328 SERMON PREACHED ON THE ISLAND. 
"1. An exhortation. ' The Spirit and the 
Bride say, Come.' 
"Our blessed Saviour said to his disciples. 
a short time before He suffered, ' It is expedient 
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 Pentecost, the Holy Ghost, the Com- 
forter, descended upon the Apostles, and so 
endued them with power from on high, that, 
regardless of personal safety, they hastened forth 
into the midst of Jerusalem, and there, sur- 
rounded 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 mira- 
culous power, by which they might prove that 
Jesus was the Messiah, and that they, in conse- 
quence of their attachment to Him, while He 
sojourned upon earth, were thus singularly and 
favourably noticed. Far otherwise ; for one 
especial purpose of the coming of the Holy Ghost 
was to ' convince the world of sin.' And that 
this purpose was accomplished on the memorable 
day alluded to is certain ; for the multitude, after 
hearing Peter's declaration, 'were pricked in 
their heart, and said unto Peter, and to the rest 
of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall 
we do?' 
"Oh, what a glorious specimen of divine 
mercy was here ! what a proof that God is long- 
suffering, slow to anger, and willeth not the death 
of a sinner, but that all should turn unto Him, 
and live ! Here, in the very place where Christ 
