Prophet saith, “Unless ye believe ye shall not understand.”4185 Do ye not comprehend? Be
enlarged. Hear the Apostle: “Be ye enlarged, bear not the yoke with unbelievers.”4186 They
who will not believe this before they comprehend, are unbelievers. And because they have
determined to be unbelievers, they will remain in their ignorance. Let them believe then
that they may understand. Most certainly the Father’s Commandment is “everlasting Life.”
Therefore the Father’s Commandment is the Very Son who was born this day; a Command-
ment not given in time but a Commandment Born. The Gospel of John exercises our minds,
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refines 4187 and uncarnalizes them, that of God we may think not after a carnal but a spir-
itual manner. Let so much then, Brethren, suffice you; lest in length of disputation, the sleep
of forgetfulness steal over you.
4185 Isa. vii. 9, Sept.
4186 2 Cor. vi. 13, 14.
4187 Limat.
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