ourselves finally overcome by the love of Christ, drawn with all the
force of a Divine attraction, convinced that here is our rest, and that
this is at once our motive and our reward?

XIV.

_THE SPIRIT CHRIST'S WITNESS._

"If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated Me before it
hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own:
but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the
world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said
unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted
Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will
keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for My
name's sake, because they know not Him that sent Me. If I had not
come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have
no excuse for their sin. He that hateth Me hateth My Father also. If
I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had
not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both Me and My
Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that
is written in their law, They hated Me without a cause. But when the
Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even
the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall bear
witness of Me: and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with
Me from the beginning. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye
should not be made to stumble. They shall put you out of the
synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall
think that he offereth service unto God. And these things will they
do, because they have not known the Father, nor Me. But these things
have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may
remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto
you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I go unto
Him that sent Me; and none of you asketh Me, Whither goest Thou? But
because I have spoken these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your
heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you
that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come
unto you; but if I go, I will send Him unto you. And He, when He is
come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment: of