captivity captive! He who was able in human nature toconquer Satan and all the powers of darkness; he who possessed intrinsic power to lay down his life and to rise again on the third day, was the most suitable person in the universe to make atonement for sin, and be the Redeemer of man. And this is the most suitable person in the universe to be the Mediator between God and man. And this is the most suitable person in the universe to judge the world in righteousness in the great day. This is the person who will say to those who shall have counted the blood of the covenant an unholy thing, Depart from me ye cursedBut to those who have washed their robes and made them white in the precious blood of the Lamb, he will say. Well done, good and faithful servants, enter ye into the joy of your Lord. Amen and Amen. APPENDIX. FROM what has been demonstrated in the preceding JOHN viii, 23, 24. Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of sins. ALTHOUGH Christ said to the Jews, ye shall die in your 1 |