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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Comforter), the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind whatsoever I shall have said to you When the Paraclete (the Comforter) shall come whom I will send you from the Father, He shall give testimony of me. It is expedient for you...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Comforter), the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind whatsoever I shall have said to you When the Paraclete (the Comforter) shall come whom I will send you from the Father, He shall give testimony of me. It is expedient for you that I go; for if I go not the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go I will send Him to you. And when He shall come, He will convince the world of sin, and of justice, and of judgment. when He, the Spirit of Truth, shall come He will teach you all truth, for He shall not speak of Himself, but what things soever He shall hear, He shall speak; and the things that are to come He will shew you.1. It is plain the promise refers to a new office which would be superadded to that which the Holy Ghost already holds. He was the inspirer of Prophets. He is the Sanctifier of Men. But the promise declares him to be from that time and forever the Vivifier of the Body of Christ. The promise thus made was fulfilled ten days after the Ascension: Suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a mighty wind coming and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them cloven tongues as it were of fire; and it sat upon each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with divers tongues according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak. z. 1 John iiv, 10-20; xvi. 7 and 13. 2 Acts ii, 2-4. So was born the Church of the living God: Pentecost day is her birthday. Her organization was conceived and fashioned by divine wisdom; She receives a divine life; She has to fulfill a divine mission; She is possessed of divine power; She is the appointed guardian of the divine revelation. From that moment and henc...