*Our Lord saith, _it is expedient for you that I go away_, or _the Comforter will not come_: that is, it is expedient for you, that I leave off teaching you in words, that sound only into your _outward ears_, that you may have the _same words_ in writing, for your _outward eyes_ to look upon; for if I do not depart from this vocal way of teaching you, the Comforter will not come, that is, ye will not have the comfort of _my words written on paper_. But if I go away, I will send written books, which shall lead you into such a _truth of words_, as ye could not have, whilst they were only spoken from my mouth; but being written on paper, they will be my _spiritual, heavenly, constant abode_ with you. Christ saith further; _I have many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now: howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all truth; for he shall not speak of himself, for he shall receive of mine_, and _shall shew it unto you_: that is, though ye cannot be sufficiently instructed from my words at present, yet when they shall hereafter come to you in written books, they will give you a knowledge of all truth, for they shall not speak of themselves, but shall receive words from me, and shew them unto you. *Christ also saith, if _any man love me, my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him_: that is, according to the Doctor’s theology, certain books of scripture will come to him, and make their abode with him; for he expressly confineth the _constant abode_, and _supreme illumination_ of God, to the holy scriptures. Therefore (horrible to say) God’s inward presence, his operating power of life and light in our souls, his dwelling in us, and we in him, is something of a lower nature, that only may occasionally happen, and has less of God in it, than the dead letter of scripture, which alone is his constant abode and supreme illumination――Miserable fruits of a paradoxical genius!