...insisted, Christ, after gently reproving the want of right apprehension in Nicodemus, goes on to say, " Verily, verily I say unto thee, we speak that we do...that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness." "Whether by the change of numbers Christ meant to include the preaching of John and his own disciples,...

...scriptures" (Luke xxiv. 45). To Nicodemus, who was astonished at his discourse on regeneration, he said, " If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not,...shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things ? And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that came down from heaven ; even the Son of Man, who...

...analogy, a clear reference to the connection between the outward creation and B 4 heavenly truths. " If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not,...shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things ?"* If we cannot comprehend even the outward sign, how can we comprehend the spiritual reality signified?!...

...with Nicodemus. He rather knew too well the infirmity of the human mind, and addressed him thus, "If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not,...shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things." Even his own inspired Apostles did not always agree, or why the controversy between Peter and Paul...

...we. ask with Nicodemus, ' how can these things be?' We have our answer in the reply of our Saviour, ' Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen." Let it suffice \is then, that the fact of the Spirit working within us...

...our blessed Saviour, when on this very subject, ' Verily, verily, I say unto you, we speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen, and ye receive not our witness.' We might support our views of the doctrine of divine influences by a direct recurrence to the Scriptures...

...of Israel, and knowest not these things ? 1 1 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak thai we do know, and testify that we have seen ; and ye receive...shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things ? 1 3 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man...

...master of Israel, and knowest not these things ? t 11 Verily, verily, Isayuntothee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen ; and ye receive...witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye helieve not, how shall ye helieve if I tell you of tieavenly things ? t 13 And no man hath ascended...

...are almost constrained to adopt the words which our Lord used on a certain memorable occasion : If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not,...shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things ? FOR JUNE, 1829. SUBSCRIPTIONS and donations to the General Convention of the Baptist Denomination...

...teacher prepared his mind for still more extraordinary discoveries of divine truth, by saying, " If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not,...shall " ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things ? " What, then, is the mysterious truth for which the mind of Nicodemus was thus prepared ? Why, that...