because, if they do not they cannot be like him. 10. The Lord said unto Moses, Leviticus, 19:2: Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. And Peter says, first epistle, 1:15 and 16: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. And the Saviour says, Matthew, 5:48: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. If any should ask, why all these sayings? the answer is to be found from what is before noted from John's epistle, that when he (the Lord) shall appear, the saints will be like him: and if they are not holy, as he is holy, and perfect as he is perfect, they cannot be like him; for no being can enjoy his glory without possessing his perfections and holiness, no more than they could reign in his kingdom without his power. 11. This clearly sets forth the propriety of the Saviour's saying, recorded in John's testimony, 14:12: Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these, because I go unto my Father.--This taken in connection with some of the sayings in the Saviour's prayer, recorded in the 17th chapter, gives great clearness to his expressions: He says in the 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24: Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also who shall believe on me through their words; that they all may be one; as you, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am: that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; for thou lovedest me before the foundation of the world.