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have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life." John, v. 39, 40.

"All things are delivered unto me of my Father; and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls." Matt. xi. 27-29.

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers:—I am the door: by me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.—I am come that they might have 1ife, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. I an the good Shepherd; I know my sheep, and am known of mine. I lay

down my life for the sheep.—no man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have received of my Father. I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." John, x. 7, 15, 18, 28,

again.

"Then, said he—O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses, and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke, xxiv. 25, 27.

"These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures, and said unto