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SER. VI.
THE APOSTLES.
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into the World." Jno. xvii. 6–10, 14, 17, 18.

"I have yet many things to say unto you, [the Apostles] but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you unto all truth: he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear; that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me; for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine and show it unto you." Jno. xvi. 12-15.

again.

"Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Matt. xviii. 18.

"I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Matt. xvi. 19.

"Whose soever sins ye remit; they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained unto them." Jno. xx. 23.

again.

"When the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." Matt. xix. 28.

"Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations; and I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." Luke, xxii. 28-30.

again.

"And he said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day; and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, and ye are witnesses of these things." Luke, xxiv. 46, 47.

"Ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been