He sanctifies them by the Holy Ghost. Blessed is he who does not doubt the
Christ, and keeps his faith; thus the Christ said in the Gospel, "Blessed
is he who does not doubt Me." He said also, "I am the Light and the
Life and the Resurrection. He that believeth in Me hath passed from death to
everlasting life."
Isaiah also prophesied by the Holy Ghost, saying, "Strengthen1
ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. O ye that are weak of soul and
mind, be strong, fear not; behold, your God will reward with wisdom, He will
come and deliver you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears
of the deaf shall hear, the lame man shall come on like a hart, and the dumb
tongues shall speak clearly." When were weak hands and feeble knees
strengthened, till our God came to us as the prophet said and delivered us from
destruction? He healed every disease and sickness among men. When did the eyes
of the blind see, and the ears of the deaf hear, and the feet of the lame come
on like a hart, and the tongues of the dumb speak plainly, save when the Christ
appeared to us, the Word and the Light of God, and there was mercy and
deliverance to men? He wrought every sign among the children of Israel, and
other people, and rewarded men in wisdom and righteousness. He rewarded those
who believed in Him with everlasting life and the Kingdom of Heaven, and He
rewarded those who rejected Him and did not believe in Him with contempt and
sore punishment. Look how it corresponds with the strength that is in the works
and signs of the Christ which are written in the Gospel. One day the Christ
passed a lame man, who had been upon his couch for thirty-eight years, who did
not turn himself except as others moved him upon his couch. The Christ had mercy
on him, and said to him, "Wilt thou be made whole?" The lame man said
to Him, "Yea, Lord, but I have no one to move me." The Christ said to
him, "Rise, carry thy bed, and return to thy house." The lame man rose
at the command of the Christ, and carried his bed, and returned to his house.
Then the Christ went into a house, and there were gathered to Him the priests of
the Jews and the
