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Million Book Collection - The Fishers of Men Ministries

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THE SECOND MAN VERIFIED IN HISTORY.155distributed by His Spirit. <strong>The</strong>y were to be inher and <strong>of</strong> her. To her belonged, GtiV/Vi%« first, _I_L-L- K-* V «the uii-el-Standing <strong>of</strong> them ; secondly, the interprethem to her children, out <strong>of</strong> the fund <strong>of</strong> thatwhole Tradition lodged in her, and by virtue <strong>of</strong>that indwelling Cl Spirit, ^^ KS~L-i. A U» who, 1 JLAVy * as He had created,maintained her ; as part and parcel, moreover, <strong>of</strong>that whole kingdom, <strong>of</strong> that body <strong>of</strong> worship andsacraments, which she is.And this brings us to a further point <strong>of</strong> theutmost importance. For the Truth, which is thesubject matter <strong>of</strong> all this divine Tradition orDeh* very from the Incarnate Word, in order to beefficacious and permanent, approached men in theshape <strong>of</strong> a society invested with grace.37 It wasnot proposed as a theory which is presented simplyto the reason, and accepted or rejected by it.True, it was addressed to the reason, but onlywhen illuminated by faith could the reason acceptit. Here, again, it showed itself manifestly asuthe gospel <strong>of</strong> the kingdom" It was the goodtidings proclaimed, not simply and nakedly toman's intellect, but as the gift and at the sametime the law <strong>of</strong> that kingdom which accompaniedits publication by the bestowal <strong>of</strong> power to acceptit, and to make it the rule <strong>of</strong> conduct. <strong>The</strong>rem whom the word, though proclaimed tthem as to others, did not help, because it was nomixed with faith in those who heard it. S. Paul37 Eine Gnadenanstalt: our language does not supply the expression.

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