...All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. JVJy Father doth love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. !No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. God, who at...

...was altogether voluntary. Hence he says, " Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again : no man taketh it from me, but 1 lay it down of myself: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment...

...in which our Lord acquiesced. " Therefore docs my Father love me," says he, " because I lay down my present the stupidity and thoughtlessness of men. So by Moses of I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment...

...voluntary. Hear his own declaration — " Therefore doth my Father love me, '* because I lay down my life, that I might " take it again. No man taketh it from " me, but I lay it down of myself: I have " power to lay it down, and I have power " to take it again." But,...

...expressly contradictory to the solemn declaration of Christ himself, John x. 17, 18. Because I lay down my life that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself : I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment...

...them from some impending evil. SECOND CLASS. Therefore doth m> Father love me, because 1 lay down my life that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but 1 lay it down of myself: 1 have power to lay it down, and 1 have power to take it again. This commandment...

...Himself^ and not by any other being, since He Himself declares concerning His resurrection, 1 lay down my life that I might take it again. No man taketh it...down, and I have power to take it again, (John x. 1 7, 1 8 ;) and again, Destroy this temple, and in three days 1 will raise it up. But lie spake ef...

...delight to do thy will, O my God : yea, thy law is within my heart." John x. 17, 18. "I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment...

...had power sufficient, for his power is infinite ! What did he say to his disciples ? "I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself : I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again*." And his...

...been removed from him. See Luke xii, 41-45, and Heb. v, 7. 2. He said unto the Jews, " I lay down my life that I might take it again. No man taketh it...down, and I have power to take it again." John x, 17, 18. In perfect accordance with this solemn declaration, in which he assumes the high prerogative...