...have kept my Father s Commandments and ahide in his Love, John xv. 10. And he particularly declareth, Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my Life, that I might lake it again. No Man taketh jit from me, but I lay it down of my/elf: I have fower to lay it...

...him? A. Yes, it was ; for though he had a command to die for us, John x. 1 8. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myfelf ; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. Yet he came willingly ; Pfalm xl. 6, 7. Sacrifice and offering thou...

...and contentment in that work. So it Is faid of Chrift, and that by his own mouth, John X. 17, 18. " Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay " down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it " from me, but I lay it down of myfelf : I have power to lay...

...therefore when - he fpeaks of laying down his life, you have that ever-memorable paflage, John x. 1 7, 1 8. Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketb it from me, but I lay it down ofmyfeif: I have power to lay it dewn,...

...for evernore, • men ; and have the keys of hell and of death. r John x. 18. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myfelf : I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I rsceived of my Father. Ronh (íody¡ to...

...Beloved ? Yes, moft confiftent ; for the Father loved the Son in dying, and for dying ; John x. 1 7. "Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that I might take it again. He loved his Son for this very act of obedience which he yielded to him ; Chrift's...

...that he was the good fhepherd, who would lay down his life for the fheep. " Therefore," faid he, " doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down " my life, that I might take it again : the power " to do this I have received of the Father." Thefe fayings occafioned...

...muft bring, and they fhall hear my voice ; and there fhall be one 17 fold, an>.\ one fhepherd (f)- Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that i might 1 8 take it again. No mantaketh it from me, but I lay it down of myfelf: I have power to lay...

...perfection of his character abfolutely excluded. " No man," faith he himfelf, " taketh my life from me, but " I lay it down of myfelf : I have power to lay " it down, and I have power to take it; again. " This commandment I have received of my « Father." Ye who proudly...

...himfelf as the goodjhepherd; who took care of his flock; and expofed his life for it, he remarks : Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that I might take it again. John x. 175 and the apoftle fays, he became obedient to death, even tbe death...