...which he had more immediately appropriated for his text. " I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word...

...led to speak on that prayer of our Redeemer to his Father; " I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil." In attending to the pure openings of Truth, I had to mention what he elsewhere said to his Father ;...

...those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil, John xvii. 11, 15. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am, that...

...portion of his disciples. So he testifies, John xvii. 15, ' I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil.' In these two instances of Abel and Enoch we have a representation of the state of the old world before...

...offered up for the whole body of believers. Jesus said : " I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil. — Sanctify them through thy trutW The work of sanctification was begun in them. Jesus prayed that it might be advanced and perfected....

...have misapprehended and misinterpreted his prayer. Our Lord said, " I pray not thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil." The word evil may be understood to include both sin and suffering, as well as the temptations and buffetings...

...allotted lime, and Christ's intercession for his followers was, ' I prayoiot that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil.' Because the vision of Christ itself appears inviting, whether by means of death or of his personal...

...those whom thou hast given me, that they may he one, as we are. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil." (John xvii. 11-15.) "Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that...

...noticed as explanatory of that remarkable prayer of our Lord, " I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil." The first is, that they should acquire the requisite experience, and make the requisite attainments...

...own name those whom thou hast given me." And, (ver. 15.) " I pray not, that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil." THE CONCLUSION. And this is the plain, simple, and natural explication of the orthodox doctrine concerning...