expecting him to do so4  ,when1 for     
example1 one attempts with the utmost   
learning to convince an unbeliever of   
the deity of ,christ and fails1 the word
 of ,scripture to him is3 ,no man is    
able to say ',lord ,jesus' save in the  
,holy ,ghost 7#a ,cor4 #ab3 #c74  ,the  
,spirit of ,jesus can alone reveal to   
men the lordship of ,jesus1 and this key

 of knowledge the ,holy ,ghost will     
never put into the hand of any man      
however learned4  ,as it is written that
 ,christ is the raying forth of the     
,father's glory1 and the express image  
of his person 7,heb4 #a3 #c71 thus by a 
beautiful figure reminding us that as we
 can only see the sun in the rays of the
 sun1 so we can only know ,god in ,jesus
 ,christ1 who is the manifestation of   
,god4  ,it is so likewise between the   
second and third ,persons of the        
,trinity4  ,christ is the image of the  
invisible ,god2 the ,holy ,ghost is the 
invisible image of ,christ4  ,as ,jesus 
manifested the ,father outwardly1 the   
,spirit manifests ,jesus inwardly1      
forming him within us as the hidden man 
of the heart1 imaging him to the spirit 
by an interior impression which no      
intellectual instruction1 however       
diligent1 can effect4  ,in his profound 
discourse concerning the unction and    
accompanying illumination1 ,john was    
only expounding by the ,spirit what     

,jesus had said before his departure3   
,howbeit1 when he the ,spirit of truth  
is come1 he will guide you into all #ib 
truth2 he shall glorify me2 for he shall
 receive of mine and shall show it unto 
you 7,john #af3 #ac74 ,the ,spirit of   
truth--,how much instruction and        
suggestion is conveyed by this term6    
,as he is called the ,spirit of ,christ1
 as revealing ,christ in his suffering  
and glory1 so he is called the ,spirit  
of truth1 as manifesting the truth in   
all its depths and heights4  ,as        
impossible as it is that we should know 
the person of ,christ without the       
,spirit of ,christ who reveals him1 so  
impossible it is that we should know the
 truth as it is in ,jesus without the   
,spirit of truth who is appointed to    
convey it4  ,the ,spirit of truth whom  
the world cannot receive 7,john #ad3    
#ag7--,we must come to ,christ before   
the ,spirit can come to us4  ,the       
,spirit of truth which proceedeth from  
the ,father 7,john #ae3 #bf7--;,he can  

only teach us in intelligent sonship to 
cry ,abba1 ,father4  ,the ,spirit of    
truth 4 4 4 shall guide you into all    
truth 7,john #af3 #ac74  ,divine        
knowledge is all and altogether in his  
power to communicate1 and without his   
illumination it must be hidden from our 
understanding4  ,thus we have had the   
enduement of the ,spirit presented to us
 under three aspects--sealing1 filling1 
and anointing--all of which terms1 so   
far as we can understand1 signify the   
same thing--the gift of the ,holy ,ghost
 appropriated through faith4  ,each of  
these terms is connected with some      
special #ic ,divine endowment--the seal 
with assurance and consecration2 the    
filling with power2 and the anointing   
with knowledge4 ,all these gifts are    
wrapt up in the one gift in which they  
are included1 and without whom we are   
excluded from their possession4  ,while 
thus we conclude that it is a           
,christian's privilege and duty to claim
 a distinct anointing of the ,spirit to 

qualify him for his work1 we would be   
careful not to prescribe any stereotyped
 exercises through which one must       
necessarily pass in order to possess it4
  ,it is easy to cite cases of decisive1
 vivid1 and clearly marked experience of
 the ,spirit's enduement1 as in the     
lives of ,dr4 ,finney1 ,james ,brainard 
,taylor1 and many others4  ,and instead 
of discrediting these experiences--so   
definite as to time and so distinct as  
to accompanying credentials--we would   
ask the reader to study them1 and       
observe the remarkable effects which    
followed in the ministry of those who   
enjoyed them4  ,the lives of many of the
 co-laborers with ,wesley and           
,whitefield give a striking confirmation
 of the doctrine which we are defending4
 ,years of barren ministry1 in which the
 gospel was preached with orthodox      
correctness and literary finish1        
followed1 after the ,holy ,spirit had   
been recognized and appropriated1 by    
evangelistic pastorates of the most     

fervent type1 such is the history of not
 a few of these mighty men of ,god4  #id
  ,let not this great subject be        
embarrassed by too minute theological   
definitions on the one hand1 nor by the 
too exacting demand for striking        
spiritual exercises on the other1 lest  
we put upon simple souls a burden       
greater than they can bear4             
,nevertheless we cannot emphasize too   
strongly the divine crisis in the soul  
which a full reception of the ,holy     
,ghost may bring4  ,my little children1 
of whom ,i travail in birth again until 
,christ be formed in you 7,gal4 #d3     
#ai71 writes the apostle to those who   
had already believed on the ,son of     
,god4 ,whatever he may have meant in    
this fervent saying1 we doubt not that  
the deepest yearning of the ,spirit is  
for the informing of ,christ in the     
heart1 in order to that outward         
conformity to ,christ which is the      
supreme end of ,christian nurture4  ,if 
we conceive of the ,christian life as   

only a gradual growth in grace1 is there
 not danger that we come to regard this 
growth as both invisible and inevitable1
 and so take little responsibility for  
its accomplishment8  ,let the believer  
receive the ,holy ,ghost by a definite  
act of faith for his consecration1 as he
 received ,christ by faith for his      
justification1 and may he not be sure   
that he is in a safe and scriptural way 
of acting8  ,we know of no plainer form 
of stating the matter than to speak of  
it as a simple acceptance by faith1 the 
faith which is    ,an affirmation and an
 act1   ,which bids eternal truth be    
present fact4   #ie  ,it is a fact that 
,christ has made atonement for sin2 in  
conversion faith appropriates this fact 
in order to our justification4  ,it is a
 fact that the ,holy ,ghost has been    
given2 in consecration faith            
appropriates this fact for our          
sanctification4  ,one who writes upon   
this subject with a scholarship         
evidently illuminated by a deep         

spiritual tuition1 says3 ,if a reference
 to personal experience may be          
permitted1 ,i may indeed here 'set my   
seal4'  ,never shall ,i forget the gain 
to conscious faith and peace which came 
to my own soul1 not long after a first  
decisive and appropriating view of the  
crucified ,lord as the sinner's         
sacrifice of peace1 from a more         
intelligent and conscious hold upon the 
living and most gracious personality of 
the ,spirit through whose mercy the soul
 had got that blessed view4  ,it was a  
new development of insight into the love
 of ,god4  ,it was a new contact as it  
were with the inner and eternal         
movements of redeeming goodness and     
power1 a new discovery in divine        
resources4#i  ,well is our doctrine     
described in these italicised words3 ,a 
contact with the inner movements of     
,divine power4  ,the energy of the      
,spirit appropriated1 even as with      
uplifted finger the electric car touches
 the current which is moving just above 

it in the wire and is borne irresistibly
 on by it4--,thus does the power which  
is eternally for us become a power      
within us2 the law of ,sinai1 with #if  
its tables of stone1 is replaced by the 
law of the ,spirit of life in the       
fleshly tables of the heart2 the outward
 commandment is exchanged for an inward 
decalogue2 hard duty by holy delight1   
that henceforth the ,christian life may 
be all in ,christ1 by the ,holy ,spirit1
 for the glory of ,god4    #a ,rev4 ,e4 
,boys1 ,filled with the ,spirit1 p4 #hg4
  #b ,it is assumed by some that because
 those that walked with ,christ of old  
received the baptism of the ,holy ,ghost
 and fire at ,pentecost1 more than      
eighteen hundred years ago1 therefore   
all believers now have received the     
same4  ,as well might the apostles1 when
 first called1 have concluded that      
because at his baptism the ,spirit like 
a dove rested upon ,christ1 therefore   
they had equally received the same      
blessing4 ,surely the ,spirit has been  

given and the work in ,christ wrought   
for all2 but to enter into possession1  
to be enlightened and made partakers of 
the ,holy ,ghost1 there must be a       
personal application to the ,lord1      
etc4--,andrew ,jukes1 ,the ,new ,man4   
#c ,william ,kelly1 ,lectures on the    
,new ,testament ,doctrine of the ,holy  
,spirit1 p4 #afa4  #d ,it is a great    
mistake into which some have fallen1 to 
suppose that the results of ,pentecost  
were chiefly miraculous and temporary4  
,the effect of such a view is to keep   
spiritual influences out of sight2 and  
it will be well ever to hold fast the   
assurance that a wide1 deep1 and        
perpetual spiritual blessing in the     
church is that which above all things   
else was secured by the descent of the  
,spirit after ,christ was               
glorified4--,dr4 ,j4 ,elder ,cumming1   
,through the ,eternal ,spirit4  #e ,it  
will be observed that the inscription on
 the seal is substantially the same as  
that upon the forehead of the ,high     

,priest1 ,hebrew characters--,,holiness 
,,to ,,the ,,lord 7,exod4 #ci3 #cj74    
,transcriber's note3 ,i have not        
attempted to insert the transliterated  
,hebrew characters in the above         
footnote4  ,as best my research can tell
 me1 they are1 from left to right1 ,h   
7het1 hei71 ,v_/,o_/,u 7vav71 ,h 7het1  
hei71 ,y 7yod1 yud71 ,l 7lamed71 a blank
 space1 ,s_/,sh 7shin71 ,d 7dalet7 or ,r
 7resh1 reish71 and ,q 7qof_/kuf74  #f  
,the allusion to the seal as a pledge of
 purchase would be peculiarly           
intelligible to the ,ephesians1 for     
,ephesus was a maritime city1 and an    
extensive trade in timber was carried on
 there by the shipmasters of the        
neighboring ports4  ,the method of      
purchase was this3 ,the merchant1 after 
selecting his timber1 stamped it with   
his own signet1 which was an            
acknowledged sign of ownership4  ,he    
often did not carry off his possession  
at the time2 it was left in the harbor  
with other floats of timber2 but it was 

chosen1 bought1 and stamped2 and in due 
time the merchant sent a trusty agent   
with the signet1 who finding that timber
 which bore a corresponding impress1    
claimed and brought it away for the     
master's use4  ,thus the ,holy ,spirit  
impresses on the soul now the image of  
,jesus ,christ2 and this is the sure    
pledge of the everlasting               
inheritance4--,e4 ,h4 ,bickersteth1 ,the
 ,spirit of ,life1 p4 #agf4  #g ,john   
,owen1 ,d4 ,d41 ,discourse ,concerning  
the ,spirit1 pp4 #djf1 #djg4  #h        
,through the ,eternal ,spirit1 by ,james
 ,elder ,cumming1 ,d4,d41 pp4 #adf1     
#adg4  #i ,veni ,creator ,spiritus1 by  
,principal ,h4 ,c4 ,g4 ,moule1 p4 #ac4  
#ig  ,,vi  ,,the ,,communion ,,of ,,the 
,,spirit     #ih  ,in his intimate union
 with his ,son1 the ,holy ,spirit is the
 unique organ by which ,god wills to    
communicate to man his own life1 the    
supernatural life1 the divine life--that
 is to say1 his holiness1 his power1 his
 love1 his felicity4  ,to this end the  

,son works outwardly1 the ,holy ,spirit 
inwardly4--,pastor ,g4 ,f4 ,tophel4     
#ii  ,,vi  ,,the ,,communion ,,of ,,the 
,,spirit  ,the familiar benediction     
which invokes upon us the communion of  
the ,holy ,ghost has probably a deeper  
meaning in it than has generally been   
recognized4  ,the word                  
communion--choinnia--signifies the      
having in common4  ,it is used of the   
fellowship of believers one with        
another1 and also of their mutual       
fellowship with ,god4  ,the ,holy       
,spirit dwelling in us is the agent     
through whom this community of life and 
love is effected and maintained4  ,and  
truly our fellowship1 says ,john1 is    
with the ,father and with his ,son      
,jesus ,christ 7#a ,john #a3 #c74  ,but 
this having in common with the first two
 persons of the ,godhead were only      
possible through the communion of the   
,holy ,ghost1 the third person4  ,in his
 promise of the ,comforter1 ,jesus said3
 ,he shall take of mine and show it unto

 you4  ,as the ,son while on earth      
communicated to men the spiritual riches
 of the invisible ,father1 so the       
,spirit now communicates to us the      
hidden things of the invisible ,son2 and
 if we were required to describe in a   
word the present office-work of the     
,holy ,ghost1 we should say that it is  
to make true in us that which is already
 true for us in #ajj our glorified      
,lord4  ,all light and life and warmth  
are stored up for us in the sun2 but    
these can only reach us through the     
atmosphere which stands between us and  
that sun as the medium of communication2
 even so in ,christ are hidden all the  
treasures of wisdom and knowledge1 and  
by the ,holy ,spirit these are made over
 to us4  ,it will be our endeavor in    
this chapter to count up our hid        
treasures in ,christ1 and to consider   
the ,spirit in his various offices of   
communication4  #a4  ,the ,spirit of    
,life3 ,our ,regeneration4  ,not until  
our ,lord took his place at ,god's right

 hand did he assume his full prerogative
 as life-giver to us4  ,he was here in  
the flesh for our death2 he took on him 
our nature that he might in himself     
crucify our ,adam-life and put it away4 
,but when he rose from the dead and sat 
down on his ,father's throne1 he became 
the life-giver to all his mystical body1
 which is the church4  ,to talk of being
 saved by the earthly life of ,jesus is 
to know ,christ only after the flesh4   
,true1 the apostle says that being      
reconciled by ,christ's death1 much more
 being reconciled we shall be saved by  
his life4  ,but he here refers plainly  
to his glorified life4 ,and ,jesus1     
looking forward to the time when he     
should have risen from the dead1 says3  
,because ,i live1 ye shall live also4   
,christ on the throne is really the     
heart of the church1 and every          
regeneration is a pulse-beat of that    
heart in souls begotten from above #aja 
through the ,holy ,spirit4  ,the new    
birth therefore is not a change of      

nature as it is sometimes defined2 it is
 rather the communication of the ,divine
 nature1 and the ,holy ,spirit is now   
the ,mediator through whom this life is 
transmitted4  ,if we take our ,lord's   
words to ,nicodemus3 ,except a man be   
born again he cannot see the kingdom of 
,god1 and press the again anthen back to
 its deepest significance1 it becomes   
very instructive4  ,born from above1 say
 some4  ,and very true to fact is this  
saying4  ,regeneration is not our       
natural life carried up to its highest  
point of attainment1 but the ,divine    
life brought down to its lowest point of
 condescension1 even to the heart of    
fallen man4  ,john1 in speaking of      
,jesus as the life-giver1 calls him he  
that cometh from above 7#c3 #ca72 and   
,jesus1 in speaking to the degenerate   
sons of ,abraham1 says3 ,ye are from    
beneath1 ,i am from above 7,john #h3    
#bc74 ,it has been the constant dream   
and delusion of men that they could rise
 to heaven by the development and       

improvement of their natural life4      
,jesus by one stroke of revelation      
destroys this hope1 telling his hearer  
that unless he has been begotten of ,god
 who is above as truly as he has been   
begotten of his father on earth1 he     
cannot see the kingdom of ,god4  ,others
 make these words of our ,lord signify  
born from the beginning4  ,there must be
 a resumption of life de novo1 a return 
to the original #ajb source and fountain
 of being4  ,to find this it is not     
enough that we go back to the           
creation-beginning revealed in ,genesis2
 we must return to the                  
precreation-beginning revealed in ,john1
 the book of re-genesis4  ,in the       
opening of ,genesis we find ,adam1      
created holy1 now fallen through        
temptation1 his face averted from ,god  
and leading the whole human race after  
him into sin and death4  ,in the opening
 of the ,gospel of ,john we find the    
,son of ,god in holy fellowship with the
 ,father4  ,in the beginning was the    

,word1 and the ,word was toward ,god1   
pros ton theon--not merely proceeding   
from ,god1 but tending toward ,god by   
eternal communion4  ,conversion restores
 man to this lost attitude3 ,ye turned  
to ,god1 pros ton theon1 from idols to  
serve the living and true ,god 7#a      
,thess4 #a3 #i74  ,regeneration restores
 man to his forfeited life1 the unfallen
 life of the ,son of ,god1 the life     
which has never wavered from steadfast  
fellowship with the ,father4 ,i give    
unto them eternal life1 says ,jesus4    
,is eternal life without end8  ,yes2 and
 just as truly without beginning4  ,it  
is uncreated being in distinction from  
all-created being2 it is the ,i-am life 
of ,god in contrast to the ,i-become    
life of all human souls4  ,by spiritual 
birth we acquire a divine heredity as   
truly as by natural birth we acquire a  
human heredity4  ,in the condensed      
antithesis with which our ,lord         
concludes his demand for the new birth1 
we have both the philosophy and the     

justification of his #ajc doctrine3     
,that which is born of the flesh is     
flesh1 and that which is born of the    
,spirit is spirit4  ,marvel not that ,i 
say unto you1 ,ye must be born anew     
7,john #c3 #g1 ,r4 ,v474  ,by no process
 of evolution1 however prolonged1 can   
the natural man be developed into the   
spiritual man2 by no process of         
degeneration can the spiritual man      
deteriorate into the natural man4       
,these two are from a totally different 
stock and origin2 the one is from       
beneath1 the other is from above4       
,there is but one way through which the 
relation of sonship can be established1 
and that is by begetting4  ,that ,god   
has created all men does not constitute 
them his sons in the evangelical sense  
of that word4  ,the sonship on which the
 ,new ,testament dwells so constantly is
 based absolutely and solely on the     
experience of the new birth1 while the  
doctrine of universal sonship rests     
either upon a daring denial or a daring 

assumption--the denial of the universal 
fall of man through sin1 or the         
assumption of the universal regeneration
 of man through the ,spirit4  ,in either
 case the teaching belongs to another   
gospel1 the recompense of whose         
preaching is not a beatitude but an     
anathema4#a  ,the contrast between the  
two lives and the way #ajd in which the 
partnership--the choinnia--with the new 
is effected1 is told in that deep saying
 of ,peter3 ,whereby he hath granted us 
his precious and exceeding great        
promises2 that through these ye may     
become partakers--choinnia--of the      
divine nature1 having escaped from the  
corruption which is in the world by lust
 7#b ,pet4 #a3 #d1 ,r4 ,v474  ,here are 
the two streams of life contrasted3  #a4
  ,the corruption in the world through  
lust4  #b4  ,the ,divine nature which is
 in the world through the incarnation4  
,here is the ,adam-life into which we   
are brought by natural birth2 and over  
against it the ,christ-life into which  

we are brought by spiritual birth4      
,from the one we escape1 of the other we
 partake4  ,the source and issue of the 
one are briefly summarized3 ,lust when  
it hath conceived bringeth forth sin1   
and sin when it is finished bringeth    
forth death4  ,the ,jordan is a fitting 
symbol of our natural life1 rising in a 
lofty elevation and from pure springs1  
but plunging steadily down till it pours
 itself into that ,dead ,sea from which 
there is no outlet3 ,to be taken out of 
this stream and to be brought into the  
life which flows from the heart of ,god 
is man's only hope of salvation4 ,and   
the method of effecting this transition 
is plainly stated1 through these1 or by 
means of the precious and exceeding     
great promises4  ,as in grafting1 the   
old and degenerate stock must first be  
cut off and then the new inserted1 so   
#aje in regeneration we are separated   
from the flesh and incorporated by the  
,spirit4  ,and what the scion is in     
grafting1 the word or promise of ,god is

 in regeneration4  ,it is the medium    
through which the ,holy ,spirit is      
conveyed1 the germ cell in which the    
,divine life is enfolded4  ,hence the   
emphasis which is put in ,scripture upon
 the appropriation of divine truth4  ,we
 are told that of his own will begat he 
us with the word of truth 7,james #a3   
#ah74 ,having been begotten again1 not  
of corruptible seed but of              
incorruptible1 through the word of ,god1
 which liveth and abideth 7#a ,peter #a3
 #bc1 ,r4 ,v474  ,very deep and         
significant1 therefore1 is the saying of
 ,jesus in respect to the regenerating  
power of his words1 in the sixth chapter
 of the ,gospel of ,john2 ,he emphasizes
 the contrariety between the two        
natures1 the human and the divine1      
saying3 ,it is the ,spirit that         
quickeneth1 the flesh profiteth nothing4
  ,and then he adds3 ,the words which ,i
 have spoken unto you are spirit and    
life4  ,as ,god in creation breathed    
into man the breath of life and he      

became a living soul1 so the ,lord      
,jesus by the word of his mouth1 which  
is the breath of life1 recreates man and
 makes him alive unto ,god4  ,and not   
life only1 but likeness as well1 is thus
 imparted4  ,so ,god created man in his 
own image2 in the image of ,god created 
he him1 is the simple story of the      
origin of an innocent race4  ,then      
follows the temptation and the fall1 and
 then the story of the #ajf descent of a
 ruined humanity3 ,and ,adam begot a son
 in his own likeness1 after his image4  
,and yet how wide the gulf between these
 two origins4  ,the notion is persistent
 and incurable in the human heart1 that 
whatever variation there may have been  
from the original type1 education and   
training can reshape the likeness of    
,adam to the likeness of ,god4  ,as the 
twig is bent the tree is inclined1 says 
the popular proverb4  ,true2 but though 
a crooked sapling may be developed into 
the upright oak1 no bending or          
manipulation can ever so change the     

species of the tree as to enable men to 
gather grapes of thorns or figs of      
thistles4  ,here again the dualism of   
,jesus ,christ's teaching is distinctly 
recognized4  ,a good tree cannot bring  
forth evil fruit1 neither can a corrupt 
tree bring forth good fruit4  ,and what 
is the remedy for a corrupt tree8  ,the 
cutting off of the old and the bringing 
in of a new scion and stock4 ,the life  
of ,god can alone beget the likeness of 
,god2 the divine type is wrapped up in  
the same germ which holds the ,divine   
nature4  ,therefore in regeneration we  
are said to have put on the new man who 
is renewed in knowledge after the image 
of him that created him 7,col4 #c3 #aj71
 and which after ,god hath been created 
in 4 4 4 true holiness 7,eph4 #d3 #bd74 
,in a word1 the lost image of ,god is   
not restamped upon us1 but renewed      
within us4  ,christ our life was        
begotten of the ,holy ,ghost1 and he    
became #ajg the fount and origin of life
 henceforth for all his church4  ,this  

communication of the divine life from   
,christ to the soul through the ,holy   
,spirit is a hidden transaction1 but so 
great in its significance and issues    
that one has well called it the greatest
 of all miracles4  ,as in the origin of 
our natural life we are made in secret  
and curiously wrought1 much more in our 
spiritual4  ,but the issue has to do    
with the farthest eternity4  ,as when   
the ,lord was born the world still went 
on its old way1 little conscious that   
one had come who should one day change  
and rule all things1 so when the new man
 is framed within1 the old life for a   
while goes on much as before2 the daily 
calling1 and the earthly cares1 and too 
often old lusts and habits also1 still  
engross us2 a worldly eye sees little   
new1 while yet the life which shall live
 forever has been quickened within and a
 new man been formed who shall inherit  
all4#b  #b4  ,the ,spirit of ,holiness3 
,our ,sanctification4  ,according to the
 ,spirit of holiness ,christ was        

declared to be the ,son of ,god in power
 by the resurrection from the dead      
7,rom4 #a3 #d74  ,how striking the      
antithesis between our ,lord's two      
natures1 as revealed in this passage1   
,son of ,david as to the flesh1 ,son of 
,god as to the ,spirit4  ,and as he is  
so are we in this world4  ,we who are   
regenerate have two natures1 the one    
derived from ,adam1 the other #ajh      
derived from ,christ1 and our           
sanctification consists in the double   
process of mortification and            
vivification1 the deadening and subduing
 of the old and the quickening and      
developing of the new4  ,in other words1
 what was wrought in ,christ who was put
 to death in the flesh but quickened in 
the spirit is rewrought in us through   
the constant operation of the ,holy     
,ghost1 and thus the cross and the      
resurrection extend their sway over the 
entire life of the ,christian4          
,consider these two experiences4        
,mortification is not asceticism4  ,it  

is not a self-inflicted compunction1 but
 a ,christ-inflicted crucifixion4  ,our 
,lord was done with the cross when on   
,calvary he cried3 ,it is finished4     
,but where he ended each disciple must  
begin3 ,if any man will come after me   
let him deny himself and take up his    
cross and follow me4  ,for whosoever    
will save his life shall lose it1 and   
whosoever will lose his life for my sake
 shall find it 7,matt4 #af3 #bd1 #be74  
,these words1 so constantly repeated in 
one form or another by our ,lord1 make  
it clear that the death-principle must  
be realized within us in order that the 
life-principle may have final and       
triumphant sway4  ,it is to this truth  
which every disciple is solemnly        
committed in his baptism3 ,know ye not  
that so many of us as were baptized into
 ,christ were baptized into his death8  
,therefore we were buried with him by   
baptism into death1 that like as ,christ
 was raised up from the dead by #aji the
 glory of the ,father1 even so we also  

should walk in newness of life 7,rom4   
#f3 #c1 #d74 ,baptism is the monogram of
 the ,christian2 by it every believer is
 sealed and certified as a participant  
in the death and life of ,christ2 and   
the ,holy ,spirit has been given to be  
the ,executor of the contract thus made 
at the symbolic grave of ,christ4  ,in  
considering the great fact of the       
believer's death in ,christ to sin and  
the law1 we must not confound what the  
,scriptures clearly distinguish4  ,there
 are three deaths in which we have part3
  #a4  ,death in sin1 our natural       
condition4  #b4  ,death for sin1 our    
judicial condition4  #c4  ,death to sin1
 our sanctified condition4  #a4  ,death 
in sin4  ,and you 4 4 4 who were dead in
 trespasses and sins1 ,and you being    
dead in your sins 7,eph4 #b3 #a2 ,col4  
#b3 #ac74  ,this is the condition in    
which we are by nature1 as participants 
in the fall and ruin into which the     
transgression of our first parents has  
plunged the race4  ,it is a condition in

 which we are under moral insensibility 
to the claims of ,god's holiness and    
love2 and under the sentence of eternal 
punishment from the law which we have   
broken4  ,in this state of death in sin 
,christ found the whole world when he   
came to be our ,saviour4  #b4  ,death   
for sin4  ,wherefore1 my brethren1 ye   
also are become dead to the law by the  
body of ,christ 7,rom4 #g3 #d74  ,this  
is the condition into #aaj which ,christ
 brought us by his sacrifice upon the   
cross4  ,he endured the sentence of a   
violated law on our behalf1 and         
therefore we are counted as having      
endured it in him4  ,what he did for us 
is reckoned as having been done by us3  
,because we thus judge1 that one died   
for all1 therefore all died 7#b ,cor4   
#e3 #ad1 ,r4 ,v474  ,being one with     
,christ through faith1 we are identified
 with him on the cross3 ,i have been    
crucified with ,christ 7,gal4 #b3 #bj1  
,r4 ,v474  ,this condition of death for 
sin having been effected for us by our  

