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 this illustrates the Divine unity! How clearly does it prove the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. For He is the light of the world. He it is that tempers the ardour of the Divine love or Father, which otherwise were unapproachable. Truly no man cometh to the Father but by Him. He is the light, or garment, which clothes the Father that dwells within Him, and "he who hath the Son hath the Father also." The Divine wisdom may be considered as the life of the spiritual heavens and church, as the Divine love is of the celestial. The Divine love and wisdom are, therefore, the two witnesses, and their office seems to be three-fold. They stand before the God of the earth. They are media whereby the Divine love and wisdom are communicated to the celestial, spiritual, and natural heavens, each heaven receiving the life of love and wisdom in such an accommodated degree as may best conduce to supreme happiness. These two witnesses are also representative of the constituent principles which form the general church on earth, namely, goodness and truth: and, descending still lower, they are the media whereby the church in every individual man is formed, and constitute the life of charity and faith. They are, therefore, seen in vision, as standing before God in heaven, and that God being the Lord of all, they stand also before the God of earth. Thus the celestial, the spiritual, and the natural, the church in general, and the individual man of the church, are created to be the recipients of the Divine love and wisdom; and it is only by the reception of these that they can be rendered living.

Love in the Lord, and charity or holiness in the church, are the two olives: while wisdom in the Lord,