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THE SECOND MAN VERIFIED IN HISTORY.119declared Himself to be the Way, the Truth, andthe Life,2 He revealed to them here that it wasby that very way that the Spirit of tlead them by the hand into all truth. Itthis Truth, that is, in Himself, that thebe sanctified, and that they should be one, theglory of the Incarnation, which had beento Him, passing on to them as the meHis Body, by the joint possession of the spirittruth and holiness, whose presence was the gagethat the Father loved them, as He loved Christ,the Body being identified with the Head. In allthis He was describing to them the work of thatother Paraclete, His own Spirit, " who was tosanctify what He had redeemed, and to guard andmaintain possession of what He had acquired."This is but a small portion of that abundant revelation,which our Lord then communicated toHis apostles,T concerning the Power from on highwith which they were to be invested.The words of our Lord to His apostles at thethree great points of His passion, His resurrection,and His Ascension, stand out beyond the rest intheir appeal to our affections. The last words2 There is in the original words here something which is lost bothin the Vulgate and in the English translation. First, c. xiv. 6. 670;ipi "* T) 68bs, Kui T] aAjnflem, Kal 77 far}' ^f then C, XVI. 13, orav 5e eA.07? e«e?wsrb Tlvevfia rrjs aA?j06tas, 65 TiyfjcrGi v^as els iravav rty aX-fjOeiav. Asis the 6Sbs, so His Spirit is the ofyyw. " Ego sum via et veritadocebit omnem veritatem," does not render this : and as little, theway, the truth, and the life ; He shall lead you into all truth,"in