,saviour1 we are held legally or        
judicially free from the penalty of a   
violated law1 if by our personal faith  
we will consent to the transaction4  #c4
  ,death to sin4  ,even so reckon ye    
also yourselves to be dead unto sin1 but
 alive unto ,god in ,christ ,jesus      
7,rom4 #f3 #aa1 ,r4 ,v474  ,this is the 
condition of making true in ourselves   
what is already true for us in ,christ1 
of rendering practical what is now      
judicial2 in other words1 of being dead 
to the power of sin in ourselves1 as we 
are already dead to the penalty of sin  
through ,jesus ,christ4  ,as it is      
written in the ,epistle to the          
,colossians3 ,for ye died1 judicially in
 ,christ1 mortify--make dead            
practically--therefore your members     
which are upon the earth 7,col4 #c3 #b1 
#e1 ,r4 ,v474  ,it is this condition    
which the ,holy ,spirit is constantly   
effecting in us if we will have it so4  
,if ye through the ,spirit do mortify   
the deeds of the body #aaa ye shall live

 7,rom4 #h3 #ac74  ,this is not         
self-deadening1 as the ,revised ,version
 seems to suggest by its decapitalizing 
of the word ,spirit4  ,self is not      
powerful enough to conquer self1 the    
human spirit to get the victory over the
 human flesh4  ,that were like a        
drowning man with his right hand laying 
hold on his left hand1 only that both   
may sink beneath the waves4  ,old ,adam 
is too strong for young ,melancthon1    
said the ,reformer4  ,it is the ,spirit 
of ,god overcoming our fleshly nature by
 his indwelling life1 on whom is our    
sole dependence4  ,our principal care   
therefore must be to walk in the ,spirit
 and be filled with the ,spirit1 and all
 the rest will come spontaneously and   
inevitably4  ,as the ascending sap in   
the tree crowds off the dead leaves     
which in spite of storm and frost cling 
to the branches all winter long1 so does
 the ,holy ,ghost within us1 when       
allowed full sway1 subdue and expel the 
remnants of our sinful nature4  ,one    

cannot fail to see that asceticism is an
 absolute inversion of the ,divine      
order1 since it seeks life through death
 instead of finding death through life4 
,no degree of mortification can ever    
bring us to sanctification4  ,we are to 
put off the old man with his deeds4     
,but how8  ,by putting on the new man   
who is renewed in knowledge after the   
image of him that created him4  ,for the
 law of the ,spirit of life in ,christ  
,jesus hath made me free from the law of
 sin and death 7,rom4 #h3 #b71 #aab     
writes ,paul4  ,it is a pointed         
statement of the case which one makes in
 describing the transition from the old 
to the new in his own experience1 from  
the former life of perpetual defeat to  
the present life of victory through     
,christ4  ,once it was a constant       
breaking off1 now it is a daily bringing
 in1 he says4  ,that is1 the former     
striving was directed to being rid of   
the inveterate habits and evil          
tendencies of the old nature--its       

selfishness1 its pride1 its lust1 and   
its vanity4  ,now the effort is to bring
 in the ,spirit1 to drink in his divine 
presence1 to breathe1 as a holy         
atmosphere1 his supernatural life4  ,the
 indwelling of the ,spirit can alone    
effect the exclusion of sin4  ,this will
 appear if we consider what has been    
called the expulsive power of a new     
affection4  ,love not the world1 neither
 the things that are in the world1 says 
the ,scripture4  ,but all experience    
proves that loving not is only possible 
through loving1 the worldly affection   
being overcome by the heavenly4  ,and we
 find this method clearly exhibited in  
the word4  ,the love of the ,spirit     
7,rom4 #ae3 #cj7 is given us for        
overcoming the world4  ,the divine life 
is the source of the divine love4       
,therefore the love of ,god is shed     
abroad in our hearts by the ,holy ,ghost
 which is given unto us4  ,because we   
are by nature so wholly without heavenly
 affection1 ,god1 through the indwelling

 ,spirit1 gives us his own love with    
which to love himself4  ,herein #aac is 
the highest credential of discipleship3 
,by this shall all men know that ye are 
my disciples1 if ye have love one to    
another 7,john #ac3 #ce74  ,as ,christ  
manifested to the world the love of the 
,father1 so are we to manifest the love 
of ,christ--a manifestation1 however1   
which is only possible because of our   
possessorship of a common life4  ,as one
 has truly said concerning our          
,saviour's command to his disciples to  
love one another3 ,it is a command which
 would be utterly idle and futile were  
it not that he1 the ever-loving ,one1 is
 willing to put his own love within me4 
,the command is really no more than to  
be a branch of the true vine4  ,i am to 
cease from my own living and loving1 and
 yield myself to the expression of      
,christ's love4  ,and what is true of   
the love of ,christ is true of the      
likeness of ,christ4  ,how is the       
likeness acquired8  ,through            

contemplation and imitation8  ,so some  
have taught4  ,and it is true1 if only  
the indwelling ,spirit is behind all1   
beneath all1 and effectually operative  
in all4  ,as it is written3 ,but we all 
with unveiled face1 reflecting as a     
mirror the glory of the ,lord1 are      
transformed into the same image from    
glory to glory1 even as from the ,lord1 
the ,spirit 7#b ,cor4 #c3 #ah1 ,r4 ,v474
  ,it is only the ,spirit of the ,lord  
dwelling within us that can fashion us  
to the image of the ,lord set before us4
  ,who is sufficient by external        
imitation of ,christ to become #aad     
conformed to the likeness of ,christ8   
,imagine one without genius and devoid  
of the artist's training sitting down   
before ,raphael's famous picture of the 
,transfiguration and attempting to      
reproduce it4  ,how crude and mechanical
 and lifeless his work would be6  ,but  
if such a thing were possible that the  
spirit of ,raphael should enter into the
 man and obtain the mastery of his mind 

and eye and hand1 it would be entirely  
possible that he should paint this      
masterpiece2 for it would simply be     
,raphael reproducing ,raphael4  ,and    
this in a mystery is what is true of the
 disciple filled with the ,holy ,ghost4 
,christ1 who is the image of the        
invisible ,god1 is set before him as his
 divine pattern1 and ,christ by the     
,spirit dwells within him as a divine   
life1 and ,christ is able to image forth
 ,christ from the interior life to the  
outward example4  ,of course likeness to
 ,christ is but another name for        
holiness1 and when1 at the resurrection1
 we awake satisfied with his likeness   
7,ps4 #ag3 #ae71 we shall be perfected  
in holiness4  ,this is simply saying    
that sanctification is progressive and  
not1 like conversion1 instantaneous4    
,and yet we must admit the force of what
 a devout and thoughtful writer says as 
to the danger of regarding it as only a 
gradual growth4  ,if a ,christian looks 
upon himself as a tree planted by the   

rivers of water that bringeth forth his 
fruit in his season1 he judges rightly4 
,but to conclude therefore that his     
growth will be as #aae irresistible as  
that of the tree1 coming as a matter of 
course simply because he has by         
regeneration been planted in ,christ1 is
 a grave mistake4  ,the disciple is     
required to be consciously and          
intelligently active in his own growth1 
as a tree is not1 to give all diligence 
to make his calling and election sure4  
,and when we say active we do not mean  
self-active merely1 for which of you by 
being anxious can add one cubit unto his
 stature8 asks ,jesus 7,matt4 #f3 #bg1  
,r4 ,v474  ,but we must surrender       
ourselves to the divine action by living
 in the ,spirit and praying in the      
,spirit and walking in the ,spirit1 all 
of which conditions are as essential to 
our development in holiness1 as the rain
 and the sunshine are to the growth of  
the oak4  ,it is possible that through a
 neglect and grieving of the ,spirit a  

,christian may be of smaller stature in 
his age than he was in his spiritual    
infancy1 his progress being a           
retrogression rather than an advance4   
,therefore in saying that sanctification
 is progressive let us beware of        
concluding that it is inevitable4       
,moreover1 as candid inquirers1 we must 
ask what of truth and of error there may
 be in the doctrine of instantaneous    
sanctification1 which many devout       
persons teach and profess to have       
proved4  ,if the conception is that of a
 state of sinless perfection into which 
the believer has been suddenly lifted   
and of deliverance from a sinful nature 
which has been suddenly eradicated1 we  
must #aaf consider this doctrine as     
dangerously untrue4  ,but we do consider
 it possible that one may experience a  
great crisis in his spiritual life1 in  
which there is such a total             
self-surrender to ,god and such an      
infilling of the ,holy ,spirit1 that he 
is freed from the bondage of sinful     

appetites and habits1 and enabled to    
have constant victory over self1 instead
 of suffering constant defeat4  ,in     
saying this1 what more do we affirm than
 is taught in that scripture3 ,walk in  
the ,spirit and ye shall not fulfill the
 lust of the flesh 7,gal4 #e3 #af74     
,divine truth as revealed in ,scripture 
seems often to lie between two extremes4
  ,it is emphatically so in regard to   
this question4  ,what a paradox it is   
that side by side in the ,epistle of    
,john we should have the strongest      
affirmation of the ,christian's         
sinfulness3 ,if we say that we have no  
sin we deceive ourselves1 and the truth 
is not in us2 and the strongest         
affirmation of his sinlessness3         
,whosoever is born of ,god doth not     
commit sin1 for his seed remaineth in   
him1 and he cannot sin because he is    
born of ,god 7#a ,john #a3 #h2 #c3 #i74 
,now heresy means a dividing or         
choosing1 and almost all of the gravest 
errors have arisen from adopting some   

extreme statement of ,scripture to the  
rejection of the other extreme4  ,if we 
regard the doctrine of sinless          
perfection as a heresy1 we regard       
contentment with sinful imperfection as 
a greater heresy4  ,and we gravely fear 
that many ,christians make the #aag     
apostle's words1 ,if we say we have no  
sin we deceive ourselves1 the           
unconscious justification for a low     
standard of ,christian living4  ,it were
 almost better for one to overstate the 
possibilities of sanctification in his  
eager grasp after holiness1 than to     
understate them in his complacent       
satisfaction with a traditional         
unholiness4 ,certainly it is not an     
edifying spectacle to see a ,christian  
worldling throwing stones at a          
,christian perfectionist4  ,what then   
would be a true statement of the        
doctrine which we are considering1 one  
which would embrace both extremes of    
statement as they appear in the ,epistle
 of ,john8  ,sinful in self1 sinless in 

,christ--is our answer3 ,in him is no   
sin2 whosoever abideth in him sinneth   
not 7#a ,john #c3 #e1 #f74  ,if through 
the communication of the ,holy ,spirit  
the life of ,christ is constantly       
imparted to us1 that life will prevail  
within us4  ,that life is absolutely    
sinless1 as incapable of defilement as  
the sunbeam which has its fount and     
origin in the sun4  ,in proportion to   
the closeness of our abiding in him will
 be the completeness of our deliverance 
from sinning4  ,and we doubt not that   
there are ,christians who have yielded  
themselves to ,god in such absolute     
surrender1 and who through the upholding
 power of the ,spirit have been so kept 
in that condition of surrender1 that sin
 has not had dominion over them4  ,if in
 them the war between the flesh and the 
spirit has not been forever ended1 there
 has #aah been present victory in which 
troublesome sins have ceased from their 
assaults1 and the peace of ,god has     
ruled in the heart4  ,but sinning is one

 thing and a sinful nature is another2  
and we see no evidence in ,scripture    
that the latter is ever eradicated      
completely while we are in the body4    
,if we could see ourselves with ,god's  
eye1 we should doubtless discover       
sinfulness lying beneath our most joyful
 moments of unsinning conduct1 and the  
stain of our old and fallen nature so   
discoloring our whitest actions as to   
convince us that we are not yet         
faultless in his presence4  ,only let us
 gladly emphasize this fact1 that as we 
inherit from ,adam a nature incapable of
 sinlessness1 we inherit from ,christ a 
nature incapable of sinfulness4         
,therefore1 it is written3 ,whosoever is
 born of ,god cannot sin1 for his seed  
remaineth in him4  ,it is not the nature
 of the new nature to sin2 it is not the
 law of the law of the ,spirit of life  
to transgress4  ,for the new-born man to
 do evil is to transgress the law of his
 nature as before it was to obey it4    
,in a word1 before our regeneration we  

lived in sin and loved it2 since our    
regeneration we may lapse into sin but  
we loathe it4  #c4  ,the ,spirit of     
,glory3 ,our ,transfiguration4  ,the    
,spirit of glory and of ,god resteth    
upon you1 writes ,peter 7#a ,peter #d3  
#ad74  ,let us recall this apostle's    
habit of dividing the stages of         
redemption into these two1 the          
sufferings of ,christ and the #aai glory
 that should follow1 in which he seems  
to conceive of our ,lord's mystical     
body1 the church1 as passing through and
 reproducing the twofold experience of  
its ,head1 in humiliation and in        
subsequent exaltation4  ,even in the    
time of her humiliation she has the     
,spirit of glory abiding on her1 as the 
cloud of glory rested down upon the     
tabernacle in the wilderness during all 
the pilgrimage of the children of       
,israel4  ,and is not ,peter's saying   
the same as ,paul's1 in his picture of  
the suffering creation3 ,but ourselves  
also1 which have the first-fruits of the

 ,spirit1 even we ourselves groan within
 ourselves1 waiting for the adoption1 to
 wit1 the redemption of our body 7,rom4 
#h3 #bc74  ,not yet have we reached the 
consummation of our hope1 at the        
appearing of the glory of our great ,god
 and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ 7,titus #b3
 #ac1 ,r4 ,v472 but the ,spirit1 through
 whose inworking power this great change
 is to be wrought1 already dwells in us1
 giving us by his present quickening the
 pledge and earnest of our final glory4 
,and so we read in another ,scripture3  
,but if the ,spirit of him that raised  
up ,jesus from the dead dwell in you1 he
 that raised up ,christ from the dead   
shall also quicken your mortal bodies by
 his ,spirit that dwelleth in you 7,rom4
 #h3 #aa74 ,it is not our dead bodies   
which are here spoken of as the objects 
of the ,spirit's quickening1 but our    
mortal bodies--bodies liable to death   
and doomed to death if the ,lord #abj   
tarry1 but not yet having experienced   
death4  ,hence the quickening referred  

to has to do rather with the vivifying  
of the living saints than the           
resurrection of the dead saints4  ,of   
course the consummation of this         
vivifying is at the ,lord's coming1 when
 those who have died shall be raised1   
and those who are alive shall be        
transfigured2 but because of the ,spirit
 of life dwelling in us1 who shall say  
that the process has not even now begun8
  ,to explain3 ,behold ,i shew you a    
mystery1 says ,paul2 we shall not all   
sleep1 but we shall all be changed1 in a
 moment1 in the twinkling of an eye1 at 
the last trump 7#a ,cor4 #ae3 #ea1 #eb74
  ,that is1 as at ,christ's coming the  
dead saints will be raised1 so the      
living saints will be translated without
 seeing death4  ,a change will come to  
them1 so far as we can understand1 like 
that which came to ,jesus at his        
resurrection--the body glorified1 all of
 mortal and earthly belonging to it by  
nature eliminated in an instant1 and the
 ,holy ,ghost so completely transforming

 and immortalizing it that it shall     
become perfectly fashioned to the       
likeness of ,christ's glorified body4   
,but having the ,spirit dwelling in us  
we have1 even now1 the first-fruits of  
this transformation in the daily        
renewing of our inward man1 in the      
helping and healing and strengthening   
which sometimes comes to our bodies     
through the hidden life of the ,holy    
,ghost4  ,sanctification is progressive1
 waiting to be #aba consummated in the  
future2 so is glorification in some     
sense progressive1 since by the presence
 of the ,spirit we already have the     
earnest of the glory that is to be4  ,as
 ,edward ,irving beautifully states it1 
condensing his language3 ,as sickness is
 sin apparent in the body1 the          
presentiment of death1 the forerunner of
 corruption1 and as disease of every    
kind is mortality begun1 so the         
quickening of our mortal bodies by the  
inward inspiration of the ,spirit is the
 resurrection forestalled1 redemption   

anticipated1 glory begun in our         
humiliation4  ,when is sanctification   
completed8  ,at death1 is the answer    
which we find given in some creeds and  
manuals of theology4  ,this may be true2
 but we say it not1 because the         
,scripture saith it not4  ,so far as we 
can infer from the word of ,god the date
 of our sanctification or perfection in 
holiness is definitely fixed at the     
appearing of the ,lord a second time    
without sin unto salvation4  ,our       
sanctification1 now going on1 is glory  
begun in us2 our glorification then     
ushered in will be glory completed in   
us4  ,the ,spirit of glory now working  
in us brings forward and already works  
within us the beginning of the perfect  
life4 ,because we have been made        
partakers of the ,holy ,ghost we have   
thereby tasted the powers of the age to 
come 7,heb4 #f3 #d1 #e1 ,r4 ,v471 that  
age of complete deliverance from sin and
 sickness and death4  ,but at most we   
have only tasted as yet2 we have not    

#abb drunk fully into the fountain of   
immortal life4  ,it is at ,christ's     
advent that this blessed consummation is
 fixed3 ,to the end he may establish    
your hearts unblamable in holiness      
before our ,god and ,father at the      
coming of our ,lord ,jesus with all his 
saints 7#a ,thess4 #c3 #ac1 ,r4 ,v474   
,not simply blameless but faultless1    
seems to be the condition here foretold1
 since it is unblamable in the sphere   
and element of holiness4  ,and with this
 agrees another text in the same        
epistle3 ,and the ,god of peace himself 
sanctify you wholly2 and may your spirit
 and soul and body be preserved entire  
without blame at the coming of our ,lord
 ,jesus ,christ 7#a ,thess4 #e3 #bc1 ,r4
 ,v474  ,the time appointed for the     
consummation of this blameless wholeness
 is at the ,saviour's advent in glory4  
,and how suggestive the order maintained
 in naming the threefold man3 ,your     
spirit1 soul1 and body4  ,our           
sanctification moves from within        

outward4  ,it begins with the spirit1   
which is the holy of holies2 the ,spirit
 of ,god acting first on the spirit of  
man in renewing grace1 then upon the    
soul1 till at last it reaches the outer 
court of the body1 at the resurrection  
and translation4  ,when the body is     
glorified1 then only will sanctification
 be consummated1 for then only will the 
whole man1 spirit1 soul1 and body1 have 
come under the ,spirit's perfecting     
power4  ,we may see the difference      
between progressive #abc sanctification 
and perfected sanctification1 or        
glorification1 by comparing familiar    
texts4  ,one already has been quoted in 
this chapter3 ,we all1 beholding as in a
 glass the glory of the ,lord1 are      
changed into the same image from glory  
to glory1 even as by the ,spirit of the 
,lord 7#b ,cor4 #c3 #ah74 ,here are     
degrees of progress from glory to glory1
 and it is a progress in the glorified  
life--gradual conformity to the ,lord of
 glory1 through successive stages of    

glory1 effected by the ,spirit of glory4
  ,the word-painting of the passage     
inevitably associates it in our thought 
with the great transfiguration          
experience of our ,lord1 when by a kind 
of rapture he was for a little while    
taken out of this present evil age      
7,gal4 #a3 #d71 and translated into the 
age to come1 and made to taste of its   
powers as he appeared in glory 7,heb4   
#f3 #e1 ,r4 ,v474  ,so says the apostle3
 ,be not fashioned according to this    
age1 but be ye transformed by the       
renewing of your minds 7,rom4 #ab3 #b1  
,r4 ,v474  ,that is1 by his inward      
transformation the ,holy ,spirit is to  
be daily repeating in us the ,lord's    
glorification1 separating us from the   
present age of sin and death and        
assimilating us to the age to come1 with
 its resurrection triumph and its       
perfected restoration to ,god1 when we  
shall be presented faultless before the 
presence of his glory with exceeding joy
 7,jude #bd74  ,this is our step-by-step

 advancement into a predestined         
inheritance2 and it must for the present
 be #abd step by step4  ,of his fullness
 have all we received1 but we can       
appropriate that fullness only grace by 
grace 7,john #a3 #af74  ,of his         
righteousness we have all been made     
partakers1 but we only advance in its   
possession from faith to faith 7,rom4   
#a3 #ag74  ,even in passing through the 
valley of ,baca we can make it a place  
of springs1 going from strength to      
strength as we appear before ,god in    
,zion 7,ps4 #hd3 #f74  ,thus our growth 
in grace is our glory begun2 but the    
progress is like the artist's slow and  
patient perfecting of his picture4      
,turn now to another statement3 ,we know
 that if he shall be manifested we shall
 be like him1 for we shall see him even 
as he is 7#a ,john #c3 #b1 ,r4 ,v474    
,whatever difficulty may arise from     
another translation of this passage1 one
 thought seems to be taught in the      
entire connection1 viz41 that the       

unveiled manifestation of ,god will     
bring the full perfection of his saints4
  ,thus ,alford sums up the meaning of  
the passage4  ,as the believer1 having  
by a knowledge of ,god been regenerated1
 becomes more and more like ,god1 having
 his seed in him1 so the full and       
perfect accomplishment of this knowledge
 in the actual fruition of ,god himself 
must of necessity bring with it entire  
likeness to ,god4  ,in a word1 it seems 
to us that the sanctification taking    
place at the manifestation of our       
incarnate ,lord will be as the          
instantaneous photograph compared with  
the ,spirit's slow and patient limning  
of the #abe image of ,christ in our     
present state4  ,in a moment1 in the    
twinkling of an eye1 we shall be changed
 7#a ,cor4 #ae3 #eb74  ,then the        
glorified body and the glorified spirit1
 long divorced by sin1 will be          
remarried4  ,so long as this twain are  
separated by death1 or are at war in our
 present earthy life1 our perfection in 

holiness were impossible4  ,it is       
because the resurrection and translation
 of the saints are instantaneous that we
 affirm sanctification to be            
instantaneous at the coming of the      
,lord4  ,the ,scripture is always       
harmonious with itself1 however widely  
separated the writers of its books by   
time or distance4 ,david struck the same
 joyful note with ,john1 though the     
learned may insist that he did not know 
of the resurrection4  ,as for me1 ,i    
shall behold thy face in                
righteousness--the seeing him as he is  
and being made fit to see him4  ,i shall
 be satisfied when ,i awake in thy      
likeness--the conformity to the ,divine 
image at the instant sound of the       
resurrection trump4  7,ps4 #ag3 #ae47   
,perhaps we may conjecture wherein will 
consist the perfection of the           
resurrection state4  ,we may find it in 
that one saying3 ,it is raised a        
spiritual body 7#a ,cor4 #ae3 #dd74     
,now1 how often the body dominates the  

spirit1 making it do what it would not2 
but then1 the spirit will dominate the  
body1 making it do as it will4  ,in a   
house divided against itself there can  
be neither perfection nor peace4  ,such 
is the condition in our present state   
#abf of humiliation4  ,and not the body 
alone1 but the immaterial within us may 
be at war with the divine4  ,what does  
the ,apostle ,jude mean in his          
description of certain who separated    
themselves1 saying that they are        
sensual1 having not the ,spirit 7,jude  
#ai74  ,the soul1 the middle factor in  
the man1 if we may say so1 instead of   
being in alliance with our higher       
nature1 the spirit1 takes sides with the
 lower1 the flesh1 so that instead of   
being spiritual we become earthly1      
sensual1 devilish 7,james #c3 #ae74     
,the whole man must be presented        
blameless at the coming of the ,lord    
before we can enter upon a state of     
blessed perfection4  ,our spirit must   
not only rule our soul and our body1 but

 both these must be subject to the ,holy
 ,spirit of ,god4  ,dimly and           
imperfectly do we thus image to         
ourselves the perfection of our         
spiritual body4  ,now the body bears the
 spirit1 a slow chariot1 whose wheels   
are often disabled1 and whose swiftest  
motion is but labored and tardy4  ,then 
the spirit will bear the body1 carrying 
it as on wings of thought whithersoever 
it will4  ,the ,holy ,ghost1 by his     
divine inworking will1 has completed in 
us the ,divine likeness1 and perfected  
over us the ,divine dominion4  ,the     
human body will now be in sovereign     
subjection to the human spirit1 and the 
human spirit to the divine ,spirit1 and 
,god will be all and in all4    #a      
,milton probably gives the true genesis 
of this doctrine in these words1 which  
he puts into the mouth of ,satan3       
,the son of ,god ,i also am or was2     
,and if ,i was1 ,i am2 relation stands2 
,all men are sons of ,god4  #b ,andrew  
,jukes1 ,the ,new ,man1 p4 #ec4     #abg

