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68 Credibility of the Gospel History.
Lord likewise confirming tliis same word of John, after his
resurrection in the Acts of the Apostles, commanded them
[the disciples] that they shovild not depart from Jerusalem,
" But wait for that promise of the Father, which ye have
heard of me : for John truly baptized with water, but ye
shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days
hence :" ' Acts i. 3, 4.
7. This avithor has quoted or referred to several of St.
Paul's epistles, particularly the epistle to the Romans, the
first to the Corinthians, the epistles to the Ephesians and
the Philippians, and first to the Thessalonians.
8. ' Because'' that being- baptized in the name of Christ,
they " are redeemed with the most precious blood" of the
Lord :' 1 Pet. i. 19.
9. ' As' also the evangelist John says ; " Every one that
loveth is born of God, and knoweth God, for God is love," ' 1
John iv. , 7, 8. The author therefore had no doubt but that this
epistle was written by the same John who wrote the gospel.
10. ' For'' John teaching us says in his epistle, (1 John v.
6, 7, 8.) " This is he that came by water and blood, even
Jesus Christ : not by water only, but by water and blood.
And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit
is truth. For there are three that bear witness, the Spirit,
and the water, and the blood; and these three agree in one." '
11. ' I' think, likewise, that 1 have rightly represented
" For there are
the doctrine of the apostle John, who says ;
three that bear witness ; the Spirit, and the water, and the
blood ; and these three are one." '
12. These quotations show that this bishop, contemporary
with St. Cyprian, had not in his copies of St. John's epistle
the disputeci text concerning- tlie witnesses in heaven : and
they afford likewise a strong and cogent argument for the
supposition, that neither had St. Cyprian that text in his
copies.
13. There are some expressions made use of by this author,
which may seem to imply that the books of the New Testament
were divided into sections or chapters.
'' Quia baptizati in nomine Christi redemti sunt pretiosissimo sanguine
Domini, p, 20. a. ' Sicut et Joannes evangelista dicit : Et
(jmnis
qui diligit, ex Deo natus est,et cognoscit Deum, quia Deus dilectio est. p. 28. b.
'' Ait enim Joannes de Domino nostro in epistola sua nos docens : Hie est,
qui venit per aquam et sanguinem, Jesus Christivs. Non in aqua tantum, sed
in aqua et sanguine. Et Spiritus est, qui testimonium yjerhibet, quia Spiritus
est Veritas. Quia tres testimonium perhibent, Spiritus et aqua et sanguis, Et
isti tres in unum sunt. p. 29. a. ' Arbitror autem, et apostoli Joan-
nis doctrinam nos non inepte disposuisse, qui ait: Quia tres testimonium per-
hibent, Spiritus et aqua et sanguis, et isti tres unum sunt. p. 30. b. 31. a.