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when he reads: " I came not down from heaven to do mine
own will,but the willof Him that sent me?"1 Or when
he findsitwritten: " Because He who sent me isgreater
than 1 1 " 2 Or when he considersthe passage: "I go to
my Father,and your Father ; to my God, and your God ? " s
Or when he findsitplacedsideby sidewith others: " More
over,in your law itiswrittenthatthe witnessof two istrue.
I bear witnessof myself, and the Father who sent me
bearethwitnessof me?"4 Or when the voicefrom heaven
is: "I have both glorifiedHim, and I will glorifyHim
again ?" 5 Or when by Peter it is answered and said:
" Thou artthe Son of the livingGod ?" 6 Or when by the
Lord Himself the sacramentof thisrevelationis approved,
and He says: "Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona, because
fleshand bloodhath not revealedthisto thee,but my Father
which is in heaven ? " 7 Or when by Christ Himself it is
expressed: " Father,glorifyme with that glorywith which
I was with Thee before the world was made ? " 8 Or when
itwas saidby the same: " Father,I knew thatThou hearest
me always; but on account of those who stand around I
said it,that they may believethat Thou hast sent me ? " 9
Or when the definitionof the rule is establishedby Christ
Himself, and itissaid: " And thisis lifeeternal,thatthey
should know Thee, the only and true God, and J esusChrist,
whom Thou hast sent. I have glorifiedThee upon the
earth,I have finishedthe work which Thou gavestme ? " 10
Or when, moreover,by the same itisassertedand said:"All
things are deliveredto me by my Father?" 11 Or when the
sessionat the righthand of the Father is proved both by
apostlesand prophets? And I should have enough to do
were I to endeavour to gathertogetherallthe passageswhat
ever on thisside;sincethe divineScripture,not so much
of the Old as alsoof the New Testament,everywhere shows
Him to be born of the Father,by whom allthings were
1 John yi.38. 2Johnxiv.28. 3 Johnxx.17.
* Johnviii.17,18. 5Johnxii.20. 6Matt.xvi.16.
7Matt.xvi.17. 8Johnxviu6. 6Jolinxi.12.
10John xvii.3,4. 11Luke x.22.