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Million Book Collection - The Fishers of Men Ministries

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156 THE SECOND MAN VERIFIED IN HISTORY.preached to many when the heart <strong>of</strong> one Lydiawas opened to receive what he announced.38Thus with the first hearing <strong>of</strong> the message coincidedthe beginning <strong>of</strong> grace to accept it. But solikewise the Church supplied a storehouse <strong>of</strong> gracethe continuance <strong>of</strong> the truth in those who hadonce received it. Truth and grace, as they cometogether in her, so they remain together inseparable.Wisdom, understanding, counsel, andknowledge, which perfect the intellect, are linkedin her with fortitude, piety, and fear, which per-ct the will. And this which is true <strong>of</strong> the invidual is true <strong>of</strong> the mass. In the Body, as wellas in each single member <strong>of</strong> it, and the morebecause the Body is an incomparably grandercreation, ' it is the sanctified intellect which mustreceive, harmonise, and develope the truth. Ifthe sevenfold fountain <strong>of</strong> the Spirit's gifts is onein the individual, much more is it one in thatody out <strong>of</strong> whose plenitude the individual receives.Thus wherever the Apostles preached theword, if faith made it fruitful, they bestowed thesacraments.We shall see, if we observe it closely, that it isa triple cord through which the Holy Spirit conveysHis life perpetually to the Body; and in Hislife is the Truth.First, there is the succession <strong>of</strong> men. As theWord Incarnate taught, so men bear on His teach-33 Heb. iv. 2 ; Acts xvi. 14.

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