  ,,vii  ,,the ,,administration ,,of    
,,the ,,spirit     #abh  ,the ,holy     
,ghost from the day of ,pentecost has   
occupied an entirely new position4  ,the
 whole administration of the affairs of 
the ,church of ,christ has since that   
day devolved upon him4 4 4  ,that day   
was the installation of the ,holy       
,spirit as the ,administrator of the    
,church in all things1 which office he  
is to exercise according to             
circumstances at his discretion4  ,it is
 as vested with such authority that he  
gives his name to this dispensation4 4 4
  ,there is but one other great event to
 which the ,scripture directs us to     
look1 and that is the second coming of  
the ,lord4  ,till then we live in the   
,pentecostal age and under the rule of  
the ,holy ,ghost4--,james ,elder        
,cumming1 ,d4 ,d4     #abi  ,,vii  ,,the
 ,,administration ,,of ,,the ,,spirit   
,the ,holy ,spirit1 as coming down to   
fill the place of the ascended          
,redeemer1 has rightly been called ,the 

,vicar of ,jesus ,christ4  ,to him the  
entire administration of the church has 
been committed until the ,lord shall    
return in glory4  ,his oversight extends
 to the slightest detail in the ordering
 of ,god's house1 holding all in        
subjection to the will of the ,head1 and
 directing all in harmony with the      
divine plan4 ,how clearly this comes out
 in that passage in the twelfth chapter 
of ,first ,corinthians4  ,as in striking
 a series of concentric circles there is
 always one fixed center holding each   
circumference in defined relation to    
itself1 so here we see all the          
diversities of administrations          
determined by the one ,administrator1   
the ,holy ,ghost4 ,varieties of gifts1  
but the same ,spirit2 diversities of    
working1 but the same ,god2 different   
words according to the same ,spirit2    
gifts of faith in the same ,spirit2     
gifts of healing in the one ,spirit2    
miracles1 prophecies1 tongues1          
interpretations1 but all these worketh  

the one and the same ,spirit1 dividing  
to each one severally as he will4       
,whether the authority of this one      
ruling #acj sovereign ,holy ,ghost be   
recognized or ignored determines whether
 the church shall be an anarchy or a    
unity1 a synagogue of lawless ones or   
the temple of the living ,god4  ,would  
one desire to find the clue to the great
 apostasy whose dark eclipse now covers 
two-thirds of nominal ,christendom1 here
 it is--the rule and authority of the   
,holy ,spirit ignored in the church2 the
 servants of the house assuming mastery 
and encroaching more and more on the    
prerogatives of the ,head1 till at last 
one man sets himself up as the          
administrator of the church1 and        
daringly usurps the name of ,the ,vicar 
of ,christ4  ,when the ,spirit of the   
,lord1 speaking by ,paul1 would picture 
the mystery of lawlessness and the      
culmination of apostasy1 he gives us a  
description which none should           
misunderstand3 ,so that he1 as ,god1    

sitteth in the temple of ,god1 shewing  
himself that he is ,god 7#b ,thess4 #b3 
#d74  ,what is the temple of ,god8  ,the
 church without a question3 ,know ye not
 that ye are the temple of ,god1 and    
that the ,spirit of ,god dwelleth in    
you8 7#a ,cor4 #c3 #af74  ,whose        
prerogative is it to sit there8  ,the   
,holy ,ghost's1 its ruler and           
administrator1 and his alone4  ,when    
,christ1 our ,paraclete with the        
,father1 entered upon his ministry on   
high1 we are told more than a score of  
times that he sat down at the right hand
 of ,god4  ,henceforth heaven is his    
official seat1 until he returns in power
 and great glory4  #aca ,when he sent   
down another ,paraclete to abide with us
 for the age1 he took his seat in the   
church1 the temple of ,god1 there to    
rule and to administer till the ,lord   
returns4  ,there is but one ,holy ,see  
upon earth3 that is1 the seat of the    
,holy ,one in the church1 which only the
 ,spirit of ,god can occupy without the 

most daring blasphemy4  ,it becomes all 
true believers to look well to that     
picture of one sitting in the temple of 
,god1 and to read the lesson which it   
teaches4  ,we may have no temptation    
toward the papacy1 which thrusts a man  
into the seat of the ,holy ,ghost1#a or 
toward clerisy which obtrudes an order  
of ecclesiastics--archbishops1          
cardinals1 and archdeacons into that    
sacred place2 but let us remember that a
 democracy may be guilty of the same sin
 as a hierarchy1 in settling solemn     
issues by a show of hands1 instead of   
prayerfully waiting for the guidance of 
the ,holy ,spirit1 in substituting the  
voice of a #acb majority for the voice  
of the ,spirit4  ,of course1 in speaking
 thus we concede that the ,holy ,spirit 
makes known his will in the voice of    
believers1 as also in the voice of      
,scripture4  ,only there must be such   
prayerful sanctifying of the one and    
such prayerful search of the other1 that
 in reaching decisions in the church    

there may be the same declaration as in 
the first ,christian council3 ,it seemed
 good to the ,holy ,ghost and to us     
7,acts #ae3 #bh74  ,in some very        
profound teaching in #b ,cor4 #c we seem
 to have a hint as to how we hear the   
voice of the ,lord in guiding the       
affairs of the church4 ,there1 the      
administration 7diachonia7 of the       
,spirit is distinctly spoken of in      
contrast with the administration of the 
law4  ,its deliverances are written not 
with ink1 not in tables of stone1 but in
 the tables that are the hearts of      
flesh1 with the ,spirit of the living   
,god 7,r4 ,v474  ,there must be a       
sensitive heart wherein this handwriting
 may be inscribed2 an unhindering will  
through which he may act4  ,where the   
,spirit of the ,lord is1 there is       
liberty1 it is written in the same      
passage2 liberty for ,god to speak and  
act as he will through us1 which begets 
loyalty2 not liberty for us to act as we
 will1 which begets lawlessness4  ,to us

 there is something exceedingly         
suggestive in the teaching of the       
,lord's post-ascension gospel1 the      
,revelation1 on this point4  ,the       
epistles to the #acc seven churches we  
hold1 with many of the best             
commentators1 to be a prophetic setting 
forth of the successive stages of the   
church's history--its declines and its  
recoveries1 its failures and its        
repentances1 from ascension to advent4  
,and because the bride of ,christ is    
perpetually betrayed into listening to  
false teachers and surrendering to the  
guidance of evil counsellors1 the ,lord 
is constantly admonishing her to heed   
the voice of her true ,teacher and      
,guide1 the ,holy ,ghost4  ,how forcibly
 this admonition is introduced into the 
great ,apocalyptic drama6  ,as in the   
opening of the successive seals1        
representing the judgments of ,god upon 
apostate ,christendom1 the cry is       
repeated1 ,come6  ,come6  ,come6  ,come6
  7,rev4 #f7--;as though the church     

under chastisement would repeatedly     
relearn the advent prayer which her     
,lord put into her mouth in the         
beginning3 ,even so1 come1 ,lord ,jesus1
 so at each stage of the church's       
backsliding a voice is heard from heaven
 saying3 ,he that hath an ear1 let him  
hear what the ,spirit saith unto the    
churches4  ,it is the admonition of him 
that hath the seven spirits of ,god1    
seven times addressed to his church     
throughout her earthly history1 calling 
her to return from her false guides and 
misleading teachers1 and to listen to   
the voice of her true ,counsellor4      
,from this general statement of the     
administration of the ,holy ,spirit let 
us now descend to the #acd particular   
acts and offices in which this authority
 is exercised4  #a4  ,the ,holy ,spirit 
in the ministry and government of the   
church4  ,in speaking to the elders of  
,ephesus ,paul says3 ,take heed unto    
yourselves1 and to all the flock in the 
which the ,holy ,ghost hath made you    

bishops1 to feed the church of ,god     
7,acts #bj3 #bh1 ,r4 ,v474  ,clearly in 
the beginning bishops or pastors were   
given by the ,spirit of ,god1 not by the
 suffrages of the people4  ,the office  
and its incumbent were alike by direct  
divine appointment4  ,we find this      
distinctly set forth in the ,epistle to 
the ,ephesians3 ,when he ascended on    
high1 he led captivity captive1 and gave
 gifts unto men4 4 4  ,and he gave some 
to be apostles2 and some1 prophets2 and 
some1 evangelists2 and some1 pastors and
 teachers2 for the perfecting of the    
saints1 unto the work of ministering1   
unto the building up of the body of     
,christ 7,eph4 #d3 #h-ab1 ,r4 ,v474     
,the ascent of the ,lord and the descent
 of the ,spirit are here exhibited in   
their necessary relation4  ,in the one  
event ,christ took his seat in heaven as
 ,head over all things to his church2 in
 the other the ,holy ,ghost came down to
 begin the work of building up the body 
of ,christ4  ,of course it is the ,head 

who directs the construction of the     
body1 as being fitly framed together it 
groweth into a holy temple in the ,lord2
 and it is the ,holy ,ghost who         
superintends this construction since we 
are #ace builded together for an        
habitation of ,god in the ,spirit4      
,therefore all the offices through which
 this work is to be carried on were     
appointed by ,christ and instituted     
through the ,spirit whom he sent down4  
,suppose now that men invent offices    
which are not named in the inspired     
list1 and set up in the church an order 
of popes and cardinals1 archbishops and 
archdeacons8  ,is it not a presumption1 
the worst fruit of which is not alone   
that it introduces confusion into the   
body of ,christ1 but that it begets     
insubordination to the rule of the ,holy
 ,ghost8  ,but suppose1 on the other    
hand1 that we sacredly maintain those   
offices of the ministry which have been 
established for permanent continuance in
 the church1 and yet take it upon us to 

fill these according to our own         
preference and will2 is this any less an
 affront to the ,spirit8  ,doubtless the
 mistakes of ,god's servants1 as given  
in ,scripture are as truly designed for 
our instruction and admonition as their 
obedient examples4  ,we think we do not 
err in finding such a recorded warning  
in the opening chapter of the ,acts of  
the ,apostles4  ,a vacancy had occurred 
in the apostolate4  ,standing up in the 
upper room1 amidst the hundred and      
twenty1 ,peter boldly affirmed that this
 vacancy must be filled1 and of the men 
who had companied with them during the  
,lord's earthly ministry1 one must be   
ordained to be a witness with us of his 
resurrection4  ,but the #acf disciples  
had hitherto had no voice in choosing   
apostles4  ,the ,lord had done this of  
his own sovereign will3 ,have ,i not    
chosen you twelve8  ,now he had gone    
away into heaven1 and his ,administrator
 had not yet arrived to enter upon his  
office-work4 ,surely if the divine order

 was to be1 that having ascended on high
 he was to give some apostles1 it were  
better to await the coming of the       
,paraclete with his gifts4  ,not only   
so1 but we are persuaded that1 with     
,christ departed and the ,holy ,spirit  
not yet come1 a valid election of an    
apostle were impossible4  ,but in spite 
of this1 a nomination was made2 prayer  
was offered in which the ,lord was asked
 to indicate which of the candidates he 
had chosen2 and then a vote having been 
taken1 ,matthias was declared elected4  
,is there any indication that this      
choice was ever ratified by the ,lord8  
,on the contrary1 ,matthias passes into 
obscurity from this time1 his name never
 again being mentioned4 ,some two years 
subsequent1 the ,lord calls ,saul of    
,tarsus2 he is sealed with his ,spirit1 
and certified by such evident           
credentials of the ,divine appointment  
that he boldly signs himself ,paul1 an  
apostle1 not of men1 neither by man1 but
 by ,jesus ,christ and ,god the ,father 

7,gal4 #a3 #a74  ,we believe that the   
apostolic office has passed away1 the   
qualification therefor1 that of having  
been a witness of the ,lord's           
resurrection1 being now impossible4     
,but the office of pastor1 elder1       
bishop1 or #acg teacher of the flock    
still remains4  ,and the divine plan is 
that this office should be filled1 just 
as in the beginning1 by the appointment 
of the ,holy ,ghost4  ,nor can we doubt 
that if there is a prayerful waiting    
upon him for guidance1 and a sanctified 
submission to his will when it is made  
known1 he will now choose pastors and   
set them over their appointed flocks    
just as manifestly as he did in the     
beginning4  ,very beautiful is the      
picture in ,revelation of the glorified 
,lord1 moving among the candlesticks4   
,there are seven golden candlesticks    
now1 not one only as in the ,jewish     
temple4  ,the ,church of ,god is        
manifold1 not a unit4#b  ,he who walketh
 in the midst of the seven golden       

candlesticks holdeth the seven stars in 
his right hand4 ,these stars are the    
angels of the seven churches--their     
ministers or bishops as generally       
understood4  ,the ,lord holds them in   
his right hand4  ,does he not require us
 to ask of him alone for their bestowal8
 ,yes4  ,pray ye therefore the ,lord of 
the harvest1 that he would send forth   
laborers into his harvest 7,luke #aj3   
#b74  ,there is no intimation in        
,scripture that we are to apply anywhere
 but to him for the ministry of his     
church4  ,does he not give #ach such    
ministry1 and he alone8 ,yes4  ,when he 
ascended on high 4 4 4 he gave some 4 4 
4 pastors and teachers4  ,and now1      
speaking to the church in ,ephesus1 the 
elders of which1 chosen by the ,holy    
,ghost1 ,paul had so affectionately     
exhorted1 he is seen in the attitude of 
,chief-shepherd and ,bishop--giving     
pastors with his own hand2 placing them 
with his own right hand1 and warning the
 church that though they have tried and 

rejected false apostles1 they have      
nevertheless left their first love4     
,significant word6  ,on this love our   
,lord conditioned the indwelling of the 
,father and of the ,son through the     
,holy ,spirit 7,john #ad3 #bc74  ,losing
 this the peril becomes imminent that   
the candlestick may be removed out of   
its place2 and so the warning is        
solemnly announced3 ,he that hath an    
ear1 let him hear what the ,spirit saith
 unto the churches4  ,without the       
,spirit the candlestick can shed forth  
no light1 and loses its place of        
testimony4  ,dead churches1 whose       
witness has been silenced1 whose place  
has been vacated1 even though the       
lifeless form remains1 have we not seen 
such8 ,and what is the safeguard against
 them1 if not that found in the         
apostle's warning3 ,quench not the      
,spirit8  ,the voice of the ,lord must  
be heard in his church1 and to the ,holy
 ,ghost alone has been committed the    
prerogative of communicating that voice4

  ,is there any likelihood that that    
voice will be heard when the king or    
prime minister of a civil #aci          
government holds the sole function of   
appointing the bishops1 as in the case  
of ,state churches8  ,is there any      
certainty of it when an archbishop or   
bishop puts pastors over flocks by the  
action of his single will8  ,we may     
congratulate ourselves that we are      
neither in a ,state church nor under an 
episcopal bishop2 but there are methods 
of ignoring or repressing the voice of  
the ,holy ,ghost1 which though simpler  
and far less apparent than those just   
indicated1 are no less violent4  ,the   
humble and godly membership of the      
little church may turn to some pastor1  
after much prayer and waiting on ,god   
for the ,spirit's guidance1 and the     
signs of the divine choice may be       
clearly manifest2 when some pulpit      
committee1 or some conclave of leading  
brethren1 vetoes their action on the    
ground1 perchance1 that the candidate is

 not popular and will not draw4  ,alas6 
for the little flock so lorded over that
 the voice of the ,holy ,ghost cannot be
 heard4  ,and majorities are no more to 
be depended upon than minorities1 if    
there is in both cases a neglect of     
patient and prolonged waiting upon the  
,lord to know his will4  ,of what value 
is a show of hands unless his are       
stretched out who holdeth the seven     
stars in his right hand8 ,of what use is
 a viva voce choice1 except the living  
voice of ,christ be heard speaking by   
his ,spirit8  ,one may object that we   
are holding up an ideal which is        
impossible to be realized4  ,it is a    
difficult ideal we admit1 as #adj the   
highest attainments are always          
difficult2 but it is not an impossible  
one4  ,it is easier to recite our       
prayers from a book than to read them   
from the tables of a prepared heart1    
where the finger of the ,spirit has     
silently written them2 but the more     
difficult way is the more acceptable way

 to him who seeks for worshipers who    
worship in ,spirit and in truth4  ,it is
 easier to get the sense of the meeting 
in choosing a pastor than to learn the  
mind of the ,spirit by patient tarrying 
and humble surrender to ,god2 but the   
more laborious way will certainly prove 
the more profitable way4  ,the failure  
to take this way is1 we are persuaded1  
the cause of more decay and spiritual   
death in the churches than we have yet  
imagined4  ,from the watch-tower where  
we write we can look out on half a score
 of churches on which ,ichabod has been 
evidently written1 and the glory of     
which has long since departed4  ,they   
were founded in prayer and consecration1
 to serve the living and true ,god1 and 
to wait for his ,son from heaven4  ,why 
has their light been extinguished1      
though the lampstand which once bore it 
still remains1 adorned and beautified   
with all that the highest art and       
architecture can suggest8  ,their       
history is known to him who walks among 

the golden candlesticks4  ,what violence
 may have been done1 by headstrong      
self-will1 to him who is called the     
,spirit of counsel and might8  ,what    
rejection of the truth which he1 the    
,spirit #ada of truth1 has appointed for
 the faith of ,god's church till at last
 the word has been spoken3 ,ye do always
 resist the ,holy ,ghost2 as your       
fathers did1 so do ye4  ,is it only     
,jewish worshipers to whom these words  
apply8  ,is it only a ,jewish temple of 
which this sentence is true3 ,behold    
your house is left unto you desolate8   
,the ,spirit will not be entirely       
withdrawn from the body of ,christ      
indeed1 but there is the ,church1 and   
there are churches4  ,a man may yet live
 and breathe when cell after cell has   
been closed by congestion till at last  
he only inhales and exhales with a      
little portion of one lung4  ,let him   
that readeth understand4  ,the ,spirit  
is the breath of ,god in the body of his
 church4  ,while that divine body       

survives and must1 multitudes of        
churches have so shut out the ,spirit   
from rule and authority and supremacy in
 the midst of them that the ascended    
,lord can only say to them3 ,thou hast a
 name to live and art dead4  ,in a word1
 so vital and indispensable is the      
ministry of the ,spirit1 that without it
 nothing else will avail4  ,some trust  
in creeds1 and some in ordinances2 some 
suppose that the church's security lies 
in a sound theology1 and others locate  
it in a primitive simplicity of         
government and worship2 but it lies in  
none of these1 desirable as they are4   
,the body may be as to its organs       
perfect and entire1 wanting nothing2 but
 simply because the ,spirit has been    
#adb withdrawn from it1 it has passed   
from a church into a corpse4  ,as one   
has powerfully stated it3 ,when the     
,holy ,spirit withdraws1 4 4 4 he       
sometimes allows the forms which he has 
created to remain4  ,the oil is         
exhausted1 but the lamp is still there2 

prayer is offered and the ,bible read2  
church-going is not given up1 and to a  
certain degree the service is enjoyed2  
in a word religious habits are          
preserved1 and like the corpses found at
 ,pompeii1 which were in a perfect state
 of preservation and in the very        
position in which death had surprised   
them1 but which were reduced to ashes by
 contact with the air1 so the blast of  
trial1 of temptation1 or of final       
judgment will destroy these spiritual   
corpses4#c  #b4  ,the ,holy ,spirit in  
the ,worship and ,service of the        
,church4  ,is there anything1 from      
highest to lowest1 which we are called  
to do in connection with the worship of 
,god's house1 of which the ,holy ,spirit
 is not the appointed agent8  ,believers
 are the instruments indeed through     
which he acts2 but they have no function
 apart from his inspiration and         
guidance1 any more than the organ-pipe  
has without the wind1 which breathing   
through it causes it to resound4  ,to   

make this clear1 we may consider the    
several parts of the service of the     
church as we are accustomed to          
participate in it1 and observe their    
relation to the divine ,administrator4  
#adc  7#a7 ,preaching is by general     
consent an important factor of the work 
of the ministry1 both for the pastor and
 for the evangelist4  ,in what consists 
its inspiration and authority8  ,we have
 preached the gospel unto you with the  
,holy ,ghost sent down from heaven 7#a  
,peter #a3 #ab71 is ,peter's simple     
story of the apostolic method4  ,and the
 words direct our thought to the ,spirit
 not as instrumental but as inspiring4  
,in the ,holy ,ghost1 the words mean    
literally4  ,the true preacher does not 
simply use the ,spirit2 he is used by   
the ,spirit4  ,he speaks as one moving  
in the element and atmosphere of the    
,holy ,ghost1 and mastered by his divine
 power4  ,in this fact the sermon       
differs immeasurably from the speech1   
and the preacher from the orator4  ,how 

distinctly ,paul emphasizes this        
contrast in his letter to the           
,corinthians 7#a ,cor4 #b3 #d74  ,the   
sole substance of his preaching he      
declares to be ,jesus ,christ and him   
crucified1 and the sole inspiration of  
his preaching1 the ,holy ,ghost3 ,and my
 speech was not with enticing words of  
man's wisdom1 but in demonstration of   
the ,spirit and power4  ,what did good  
,philip ,henry mean by his resolve to   
preach ,christ crucified in a crucified 
style8  ,more perhaps than he thought or
 knew4  ,he shall testify of me1 is     
,jesus' saying concerning the promised  
,paraclete4  ,the ,comforter bears      
witness to the ,crucified4  ,no other   
theme in the pulpit can be sure of      
commanding his co-operation4  #add      
,philosophy1 poetry1 art1 literature1   
sociology1 ethics1 and history are      
attractive subjects to many minds1 and  
they who handle such themes in the      
pulpit may set them forth with alluring 
words of human genius2 but there is no  

certainty that the ,holy ,ghost will    
accompany their presentation with his   
divine attestation4  ,the preaching of  
the ,cross1 in chastened simplicity of  
speech1 has the demonstration of the    
,spirit pledged to it1 as no secular1 or
 moral1 or even formal religious        
discourse has4  ,and when ,paul writes  
to the ,thessalonians3 ,our gospel came 
not unto you in word only1 but also in  
power and in the ,holy ,ghost1 and in   
much assurance 7#a ,thess4 #a3 #e71 we  
need only to be reminded that our gospel
 meant but one thing to ,paul1 the      
setting forth of ,jesus ,christ         
crucified in the midst of the people1   
and we have found the secret of         
evangelical power4  ,ought it not       
therefore to be the supreme question    
with the preacher1 what themes can      
assuredly command the witness of the    
,holy ,spirit1 rather than what topics  
will enlist the attention of the people8
  ,let us set the popular preacher and  
the apostolic preacher side by side1 and

 consider whose reward we would choose1 
universal admiration or ,god also       
bearing witness1 both with signs and    
wonders and with divers miracles1 and   
gifts of the ,holy ,ghost1 according to 
his will 7,heb4 #b3 #d7--the sermon     
greeted with applause and the clapping  
of hands1 or the word received with joy 
of #ade the ,holy ,ghost 7#a ,thess4 #a3
 #f78--;admiration of the preacher      
possessing all who listen to the        
discourse1 or the ,holy ,ghost fell on  
all them which heard the word 7,acts    
#aj3 #dd78  ,language cannot express the
 vital moment of the question which we  
are here discussing4  ,our generation is
 rapidly losing its grip upon the       
supernatural2 and as a consequence the  
pulpit is rapidly dropping to the level 
of the platform4  ,and this decline is  
due1 we believe1 more than anything     
else1 to an ignoring of the ,holy       
,spirit as the supreme inspirer of      
preaching4  ,we wish to see a great     
orator in the pulpit1 forgetting that   

