For: Chapter VIII Section 2. Page 49. From Booklet
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Peter said (Matt 15:22): "This shall not (in no wise) be unto thee." But it was. Peter said again (John 18:8): "Thou shalt never (in no wise) wash my feet."
But Christ did. Thomas said (John 20:25): "Except I shall see... and put my finger... and thrust my hand... I will not (in no wise) believe." But he did. We have this
repeated negation in Heb 8:5 in both clauses: beautifully expressed this certainty in his well-known Hymn--
"The soul that on Jesus hath fled for repose, He cannot, He will not desert to his foes: That soul, though all hell should endeavour to shake, He will never, no never, no never forsake."
For other examples of the Divine use of this strong negation, see Matt 5:18, 20, 24:35; Luke 22:67, 68; John 4:14, 6: 35, 8:12, 51, 5:5, 28;, etc.
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