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180 Let us now see, in the second place, what is spiritually meant by standing.

Open then your again, and mark well the following passages:—“At that time the  separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the, to  before the ,” [Deut. x. 8.]. Again, “Therefore thus saith the of hosts, the  of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to  before Me for ever,” [Jer. xxxv. 19.]. Again, “These are the annointedanointed [sic] ones (sons of the olive) before the  of the whole earth,” [Zech. iv. 14.]. Again, “The angel said to Zachariah, I am Gabriel that in the presence of ,” [Luke i. 19.]. Again, “When ye praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any,” [Mark xi. 25.]. Again, “''After this I behold, and lo! a great multitude, which no man could number, before the throne and before the ,” [''Rev. vii. 9, 11.]. is also predicated of the, where it is written, “He shall at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul,” [Psalm cix. 31.].

And now (let me again ask you) is it not evident, that, in the above passages, is applied to the mind of man, and not to his body, and is thus significative of a state or posture of the mind? For how else