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BUILT
ON
KNOWLEDGE.
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to lead the
wise
men from
the
east
and
from the rising
sun,
to
a
greater and sweeter
light,
"
the Morning Star,"
and " the Sun
of
Righteousness."
He sent
a voice
from
heaven
at
his
baptism
and pronounced
in
distinct
lan-
guage, This
is my beloved Son
in
whom
lam
well
pleased;
Mat.
iii.
-7. Twice more did
he
speak from heaven,
and
with an
audible
voice, in
the time
of
the
life
of
Christ,
attest
this mission
:
A believer
knows many
of
these
things,
and receives the testimony
of
God.
And
this
is
the witness
of
God,
which
he
hash testified
of
his
Son,
that
eternal lye
is
in him
;
1
John
v.
9,
11.
Christ himself
is
another
witness
that
testifies his own
ability to
save
sinners,
and keep
what
is
committed to
him
;
John
viii.
18.
I
am
one
that
bear
witness
of
my-
se°.;
and the
Father that
sent
me
beareth
witness
of
me.
And
though
he
bear
record
of
himself,
yet
his
record
is
true
and credible
;
for he came from heaven,
and
was
made
man
in
an
extraordinary
way
;
and
he
rose again
after death, and
ascended to heaven
;
which seems to be
the
meaning
of
those words,
For
I
know whence
I
came,
and
whither
Igo;
which
are brought
as
a reason
of
the
truth
of
his
testimony;
John
viii.
14.
He appeared amongst
men
with all
the undisputed
signs
of
the Messiah
upon
him
;
and
the doctrines
that
he
preached, and the mi-
racles
that
he
wrought, and
the convulsions
of
nature
at
his
death, and the wonders
of
his
resurrection,
all
agree
to
confirm
the
mission
of
Christ, and
his
ability to
save.
A
Christian
beholds the Son
of God
coming from
the
dead,
with this message to
him
:
"
I
am
able
to
deli
,er
from
death
those
that
believe
in
me
;
to keep
their
"
souls safe
in
my
hand,
and
to
raise
their
bodies
up to
"
life
everlasting
:
For, behold,
I
was dead
and
am
alive
;
and
live,
for
evermore. Amen.
Rev.
i.
18.
Or
shall
I
rather
say,
that the
miracles
of
Christ were
the
testimonies
which
the
Holy Spirit
gave to
the mission
of
Christ, the
Son
of
God
?
For
they
are
sometimes
in
scripture ascribed
to the
Spirit; Mat.
xii.
28.
I
cast
out
devils
by
the
Spirit
of
God.
And one
of
the
three
witnesses
in
heaven
to
the
gospel
of
Christ,
is
the
Spirit
of
God;
1
John
v.
6,
7.
It
is
the
Spirit
that
beareth
witness,
because
the
Spirit
is
truth. That
Spirit and
power
by
which
"
he
opened the
eyes
of
the
blind,
made
the
lame to walk,"
and
"
the dead
to
rise,"
does
effectu-