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 them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and

remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations." Luke, xxiv. 44-47.

"All he wanted was to lead their minds to the Spirit of truth." So far from this being correct, the Lord Jesus expressly states it as being the office, or perhaps we should rather say, one of the great offices, of the Holy Spirit, to testify of him.—He shall glorify me.—He shall receive of mine.—He shall take of mine and show it unto you.—He shall testify of me, &c., as in the following passages. The Holy Spirit also, through the apostle Peter, testifies of himself as a witness to Christ. Acts, v. 32.

And are not these declarations of the Lord Jesus also fulfilled, in a most important respect, in the constant testimony of the to him, through the inspired writings of the Evangelists and Apostles?

"If I go not away the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove [or convince] the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to

say unto you, [the Apostles] but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he