the least expounder of the word1 when   
filled with the ,holy ,ghost1 is greater
 than he4  ,we want the gospel1         
forsooth2 but in the strenuous demand   
that it be set forth according to the   
spirit of the age we ignore the         
supremacy of the ,spirit of ,god4  ,and 
the method of discourse soon tells upon 
the matter4  ,we cannot very long have  
the truth in the pulpit after we have   
lost the ,spirit of truth therefrom4    
,when one possesses not the whole of    
life1 says ,vinet1 he possesses not the 
whole of truth4  ,in all that we have   
said we do not ignore the human element 
in preaching1 nor undervalue good       
learning and sanctified mental training1
 as a furnishing for this high office4  
,we only emphasize the extreme peril of 
making that supreme which ,god has made 
subordinate4  ,as it is genius which    
raises the great #adf painter or poet   
far above the common man1 so it is the  
,holy ,spirit which lifts the preacher  
far above the man of genius4  ,a gifted 

artist spoke wisely when one1 thinking  
only of the implements of his           
profession1 asked1 ,with what do you mix
 your paints8  ,with brains1 sir1 he    
replied4  ,the preacher who brought     
three thousand to believe on a crucified
 ,christ1 under a single sermon1        
anticipated the question of those who1  
with an eye upon the mere human         
accessories of his sermon1 might ask    
after the secret of his power2 and he   
unfolds that secret in a single terse   
sentence3 ,with the ,holy ,ghost sent   
down from heaven4  7#b7 ,prayer is a    
most vital element in the worship of    
,god's church4 ,lord1 teach us how to   
pray1 as ,john also taught his          
disciples4  ,jesus complied literally   
with this request of his followers4  ,as
 ,john1 under the law1 could only give  
rules and rudiments1 not yet having come
 to the dispensation of grace and of the
 ,spirit1 so did ,jesus give a form of  
prayer1 a lesson in the technique of    
worship4  ,but only when he reaches the 

eve of his passion1 when he announces   
the coming of the ,comforter1 does he   
lead his disciples into the heart and   
mystery of the great theme1 teaching    
them to pray as ,john could not have    
taught his disciples4  ,hitherto ye have
 asked nothing in my name1 said ,jesus1 
in his paschal discourse4  ,but now that
 he was about to enter into his         
mediatorial office at ,god's right #adg 
hand1 and to send forth the ,comforter  
into the midst of his disciples1 this   
joyful privilege was to be accorded to  
him3 ,whatsoever ye shall ask the       
,father in my name he will give it you#d
 7#a ,john #af3 #bc74  ,the words are   
equivalent to in me4  ,the thought is   
not surely that of using the name of    
,jesus as a password or as a talisman1  
but of entering into his person and     
appropriating his will2 so that when we 
pray1 it shall be as though ,jesus      
himself stood in ,god's presence and    
made intercession4  ,nor is it as       
though--it is the literal fact4  ,we    

become identified with ,christ through  
the ,spirit1 now sent down1 and his will
 is wrought within us by the ,holy      
,ghost1 so that to ask what we desire of
 him is to ask what he desires for us4  
,we are inwilled by his will1 because   
inspired by his ,spirit1 who lives and  
breathes within us4  ,therefore we may  
know that we are always heard1 since we 
are in him who can boldly say to the    
,father3 ,i know that thou always       
hearest me4  ,it is ,christ's           
mediatorship with the ,father1 and the  
,holy ,ghost's mediatorship with us1    
that gives us this high privilege of    
praying in the name of ,jesus1 as it is 
written3 ,for through him we both have  
access in one ,spirit unto the ,father4 
,when therefore1 under the fuller       
development of #adh doctrine as found in
 the epistles1 we read of praying always
 with all prayer and supplication in the
 ,spirit 7,eph4 #f3 #ah71 and of praying
 in the ,holy ,ghost 7,jude #bj71 it is 
simply an admonition to use our         

privilege of asking in the name of      
,jesus4  ,for to be in the ,spirit is to
 be in ,christ1 united to his person1   
identified with his will1 invested with 
his righteousness1 so that we are as he 
is before the ,father4  ,in that fullest
 exposition of the doctrine of the      
,spirit1 given in the eighth of ,romans1
 we see clearly that the ministry of the
 ,comforter consists in his effectuating
 in us that which ,christ is            
accomplishing for us on the throne4     
,especially is this true of prayer4  ,in
 the ,epistle to the ,hebrews we read3  
,wherefore also he is able to save to   
the uttermost them that draw near to    
,god through him1 seeing he ever liveth 
to make intercession for them 7,heb4 #g3
 #be1 ,r4 ,v474  ,in the ,epistle to the
 ,romans we read3 ,and in like manner   
the ,spirit also helpeth our infirmity2 
for we know not how to pray as we ought1
 but the ,spirit himself maketh         
intercession for us with groanings which
 cannot be uttered2 and he that         

searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the
 mind of the ,spirit1 because he maketh 
intercession for the saints according to
 the will of ,god 7,rom4 #h3 #bf1 #bg1  
,r4 ,v474  ,these passages1 read        
together1 clearly show the ,spirit doing
 the same thing in us which ,christ in  
heaven #adi is doing for us4  ,and1     
moreover1 they reveal to us the method  
of the glorified ,christ in helping     
those who know not what to pray for as  
they ought1 teaching them1 not by an    
outward form1 but by an inward guidance4
  ,indeed1 the prayer inspired by the   
,holy ,spirit is often so deep that it  
cannot be expressed in formal words1 but
 reaches the ear of the ,father only in 
unspeakable yearnings1 in unuttered     
groanings4  ,the keynote of all true    
intercession is the will of ,god4  ,in  
the disciples' prayer1 as taught them by
 the ,master1 this note is distinctly   
sounded3 ,thy will be done on earth as  
in heaven4  ,in the ,saviour's          
garden-prayer it is heard again1 as with

 strong crying and tears the ,son of    
,god exclaims3 ,not my will but thine be
 done2 and in the revelation of the     
doctrine of prayer through an inspired  
apostle we read3 ,if we ask anything    
according to his will he heareth us4    
,it is the ,spirit's deepest work in the
 believer to attune his mind to this    
exalted key1 as he maketh intercession  
for the saints according to the will of 
,god4  ,there is a promise which all    
disciples love to quote for their       
assurance in prayer3 ,if two of you     
shall agree on earth as touching        
anything that they shall ask1 it shall  
be done for them of my ,father which is 
in heaven 7,matt4 #ah3 #ai74  ,the word 
translated agree is a very suggestive   
one4  ,it is1 sympsnssin1 from which our
 word symphony comes4  ,if two shall    
accord #aej or symphonize in what they  
ask1 they have the promise of being     
heard4  ,but1 as in tuning an organ all 
the notes must be keyed to the standard 
pitch1 else harmony were impossible1 so 

in prayer4  ,it is not enough that two  
disciples agree with each other2 they   
must both accord with a ,third--the     
righteous and holy ,lord--before in the 
scriptural sense they can agree in      
intercession4  ,there may be agreement  
which is in most sinful conflict with   
the divine will3 ,how is it that ye have
 agreed together synepsnth1 the same    
word to tempt the ,spirit of the ,lord8 
asks ,peter 7,acts #e3 #i74  ,here is   
mutual accord1 but guilty discord with  
the ,holy ,ghost4  ,on the contrary it  
is the ,spirit's ministry to attune our 
wills to the ,divine2 thus only can     
there be praying in the ,holy ,ghost4   
,we cannot therefore emphasize too      
strongly the administration of the      
,spirit in directing the worship of     
,god's house4  ,the use of liturgical   
forms is a relapse into legalism1 a     
consent to be taught to pray as ,john   
taught his disciples4  ,true1 there may 
be extemporaneous forms as well as      
written forms1 praying by rote as well  

as praying by the book4  ,against both  
habits we simply interpose the higher   
teaching of the ,spirit1 as belonging   
especially to this dispensation1 in     
which the ,father seeketh worshipers who
 worship in ,spirit and in truth4  ,to  
pray rightly is the highest of all      
attainments4  ,and it is so because the 
secret lies #aea between these two      
opposites2 a spirit supremely active    
while supremely passive1 a heart        
prevailing with ,god because prevailed  
over by ,god4  ,o ,lord1 says a high    
saint1 my spirit was like a harp this   
morning1 making melody before thee1     
since thou didst first tune the         
instrument by the ,holy ,spirit1 and    
then didst choose the psalm of praise to
 be played thereon4  ,most solemn and   
suggestive words these have always      
seemed3 ,the ,father seeketh such to    
worship him4  ,amid all the repetition  
of forms and the chanting of liturgies1 
how earnestly the ,most ,high searches  
after the spiritual worshiper1 with a   

heart inwardly retired before ,god1 with
 a spirit so sensitive to the hidden    
motions of the ,holy ,ghost that when   
the lips speak they shall utter the     
effectual inwrought prayer that availeth
 much6  ,if any shall interpose the     
objection that what we are saying is too
 high to be practical1 it may be well to
 confirm our position by the witness of 
experience4  ,we are not speaking of    
pulpit prayers especially1 in what we   
have said4  ,the universal priesthood of
 believers1 which the ,scriptures so    
plainly teach1 constitutes the ground   
for common intercession1 for the praying
 one for another which is the           
distinctive feature of the ,spirit's    
dispensation  ,the prayer meeting1      
therefore1 in which the whole body of   
believers participate1 probably comes   
nearer the pattern of primitive         
,christian #aeb worship than any other  
service which we hold4  ,to apply our   
principle here1 then1 what method is    
found most satisfactory8  ,shall the    

service be arranged beforehand1 this one
 selected to pray1 and that one to      
exhort2 and during the progress of the  
worship1 shall such a one be called up  
to lead the devotions1 and such a one to
 follow8  ,in a word1 shall the service 
be mapped out in advance and manipulated
 according to the dictates of propriety 
and fitness as it goes on8  ,one1 after 
many years of experience1 can bear      
emphatic testimony to the value of      
another way--that of magnifying the     
office of the ,holy ,spirit as the      
conductor of the service1 and of so     
withholding the pressure of human hands 
in the assembly that the ,spirit shall  
have the utmost freedom to move this one
 to pray and that one to witness1 this  
one to sing and that one to say amen at 
our giving of thanks1 according to his  
own sovereign will4 ,here we speak not  
theoretically but experimentally4  ,the 
fervor and spirituality and sweet       
naturalness of the latter method has    
been demonstrated beyond a peradventure1

 and that too1 after an extended trial  
of both ways1 the first in ignorance of 
a better way1 with constant labor and   
worry and fret1 and the last with       
inexpressible ease and comfort and      
spiritual refreshment4  ,honor the ,holy
 ,ghost as ,master of assemblies2 study 
much the secret of surrender to him2    
cultivate a quick ear for hearing his   
inward voice and a ready tongue #aec for
 speaking his audible witness2 be       
submissive to keep silence when he      
forbids as well as to speak when he     
commands1 and we shall learn how much   
better is ,god's way of conducting the  
worship of his house than man's way4#e  
7#c7 ,the service of song in the house  
of the ,lord is another element of      
worship whose relation to the ,spirit   
needs to be strongly emphasized4        
,spiritual singing has a divinely       
appointed place in the church of        
,christ4  ,church music1 in the ordinary
 sense of that phrase1 has no such      
place1 but is a human invention which   

custom has1 with many1 unhappily        
elevated into an ordinance4  ,we often  
quote the exhortation of the apostle3   
,be filled with the ,spirit1 without    
marking the practical service with which
 this fullness stands immediately       
connected3 ,speaking to yourselves in   
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs1   
singing and making melody in your heart 
to the ,lord 7,eph4 #e3 #ai74  ,as      
immediately as prayer is connected with 
the ,holy ,ghost in this same epistle3  
,praying at all seasons in the ,spirit2 
and our edification in the church3      
,builded #aed together in the ,spirit   
7,eph4 #b3 #bb1 ,r4 ,v472 and our       
spiritual energizing3 ,strengthened with
 power through his ,spirit 7,eph4 #c3   
#af1 ,r4  ,v472 and our approach to     
,god1 ,access in one ,spirit unto the   
,father 7#b3 #ah1 ,r4 ,v471 so          
intimately is the worship of praise here
 connected with the ,holy ,ghost and    
made dependent on his power4  ,therefore
 it would seem too obvious to need      

arguing1 that an unregenerate person is 
disqualified from ministering in the    
service of song in ,god's house4        
,scripturally this seems incontestable2 
and as to the teaching of experience1 we
 should hardly know how to name any     
custom which has brought a sorer blight 
upon the life of the church1 or a       
heavier repression upon its spiritual   
energy1 than the habit1 now so general1 
of introducing unsanctified1            
unconverted1 and even notoriously       
worldly persons into the choirs of the  
churches4  ,now the teaching of the text
 just cited is decisive1 not only       
against such performers in choirs1 but  
against the choirs themselves1 if by the
 latter term is meant certain ones      
employed to dispense music for the      
delectation of the congregation4  ,for  
observe how distinctly the mutual and   
inter-congregational character of       
,christian singing is here pointed out3 
,speaking to one another in psalms and  
hymns and spiritual songs4  ,the one    

feature of the worship of the church1   
which distinguishes it radically and    
totally from that of the #aee temple1 is
 that it is mutual4  ,under the law     
there were priests and ,levites to      
minister and people to be ministered to2
 under the gospel there is a universal  
spiritual priesthood1 in which all      
minister and all are ministered to4     
,every act of service belonging to the  
,christian church is so described4      
,there must be prayer1 and the          
exhortation is1 ,pray one for another   
7,james #e3 #af74  ,there must be       
confession1 and the injunction is3      
,confess your sins one to another       
7,james #e3 #af1 ,r4 ,v474  ,there must 
be exhortation1 and the command is3     
,exhort one another 7,heb4 #c3 #ac74    
,there must be love1 and we are enjoined
 to love one another 7#a ,peter #a3     
#bb74  ,there must be burden-bearing1   
and the exhortation is3 ,bear ye one    
another's burdens 7,gal4 #f3 #b74 ,there
 must be comforting1 and the command is3

 ,wherefore comfort one another 7#a     
,thess4 #d3 #ah74  ,so with the worship 
of song4  ,its reciprocal character is  
emphasized1 not only in the passage just
 quoted1 but also in the ,epistle to the
 ,colossians3 ,teaching and admonishing 
one another in psalms and hymns and     
spiritual songs 7,col4 #c3 #af74  ,this 
is according to the clearly defined     
method of the ,spirit in this           
dispensation4  ,he establishes our      
fellowship with the ,head of the church1
 and through him with one another4  ,all
 blessing in the body is mutual1 and the
 worship which is ordained to maintain  
and increase that blessing is likewise  
mutual4  #aef  ,as now the ,spirit is   
the inspirer and director of the worship
 of ,god's church1 he must have those   
who have been renewed and are indwelt by
 himself as the instruments through whom
 he acts2 and by a teaching of          
,scripture too clear to be misunderstood
 all others are disqualified4 ,how      
distinctly is this shown even in the    

types and symbols of the old            
dispensation4  ,the holy anointing      
enjoined in ,exodus for ,aaron and his  
sons1 is confessedly a type of the      
unction of the ,holy ,ghost4  ,and mark 
the rigid and sacred limitations in its 
use3 ,and thou shalt anoint ,aaron and  
his sons1 and consecrate them that they 
may minister unto me in the priest's    
office4  ,and thou shalt speak unto the 
children of ,israel1 saying3 ,this shall
 be a holy anointing oil unto me        
throughout your generation4  ,upon man's
 flesh it shall not be poured2 neither  
shall ye make any other like it1 after  
the composition of it2 it is holy1 and  
shall be holy unto you2 whosoever       
compoundeth any like it1 or whoso       
putteth any of it upon a stranger1 shall
 even be cut off from his people 7,exod4
 #cj3 #cj-cc74  ,now1 of these minute   
directions and prescribed transactions  
we may say confidently that they        
happened unto them for ensamples and    
they are written for our admonition1    

upon whom the ends of the world ages are
 come 7#a ,cor4 #aj3 #aa74  ,the three  
rigid prohibitions here named touch just
 the errors which are most              
characteristic of the present #aeg      
generation4  ,upon man's flesh it shall 
not be poured2 honoring the natural man1
 and exalting human nature into that    
place which belongs only to the         
regenerate4  ,this is the error of those
 who believe in the universal sonship of
 the race1 and call the carnal man      
divine4 ,whosoever putteth any of it    
upon a stranger4  ,this is the sin of   
those who thrust into the ministry and  
service of the church persons who have  
never by the new birth through the      
,spirit been brought into the family of 
,god1 into the household of faith4      
,whosoever compoundeth any like it4     
,this is the artificial imitation of the
 ,spirit's offices and ministration4    
,let the ,christian reader pause and    
ponder well this last prohibition4  ,in 
the story of the primitive church sample

 sins are given for our warning1 as well
 as specimen graces for our emulation4  
,one such sin1 so subtle1 so dangerous1 
and so constantly recurring in          
,christian history1 having taken the    
name of its first author and being      
called simony1 has been handed down from
 generation to generation4  ,because    
thou hast thought that the gift of ,god 
can be purchased with money is the      
solemn indictment against one who had   
purposed to buy the power of the ,holy  
,ghost4  ,many desire the gifts of the  
,spirit who little care for the ,spirit 
himself4  ,divine music is greatly      
coveted4  ,why not1 with our thousands  
of gold1 buy this spiritual luxury8     
,bring the singing men and singing women
 from the #aeh opera and from the       
concert hall2 bid them compound a potion
 of sanctuary music1 which shall        
entrance all ears and draw to the church
 those who could not be drawn thither by
 the plain attractions of the ,cross4   
,but what is the exhortation of         

,scripture8  ,by him therefore let us   
offer the sacrifice of praise to ,god   
continually1 that is1 the fruit of our  
lips1 giving thanks to his name 7,heb4  
#ac3 #ae74 ,this kind of sacrifice      
costs--earnest prayer1 deep communion1  
and the fullness of the ,spirit2 but no 
sum of gold1 however large1 is adequate 
for its purchase1 nor can any musician's
 art1 however ingenious1 imitate it4    
,is there no approach to the sin of     
simony in those churches which spend    
thousands yearly in artistic music8     
,and is not this attempted purchase of  
the ,holy ,ghost closely linked with the
 other sin of robbing ,god1 considering 
how this lavish expenditure on          
artificial worship is almost always     
accompanied with meagre giving for the  
carrying out of the ,great ,commission8 
,our conclusion is1 that the service of 
song has been committed to the church1  
and to the church alone1 under the      
guidance of the ,holy ,spirit4  ,some of
 her number may be appointed to lead    

this service1 if they themselves are    
under the leadership of the ,spirit4    
,but the church cannot commit this      
divine ministry to unsanctified hireling
 minstrels1 without affront to the      
,spirit of ,god and serious peril to her
 own communion with ,god4  #aei  ,if    
again any object that we are setting up 
an exaggerated and impossible ideal1 let
 the voice of experience be heard in    
evidence4 ,let pastors be called to     
testify of the added blessing and fervor
 which have come to their sanctuaries   
when this ideal has been approximately  
realized4  ,let history repeat its story
 of song driven in times of apostasy    
into some narrow stall of the church1   
and into the hands of a few trained     
monopolists of worship2 and then1 in    
eras of revival1 of the bursting of the 
barriers and the people of ,god seizing 
once more their defrauded heritage and  
breaking forth1 a great multitude1 into 
hallelujahs of the heart4  ,the annals  
of the ,lollards1 and of the ,lutherans1

 and of the ,wesleyans1 and of the      
,salvationists bear harmonious witness  
on this point1 and are deeply           
instructive4  #c4  ,the ,holy ,spirit in
 the ,missions of the ,church4  ,in the 
,gospels which contain the story of     
,christ's earthly life we have the      
record of the giving of the ,great      
,commission3 ,go ye into all the world  
and preach the gospel to every creature4
  ,in the ,acts1 which contains the     
story of the life of the ,spirit1 we    
have the promise of the coming of the   
,executor of that ,commission3 ,but ye  
shall receive power when the ,holy      
,ghost is come upon you2 and ye shall be
 my witnesses1 both in ,jerusalem and in
 ,judea and ,samaria1 and unto the      
uttermost part of the earth 7,acts #a3  
#h1 ,r4 ,v474  ,nowhere is the hand #afj
 of the ,spirit more distinctly seen    
than in the origination and             
superintendence of missions4  ,the field
 is the world1 the sower is the         
disciple1 and the seed is the word4     

,the world can only be made accessible  
through the ,spirit--,when he is come he
 will convict the world of sin2 the     
sower is energized only through the     
,spirit--,ye shall receive the power of 
the ,holy ,ghost coming upon you2 and   
the seed is only made productive through
 the quickening of the ,spirit--,he that
 soweth unto the ,spirit shall of the   
,spirit reap eternal life 7,gal4 #f3 #h1
 ,r4 ,v474  ,in the simple story of the 
primitive mission1 as recorded in the   
thirteenth of ,acts1 we see how every   
step in the enterprise was originated   
and directed by the presiding ,spirit4  
,we observe this3  7#a7 ,in the         
selection of missionaries3 ,the ,holy   
,ghost said1 ,separate me ,barnabas and 
,saul for the work whereunto ,i have    
called them 7#ac3 #b74  7#b7 ,in their  
thrusting forth into the field3 ,so     
they1 being sent forth by the ,holy     
,ghost1 departed unto ,seleucia 7#ac3   
#d74  7#c7 ,in empowering them to speak3
 ,then ,saul1 who also is called ,paul1 

filled with the ,holy ,ghost1 said 7#ac3
 #i74  7#d7 ,in sustaining them in      
persecution3 ,and the disciples were    
filled with joy and with the ,holy      
,ghost 7#ac3 #eb74  7#e7 ,in setting the
 ,divine seal upon their #afa ministry  
among the ,gentiles3 ,and ,god1 which   
knoweth the hearts1 bare them witness1  
giving them the ,holy ,ghost1 even as he
 did unto us 7#ae3 #h74  7#f7 ,in       
counseling in difficult questions of    
missionary policy3 ,it seemed good to   
the ,holy ,ghost and to us 7#ae3 #bh74  
7#g7 ,in restraining the missionaries   
from entering into fields not yet       
appointed by the ,lord3 ,they were      
forbidden of the ,holy ,ghost to preach 
the gospel in ,asia4 4 4  ,they assayed 
to go into ,bithynia but the ,spirit    
suffered them not 7#af3 #f1 #g74  ,very 
striking is this record of the          
ever-present1 unfailing1 and minute     
direction of the ,holy ,ghost in all the
 steps of this divine enterprise4 ,but  
this was in apostolic days1 it will be  

said4  ,yes2 but the promise of the     
,spirit is that ,he shall abide with you
 for the age4 ,unless the age has ended 
he is still here1 and still in office1  
and still entrusted with the            
responsibility of carrying out that work
 which is dearest to the heart of our   
glorified ,lord4  ,who can say that     
there is not need in these days of a    
return to primitive methods and of a    
resumption of the ,church's primitive   
endowments8  ,the ,holy ,spirit is not  
straitened in himself1 but only in us4  
,if the ,church had faith to lean less  
on human wisdom1 to trust less in       
prudential methods1 to administer less  
by mechanical #afb rules1 and to        
recognize once more the great fact that1
 having committed to her a supernatural 
work1 she has appointed for her a       
supernatural power1 who can doubt that  
the grinding and groaning of our        
cumbrous missionary machinery would be  
vastly lessened1 and the demonstration  
of the ,spirit be far more apparent8    

