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The conviction that false Christianity will become more and more refined, more corrupt in the world, ought to give but the more energy and activity to the love of him who believes, and the nearness of the judgment of God, instead of paralysing our efforts, ought to drive us with more power, more energy, more faithfulness, to present the gospel—the only means of causing men to escape the righteous judgments which threaten them.

J. N. Darby (‘Coll. Wrtgs.’ (N.S.) Vol. 2, p.319)

Invitation simply sets you free to go, but you must begin with the Lord. If the matter is to be settled, we must go to the Lord about it. We were speaking about this in Rochester, and a brother asked me, ‘Why did you come to Rochester?’ ‘Well’, I said, ‘I was invited to come’, but at the same time, I had to turn to the Lord for a commission, and I think the word

‘commission’ should enter into these matters. It is a question of whether we have a commission to go.

(J. Taylor Vol. 68, p.316)

There is no greater thought, besides that of divine Persons, than that of the assembly; and the Holy Spirit is stressing it constantly with a view to getting the saints to lay hold of it. It is a heart matter.

J. Taylor (N.S. Vol. 35, p.514)

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