body. Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel; these are accepted, the time being come to receive a natural immortal body. "And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee." Ps. lxxxvii. 5-7. Why is no offence to be given to either Jew or Gentile? Because Adam was made subject to that into which he fell, that he might repent; but he who repented not, fell into that for which he was not ordained, the second death.

Question.-Why is no offence to be given to a Jew? Answer. Because the promise is to them. Question. Why not to a Gentile?

Answer. Because unto them is given that which many of the children of Israel did not obtain, which is the preserving of their souls at the first resurrection from the second death.

Question.-Who are they that are not to give offence to Jew or Gentile ?

Answer. The people who are elected out of both; they are not to give offence to the Jew, because they sprung from the same stock, nor to the Gentiles, because they were their brethren, but not heirs; that they who would give offence to either of these, should even fall as they fell. As the Jew fell without receiving the immortal life of the mortal body, so should they fall who were called out from Jews and Gentiles. "If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing." Gal. v. 2. He that believeth not in God, although he is circumcised, circumcision profiteth him nothing; but if thou be circumcised and believe in God, it is one part of the law, which is the life of the body.

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xii. 23.) So he, who after joining my second covenant, mars any part which I have given him, or defiles it, he is ashamed of that which I have given him, (by the honour which he has with the world,) and that temple must perish unless he refrains from defiling it.

Question 20.-"There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit." 1 Cor. xii. 4. How is it that men differ in opinion, who are all looking for the grave? What is the spirit that causeth them to differ?

Answer. The life of man is the blood, through the attraction of the Spirit, and every man has the same spirit, but there are different gifts of the Spirit, and the spirit of the devil working on and attracting the hearts of men with their spirits, causes them to differ in opinion, and Satan drawing the veil of darkness over them, persuades every man that he shall die and go to the grave; so through Satan they have made a covenant with it, but he that receives the graft of the olive tree,* bears no more fruit of incorruption, that this Scripture might be fulfilled upon the house of Israel: "Your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand." Isa. xxviii. 18. For I will bring you out from among them, whom unbelief has caused you to be scattered.

Question 21.-How doth the devil enter into them?

Answer. He entereth in by attracting, as iron being held to the fire, the fire attracteth it to be hot, so that the fire is not in the iron, nor the iron in the fire, but through attraction, and when the fire is taken away the attraction ceaseth; so when the root, branch, and seed of evil are taken away from the heart of man, the evil will cease with that man; so that Satan dwelleth not in him, but through

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Question 22.-"Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God." 1 John iv. 1. Answer. Which meaneth the spirits that move on the hearts of men, to obey or disobey my commands to do good or evil. And if a man be moved upon, and that movement lead him to obey my commands, or to do good, that spirit that moves on him is of me; but if he be moved on to disobey my commands, or to do evil, that spirit which moves upon him is not of me. So men are to are to judge whether the spirits that work with their spirits are of me or not, and to believe or disbelieve them by the things that they move upon them. Or a man may be moved upon by a good or evil spirit to cause him to move upon another man, and that man who is moved on by his fellow man, must judge whether that movement is from a good or an evil spirit, the same as if the spirit moved on himself.

Question 23.-"Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God." 1 John iv. 2.

Answer. Because it is my Spirit that moves with his spirit, moving him to confess that Christ is come in the flesh, which was proved by the body of Jesus being made immortal; the Spirit of God then dwelling with his spirit in the flesh.

Question 24.-"Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God." 1 John iv. 15. How are we to understand this, for almost all sects believe this and confess it?

Answer. The point is shewn in the words preceding. He dwells in them through attraction, drawing them to do his will; but this is a parable, and remains to be fulfilled, for the Comforter is with them that love God, and will be put within them, making them immortal. (John xiv. 17.)

Question 25.-The apostles say that the Spirit is within you, but we are told that the spirit stands without. What is the spirit that is within? I wish to know what they mean by the spirit within?