#a ,of course ,catholic writers claim   
that the pope is the ,vicar of ,christ  
only as being the mouth-piece of the    
,holy ,ghost4  ,but the ,spirit has been
 given to the church as a whole1 that is
 to the body of regenerated believers1  
and to every member of that body        
according to his measure4  ,the sin of  
sacerdotalism is1 that it arrogates for 
a usurping few that which belongs to    
every member of ,christ's mystical body4
  ,it is a suggestive fact that the name
 klros1 which ,peter gives to the church
 as the flock of ,god1 when warning the 
elders against being lords over ,god's  
heritage1 now appears in ecclesiastical 
usage as the clergy1 with its orders of 
pontiff and prelates and lord bishops1  
whose appointed function it is to       
exercise lordship over ,christ's flock4 
#b ,by the candlesticks being seven     
instead of one1 as in the tabernacle1 we
 are taught that whereas in the ,jewish 
dispensation1 ,god's visible church was 
one1 in the ,gentile dispensation there 

are many visible churches2 and that     
,christ himself recognizes them         
alike4--,canon ,garratt1 ,commentary on 
the ,revelation1 p4 #cb4  #c ,the ,work 
of the ,holy ,spirit in ,man1 by ,pastor
 ,g4 ,f4 ,tophel1 p4 #ff4  #d ,it was   
impossible up to the time of the        
glorification of ,jesus to pray to the  
,father in his name4  ,it is a fullness 
of joy peculiar to the dispensation of  
the ,spirit to be able to do            
so4--,alford4  #e ,it were well for us  
to give more heed to the voice of       
,christian history as related to such   
questions as these4  ,the rise of       
sporadic sects like the ,quietists1 the 
,mystics1 the ,friends1 and the         
,brethren1 with their emphasis on the   
still voice and the inward leading1 is  
very suggestive4  ,if we may not go so  
far as some of these go in the          
insistence on speaking only as sensibly 
moved by the ,spirit we may be          
admonished of the hard1 artificial      
man-made worship which made their       

protest necessary4     #afc  ,,viii     
,,the ,,inspiration ,,of ,,the ,,spirit 
#afd  ,have you visited the ,cathedral  
of ,freyburg1 and listened to that      
wonderful organist1 who with such       
enchantment draws the tears from the    
traveler's eyes while he touches1 one   
after another1 his wonderful keys1 and  
makes you hear by turns the march of    
armies upon the beach1 or the chanted   
prayer upon the lake during the tempest1
 or the voices of praise after it is    
calm8  ,well1 thus the ,eternal ,god1   
embracing at a glance the key-board of  
sixty centuries1 touches by turns1 with 
the fingers of his ,spirit1 the keys    
which he had chosen for the unity of his
 celestial hymn4  ,he lays his left hand
 upon ,enoch1 the seventh from ,adam1   
and his right hand on ,john1 the humble 
and sublime prisoner of ,patmos4  ,from 
the one the strain is heard3 ',behold   
the ,lord cometh with ten thousand of   
his saints'2 from the other3 ',behold he
 cometh with clouds4'  ,and between the 

notes of this hymn of three thousand    
years there is eternal harmony1 and the 
angels stoop to listen1 the elect of    
,god are moved1 and eternal life        
descends into men's souls4--,gaussen's  
,theopneustia4     #afe  ,,viii  ,,the  
,,inspiration ,,op ,,the ,,spirit       
,inspiration signifies inbreathing4     
,both the scribe and the ,scripture1    
both the man of ,god and the word of    
,god were divinely inbreathed4  ,in that
 memorable meeting of the risen ,lord   
and his disciples within the closed     
doors1 we read that ,he breathed on them
 and saith unto them1 ,receive ye the   
,holy ,ghost2 whosesoever sins ye       
forgive1 they are forgiven unto them2   
whosesoever sins ye retain1 they are    
retained 7,john #bj3 #bb1 ,r4 ,v474     
,well may the question of the scribes   
concerning ,jesus now arise in our      
hearts concerning his disciples3 ,who   
can forgive sins but ,god only8  ,and   
the answer should be3 ,true2 ,god alone 
can forgive sins4  ,and it is only      

because the ,spirit of ,god1 who is     
,god1 is in the apostles1 endowing them 
with his divine prerogatives1 that they 
are able to exercise this high          
authority4  ,we are persuaded1 however1 
that this commission was not given to   
all ,christians1 though all have the    
,spirit4  ,in a note in ,olshausen's    
,commentary the matter seems to be      
correctly stated3 ,to the apostles was  
granted the power1 absolute and         
unconditioned1 of binding and loosing1  
just as to them was #aff given the power
 of publishing truth unmixed with error4
  ,for both they possessed miraculous   
spiritual endowments4  ,only we should  
say sovereign rather than miraculous    
endowments4  ,the ,spirit breatheth     
where he wills1 and thou hearest his    
voice1 said ,jesus4#a  ,while miraculous
 gifts were not confined to the         
apostles1 ,christ may have committed to 
these1 and to these alone1 the sovereign
 prerogative of forgiving sins2 gifts of
 healing1 on the other hand1 the working

 of miracles1 prophecy1 the discerning  
of spirits1 and tongues1 being          
distributed throughout the church2 but  
all these worketh one and the same      
,spirit1 dividing to each one severally 
even as he will 7#a ,cor4 #ab3 #aa1 ,r4 
,v474  ,in a word1 the action of the    
,holy ,ghost was supremely sovereign in 
the assignment of spiritual offices1 and
 when ,jesus breathed on his apostles   
the ,holy ,ghost1 and gave them         
authority #afg to remit sins1 he        
separated them unto a prerogative of    
which others1 indwelt by the same       
,spirit1 might have known nothing4  ,it 
is very generally held that the order of
 apostles ceased with the death of those
 who had seen the ,lord and companied   
with him until the day that he was      
received up4  ,but the reason for this  
cessation has been too little           
considered4  ,may we not believe that   
the apostles and their companions were  
commissioned to speak for the ,lord     
until the ,new ,testament ,scriptures1  

his authoritative voice1 should be      
completed8  ,if so1 in the apostolate we
 have a provisional inspiration2 in the 
gospel a stereotyped inspiration2 the   
first being endowed with authority ad   
interim to remit sins1 and the second   
having this authority in perpetuam4     
,the ,new ,testament1 as the very       
mouthpiece of the ,lord1 pronounces     
forgiveness upon all in every generation
 who truly repent and believe on the    
,son of ,god2 and preachers in every    
age1 with the ,bible in their hand1 are 
authorized to do the same declaratively4
 ,but when it is urged1 as by ,catholic 
writers1 that this infallibility for    
teaching and absolution1 which was      
committed to the apostles1 has descended
 through a succession of ministers      
called the clergy1 the answer seems to  
be1 that this authority has not been    
perpetuated in any body of men apart    
from the ,scriptures1 but was           
transferred to the ,new ,testament and  
lodged there for all time4              

,historically1 at least1 it seems to    
have been #afh the fact1 that as the    
apostles and prophets of the new        
dispensation disappeared1 the ,gospels  
and ,epistles took their place1 and that
 henceforth the divine authoritative    
voice of the ,spirit could be distinctly
 recognized only in the written word4   
,as coal has been called fossil         
sunlight1 so the ,new ,testament may be 
called fossil inspiration1 the          
supernatural illumination which fell    
upon the apostles being herein stored up
 for the use of the church throughout   
the ages4#b  ,all ,scripture is given by
 inspiration of ,god                    
theopneustos--,god-breathed1 and is     
profitable for doctrine1 for reproof1   
for correction1 for instruction in      
righteousness 7#c ,tim4 #c3 #af74  ,as  
the ,lord breathed the ,spirit into     
certain men1 and thereby committed to   
them his own prerogative of forgiving   
sin1 so he breathed his ,spirit into    
certain books and endowed them with his 

infallibility in teaching truth4  ,god  
did not choose to inspire all good      
books1 though he has chosen to  #afi    
inbreathe one book1 thereby separating  
it and setting it apart from all other  
books4#c  ,the phrase1 the ,bible is    
simply literature1 which some are using 
to-day1 as a suggestion against         
bibliolatry1 is not true4  ,literature  
is the letter2 ,scripture is the letter 
inspired by the ,spirit4  ,what ,jesus  
said in justification of his doctrine of
 the new birth is equally applicable to 
the doctrine of inspiration3 ,that which
 is born of the flesh is flesh1 and that
 which is born of the ,spirit is spirit4
  ,educate1 develop1 and refine the     
natural man to the highest possible     
point1 and yet he is not a spiritual man
 till1 through the new birth1 the ,holy 
,ghost renews and indwells him4  ,so of 
literature2 however elevated its tone1  
however lofty its thought1 it is not    
,scripture4  ,scripture is literature   
indwelt by the ,spirit of ,god4 ,the    

absence of the ,holy ,ghost from any    
writing constitutes the impassable gulf 
between it and ,scripture4  ,our ,lord1 
in speaking of his own doctrine1 uses   
the same language1 to show its          
separateness from common teaching which 
he employs above to mark the distinction
 of the new man4  ,he says3 ,it is the  
,spirit that quickeneth2 the flesh      
profiteth nothing2 the words that ,i    
have spoken unto #agj you are spirit and
 are life 7,john #f3 #fc1 ,r4 ,v474     
,words they were1 and in that respect1  
literature2 but words divinely          
inbreathed and therefore ,scripture4    
,in fine1 the one fact which makes the  
word of ,god a unique book1 standing    
apart in solitary separateness from all 
other writings1 is that which also parts
 off the man of ,god from common        
men--the indwelling of the ,holy ,ghost4
  ,therefore we may say truly of the    
,bible1 not merely that it was inspired1
 but it is inspired2 that the ,holy     
,ghost breathes within it1 making it not

 only authoritative in its doctrine but 
life-giving in its substance1 so that   
they who receive its promises by faith  
have been begotten again1 not of        
corruptible seed1 but of incorruptible1 
through the word of ,god which liveth   
and abideth 7#a ,peter #a3 #bc1 ,r4     
,v474  ,thus far in this volume we have 
been dwelling upon the various works and
 offices of the ,paraclete4  ,now we    
come to consider that the ,holy ,spirit 
not only acts but speaks4  ,let us      
listen to the repeated affirmations of  
this fact4  ,seven times our glorified  
,lord says1 speaking in the ,apocalypse3
 ,he that hath an ear1 let him hear what
 the ,spirit saith unto the churches    
7,rev4 #b3 #g74  ,the ,paraclete on     
earth answers to the ,paraclete above1  
so that to the voice from ,heaven       
saying3 ,write1 blessed are the dead    
which die in the ,lord from henceforth1 
the response is heard3 ,yea1 saith the  
,spirit1 that they may rest from their  
labors1 etc4 7,rev4 #ad3 #ac74  #aga    

,this accords with the general tenor of 
,scripture as to its own ,author4  ,in  
referring to the ,old ,testament1 ,peter
 says3 ,this ,scripture must needs have 
been fulfilled1 which the ,holy ,ghost  
by the mouth of ,david spake before     
concerning ,judas1 which was guide to   
them that took ,jesus 7,acts #a3 #af74  
,and again3 ,david himself said by the  
,holy ,ghost 7,mark #ab3 #cf71 our ,lord
 thus plainly recognizing the voice of  
the ,spirit in the voice of the         
psalmist4  ,so again3 ,the ,spirit of   
the ,lord spake by me1 and his word was 
in my tongue4  ,the ,god of ,israel     
said1 the ,rock of ,israel spake to me  
7#b ,sam4 #bc3 #b1 #c71 and ,wherefore  
as the ,holy ,ghost saith1 ,to-day if ye
 will hear his voice 7,heb4 #c3 #g74    
,and what is it to speak8  ,is it not to
 express thought in language8 ,the      
difference between thinking and saying  
is simply the difference of words4      
,therefore1 if the ,holy ,ghost saith1  
we are to find in the words of          

,scripture the exact substance of what  
he saith4  ,hence verbal inspiration    
seems absolutely essential for conveying
 to us the exact thought of ,god4  ,and 
while many affect to ridicule the idea  
as mechanical and paltry1 the conduct   
and method of scholars of every shade of
 belief show how generally it is        
accepted4  ,for1 why the minute study of
 the words of ,scripture carried on by  
all expositors1 their search after the  
precise shade of verbal significance1   
their attention to the #agb minutest    
details of language1 and to all the     
delicate coloring of mood and tense and 
accent8  ,the high scholars who speak   
lightly of the theory of literal        
inspiration of the ,scriptures by their 
method of study and exegesis are they   
who put the strongest affirmation on the
 doctrine which they deny4  ,then we    
cannot forget what we imply when we say 
that language is the expression of      
thought4  ,words determine the size and 
shape of ideas4  ,as exactly as the coin

 answers to the die in which it is      
struck1 does the thought answer to the  
word by which it is uttered4  ,vary the 
language by the slightest modification1 
and you by so much vary the thought4    
,as ultra spiritualism interprets       
,paul's words a spiritual body1 to mean 
a ghost1 when the accent is as strongly 
on the sma as on the pneumatichon1 his  
real thought evidently being that of a  
body spiritualized2 so some1 remembering
 that the letter killeth1 would         
etherealize ,scripture by telling us    
that the divine idea is the chief thing1
 and the language quite secondary4  ,but
 wisely and well has ,martin ,luther    
reminded us that ,christ did not say of 
his ,spirit1 but of his words1 they are 
spirit and life4  ,to deny that it is   
the ,holy ,ghost who speaks in          
,scripture1 is an intelligible position2
 but admitting that he speaks1 we can   
only understand his thoughts by         
listening to his words4  ,true1 he may  
beget within us emotions too deep for   

expression1 as when #agc ,the ,spirit   
himself maketh intercession for us with 
groanings which cannot be uttered 7,rom4
 #h3 #bf74  ,but the idea which is      
really intelligible is the idea that is 
embodied in speech4  ,for finite minds1 
at least1 words are the measure of      
comprehensible thoughts4  ,evidently    
,jesus claims for his teaching not only 
inspiration1 but verbal inspiration1    
when he says that his words are spirit  
and life4  ,and to this agrees the      
saying of ,paul1 in speaking of the     
inspiration of the ,holy ,ghost3 ,but   
,god hath revealed them unto us by his  
,spirit3 for the ,spirit searcheth all  
things1 yea1 the deep things of ,god4   
,for what man knoweth the things of man1
 save the spirit of man which is in him8
 even so the things of ,god knoweth no  
man1 but the ,spirit of ,god4  ,now we  
have received1 not the spirit of the    
world1 but the ,spirit which is of ,god1
 that we might know the things which are
 freely given to us of ,god1 which      

things also we speak1 not in the words  
which man's wisdom teacheth1 but which  
the ,holy ,ghost teacheth1 comparing    
spiritual things with spiritual 7#a     
,cor4 #b3 #aj-ac74  ,and what if one    
objects that this theory makes          
inspiration purely mechanical1 and turns
 the writers of ,scripture into         
stenographers1 whose office is simply to
 transcribe the words of the ,spirit as 
they are dictated8  ,it must be         
confessed that there is much in         
,scripture to support this view of the  
case4  ,should we see a student who1    
having taken down #agd the lecture of a 
profound philosopher1 was now studying  
diligently to comprehend the sense of   
the discourse which he had written1 we  
should understand simply that he was a  
pupil and not a master2 that he had     
nothing to do with originating either   
the thoughts or the words of the        
lecture1 but was rather a disciple whose
 province it was to understand what he  
had transcribed1 and so be able to      

communicate it to others4  ,and who can 
deny that this is the exact picture of  
what we have in the following passage   
from ,scripture3 ,of which salvation the
 prophets have inquired and searched    
diligently1 who prophesied of the grace 
that should come unto you1 searching    
what1 or what manner of time the ,spirit
 of ,christ which was in them did       
signify1 when it testified beforehand   
the sufferings of ,christ and the glory 
that should follow2 unto whom it was    
revealed1 etc4 7#a ,peter #a3 #aj1 #aa74
  ,here were inspired writers1 studying 
the meaning of what they themselves had 
written4  ,if they were prophets on the 
manward side1 they were evidently pupils
 on the ,godward side4  ,with all       
possible allowance for the human        
peculiarities of the writers1 they must 
have been reporters of what they heard1 
rather than the formulators of that     
which they had been made to understand4 
,how nearly this also describes the     
attitude of ,christ1--a hearer that he  

might be a teacher3 ,all things that ,i 
have heard of my ,father ,i have made   
known unto you 7,john #ae3 #ae72 #age a 
reporter that he might be a revealer3 ,i
 have given unto them the words which   
thou gavest me 7,john #ag3 #h74  ,in    
these days scholars are very jealous for
 the human element in inspiration2 but  
the sovereign element is what most      
impresses the diligent student of this  
subject4  ,the ,spirit breatheth where  
he wills4  ,concerning regeneration by  
the ,holy ,ghost1 we are carefully told 
that it is not of the will of the flesh1
 nor of the will of man1 but of ,god2   
and concerning inspiration by the       
,spirit1 the teaching is equally        
explicit3 ,for no prophecy ever came by 
the will of man1 but men spake from     
,god1 being moved by the ,holy ,ghost   
7#b ,peter #a3 #ba1 ,r4 ,v474  ,the     
style of ,scripture is1 no doubt1       
according to the traits and             
idiosyncracies of the several writers1  
as the light within the cathedral takes 

on its various hues from passing through
 the stained windows2 but to say that   
the thoughts of the ,bible are from the 
,spirit1 and the language from men1     
creates a dualism in revelation not easy
 to justify2 so that we must quote with 
entire approval the words of an eminent 
writer upon this subject3 ,the opinion  
that the subject-matter alone of the    
,bible proceeded from the ,holy ,spirit1
 while its language was left to the     
unaided choice of the various writers1  
amounts to that fantastic notion which  
is the grand fallacy of many theories of
 inspiration2 namely1 that two spiritual
 agencies were in operation1 one of     
which #agf produced the phraseology in  
the outward form1 while the other       
created within the soul the conceptions 
and thoughts of which such phraseology  
was the expression4  ,the ,holy ,spirit1
 on the contrary1 as the productive     
principle1 embraces the entire activity 
of those whom he inspires1 rendering    
their language the word of ,god4#d  ,if 

it be urged that the quotations which   
the ,new ,testament makes from the ,old 
are rarely ipsissima verba1 the language
 being in many instances greatly        
changed1 it should be noted in reply how
 significant even these changes often   
are4  ,if the ,holy ,spirit directed in 
the writing of both books1 he would have
 a sovereign right to alter the         
phraseology1 if need be1 from the one to
 the other4  ,in the opinion of many    
scholars the change of the ,redeemer    
shall come to ,zion1 and unto them that 
turn from transgression in ,jacob1 in   
,isa4 #ei3 #bj1 to ,there shall come out
 of ,zion the ,deliverer1 in ,rom4 #aa3 
#bf1 is an inspired and intentional     
change4#e  ,so of the citation from     
,amos #i3 #aa1 ,in that day will ,i     
raise up the tabernacle that is fallen1 
as given in ,acts #ae3af1 ,after these  
things ,i will return1 and ,i will build
 again the tabernacle of ,david which is
 fallen2 the modification of the        
language seems designed1 in order to    

make clear its significance in its      
present setting4  ,many other examples  
might be given of #agg a reshaping of   
his own words by the divine ,author of  
,scripture4  ,on the other hand1 the    
constant recurrence of the same words   
and phrases in books of the ,bible most 
widely separated in the time and        
circumstances of their composition1     
strongly suggests identity of authorship
 amid the variety of penmanship4  ,the  
individuality of the writers was no     
doubt preserved1 only that their        
individuality was subordinated to the   
sovereign individuality of the ,holy    
,spirit4  ,it is with the written word  
as with the incarnate ,word4  ,because  
,christ is divine1 he is more truly     
human than any whom the world has ever  
seen2 and because the ,bible is         
supernatural1 it is natural as no other 
book which was ever written2 its        
divinity lifts it above those faults of 
style which are the fruits of           
self-consciousness and ambition4        

,whether we read the ,old ,testament    
story of ,abraham's servant seeking a   
bride for ,isaac1 or the ,new ,testament
 narrative of the walk of the risen     
,christ with his disciples to ,emmaus1  
the inimitable simplicity of the diction
 would make us think that we were       
listening to the dialect of the angels  
who never sinned in thought1 and        
therefore cannot sin in style1 did we   
not know rather that it is the          
phraseology of the ,holy ,spirit4#f     
#agh  ,an eminent ,german theologian has
 written a sentence so profoundly       
significant that we here reproduce it in
 ,italics3 ,we can in fact speak with   
good reason of a language of the ,holy  
,ghost4  ,for it lies in the ,bible     
plainly before our eyes1 how the ,divine
 ,spirit1 who is the agent of           
revelation1 has fashioned for himself a 
quite peculiar religious dialect out of 
the speech of that people which forms   
its theatre4#g  ,so true do we hold this
 saying to be1 that it seems to us quite

 impossible that the exact meaning of   
many of the terms of the ,new ,testament
 ,greek should be found in a ,lexicon of
 classic ,greek4 ,though the verbal form
 is the same in both1 the inbreathed    
spirit may have imparted such new       
significance to old words1 that to      
employ a secular dictionary for         
translating the sacred oracles1 were    
almost like calling an unregenerate man 
to interpret the mysteries of the       
regenerate life4  ,do we not know how   
modern progress and discovery have even 
put new meanings into many ,english     
words1 so that one must be in the spirit
 of the age in order to comprehend      
them8#h  ,thus #agi likewise1 even in   
the work of verbal criticism1 it is     
essential that one possess the spirit of
 ,christ in order to translate the words
 of ,christ4  ,as to the question of the
 inerrancy of ,scripture1 as the modern 
phrase is1 we may well pass by many     
minor arguments1 and emphasize the one  
great reason for holding this view1     

viz43 ,if it is ,god the ,holy ,ghost   
who speaks in ,scripture1 then the      
,bible is the word of ,god1 and like    
,god1 infallible4  ,a recent brilliant  
writer has challenged us to show where  
the ,bible anywhere calls itself ,the   
word of ,god4#i  ,the most elementary   
student of the subject can1 with the aid
 of a concordance1 easily point out the 
passages which so describe it4  ,but we 
dwell on the fact that is not only      
called o logos tou theon1 the ,word of  
,god1 but ta logia tou theou1 the       
oracles of ,god4  ,this collective name 
of the ,scriptures is most significant4 
,we need not inquire of the heathen as  
to the meaning which they put upon the  
words as the authoritative utterances of
 their gods2 let the usage of ,scripture
 make its own impression3 ,what         
advantage then hath the ,jew8 or what is
 the profit of circumcision8  ,much     
every way2 first of all1 that they were 
intrusted with the oracles of ,god      
7,rom4 #c3 #b1 ,r4 ,v474#aj  ,this      

comprehensive expression is very helpful
 #ahj to our faith4  ,when critics are  
assailing the books of the ,old         
,testament in detail1 the ,holy ,spirit 
authenticates them for us in their      
entirety4  ,as ,abigail prayed for a    
soul bound in the bundle of life with   
the ,lord1 so here an apostle gives us  
the books of the ,law and the ,prophets 
and the ,psalms bound together in one   
bundle of inspired authority4  ,stephen1
 in like manner1 speaks of his nation as
 those who received the lively oracles  
7of ,god7 to give unto us 7,acts #g3    
#ch72 and ,peter says1 ,if any man speak
 let him speak as the oracles of ,god   
7#a ,peter #d3 #aa74 ,and not only this2
 the same apostles who submitted to the 
authority of the ,old ,testament as the 
oracles of ,god1 themselves claimed to  
write as the oracles of ,god in the ,new
 ,testament4  ,if any man1 says ,paul1  
think himself to be a prophet or        
spiritual1 let him acknowledge that the 
things that ,i write unto you are the   

commandments of the ,lord 7#a ,cor4 #ad3
 #cg74  ,we are of ,god1 writes ,john4  
,he that knoweth ,god heareth us2 he    
that is not of ,god heareth not us 7#a  
,john #d3 #af74 ,these claims are too   
great to be put forth concerning        
fallible writings4  ,admitting their    
premises1 the ,jews were right in       
charging ,jesus with blasphemy1 in that 
being a man #aha he made himself ,god4  
,if ,christ is not ,god1 he is not even 
a good man4  ,and if the ,scriptures are
 not inerrant1 they are worse than      
errant2 since1 being literature1 they   
make themselves the word of ,god4  ,and 
what if it be said that there are       
irreconcilable contradictions in this   
book which calls itself the oracles of  
,god8  ,two things may be said3 ,first1 
it should be expected that under the    
scientific method such contradictions   
should appear and constantly multiply4  
,the ,bible is a sensitive plant1 which 
shuts itself up at the touch of mere    
critical investigation4  ,in the same   

paragraph in which it claims that its   
very words are the words of the ,holy   
,spirit1 it repudiates the scientific   
method as futile for the understanding  
of those words3 ,eye hath not seen1 nor 
ear heard1--and insists on the spiritual
 method as alone adequate1--but ,god    
hath revealed them unto us by his       
,spirit 7#a ,cor4 #b3 #i1 #aj74  ,not   
only does the ,bible not yield roses to 
the critic1 it yields the thorns and    
briars of hopeless contradiction4       
,intellige ut credos verbum meum1 said  
,augustine to the rationalists of his   
day1 sed crede ut intelligas verbum     
,dei4  ,understand my word1 that you may
 believe it2 believe ,god's word1 that  
you may understand it4  ,faith holds not
 only the keys of all the creeds1 but of
 all the contradictions4  ,he who starts
 out and proceeds under the conviction  
that the ,bible is the #ahb infallible  
word of ,god1 will find discrepancies   
constantly turning into unisons under   
his study4  ,and this remark leads to   

the second observation3 that the        
contradictions of man may really be the 
harmonies of ,god4  ,an uncultivated    
listener1 hearing an oratorio of one of 
the great masters1 would detect discords
 again and again in the strains2 and as 
a matter of fact1 what are called       
accidentals in music are discords1 but  
discords inserted to heighten the       
harmony4  ,thus1 as one after another of
 the alleged discrepancies of ,scripture
 having been noted and made to jar upon 
the ear have then been reconciled1 with 
what an emphatic and heightened harmony 
have the words of the psalmist1 speaking
 by the ,holy ,ghost1 fallen on our ear3
 ,the law of the ,lord is perfect1      
converting the soul2 the testimony of   
the ,lord is sure1 making wise the      
simple6 ,there seems to the critic to be
 historic error in the statement of     
,stephen that ,jacob was buried at      
,sychem 7,acts #g3 #af7 instead of in   
the field of ,machpelah before ,mamre1  
as recorded in ,gen4 #ej3 #ac1 just as  

it was once thought that ,luke had made 
a mistake1 not to be explained away1 in 
his reference to ,cyrenius in chapter   
#b3 #a1 #b4  ,but as the latter         
contradiction has disappeared1 only     
confirming the veracity of ,scripture by
 the investigation which it has called  
forth1 so may the former4  ,and so also 
with such alleged discrepancies as that 
between the record in #ahc one place    
that ,king ,solomon had four thousand   
stalls for horses1 and in another forty 
thousand2 or that of the statement in   
one passage that ,king ,josias began to 
reign at eight years of age1 and in     
another1 at eighteen4  ,what if we      
freely admit that we cannot reconcile   
these statements8  ,that does not prove 
that they are not reconcilable4  ,the   
history of solved contradictions has    
certainly shown this1 that as the       
foolishness of ,god is wiser than men1  
and the weakness of ,god stronger than  
men1 so the discords of ,god are more   
harmonious than men4  ,we may say1 in   

closing this chapter1 that almost the   
highest proof of the infallibility of   
,scripture is the practical one1 that we
 have proved it so2 that as the coin of 
the ,state has always been found able to
 buy the amount represented on its face1
 so the prophecies and the promises of  
,holy ,scripture have yielded their face
 value to those who have taken pains to 
prove them4  ,if they have not always   
done so1 it is probable that they have  
not yet matured4  ,certainly there are  
multitudes of ,christians who have so   
far proved the veracity of ,scripture   
that they are ready to trust it without 
reserve in all that it pledges for the  
world yet unseen and the life yet       
unrealized4 ,believe that thou mayest   
know1 then1 is the admonition which     
,scripture and history combine to       
enforce4  ,in the farewell of that rare 
saint1 ,adolph ,monod1 these golden     
words occur3 #ahd ,when ,i shall enter  
the invisible world1 ,i do not expect to
 find things different from what the    

word of ,god represented them to me     
here4  ,the voice ,i shall then hear    
will be the same ,i now hear upon the   
earth1 and ,i shall say1 ',this is      
indeed what ,god said to me2 and how    
thankful ,i am that ,i did not wait till
 ,i had seen in order to believe4'    #a
 ,john #c3 #h4  ,the wind bloweth where 
it listeth4  ,without pronouncing       
dogmatically1 it must be said that the  
translation of ,bengel and some         
others--,the ,spirit breatheth where he 
wills1 and thou hearest his voice--has  
reasons in its favor which are well-nigh
 irresistible2 e4g41 ,if to pneuma here 
is the wind1 it has one meaning in the  
first part of the sentence and another  
meaning in the second2 and that meaning 
too1 one which it bears in no other     
instance of the more than two hundred   
and seventy uses of the word in the ,new
 ,testament4  ,it is not the word used  
in ,acts #b3 #b1 as might be expected if
 it signified wind4  ,then it seems     
unnatural to ascribe volition to the    

wind1 thelei4  ,on the contrary1 if the 
words apply to the ,spirit1 the saying  
is in entire harmony with other         
,scriptures1 which affirm the           
sovereignty of the ,holy ,ghost in      
regeneration 7,john #a3 #ac7 and in the 
control and direction of those who are  
the subjects of the new birth 7#b ,cor4 
#ab3 #d-aa74  #b ,the proof that the    
inspiration of the apostles and scribes 
of the ,new ,testament was not          
transmitted to successors is thus stated
 by ,neander3 ,a phenomenon singular in 
its kind is the striking difference     
between the writings of the apostles and
 those of the apostolic fathers1 so     
nearly their contemporaries4  ,in other 
instances transitions are wont to be    
gradual1 but in this instance we observe
 a sudden change4  ,there is no gentle  
gradation here1 but all at once an      
abrupt transition from one style of     
language to another--a phenomenon which 
should lead us to acknowledge the fact  
of a special agency of the ,divine      

