The more exalted our conceptions of the Holy Spirit are, the more shall we see, II. The importance of approving ourselves to him in all things— It is certain we may commit the same sin as Ananias and Sapphira did— [Let us get a precise idea of what their sin was. Many in the Church sold their possessions, and laid the whole produce of them at the Apostles’ feet, to make a fund for the support of the Church at largeb. Barnabas in particular is mentioned as having done thisc. Doubtless this generosity
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