None shall want a welcome, or fail of an ample supply. The blessing is not to be imparted in small quantities merely, or to a few favoured individuals; “For thus saith the Lord, I will pour water on him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. For every one that asketh receiveth, every one that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh, it is opened.” Isa. 44:3; Luke 11:10. The promise of the Spirit is characterised by the freeness pertaining to all other gospel blessings: it is “without
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