,spirit in the souls of the apostles and
 of a new creative element in the first 
period4--,church ,history1 ,,ii41 #dje4 
#c ,there are the strongest reasons for 
rejecting the rendering of this passage 
as given in the ,revised ,version3      
,every ,scripture inspired of ,god is   
also profitable1 etc4  ,the reader will 
find the objections to this rendering   
powerfully and conclusively set forth in
 ,tregelles on ,daniel4  ,note1 p4 #bfg4
  #d ,lee on the ,inspiration of the    
,holy ,scripture1 pp4 #cb1 #cc4  #e ,see
 ,lange's ,commentary in loco4  #f ,i am
 satisfied only with the style of       
,scripture4  ,my own style and the style
 of all other men cannot satisfy me4    
,if ,i read only three or four verses ,i
 am sure of their divinity on account of
 their inimitableness4  ,it is the style
 of the heavenly court4--,oetinger4  #g 
,rothe1 ,dogmatics1 p4 #bch4  #h ,for   
example1 ,shakespeare1 and ,milton1 and 
,dryden1 employ the words car and engine
 and train in their writings2 but living

 before the age of steam and railways   
they knew nothing of the meaning which  
these terms convey to us4  ,and it is   
possible that ,homer and ,plato knew as 
little of the meaning of such words as  
ain and parakltos1 as found in the      
revelation of ,jesus ,christ1 by whom   
the ages were framed and the ,comforter 
sent down4  #i ,dr4 ,r4 ,f4 ,horton1 in 
,verbum ,dei4  #aj ,the apostle in      
calling the ,old ,testament ,scriptures 
the oracles of ,god1 clearly recognizes 
them as divinely inspired books4  ,the  
,jewish church was the trustee and      
guardian of these oracles till the      
coming of ,christ4  ,now the ,scriptures
 of the ,old and ,new ,testament are    
committed to the guardianship of the    
,christian ,church4--,dr4 ,philip       
,schaff4     #ahe  ,,ix  ,,the          
,,conviction ,,of ,,the ,,spirit        
#ahf  ,the ,comforter in every part of  
his threefold work glorifies ,christ4   
,in convincing of sin he convinces us of
 the sin of not believing on ,christ4   

,in convincing us of righteousness1 he  
convinces us of the righteousness of    
,christ1 of that righteousness which was
 made manifest in ,christ going to the  
,father1 and which he received to bestow
 on all such as should believe in him4  
,and lastly1 in convincing of judgment1 
he convinces us that the prince of the  
,world was judged in the life and by the
 death of ,christ4  ,thus throughout1   
,christ is glorified2 and that which the
 ,comforter shows to us relates in all  
its parts to the life and work of the   
incarnate ,son of ,god4--,julius        
,charles ,hare4     #ahg  ,,ix  ,,the   
,,conviction ,,of ,,the ,,spirit  ,and  
when he is come he will convict the     
world in respect of sin1 and of         
righteousness1 and of judgment 7,john   
#af3 #h1 ,r4 ,v474  ,it is too large a  
conclusion which many seem to draw from 
these words1 that since the day of      
,pentecost the ,spirit has been         
universally diffused in the world1      
touching hearts everywhere1 among       

,christians and heathen1 among the      
evangelized and the unevangelized alike1
 and awakening in them a sense of sin4  
,does not our ,lord say in this same    
discourse concerning the ,comforter3    
,whom the world cannot receive1 because 
it seeth him not neither knoweth him8   
7,john #ad3 #ag7  ,with these words     
should be associated the limitation     
which ,jesus makes in the gift of the   
,paraclete3 ,if ,i depart ,i will send  
him unto you4  ,christ's disciples were 
to be the recipients and distributors of
 the ,holy ,ghost1 and his church the   
mediator between the ,spirit and the    
world4  ,and when he is come 7to you7 he
 will reprove the world4  ,and to       
complete the exposition1 we may connect 
this promise with the ,great            
,commission1 ,go ye into all the world  
and preach the gospel to every creature1
 and conclude that when the #ahh ,lord  
sends his messengers into the world1 the
 ,spirit of truth goes with them1       
witnessing to the message which they    

bear1 convincing of the sin which they  
reprove1 and revealing the righteousness
 which they proclaim4  ,we are not clear
 to affirm that the conviction of the   
,spirit here promised goes beyond the   
church's evangelizing1 though there is  
every reason to believe that it         
invariably accompanies the faithful     
preaching of the word4  ,it will help us
 then to a clear conception of the      
subject1 if we consider the ,spirit of  
truth as sent unto the ,church1         
testifying of ,christ1 and bringing     
conviction to the world4  ,as there is a
 threefold work of ,christ1 as prophet1 
priest1 and king1 so there is a         
threefold conviction of the ,spirit     
answering thereto3 ,and he1 when he is  
come1 will convict the world in respect 
of sin and of righteousness and of      
judgment2 of sin1 because they believe  
not on me2 of righteousness1 because ,i 
go to the ,father and ye behold me no   
more2 of judgment1 because the prince of
 this world hath been judged 7,john #af3

 #h-ab1 ,r4 ,v474  ,it is concerning the
 testimony of ,christ as he spake to men
 in the days of his flesh2 and          
concerning the work of ,christ now      
carried on in his intercession at ,god's
 right hand2 and concerning the sentence
 of ,christ when he shall come again to 
be our judge1 that this witness of the  
,spirit has to do4  ,he shall convince  
the world of sin4  ,why is he #ahi      
needed for this conviction since        
conscience is present in every human    
breast1 and is doing his work so        
faithfully8  ,we reply3 ,conscience is  
the witness to the law2 the ,spirit is  
the witness to grace4  ,conscience      
brings legal conviction2 the ,spirit    
brings evangelical conviction2 the one  
begets a conviction unto despair1 the   
other a conviction unto hope4  ,of sin1 
because they believe not on me1         
describes the ground of the ,holy       
,spirit's conviction4  ,the entrance of 
,christ into the world rendered possible
 a sin hitherto unknown3 ,if ,i had not 

come and spoken unto them1 they had not 
had sin2 but now they have no cloak for 
their sin 7,john #ae3 #bb74  ,evil seems
 to have required the presence of       
incarnate goodness1 in order to its     
fullest manifestation4  ,hence the deep 
significance of the prophecy spoken over
 the cradle of ,jesus3 ,behold this     
child is set for the fall and rising    
again of many in ,israel2 and for a sign
 which shall be spoken against1 that the
 thoughts of many hearts may be revealed
 7,luke #b3 #cd1 #ce74  ,all the most   
hideous sins of human nature came out   
during the betrayal and trial and       
passion of our ,lord4  ,in that hour and
 power of darkness these sins seem      
indeed to have been but imperfectly     
recognized4  ,but when the day of       
,pentecost had come1 with its awful     
revealing light of the ,spirit of truth1
 then there was great contrition in     
,jerusalem--a contrition the sting of   
#aij which we find in the charge of     
,peter3 ,jesus of ,nazareth1 whom ye    

have taken and by wicked hands have     
crucified and slain4  ,was not that deep
 conviction1 following the gift of the  
,spirit1 in which three thousand were   
brought to repentance in a single day1 a
 conviction of sin because they had not 
believed on ,christ8  ,for our reproof  
the ,holy ,ghost presents another side  
of the same fact1 calling us to         
repentance1 not for having taken part in
 crucifying ,christ1 but for having     
refused to take part in ,christ         
crucified2 not for having been guilty of
 delivering him up to death1 but for    
having refused to believe in him who was
 delivered for our offenses and raised  
again for our justification4  ,wherever1
 by the preaching of the gospel1 the    
fact of ,christ having died for the sins
 of the world is made known1 this guilt 
becomes possible4  ,the sin of          
disbelieving on ,christ is1 therefore1  
the great sin now1 because it summarizes
 all other sins4  ,he bore for us the   
penalties of the law2 and thus our      

obligation1 which was originally to the 
law1 is transferred to him4  ,to refuse 
faith in him1 therefore1 is to repudiate
 the claims of the law which he         
fulfilled and to repudiate the debt of  
infinite love which1 by his sacrifice1  
we have incurred4 ,nevertheless1 the    
,spirit of truth brings home this sin   
against the ,lord1 not to condemn the   
world1 but that the world through him   
might be saved4 ,in a word1 as has been 
well said1 it is not #aia the           
sin-question but the ,son-question which
 we really raise now in preaching the   
gospel4 ,christ having perfectly        
satisfied ,god about sin1 the question  
now between ,god and your heart is3 ,are
 you perfectly satisfied with ,christ as
 the alone portion of your soul8        
,christ has settled every other to the  
glory of ,god4  ,in dealing with the    
guilty ,jews1 it was the historical fact
 which the ,holy ,ghost urged for their 
conviction3 ,ye denied the ,holy ,one   
and the ,just1 and killed the ,prince of

 ,life 7,acts #c3 #ad1 #ae74  ,in       
dealing with us ,gentiles1 it is rather 
the theological or evangelical fact3    
,christ also hath once suffered for     
sins1 the just for the unjust1 that he  
might bring us to ,god 7#a ,peter #c3   
#ah71 and you are condemned that you    
have not believed on him and confessed  
him as ,saviour and ,lord4 ,it is the   
same sin in the last instance1 but      
viewed upon its reverse side1 if we may 
say it4  ,in the one case it is the     
guilt of despising and rejecting the    
,son of ,god2 in the other1 it is the   
guilt of not believing in him who was   
despised and rejected of men4  ,yet if  
submissively yielded to1 the ,spirit    
will lead us from this first stage of   
revelation to the second1 since what    
,andrew ,fuller said of the doctrines of
 theology is equally true of the        
convictions of the ,spirit1 that they   
are united together like chain-shot1 so 
that whichever one enters the heart the 
other must certainly follow4  ,of       

righteousness1 because ,i go to the     
,father and #aib ye see me no more4     
,not until he had been seated in the    
heavenly places had ,christ perfected   
righteousness for us4  ,as he was       
delivered for our offenses and raised   
again for our justification1 so must he 
be enthroned for our assurance4  ,it is 
necessary to see ,jesus standing at the 
right hand of ,god1 in order to know    
ourselves accepted in the ,beloved4     
,how beautiful the culmination of       
,isaiah's passion-prophecy wherein1     
accompanying the promise that he shall  
bear the sin of many1 is the prediction 
that by his knowledge shall my righteous
 servant justify many6  ,but he must be 
shown to be righteous1 in order that he 
may justify2 and this is what his       
exaltation does4  ,it was the proof that
 him whom the world condemned1 ,god     
justified--that the stone which the     
builders rejected1 ,god made the        
,headstone of the corner--that him whom 
the world denied and lifted up on a     

cross of shame in the midst of two      
thieves1 ,god accepted and lifted up in 
the midst of the throne4#a  ,the words  
and because ye see me no more1 which    
have perplexed the commentators1 seem to
 us #aic to give the real clue to the   
meaning of the whole passage4  ,so long 
as the ,high ,priest was within the     
veil1 and unseen1 the congregation of   
,israel could not be sure of their      
acceptance4 ,hence the eager anxiety    
with which they waited his coming out1  
with the assurance that ,god had        
received the propitiation offered on    
their behalf4 ,christ1 our great ,high  
,priest1 has entered into the ,holy of  
,holies by his own blood4  ,until he    
comes forth again at his second advent1 
how can we be assured that his sacrifice
 for us is accepted8  ,we could not be1 
unless he had sent out one from his     
presence to make known this fact to us4 
,and this is precisely what he has done 
in the gift of the ,holy ,ghost4  ,who  
being the brightness of his glory1 and  

the express image of his person1 and    
upholding all things by the word of his 
power1 when he had by himself purged our
 sins1 he sat down on the right hand of 
the ,majesty on high 7,heb4 #a3 #c74    
,there he will remain throughout the    
whole duration of the great day of      
atonement1 which extends from ascension 
to advent4  ,but in order that his      
church may have immediate assurance of  
acceptance with the ,father1 through his
 righteous servant1 he sends forth the  
,paraclete to certify the fact2 and the 
presence of the ,spirit in the midst of 
the church is proof positive of the     
presence of ,jesus in the midst of the  
throne2 as is said by ,peter on the day 
of #aid ,pentecost2 ,therefore being by 
the right hand of ,god exalted1 and     
having received of the ,father the      
promise of the ,holy ,ghost1 he hath    
shed forth this which ye now see and    
hear 7,acts #b3 #cc74  ,now the ,lord's 
words seem plain to us4  ,because he    
ascends to the ,father1 to be seen no   

more until his second coming1 the       
,spirit meantime comes down to attest   
his presence and approval with the      
,father as the perfectly righteous ,one4
  ,how clearly this comes out in        
,peter's defense before the ,council3   
,the ,god of our fathers raised up      
,jesus1 whom ye slew and hanged on a    
tree4  ,him hath ,god exalted with his  
right hand to be a ,prince and a        
,saviour1 for to give repentance to     
,israel and forgiveness of sins2 and we 
are witnesses of these things1 and so   
also is the ,holy ,ghost1 whom ,god hath
 given to them that obey him 7,acts #e3 
#cj-cb74  ,why this two-fold witness8   
,the reason is obvious4  ,the disciples 
could bear testimony to the crucifixion 
and resurrection of ,christ1 but not to 
his enthronement2 that event was beyond 
the ken of human vision2 and so the     
,holy ,ghost1 who had been cognizant of 
that fact in heaven1 must be sent down  
as a joint-witness with the apostles1   
that thus the whole circle of           

redemption-truth might be attested4     
,therein was the promise of ,jesus in   
his last discourse literally fulfilled3 
,but when the ,comforter is come1 whom  
,i will send unto you from the ,father1 
even the ,spirit of truth which #aie    
proceedeth from the ,father1 he shall   
testify of me2 and ye also shall bear   
witness1 because ye have been with me   
from the beginning 7,john #ae3 #bf1     
#bg74  ,as we have said1 it is not only 
the enthronement of ,christ in righteous
 approval with the ,father that must be 
certified1 but the acceptance of his    
sacrificial work as a full and          
satisfying ground of our reconciliation 
with the ,father4  ,and the ,spirit     
proceeding from ,god is alone competent 
to bear to us this assurance4           
,therefore in the ,epistle to the       
,hebrews1 after the reiterated statement
 of our ,lord's exaltation at the right 
hand of ,god1 it is added3 ,for by one  
offering he hath perfected forever them 
that are sanctified1 whereof the ,holy  

,ghost is also a witness to us 7,heb4   
#aj3 #ad1 #ae74  ,in a word1 he whom we 
have known on the cross as the ,lamb of 
,god that taketh away the sins of the   
world1 must now be known to us on the   
throne as the ,lord our righteousness4  
,but though the angels and the glorified
 in heaven see ,jesus1 once crucified1  
now made both ,lord and ,christ1 we see 
him not4 ,therefore it is written that  
no man can say ,jesus is ,lord1 but in  
the ,holy ,spirit 7#a ,cor4 #ab3 #c1 ,r4
 ,v474  ,so also we are told that if any
 man sin we have a ,paraclete with the  
,father1 ,jesus ,christ the righteous   
7#a ,john #b3 #a72 but we can only know 
,christ as such through that other      
,paraclete sent forth from the ,father4 
,it was promised that when he1 the      
,spirit of truth1 is come1 he shall #aif
 not speak from himself2 but what things
 soever he shall hear1 these shall he   
speak 7,john #af3 #ac1 ,r4 ,v474        
,hearing the ascriptions of worthiness  
lifted up to ,christ in heaven1 and     

beholding him who was made a little     
lower than the angels for the suffering 
of death1 now crowned with glory and    
honor1 he communicates what he sees and 
hears to the church on earth4  ,thus1 as
 he in his earthly life1 through his own
 outshining and self-evidencing         
perfection1 was justified in the spirit2
 so we1 recognizing him standing for us 
in glory1 and now of ,god made unto us  
righteousness1 are also justified in the
 name of the ,lord ,jesus and by the    
,spirit of our ,god 7#a ,cor4 #f3 #aa74 
,thus1 though unseen by the church      
during all the time of his high-priestly
 ministry1 our ,lord has sent to his    
church one whose office it is to bear   
witness to all he is and all he is doing
 while in heaven1 that so we may have   
boldness and access with confidence by  
the faith of him1 and that so we may    
come boldly to the throne of grace1 the 
,holy ,ghost this signifying--what he   
could not under the old covenant--that  
the way into the holiest of all 7,heb4  

#i3 #h7 has been made manifest4  ,and   
yet--strange paradox--in this identical 
discourse in which ,jesus speaks to his 
disciples of seeing him no more1 he     
says3 ,yet a little while and the world 
seeth me no more1 but ye see me2 because
 ,i live ye shall live also 7,john #ad3 
#ai72 words #aig which by common consent
 refer to the same time of ,christ's    
continuance within the veil4  ,but it is
 now by the inward vision1 which the    
world has not1 that they are to behold  
him4  ,and they are to behold him for   
the world1 since ,christ said of him3   
,whom the world cannot receive1 because 
it seeth him not1 neither knoweth him4  
,and yet it is to convince the world of 
sin and of righteousness and of judgment
 that the ,spirit was to be sent4  ,how 
shall we make it plain8  ,when the sun  
retires beyond the horizon at night1 the
 world1 our hemisphere1 sees him no     
more2 yet the moon sees him1 and all    
night long catches his light and throws 
it down upon us4  ,so the world sees not

 ,christ in the gracious provisions of  
redemption which he holds for us in     
heaven1 but through the illumination of 
the ,comforter the church sees him2 as  
it is written3 ,eye hath not seen1 nor  
ear heard1 neither have entered into the
 heart of man the things which ,god hath
 prepared for them that love him2 but   
,god hath revealed them unto us by his  
,spirit 7#a ,cor4 #b3 #i1 #aj74  ,and   
the ,church seeing these things1        
communicates what she sees to the world4
  ,christ is all and in all2 and the    
,spirit receives and reflects him to the
 world through his people4    ,the moon 
above1 the church below1     ,a wondrous
 race they run2   ,but all their        
radiance1 all their glow1     ,each     
borrows of its sun4   #aih  ,of         
judgment1 because the prince of this    
world is judged4  ,here1 we believe1 is 
a still farther advance in the          
revelation of the gospel1 and not a     
retreat to the doctrine of a future     
judgment1 as some would teach4 ,for we  

repeat our conviction1 that in this     
entire discourse the ,holy ,spirit is   
revealed to us as an evangel of ,grace1 
and not as a sheriff of the ,law4  ,hear
 the ,apostle ,peter once more1 as1     
pointing to him who had been raised from
 the dead and seated in the heavenlies1 
he says3 ,by him every one that         
believeth is justified from all things  
from which ye could not be justified by 
the law of ,moses 7,acts #ac3 #ci1 ,r4  
,v474 ,justification1 in the evangelical
 sense1 is but another name for judgment
 prejudged and condemnation ended4  ,in 
the enthroned ,christ every question    
about sin is answered1 and every claim  
of a violated law is absolutely met2 and
 though there is no abatement in the    
demands of the decalogue1 yet because   
,christ has become the end of the law   
for righteousness to every one that     
believeth1 now grace reigns through     
righteousness unto eternal life by      
,jesus ,christ our ,lord4  ,strange     
paradox set forth in ,isaiah's passion  

psalm3 ,by his stripes we are healed1 as
 though it were told us that sin's      
smiting had procured sin's remission4   
,and so it is4  ,if the ,holy ,spirit   
shows us the wounds of the dying ,christ
 for condemning us1 he immediately shows
 us the wounds of the exalted ,christ   
for comforting us4  #aii ,his glorified 
body is death's certificate of          
discharge1 the law's receipt in full1   
assuring us that all the penalties of   
transgression have been endured1 and the
 ,sin-bearer acquitted4  ,the meaning of
 this last conviction seems plain       
therefore3 ,of judgment1 because the    
prince of this world is judged4  ,recall
 the words of ,jesus as he stood face to
 face with the cross3 ,now is the       
judgment of this world2 now shall the   
prince of this world be cast out 7,john 
#ab3 #ca74 ,the accuser of the brethren 
is at last non-suited and ejected from  
court4  ,the death of ,christ is the    
death of death1 and of the author of    
death also4  ,that through death he     

might destroy him that hath the power of
 death1 that is1 the devil2 and deliver 
them who1 through fear of death1 were   
all their lifetime subject to bondage   
7,heb4 #b3 #ad1 #ae74  ,if the relation 
of ,satan to our judgment and           
condemnation is mysterious1 this much is
 clear1 from this and several passages1 
that ,christ by his cross has delivered 
us from his dominion4  ,we must believe 
that ,jesus spoke the literal truth when
 he said3 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto  
you1 he that heareth my word and        
believeth him that sent me1 hath eternal
 life1 and cometh not into judgment1 but
 hath passed out of death into life     
7,john #e3 #bd1 ,r4 ,v474  ,on the cross
 ,christ judged sin and acquitted those 
who believe on him2 and in heaven he    
defends them against every re-arrest by 
a violated law4  #bjj ,there is         
therefore now no condemnation to them   
that are in ,christ ,jesus 7,rom4 #h3   
#a74  ,thus the threefold conviction    
brings the sinner the three stages of   

,christ's redemptive work1 past judgment
 and past condemnation into eternal     
acceptance with the ,father4  ,in       
striking antithesis with all this1 we   
have an instance in the ,acts of the    
threefold conviction of conscience1 when
 ,paul before ,felix reasoned of        
righteousness1 and temperance1 and the  
judgment to come 7,acts #bd3 #be74      
,here the sin of a profligate life was  
laid bare as the apostle discoursed of  
chastity2 the claims of righteousness   
were vindicated1 and the certainty of   
coming judgment exhibited2 and with the 
only effect that ,felix trembled4  ,so  
it must ever be under the convictions of
 conscience1--compunction but not peace4
  ,we have also an instructive contrast 
exhibited in ,scripture1 between the    
co-witness of the ,spirit and the       
co-witness of conscience4  ,the ,spirit 
himself beareth witness 7summarturei7   
that we are the children of ,god 7,rom4 
#h3 #af74  ,here is the assurance of    
sonship1 with all the divine inward     

persuasion of freedom from condemnation 
which it carries4  ,on the other hand is
 the conviction of the heathen1 who have
 only the law written in their hearts3  
,their conscience bearing witness       
7summarturouss71 their thoughts one with
 another accusing1 or else excusing     
them1 in the day when ,god shall judge  
the secrets of men #bja 7,rom4 #b3 #ae1 
#af74  ,conscience can accuse1 and how  
universally it does so1 abundant        
testimony of ,christian missionaries    
shows2 and conscience can excuse1 which 
is the method that guilty thoughts      
invariably suggest2 but conscience      
cannot justify4 ,only the ,spirit of    
truth1 whom the ,father hath sent forth 
into the world1 can do this4  ,the work 
of the two witnesses may be thus set in 
contrast3    ,conscience ,convinces--   
,the ,comforter ,convinces--   ,of sin  
committed2               ,of sin        
committed2   ,of righteousness          
impossible2    ,of righteousness        
imputed2   ,of judgment accomplished4   

