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SER. X. EXTRACT I.

Emptying the mind.

did the Lord Jesus make this ultimatum; or teach the doctrine of the necessity of thus "emptying the vessel?" Is it not by the reception of the Spirit and the word, that the mind becomes enlightened; and filled with the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus? The light and truth of the Gospel, must chase away darkness and error from the mind of fallen man. The carnal mind is enmity itself, against spiritual light and truth; and it is only by the influence and power of the, that the enmity is done away, and inclination for the light and truth of revelation is produced.

See under Ser. II. Ex. 7; Ser. V. Ex. 2; Ser. VI. Ex. 1; Ser. VII. Ex. 1, 2.