280 SERMON PREACHED ON THE ISLAND. 
" 3. An encouragement. l Let him that is 
athirst come.' 
"4. A general invitation. ' Whosoever will, 
let him take the water of life freely.' 
" 1. An exhortation. ' The Spirit and the 
Bride say, Come. 1 
" Our blessed Saviour said to his disciples, 
a short time before he suffered, ' It is ex- 
pedient for you that I go away: for if I 
go not away, the Comforter will not come 
unto you.' And it is recorded in the Acts 
of the Apostles, that on the day of Pen- 
tecost, the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, de- 
scended upon the Apostles, and so endued 
them with power from on high, that, regard- 
less of personal safety, they hastened forth 
into the midst of Jerusalem, and there, 
surrounded by a mixed and innumerable 
multitude, declared the wonderful works of 
God. 
"But the Holy Spirit did not descend 
upon the Apostles merely to invest them 
with miraculous power, by which they might 
prove that Jesus was the Messiah, and that 
they, in consequence of their attachment 
to Him, while He sojourned upon earth, 