,of judgment impending4   ,happily these
 two witnesses may be harmonized1 as    
they are by that atonement which        
reconciles man to himself1 as well as   
reconciles man to ,god4  ,very          
significantly does the ,epistle to the  
,hebrews1 in inviting our approach to   
,god make1 as the condition of that     
approach1 the having our hearts         
sprinkled from an evil conscience4  ,as 
the ,high ,priest carried the blood into
 the ,holy of ,holies in connection with
 the old dispensation1 so does the      
,spirit take the blood of ,christ into  
the inner sanctuary of our spirit in the
 more wondrous economy of the new       
dispensation1 in order that he may      
cleanse your conscience from dead works 
to serve the living ,god 7,heb4 #i3     
#ad74  ,blessed is the man who is thus  
made at one with himself while made at  
one with ,god1 so that he can say3 ,i   
say the truth in ,christ1 ,i lie not1 my
 conscience also #bjb bearing me witness
 in the ,holy ,ghost 7,rom4 #i3 #aa74   

,the believer's conscience dwelling in  
the ,spirit1 even as his life is hid    
with ,christ in ,god1 both having the   
same mind and bearing the same          
testimony--this is the end of redemption
 and this is the victory of the atoning 
blood4    #a ,for as the ministry of    
,enoch was sealed by his reception into 
heaven1 and as the ministry of ,elijah  
was also abundantly proved by his       
translation1 so also the righteousness  
and innocence of ,christ4  ,but it was  
necessary that the ascension of ,christ 
should be more fully attested1 because  
upon his righteousness1 so fully proved 
by his ascension1 we must depend for all
 our righteousness4  ,for if ,god had   
not approved him after his resurrection1
 and he had not taken his seat at his   
right hand1 we could by no means be     
accepted of ,god4--,cartwright4     #bjc
  ,x  ,,the ,,ascent ,,of ,,the ,,spirit
     #bjd  ,the ,apostle ,paul evidently
 saw the redemption of the bodies of the
 saints and their manifestation as the  

sons of ,god and with them the          
redemption of the whole creation from   
its present bondage to be the complete  
harvest of the ,spirit1 whereof the     
church doth now possess only the        
first-fruits1 that is1 the first ripe   
grains which could be formed into a     
sheaf and presented in the temple as a  
wave-offering unto the ,lord4  ',that   
,holy ,spirit of ,promise which is the  
earnest of our inheritance1' saith the  
same apostle--the earnest1 like the     
first-fruit1 being only a part of that  
which is to be earned 4 4 4 yet a       
sufficient surety that the whole shall  
in the fullness of the times1 be        
likewise ours4--,edward ,irving4        
#bje  ,x  ,,the ,,ascent ,,of ,,the     
,,spirit  ,he that descended is the same
 also that ascended up far above all    
heavens4  ,so writes the apostle        
concerning the ,paraclete who is now    
with the ,father1 ,jesus ,christ the    
righteous 7,eph4 #d3 #i74  ,and what is 
true of the one is true of that other   

,paraclete1 the ,holy ,ghost1 who was   
sent down to abide with us during this  
age4  ,when he has accomplished his     
temporal mission in the world he will   
return to heaven in the body which he   
has fashioned for himself--that one new 
man1 the regenerate church1 gathered out
 from both ,jews and ,gentiles during   
this dispensation4  ,for what is the    
rapture of the saints predicted by the  
apostle when1 at the sound of the       
trumpet and the resurrection of the     
righteous dead1 we which are alive and  
remain shall be caught up together with 
them in the clouds to meet the ,lord in 
the air8 7#a ,thess4 #d3 #ag74  ,it is  
the earthly ,christ rising to meet the  
heavenly ,christ2 the elect church1     
gathered in the ,spirit and named o     
christos1 7#a ,cor4 #ab3 #ab17 taken up 
to be united in glory with ,christ1 the 
,head of the church1 himself the        
,saviour of the body #bjf 7,eph4 #e3    
#bc1 ,r4 ,v474  ,in the council at      
,jerusalem this is announced as the     

distinctive work of the ,spirit in this 
dispensation to gather out a people for 
his name4  ,it was not by accident and  
as a term of derision that the first    
believers received their name2 but the  
disciples were divinely called          
,christians first in ,antioch 7,acts    
#aa3 #bf74  ,this was the name          
pre-ordained for them1 that honorable   
name by which they are called 7,james   
#b3 #g74  ,when1 therefore1 this        
out-gathering shall have been           
accomplished1 and the people for his    
name shall be completed1 they will be   
translated to be one with him in glory1 
as they were one with him in name1 the  
,head taking the body to himself1 as    
,christ also1 the church 7,eph4 #e3     
#bi74  ,and this translation of the     
church is to be effected by the ,holy   
,spirit who dwells in her4  ,but if the 
,spirit of him that raised up ,jesus    
from the dead dwell in you1 he that     
raised up ,christ from the dead shall   
also quicken your mortal bodies by his  

,spirit that dwelleth in you 7,rom4 #h3 
#aa74  ,it is not by acting upon the    
body of ,christ from without1 but by    
energizing it from within1 that the     
,holy ,ghost will effect its            
glorification4  ,in a word1 the         
,comforter1 who on the day of           
,pentecost1 came down to form a body out
 of flesh1 will at the ,parousia return 
to heaven in that body1 having fashioned
 it like unto the body of ,christ1 that 
it may be presented to him not having   
spot1 or wrinkle1 or any such thing1 4 4
 4 holy #bjg and without blemish 7,eph4 
#e3 #bg74  ,is it meant to be implied in
 what is here said that the ,comforter  
is to leave the world at the time of the
 advent1 to return no more8  ,by no     
means4 ,and yet what is meant needs to  
be very explicitly set forth4  ,a very  
able writer on the doctrine of the      
,spirit makes this remark1 so striking  
and yet so true that we have put it in  
italics3 ,as ,christ shall ultimately   
give up his kingdom to the ,father 7#a  

,cor4 #ae3 #bd-bh71 so the ,holy ,ghost 
shall give up his administration to the 
,son1 when he comes in glory and all his
 holy angels with him4#a  ,the church   
and the kingdom are not identical terms1
 if we mean by the kingdom the visible  
reign and government of ,jesus ,christ  
on earth4  ,in another sense they are   
identical4  ,as the ,king1 so the       
kingdom4  ,the ,king is present now in  
the world1 only invisibly and by the    
,holy ,spirit2 so the kingdom is now    
present invisibly and spiritually in the
 hearts of believers4  ,the ,king is to 
come again visibly and gloriously2 so   
shall the kingdom appear visibly and    
gloriously4  ,in other words1 the       
kingdom is already here in mystery2 it  
is to be here in manifestation4  ,now   
the spiritual kingdom is administered by
 the ,holy ,ghost1 and it extends from  
,pentecost to ,parousia4  ,at the       
,parousia--the appearing of the ,son of 
,man in glory--when he shall take unto  
himself his great power and reign 7,rev4

 #aa3 #ag71 when he who has #bjh now    
gone into a far country1 to be invested 
with a kingdom1 shall return and enter  
upon his government 7,luke #ai3 #ae71   
then the invisible shall give way to the
 visible2 the kingdom in mystery shall  
emerge into the kingdom in              
manifestation1 and the ,holy ,spirit's  
administration shall yield to that of   
,christ4  ,here our discussion properly 
ends1 since the age-ministry of the     
,holy ,spirit terminates with the return
 of ,jesus ,christ in glory4  ,but there
 is an age to come 7,heb4 #f3 #e71      
succeeding the present evil age 7,gal4  
#a3 #d71 and we may1 in closing1 take a 
glimpse at that for the light which it  
may throw upon the present dispensation4
  ,what significance has the phrase1 the
 first-fruits of the ,spirit1 which     
several times occurs in the ,new        
,testament8  ,the first-fruits is but a 
handful compared with the whole harvest2
 and this is what we have in the gift of
 the ,holy ,spirit of promise1 which is 

the earnest of our inheritance until the
 redemption of the purchased possession 
7,eph4 #a3 #ac1 #ad74  ,the harvest1 to 
which all the first-fruits look forward1
 is at the appearing of the ,lord4      
,christ1 by his rising from the dead1   
became the first-fruits of them that    
slept 7#a ,cor4 #ae3 #bj74  ,the full   
harvest1 of course1 is at the advent1   
when they that are ,christ's at his     
coming shall be raised up 7#a ,cor4 #ae3
 #bc74  ,so of the ,holy ,ghost4  ,we   
have all the ,spirit1 but not all of the
 ,spirit4 ,as a person of #bji the      
,god-head1 he is here in his entirety2  
but as to his ministry1 we have as yet  
but a part or earnest of his full       
blessing4  ,to make this statement      
plain1 let us observe that the work of  
the ,holy ,spirit1 during this entire   
dispensation1 is elective4  ,he gathers 
from ,jew and ,gentile the body of      
,christ1 the ecclesia1 the called-out4  
,this is his peculiar work in this      
gospel age4  ,in a word1 the present is 

the age of election1 and not of         
universal ingathering4  ,but is this all
 we have to hope for8  ,let the word of 
,god answer4 ,paul1 in considering the  
hope of ,israel1 says that there is at  
this present time a remnant according to
 the election of grace2 and a little    
farther on he declares that in          
connection with the coming of the       
,deliverer all ,israel shall be saved   
7,rom4 #aa3 #e1 #bf74  ,here is an      
elective out-gathering1 and then a      
universal in-gathering2 or1 as the      
apostle sums it up in this same chapter3
 ,if the first-fruits be holy1 so also  
the lump4  ,on the other hand1 ,james1  
speaking by the ,holy ,ghost concerning 
the ,gentiles1 says first that ,god did 
visit the ,gentiles to take out of them 
a people for his name1 and after this   
will ,i return1 etc41 that the residue  
of men might seek after the ,lord1 and  
all the ,gentiles upon whom my name is  
called1 saith the ,lord 7,acts #ae3 #ad1
 #ag74  ,here1 again1 is first an       

elective out-gathering and then a total 
in-gathering4  #baj  ,now1 by looking at
 other scriptures1 it seems clear that  
the ,holy ,spirit is the divine agent in
 both these redemptions1 the partial and
 the total4  ,if we refer to ,joel's    
great prophecy3 ,i will pour out my     
,spirit upon all flesh1 and then to     
,peter's reference to the same1 as      
recorded in the ,acts1 we are led to    
ask1 ,was this prediction completely    
fulfilled on the day of ,pentecost8     
,clearly not4  ,peter1 with inspired    
accuracy1 says3 ,this is that which was 
spoken by the prophet ,joel1 without    
affirming that herein the prophecy of   
,joel was entirely fulfilled4  ,turning 
back to the prediction itself1 we find  
that it includes within its sweep the   
great and the terrible day of the ,lord1
 and the bringing again of the captivity
 of ,judah and ,jerusalem 7,joel #b3    
#ca2 #c3 #a71 events which are clearly  
yet future4  ,if again we examine the   
vivid prophecy of ,israel's conversion1 

we observe that their looking upon him  
whom they pierced1 and mourning for him1
 follows the prediction3 ,and ,i will   
pour upon the house of ,david1 and upon 
the inhabitants of ,jerusalem the       
,spirit of grace and supplication       
7,zech4 #ab3 #aj74  ,so in the picture  
of the desolations of ,jerusalem1 as    
they have actually existed during the   
present age1 the prophet represents this
 judgment of thorns and briars and      
forsaken palaces and desertion of       
population1 as continuing until the     
,spirit be poured upon us from on high  
7,isaiah #cb3 #ae74  ,indeed the        
,scriptures seem to be harmonious in    
#baa their teaching that1 after the     
present elective work of the ,spirit has
 been completed1 there will come a time 
of universal blessing1 when the ,spirit 
shall literally be poured out upon all  
flesh2 when that which is perfect shall 
come and that which is in part shall be 
done away4  ,thus in the doctrine of the
 ,spirit there is a constant reference  

to the final consummation4  ,the ,holy  
,spirit of ,god1 in whom ye were sealed 
unto the day of redemption1 says ,paul  
7,eph4 #d3 #cj74  ,again3 ,ourselves    
also which have the first-fruits of the 
,spirit1 even we ourselves1 groan within
 ourselves1 waiting for the adoption1 to
 wit1 the redemption of our body 7,rom4 
#h3 #bc74  ,all which the ,comforter has
 yet brought us1 or can now bring us1 is
 only the first sheaf of the great      
harvest of redemption which awaits us on
 our ,lord's return4  ,ye have received 
the ,spirit of adoption1 whereby we cry 
,abba1 ,father 7,rom4 #h3 #ae72 but for 
the adoption itself we wait2 sons of    
,god already by birth from above1 we    
with the whole creation yet wait for the
 manifestation of the sons of ,god      
7,rom4 #h3 #ai74  ,to his tender        
exhortation to be patient until the     
coming of the ,lord1 which ,james writes
 in the first chapter of his epistle1   
there is added the suggestive           
illustration3 ,behold the husbandman    

waiteth for the precious fruit of the   
earth1 being patient over it until it   
receive the early and latter rain4 #bab 
,as in husbandry the one rain belonged  
to the time of sowing1 and the other to 
the time of harvest1 so in redemption   
the early rain of the ,spirit was at    
,pentecost1 the latter rain will be at  
the ,parousia2 the one fell upon the    
world as the first sowers went forth    
into the world to sow1 the other will   
accompany the harvest which is the end  
of the age1 and will fructify the earth 
for the final blessing of the age to    
come1 bringing repentance to ,israel and
 the remission of sins1 that the times  
of refreshing may come from the presence
 of the ,lord1 and that he may send     
,jesus ,christ1 before appointed for    
you1 whom the heavens must receive until
 the times of the restitution of all    
things 7,acts #c3 #ai-ba74    #a        
,through the ,eternal ,spirit1 by ,elder
 ,cumming1 ,d4 ,d41 p4 #ahe4     #bac   
,,scripture ,,index                     

,,page    ,genesis #ej3 #ac 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahb    ,exodus #cj3   
#cj-cc 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aef  
,leviticus #ad 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #bh   ,leviticus #bc3 #aa-af  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bi   ,leviticus   
#h3 #ab  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hh
   ,leviticus #ad3 #ag 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4   #hi    #a ,samuel #af3 #ae  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hh    #b    
,samuel #bc3 #b1 #c  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #aga    #a ,kings #ai3 #af 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hh    ,psalms   
#acc3 #a1 #b 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#eh   ,psalms #ag3 #ae  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4  #aad   ,psalms #hd3 #f 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abd         
,psalms #ag3 #af  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #abe    ,isaiah #aa3 #b 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gf   ,isaiah    
#ei3 #bj  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#agf   ,isaiah #cb3 #ae  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #baj    ,joel #b3 #ca 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #baj       
,joel #c3 #a  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4  #baj    ,amos #i3 #aa 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agf    ,zechariah
 #ab3 #aj 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#baj    ,matthew #c3 #aa  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ef   ,matthew #ab3 #bh 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ge       
,matthew #c3 #aa1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4   #gf   ,matthew #af3 #bd1 #be 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajh   ,matthew 
#f3 #bg1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#aae   ,matthew #ah3 #ai 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adi    ,mark #ac3 #cb  4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dg       
,mark #ab3 #cf  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #aga    ,luke #c3 #bb 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gf   ,luke #d3  
#a  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#hb   ,luke #d3 #ah 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4   #hh   ,luke #aj3 #b 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acg   ,luke 
#b3 #a1 #b 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
  #ahb   ,luke #b3 #cd1 #ce 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahi   ,luke #ai3 #ae  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjh     
,john #ad3 #bc  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4   #bj   ,john #a3 #ad 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bc   ,john #bj3  
#ag  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ca
   ,john #ae3 #bf  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4   #ce   ,john #ad3 #af  4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ch   ,john    
#ad3 #ah2 #ad3 #bf2 #af3 #ac  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #ci   ,john #af3 #g 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dj   ,john #ad3 #bh
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #db   
,john #af3 #ae  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #dc   ,john #ad3 #ab2 #ae3 #bf  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dd   ,john #af3
 #h-aj  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#de   ,john #af3 #ab1 #ac  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #df   ,john #af3 #ac1 ,r4
 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dg      
,john #af3 #g 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #di   ,john #ad3 #ah2 #ad3 #c 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ej   ,john #a3 
#cc 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#eh   ,john #c3 #af2 #a3 #ab  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fg   ,john #a3 #cc 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gf       
,john #f3 #bg 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4   #gg   ,john #c3 #cc 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gh   ,john #b3   
#bc1 #bd 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#gi    ,john #af3 #ac2 #ad3 #ag2 #ae3   
#bf2 #af3 #ac  4 4 4   #ib   ,john #c3  
#ca2 #h3 #bc  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#aja   ,john #c3 #g1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajc   ,john #ac3 #ce4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aac      
,john #a3 #af 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #abd   ,john #ad3 #bc  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ach   ,john #af3  
#bc  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adg
   ,john #bj3 #bb1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4  #afe   ,john #f3 #fc1 ,r4   
,v4  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agj      
,john #ae3 #ae2 #ag3 #h 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4  #age   ,john #af3 #h1 ,r4 ,v42 
#ad3 #ag  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahg   ,john 
#af3 #h1 ,r4 ,v4  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4  #ahh   ,john #ae3 #bb  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahi   ,john #ae3 #bf1 
#bg  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aie    
,john #af3 #ac1 ,r4 ,v42 #ad3 #ai 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4  #aif   ,john #ab3 #ca2 #e3   

#bd1 ,r4 ,v4  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aii     
,acts #i3 #ca 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #ej   ,acts #b3 #da2 #e3 #ad2   
#aa3 #bd  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ee   ,acts 
#aj3 #ch  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#eh   ,acts #aa3 #af  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4   #ei   ,acts #b3 #ch 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fi   ,acts 
#h3 #ad-ag  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#gd   ,acts #a3 #b  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4   #ge   ,acts #b3 #d  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hb   ,acts 
#i3 #ag2 #d3 #h 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4   #hc   ,acts #d3 #ca2 #f3 #e 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hd   ,acts #d3 #bg1
 ,r4 ,v42 #aj3 #ch  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#hh   ,acts #ae3 #bh  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4  #acb   ,acts #bj3 #bh1 ,r4 
,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acd       
,acts #aj3 #dd  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #ade   ,acts #e3 #i  4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aej   ,acts #a3   
#h1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#aei   ,acts #ac3 #b2 #ac3 #d2 #ac3 #i2 
#ac3 #eb 4 4 4 4 4  #afj   ,acts #ae3   

#h2 #ae3 #bh2 #af3 #f1 #g 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#afa   ,acts #a3 #af 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aga   ,acts #ae3 #af  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agf   ,acts
 #g3 #ch 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
  #ahj   ,acts #g3 #af 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahb   ,acts #c3 #ad1   
#ae 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aia   
,acts #b3 #cc2 #e3 #cj-cb 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4  #aid   ,acts #ac3 #ci1 ,r4 ,v4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aih   ,acts   
#bd3 #be  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#bjj   ,acts #aa3 #bf  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjf   ,acts #ae3 #ad1 #ag
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bji       
,acts #c3 #ai 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #bab    ,romans #a3 #d  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #de   ,romans #h3
 #i  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #eg
   ,romans #f3 #c1 #d2 #h3 #b 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4   #fb   ,romans #f3 #ag 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fd         
,romans #aa3 #i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #ha   ,romans #a3 #d  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajg   ,romans #f3 

#c1 #d2 #g3 #d 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#aji   ,romans #f3 #aa1 ,r4 ,v4  4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aaj   ,romans #h3 #ac2 
#h3 #b 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aaa    
,romans #ae3 #cj  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #aab   ,romans #h3 #bc2 #h3 #aa  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aai   ,romans   
#ab3 #b1 ,r4 ,v4  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#abc   ,romans #a3 #ag 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abd   ,romans #h3 #bf1   
#bg1 ,r4 ,v4  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adh   
,romans #h3 #bf 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #agc   ,romans #aa3 #bf  4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agf   ,romans #c3 
#b1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#agi   ,romans #h3 #a2 #h3 #af 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjj   ,romans #b3 #ae1 
#af 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bja     
,romans #i3 #aa 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #bjb   ,romans #h3 #aa 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjf   ,romans #aa3
 #f1 #bf 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bji
   ,romans #h3 #bc2 #h3 #ae2 #h3 #ai 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #baa    #a ,corinthians   
#ab3 #ab 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ed    

#a ,corinthians #ab3 #ac 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4   #ee   #a ,corinthians #aj3 #a  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #eg   #a        
,corinthians #b3 #aa1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #ij   #a ,corinthians #ab3 #c  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ia   #a         
,corinthians #ae3 #ea1 #eb 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #abj   #a ,corinthians #ae3 #eb2  
#ae3 #dd 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abe   #a       
,corinthians #c3 #af  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #acj   #a ,corinthians #b3 #d 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adc   #a           
,corinthians #aj3 #aa 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #aef   #a ,corinthians #ab3 #aa1   
,r4 ,v4  4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aff   #a       
,corinthians #b3 #aj-ac 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #agc   #a ,corinthians #ad3 #cg 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahj   #a           
,corinthians #b3 #i1 #aj 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #aha   #a ,corinthians #ab3 #c1   
,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aie   #a      
,corinthians #f3 #aa  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #aif   #a ,corinthians #b3 #i1 #aj 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aig   #a          
,corinthians #ab3 #ab 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4  #bje   #a ,corinthians #ae3 #bd-bh 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjg   #a            
,corinthians #ae3 #bj2 #ae3 #bc 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #bjh    #b ,corinthians #a3 #ba1 
#bb  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gh   #b       
,corinthians #a3 #ba1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #hh   #b ,corinthians #e3 #ad1  
,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aaj   #b      
,corinthians #c3 #ah1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #aac   #b ,corinthians #c3 #ah  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abc   #b         
,corinthians #c3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4  #acb    ,galatians #e3 #be  4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #eg   ,galatians #d3
 #f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fi   
,galatians #c3 #b2 #c3 #ad  4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4   #ga   ,galatians #d3 #ai  4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #id   ,galatians
 #b3 #bj1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#aaj   ,galatians #e3 #af  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aae   ,galatians #a3 #ad 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abc         
,galatians #a3 #a 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #acf   ,galatians #f3 #b 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aee   ,galatians  

#f3 #h1 ,r4 ,v4  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#afj   ,galatians #a3 #d 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjh    ,ephesians #a3 #g2
 #c3 #af  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #db     
,ephesians #a3 #bj1 #ba  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4   #de   ,ephesians #d3 #e 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ef   ,ephesians 
#f3 #ah  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #eg
   ,ephesians #d3 #af  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4   #fa   ,ephesians #a3 #ac  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gg            
,ephesians #d3 #cj  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #hj   ,ephesians #e3 #ah  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hg   ,ephesians  
#d3 #bd  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajf
   ,ephesians #b3 #a 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4  #ajg   ,ephesians #d3 #h-ab1  
,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acd         
,ephesians #f3 #ah  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #adh   ,ephesians #e3 #ai  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aec   ,ephesians  
#b3 #bb1 ,r4 ,v42 #c3 #af1 ,r4 ,v42     
#b3 #ah1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#aed   ,ephesians #d3 #i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bje   ,ephesians #e3 #bc2

