28. “C.,” Penkridge. The sin of blasphemy against the Holy Ghost was ascribing to the power of Satan the miracles which Jesus wrought by the Holy Ghost. This was blasphemy indeed. The Pharisees said, “This fellow does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils.” To which Jesus said, “If I cast out devils by the Spirit of God,” &c. The statement “Neither in this world, neither in the world to come” was well known to the Jews as referring to the age of the law, and the age of Messiah’s reign, in neither of which would speaking against the Holy Ghost be forgiven. Such blasphemers are always rejecters of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Savior of sinners.
29. “S.,” Cheltenham. The paper is, we judge, scarcely suitable for publication in its present form.
50. “T.,” Seaton Deleval. In 1 Cor. 10:88Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. (1 Corinthians 10:8), we are merely told that in one day three and twenty thousand fell of the plague; but in the book of Numbers the total number of those who died in the plague is said to be twenty-four thousand.
51. “D.,” Hereford. The prayer at the end of Eph. 1 is for knowledge; in Eph. 3 it is for power—the experimental enjoyment of Christ dwelling in our hearts by faith, &c.
32. “P.,” New Cross. The dates to which you refer are interesting, and have been the subject of much controversy; we do not, however, think it would be profitable to our readers generally to occupy the pages of our little magazine with such questions.