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by which Jesus performed his miracles the same origin,
and was it not of the same nature as that by which the
children of Israel performed theirs ? " If I by Beelzebub
cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out ?
therefore they shall be your judges." It may not be
without use to notice here, that frequent instances are
related in the Scriptures of the influence of the Spirit of
God, in leading righteous men to truth, before Jesus had
commenced the performance of his divine commmission,
and even before he had appeared in this world ; in the
same manner as it afterwards operated in guiding his true
followers to the way of God, subsequent to his ascent to
heaven, in consequence of his repeated intercession with
the Father. This will fully appear from the following
passages, Luke, ch. i. ver. 15 : " And he (John the
Baptist) shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his
mother's womb." Ver. 41 : " And it came to pass, that
when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe
leaped in her womb ; and Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy Ghost." Ver. 67 : " And his (John's) father Zacharias
was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied," &c.
Ch. ii. vers. 25, 26 : " And behold, there was a man in
Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon : and the same man
was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel ;
and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was re-
vealed untsJiirn by the Holy Ghost, that he should not
see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And
he came by the Spirit into the temple." Mark, ch. xii.
ver. 36 :" David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The
Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till
I ijiake thine enemies thy footstool." The Evangelist
Matthew employs a similar expression, ch. xxii. 43 r
and was it not of the same nature as that by which the
children of Israel performed theirs ? " If I by Beelzebub
cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out ?
therefore they shall be your judges." It may not be
without use to notice here, that frequent instances are
related in the Scriptures of the influence of the Spirit of
God, in leading righteous men to truth, before Jesus had
commenced the performance of his divine commmission,
and even before he had appeared in this world ; in the
same manner as it afterwards operated in guiding his true
followers to the way of God, subsequent to his ascent to
heaven, in consequence of his repeated intercession with
the Father. This will fully appear from the following
passages, Luke, ch. i. ver. 15 : " And he (John the
Baptist) shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his
mother's womb." Ver. 41 : " And it came to pass, that
when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe
leaped in her womb ; and Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy Ghost." Ver. 67 : " And his (John's) father Zacharias
was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied," &c.
Ch. ii. vers. 25, 26 : " And behold, there was a man in
Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon : and the same man
was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel ;
and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was re-
vealed untsJiirn by the Holy Ghost, that he should not
see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And
he came by the Spirit into the temple." Mark, ch. xii.
ver. 36 :" David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The
Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till
I ijiake thine enemies thy footstool." The Evangelist
Matthew employs a similar expression, ch. xxii. 43 r