 #e3 #bi 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjf      
,ephesians #e3 #bg  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #bjg   ,ephesians #a3 #ac1 #ad  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjh   ,ephesians 
#d3 #cj  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #baa
    ,philippians #b3 #f1 #g1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 #db1 #dc    ,colossians #a3  
#bd 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fc     
,colossians #c3 #aj 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #ajf   ,colossians #b3 #ac 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajg   ,colossians 
#c3 #b1 #e1 ,r4 ,v4  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#aaj   ,colossians #c3 #af 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aee    #a ,thessalonians 
#b3 #ai  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ej   #a 
,thessalonians #c3 #ac  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #fj   #a ,thessalonians #a3 #i 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajb   #a           
,thessalonians #e3 #bc1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #abb   #a ,thessalonians #a3 #e 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #add   #a         
,thessalonians #a3 #f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #ade   #a ,thessalonians #d3 #ah  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aee   #a           
,thessalonians #d3 #ag  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4  #bje    #b ,thessalonians #b3 #d 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acj    #b ,timothy
 #b3 #ai  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#gh   #b ,timothy #c3 #af  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afh    ,titus #b3 #ac1   
,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aai   
,hebrews #a3 #i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #ei   ,hebrews #i3 #ad  4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ge   ,hebrews #a3
 #c 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ia 
,hebrews #f3 #d1 #e1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4  #aba   ,hebrews #f3 #e1 ,r4   
,v4  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abc        
,hebrews #b3 #d 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #add   ,hebrews #g3 #be1 ,r4 ,v4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adh   ,hebrews  
#c3 #ac  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#aee   ,hebrews #c3 #ae  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aeh   ,hebrews #c3 #g 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aga        
,hebrews #a3 #c 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #aic   ,hebrews #aj3 #ad1 #ae 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aie   ,hebrews   
#i3 #h 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#aif   ,hebrews #b3 #ad1 #ae  4 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aii   ,hebrews #i3 #ad  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bja       
,hebrews #f3 #e 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #bjh    ,james #a3 #ah  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aje   ,james #c3 
#ae  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abf
   ,james #f3 #af2 #e3 #af1 ,r4 ,v 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aee   ,james #b3 #g 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjf    #a  
,peter #d3 #f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #eg   #a ,peter #b3 #i1 ,r4 ,v4  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hi   #a ,peter  
#a3 #bc1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#aje   #a ,peter #d3 #ad  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aah   #a ,peter #a3 #ab 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adc   #a  
,peter #a3 #bb  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #aee   #a ,peter #a3 #bc1 ,r4 ,v4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agj   #a ,peter  
#a3 #aa  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#agd   #a ,peter #d3 #aa  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahj   #a ,peter #c3 #ah 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aia    #b 
,peter #a3 #d1 ,r4 ,v4  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #ajd   #b ,peter #a3 #ba1 ,r4 ,v4

 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #age    #a ,john
 #b3 #a  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#ch   #a ,john #b3 #bj 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hi   #a ,john #b3 #bg 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ij   #a  
,john #a3 #c  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #ii   #a ,john #a3 #h1 #c3 #i  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aaf   #a ,john   
#c3 #e1 #f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#aag   #a ,john #c3 #b1 ,r4 ,v4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abd   #a ,john #d3 #af
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahj    
#a ,john #b3 #a  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4  #aie    ,jude #a3 #bd 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abc   ,jude #a3 
#ai 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#abf   ,jude #a3 #bj 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adh    ,revelation #bb3  
#ag  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ej      
,revelation #a3 #ah 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #fa   ,revelation #c3 #c  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gf   ,revelation 
#f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acc  
,revelation #b3 #g2 #ad3 #ac  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4  #agj   ,revelation #aa3 #ag  4 

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjg     #bag    
,,general ,,index                       
,,page    ,adam3 fall of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajb         
child of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajf     nature derived   
from  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#ajg     inheritance from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aah   ,adam     
life3 birth into  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4  #ajd   ,adolph ,monod3       
farewell of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
  #ahd   ,age of the ,spirit3 defined 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #af         
,age-work3 continuance of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #af   ,ambrose3       
observation of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #ca   ,ananias and ,sapphira3   
sin of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #bb1 #bc 
,andrews1 ,bishop3 beautiful words of  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ed   ,anointing3    
,importance of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 #hh1 #hi     examples of  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hi      
,ante-,pentecostal days3 spiritual      

nonage of 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dh   ,apostles3
 ,matthias chosen by 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4  #acf     prerogatives of  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aff     
order of1 ceased 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afg   ,asceticism3       
inversion of divine order  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4  #aaa   ,augustine3 quotation from  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ah        
calls ,pentecost  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ai     saying of true 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#bj     replies to rationalists  4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aha    ,baptism3 
a monogram  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #aji   ,baptized3 into ,moses 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #eg    
,bengel3 statement of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ci   ,bible3 ,holy   
,ghost breathes within it 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #agj     divine author of 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agg        
infallibility of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agi     a sensitive plant
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     

#aha   ,bickersteth1 ,e4 ,h43 quotation 
from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ha   ,boys1 
,e43 extract from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4   #fh   ,butler1 ,archer3     
quotation from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#cj    ,calvary3 typology of 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bh     once   
for all 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4   #ei   ,calvin1 ,john2         
quotation from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
   #cd   ,canon ,garratt3 excerpt from  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acg         
,cartwright3 extract from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aib   ,choirs3        
composed of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4  #afd   ,christ3 life of  4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ad    
on earth 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ba     inspired         
characterizations of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #bc     image of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bd        
fulfills all types   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bf     our ,passover 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    

#bi     earthly work of1 completed 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #cj     ready to 
be communicated 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #cj     expiatory work of  4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ca        
accepted by ,god  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ca     foretells       
,comforter  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #ci     the testator 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #da        
indwelling of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #db     generosity of  4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#dc     earthly--equal to  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dd     power to 
impart  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #de     coronation of  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #df        
prayers of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ej     mystical body of 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ec     present by 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ec     visible  
union of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #ed     manifestation of 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fj       
indwelt by 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fa     description of 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#fa     vivifying power of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fb              
disfigured 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fd     twofold          
manifestation of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #fd     faith of1 ignored  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fh       
our justification  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fi     effective service
 for  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#gd     example in all things  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ge     our      
pattern  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4   #ge     endued by the ,spirit
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gf  
possessed by 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gg     holiness         
essential to  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #hj     draws to himself 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ha        
justification in 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hi     the ,holy ,one 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#hi     deity of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ia     image of 
,god 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #ia     conformity to  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #id       
made atonement 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
4 4 4 4 4 4   #ie     treasure hidden in
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajj
     the heart of the church  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajj     begotten by 
,holy ,ghost 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4  #ajf     origin of life 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajg         
nature derived from  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajh     came as ,saviour 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#aji     efficacy of his sacrifice  4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aaj     victory 
through  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #aaa     manifested love of 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aac       
pattern of ,god 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aad     imparting life 4

 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#aag     inheritance from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aah     official
 seat of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #acj     bride of1 betrayed 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acc       
living voice of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aci     identification   
with  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#adg     helping us to pray 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adi     attitude
 of1 described 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #agd     divinity of  4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agg       
spirit of1 necessary 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agi     threefold work of
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ahh     died for the sins of the world 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aij             
satisfied ,god  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aia     perfected       
righteousness  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4  #aib     our ,high ,priest  4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aic       
resurrection of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aid     enthronement of  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#aic     lifted to heaven 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aif             
continuance of within the veil 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aig     not seen by the  
world  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#aig     reflected by the ,spirit  4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aig     answers
 all questions  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #aih     death of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aii      
judged sin on the cross  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aii     redemptive work  
of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#bjj     administration of  4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjh     the     
first-fruits 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4  #bjh   ,christ-life3 spiritual
 birth into  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajd  
,christian ,church3 home of the ,spirit 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bj   ,christian    
doctrine3 undeveloped  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #df   ,christian life3 crisis in 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hd     a 

gradual growth 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4   #id     possibilities of 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #if 
,christians3 good text for  4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fc     ignorance of 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#gc     privilege of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ic     belief of
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #aag     possessors of the ,spirit 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afe       
prove veracity of ,scripture  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahc     divine naming of
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#bjf   ,church3 first capital sin of 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bb     temple 
of ,god  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4   #bd     image of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #be     
greater riches for 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dh     history of begun 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ec     definition of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ec     formation
 of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4   #ed     introduction into  4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ee        
unsanctified1 sometimes  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ei     to be like ,jesus
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#fa     appellation of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fb              
complement of her ,lord 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fh     disfigures      
,christ  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4   #fd     ,paraclete abides in  4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fh        
effective service in 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gd     monograph of 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#gh     ,christ the heart of  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajj     the     
temple of ,god  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4  #acj     guidance of the     
,lord for 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#acb     is manifold  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acg     dead yet
 living  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #ach     appointments in ,state  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aci      

,spirit withdrawn from  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ada     feature of      
worship in  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4  #aed     service of1 described  4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aee          
fellowship with ,head of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aee     requirements of 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4         
#afa1afb     ,spirit sent unto 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahh        
communications of to the world 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aig     translation of 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#bjf   ,comforter3 another given 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ae            
indwelling of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ba     coming of  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#bb     presence of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #cb     foretold 
by ,christ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #ci     reverent subjection of 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dj       
ignorant of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gd     ,jesus' promise  

of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#ii     witness of the 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adc     sending  
of the 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #adg     ministry of the  4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adh       
return of to heaven  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjf     consolation of 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#baa   ,communion3 significance of 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ii     through
 ,holy ,spirit  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4  #ajg   ,conscience3 definition 
and work of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahi   
accusing power of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bja   ,conversion3       
definition of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4   #gh   ,course of redemption3       
,moberly's divisions  4 4 4 4 4 4   #af 
,cross3 plain attractions of  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aeh   ,cumming1 ,j4   
,elder3 quotation from  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 #gb1 #gc     excerpt from 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #he1 #hf      
quotation from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

 4 4 4 4 #abh1 #bjg    ,day of          
,pentecost3 ,holy ,spirit embodied      
in the church at 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4   #ba   ,death3 division of 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aji    
,disciple3 requirements of  4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aae   ,dispensation3  
mystery and glory of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
   #be   ,divine love3 source of 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aab   ,divine
 ministries3 succession of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4   #bf    ,ephesians3           
description in  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #bd   ,exodus2 typical            
illustration of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#eh    ,father3 ,jesus' return to 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ad   ,felix3 
reference to  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4  #bjj   ,fuller1 ,andrew3       
statement of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#aia    ,gaussen's ,theopneustia3       
quotation from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afd    
,gentiles3 door opened to 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ei   ,god3           
omnipresence of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4 4 4   #ba     union of1 to        
humanity  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#bb     indwelling with men  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bc     becomes  
known  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #bd     emanation from 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ch       
witness of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gg     withholding from 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#gi     claims of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aji     ,christ1 
pattern of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #aad     total surrender to 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aaf       
action of ,spirit of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abb     manifestation of
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#abd     all in all 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abf     created 
all men  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #ajc     communion with1 imperiled
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aeh       
,godet3 beautiful words of  4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hd   ,godhead3       

mysterious unity of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #ae     persons of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bj      
co-equal partner in  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ba     earthly ministry 
of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#be     distinctly foreshadowed  4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bh              
,paraclete a member of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ch     mutual converse 
of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#dg     our relations to 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fg     executive
 of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #ge   ,god-,jehovah3 economy of1  
incomplete  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bf     
,god's communion3 broken and restored 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #cj   ,great          
,commission3 meagre giving for the  4 4 
4 4 4 4 4  #aeh     record of giving of 
the  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aei  
,gregory ,nazianzen3 quoted  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #eb    ,hare1 ,julius
 ,charles3 extract from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #ahf   ,harnack1 ,prof43 statement 

of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fj      
,heresy3 meaning of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aaf   ,holiness3      
explanation of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #hj     synonymous name for  4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aad       
,holy ,ghost3 dies natalis of  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ai     personality of 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#cg     office of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ci     work of  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #da     communicates power 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dd        
great work of begun  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ed     statement of 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ee     all filled with  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ef     baptized 
in  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #eg     unction of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ei        
incorporation into body of ,christ      
through  4 4 4 4 4   #ei     baptism of 
the 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4   #fb     unceasing work of  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fb     view 
of1 urged 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4   #fh     possession of  4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gj    
faith toward 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ga     traits of  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#gb     blessings of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gb     ignorance
 regarding  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #gc     ,christ begotten by 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ge       
fullness of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gf     incidents        
regarding  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 #hc1 #hd     inheritance in 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #he     the
 gift of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4   #ib     crisis brought by a 
full reception of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #id  
has been given 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ie     present          
office-work of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #ii     operation of 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajh       
hidden life of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abj     completed in us  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#abf     the one ,administrator  4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abi            
prerogative of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acj     insubordination  
to 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#ace     appoints leaders 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acf1acg     elders  
chosen by 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #ach     ignoring voice of  4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aci      
preaching in the 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adc     inspiration of1  
ignored  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#ade     ,god's interpreter  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adg     prayer 
in the  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #aej     office of1 magnified 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aeb      
unction of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aef     attempted        
purchase of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

 4  #aeh     minute directions of 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afa         
action of1 supreme 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aff     renewing power of
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#afi     breathes within the ,bible  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agj            
position regarding 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agb     testimony of     
,paul to 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
  #agc     regeneration by  4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #age           
,david's words concerning 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahb     disciples1      
recipients of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4  #ahg     presentation of  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aij     the  
gift of the  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4  #aic     sent by the ,lord 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aif  
temporal mission of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bje     administration of
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#bjg     age-ministry of1 terminates  4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjh   ,holy     

,spirit3 lack of attention to  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4   #ac     consideration of 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ad 
best treatise on 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ad     age-ministry of  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ad     vagueness of doctrine of 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ad     ,jesus'  
presence by 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #ae     temporal mission of  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ae      
dispensation of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #af     made partakers of
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#af     came into the world  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bj     resides  
on earth 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #bj     abides perpetually in    
church 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ba    
deference paid to  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bb     indwelling of  4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#bd     ,son revealed by  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bd     relation
 of stated by ,tophel 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4   #be     descent of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bf      
commended by ,christ  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bg     office of  4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#cj     sent down  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ca     filled   
with  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #cb     a witness  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #cb      
dies natalis of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4   #cb     named by our ,lord 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ce 
subordination to 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dj     distributes the  
estate 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#da     the divine ,conveyancer 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #db             
communicates power 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dd     advent of  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#di     prays with church  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ej     history  
of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #ee     union through  4 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fb       
duty to receive  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fh     personality of 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#gb     ignorance regarding  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gc     reception
 of gift of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #gh     our signet ring  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gi        
will be the seal 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hj     interprets       
himself 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4   #he     is the anointing 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hi          
recognition of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ic     agent for  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ii     power of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aja              
conveyance of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aje     the ,executor 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#aji     subdues sinful nature  4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aaa             
subjection to  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abf     designation of 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#abi     guidance of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aca             
administration of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acc     in church service
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#adb     witness of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #add             
supremacy of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adf     prayer inspired  
by 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#adi     in missions of the church  4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aei     acts and
 speaks  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #agj     directing power of 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agf       
sovereign individuality of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agg     inimitableness of
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#agg     authenticates books for us 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahj     ground  
of conviction of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #ahi     an evangel of grace  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aih      

imparts to us  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aih     church translated
 by 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#bjf     ,person of the ,godhead  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bji     work  
of1 elective  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4  #bji     a divine agent 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #baj    
,human system3 life and death 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fc    ,inspiration3  
significance of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4  #afe     gospel a stereotyped 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afg          
,scripture given by 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afh     verbal1         
essential  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #aga     ,jesus claims verbal  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agc      
of the ,holy ,ghost  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agc     of ,scripture  
writers 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#agc1agd   ,irving1 ,edward3 beautiful  
statement of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aba      
quotation from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjd   ,isaiah3           

passion-prophecy of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4  #aib     reference to 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aih     
,james3 words of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bji     exhortation of
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#baa   ,jesus3 surprising saying of  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ai            
pre-existence of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ai     agent in creation
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ai     birth of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bj     sublime  
word of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #bj     mysterious saying of 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ba       
not yet glorified  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #be     paschal talk of  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ch     atoning blood of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hi     farewell 
sermon of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4  #dc1dd     teaching of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #df        
parousia of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

 4 4 4 4 4 4   #di     ,all in all 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#fa     replies of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ge     full of  
the ,spirit 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #hb     spirit of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ia      
significant saying of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aje     question of  4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#aae     scribes' question concerning 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afe     words of
 concerning ,spirit 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #aff     doctrine of  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afi      
claims of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agc     charged with     
blasphemy 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#ahj     limitation of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahg     prophecy
 at birth of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #ahi     literal fulfillment of   
promise of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aid     
strange paradox of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aif     words of at the  

cross  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#aii     spake literal truth  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aii             
government of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjg   ,jesus ,christ3    
ministry of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
   #ac     time-ministry of 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ad     gives 
,great ,commission 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4   #ae     dualism of teaching  
of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajf  
,jews3 charge of against ,jesus  4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahj     denial of  4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#aia     church gathered from the 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bje   ,john3    
mentioned  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4  #ahj   ,jordan3 symbolism of 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajd  
,jukes1 ,andrew3 extract from  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #fh1 #fi     excerpt from
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
  #ajg    ,kelly1 ,william3 observation 
of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #fi1 #gj       
,lee1 ,inspiration of the ,holy         

,scriptures3         quotation from 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #age1agf     
,leper3 cleansing of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bh   ,lord3 farewell 
discourse of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#ae     question concerning  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ba     deference
 paid to  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #bb     glory shines forth from  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bc        
presentation of sheaf  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bi     words of risen 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ca     named the ,holy ,ghost 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ce     words  
of concerning ,paracletos 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #cf     ,paraclete distinct from
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ch     
speaks concerning ,spirit 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ci     valedictory     
discourse of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
   #db     return of to glory 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dh     dying 
of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4   #fb     complement of the      

church 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fc
     resurrection of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fd     advent of  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
   #hj     appropriating to himself 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hg           
assumed prerogative of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajj     words of to      
,nicodemus  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4  #aja     antithesis of two natures in
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajg          
constant words of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajh      fashioned to    
image of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#aac     mystical body of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aai     coming  
of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #abj     experience of  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abc      
guiding the church 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acb     post-ascension   
gospel of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#acb     ascent of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acd     calls   
,saul of ,tarsus 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

 4 4 4 4  #acf     power of 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acg   
conditions imposed by  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ach     voice of heard in
 church 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ach     commission to speak for  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afg     ,spirit 
breathed by 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #afh     testimony of 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afi      
,apocalyptic words of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agj     ,abigail's      
prayer to  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4  #ahj     words of1 concerning       
,comforter 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahg  
messengers sent by 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahh     a sin against the
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#aij     exaltation of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aie     sent the
 ,holy ,ghost  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4  #aif     harvest at return of 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #baa     
,luther3 pointed statement of 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dc     wise words of 

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#agb    ,manning1 ,henry ,e43 quotation 
from  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ab     best
 treatise from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4   #ad   ,master3 instructions  
of to disciples 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #cf1 #cg
   ,method3 that employed in writing 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ad   ,milton3     
quotation from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4  #ajc   ,ministry3 of ,jesus 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bj   
,moberly3 divisions of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #af     quotation from
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#af   ,morrison3 comment of 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dg   ,moule1   
,h4 ,c4 ,g43 excerpt from  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4   #ie   ,murray1 ,andrew3    
quotation from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#ff    ,neander1 ,church ,history3      
excerpt from  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afh     
,new birth3 definition of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aja     acquirement of
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#ajb   ,new ,testament ,scriptures3     

authoritative voice of the ,lord  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4  #afg    ,old ,testament3     
words of ,peter concerning 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
  #agj     as oracles of ,god  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahj          
,olshausen's ,commentary3 note from  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 #afe1 #aff   ,owen1 ,john3 
summing up of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4   #hb    ,paraclete3 sent by ,christ 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bd       
meaning of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ce     attributes of  4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ch     conclusion regarding 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ci     duties of
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #dc     teaching of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #df        
difference of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #di     realization of 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ej     question and answer of 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agj     related  
to limitation of ,jesus 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4  #ahg     certifies to 4 4 4 4 4 4

 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aic      
with the ,father  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aie     statement       
concerning 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4  #bje   ,parousia3 ,lord's second    
coming 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #di    
introduces the church  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ej   ,paschal lamb3     
typology of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
   #bi   ,paul3 epistles of  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #da1 #db         
words of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ga1 #aaa1
 #aab1 #abj1 #ahj1 #baa     exponent of 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#hc     subject of preaching of  4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adc     work of  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #add     words of1 interpreted  4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agb        
testimony of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agc     words of1 before 
,felix 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#bjj     observation of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bji             
,pentecost3 work inaugurated at 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #af     styled dies   
natalis  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#ai     promise fulfilled at 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bj              
impossible precedence of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bh     typology of  4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#bh     predetermined  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bi     has come 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #ca     church began its history  
at  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ec       
story of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ee     body of ,christ  
baptized at 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   
#eg     ,holy ,ghost descended at  4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ei            
foretaste of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gj     once for all 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#gb   ,persons of the ,trinity3         
deference of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bg    
,peter3 question of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bc     bold testimony
 of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  

#cb     deep saying of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajd     statement
 of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #aah     reference of to ,old      
,testament  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aga 
talk of1 on ,pentecost  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aid     defense of 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#aid     words of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aih     inspired
 saying of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #baj     ,prayer3 a vital element 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adf     in
 the name of ,jesus 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4  #adg     high ground       
regarding  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
  #aea     connected with ,holy ,ghost  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aec         
,preaching3 importance of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adc     of the cross 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#add     the inspiration of 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ade             
,redemption by ,incarnation3 doctrine of
 in vogue  4 4 4   #fg   ,regeneration3 

what is it8  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
  #aja     power of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajb           
examples of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajf   ,resurrection3 time
 fixed for 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#bi   ,romans eighth3 deep teachings of 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bb   ,roos3    
quotation from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4   #df   ,rothe1 ,dogmatics3    
excerpt from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#agh    ,salvation3 two sides to  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fg           
,sanctification3 continuous 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aba                   
instantaneousness of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #abe   ,saul of ,tarsus3  
sealed with the ,spirit 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#acf   ,saviour3 lived before           
incarnation  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ac  
redemptive work of1 completed  4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #cj     promise of 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#cg     follow teachings of  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #db     and a    

comparison 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4   #dd     departure of1          
conditioning 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#di   ,scriptures3 teaching of  4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ad             
confounding of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fh     examined1        
regarding  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4   #gj     given by inspiration 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afh         
definition of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afi     minute study of  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#aga     literal inspiration of 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agb     the     
style of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4  #age     divine ,author of 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agg  
alleged discrepancies of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahb     veracity of1     
confirmed 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#ahb     infallibility of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahc     contrast
 exhibited in  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #bjj     harmony of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #baa       
,shechinah3 resting-place of  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bc   ,son of ,god3   
naming of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4   #ce     self-emptying of 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #db         
,sonship3 doctrine of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajc   ,spirit2        
descending on ,jesus  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4   #ai     study of doctrine of 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ai    
indwelling of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bb     sending down of  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#bd     teaching of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #bg     typology 
of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #bi     work of1 begun 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #cj        
history of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ce     best dictionary  
of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#cf     promise of advent of 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ci     the      
measure of the ,son 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4 4 4   #dj     signified time 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #dh  
nature and offices of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #di     influence of1    
manifested 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
#ec     baptistery of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ef     baptism  
of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4   #ef     walk in  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #eg       
praying in 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #eg     fell on house of 
,cornelius 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#ei     supreme work of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fj     the      
indwelling of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4   #fb     enduement of 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #fh1 #gf  
gift subsequent to 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #fi     appropriation of 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#gj     ,god's gift 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ga             
reception of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ga     traits of  4 4 4 

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#gb     baptism in 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gd     ,christ  
waited for  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4   #ge     anointing of 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gf      
sealing of the 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 #gg1 #ha     possession of  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #gi1 
#hj     great office of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hj     fullness 
of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4   #hb     reception of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hc        
infilling of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hd     supreme place of 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#hg     anointing of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hg              
sanctification in  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hi     of ,god 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#ij     manifestation of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ij              
appellations of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ib     ,christian's     
privilege in 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
   #ic     illustrations of enduement of
  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ic           
yearning of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4   #id     energy of  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ie     communicates to us 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ii     life by  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #ajj     incorporation by 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aje     of 
holiness  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4  #ajg     supremacy of 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aaa  
effects exclusion of sin 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aab     behind all 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#aac     surrender to 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aae     of glory
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #aah     change wrought by  4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aai       
working in us  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aba     perfecting power 

of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#abb     descent of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #acd     power   
of1 ignored  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4  #adj     is the breath of ,god 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ada    
dispensation of the  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adf     doctrine of the  
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#adh     deepest work of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adi     ministry
 of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4  #aej     strengthening power of 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aed       
access by1 unto the ,father 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aed     method of  4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#aee     inspirer of worship  4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aef             
imitation of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aeg     story of 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#aei     directing enterprises  4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 #afj1 #afa            
,christians possessors of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 

4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afe     ,jesus' words   
concerning  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#aff     authoritative voice of 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #afh             
intercedes for us  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agc     thoughts         
regarding 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4  #age     of ,christ necessary  4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #agi       
universal diffusion of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahg     conviction of  4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#ahh     sent unto the church 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahh     the     
witness to grace 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4  #ahi     proceeds from ,god  4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aie  
sent to convince the world 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #aig     reflects ,christ 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     
#aig     co-witness of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjj             
distinctive work of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #bjf     elective work of1
 completed  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4     

#baa   ,stephen3 words of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahj     error  
in statement of  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4  #ahb   ,streams of life3 two    
contrasted  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ajd 
,testimonies3 of new life 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #gd   ,tophel1        
,pastor3 quotation from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4   #be     excerpt from 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #ih    
criticism of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4  #adb   ,types3 accuracy of
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4    
#bh     foretell accurately  4 4 4 4 4 4
 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   #hi    ,webb1    
,bishop3 extract from 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4   #fj   ,word of ,god3 a      
unique book 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
#agj     infallible 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  #ahb