En Contrifoingman'# etettiption, 34-7 Law of God.. He is without frength as to his Duty, Cha 8. notable to conceive.,an holy thought,or to excite a fn: --, sere and ardent defire towards Divine things ; buthath ftronginclinations of Will, and great Power for that which is evil.. Now to reftore Life to the deadSoul, and to conquer theliving enmity that is in it againft Ho- linefs, no lefs than the Divine Power was requifite. And the effe6ing this is peculiarly attributedto the Spi- rit. Our Saviour tells 11Nicodemus, Except a man beborn John. 3. s. ofwater, andofthe Holy Ghofl, he cannotfee the Kingdom ofGod. And the Apoftle faith, That according to, his Tit. 3 s Mercy HeEaves us, by the wafhing of Regeneration, and by the renewing ofthe HolyGhofl. As in the Creation, where all the J'erfons concurr'd, 'twas the motion of the Spirit that conveyed the LifeofNature fo in the Renovation of the World, they all cooperate, 'tis the powerful working o the Spirit that produces - the Life of Grace. He vifits us in the grave, and in- fpires the breath and flame of. Heaven to animate and warm our dead hearts. 'Twas requifite not only. that the Word. fhould'take Flefh, but that Flefli fhould receive the Spirit to quicken and enable it to perform the as ofthe Divine Life. 'Tis for this reafon the thirdPerfon is frequently filed in Scripture the Holy Spirit. That Titlehath not an immediate refpet to his Nature, but to the Operations which are aligned toHim, in the ad- mirable Oeconomy ofour Redemption. 'Tis not upon . the account of his el'ential and eternal Purity, which is common to all the Perfonss but in regard ofhis Office to.infufe:Holinefs into the deprav'd Soul,and renew the Divine Image, that he is fo called. Now Jefus Chrift purchafed the Spirit by his Humiliation andSufferings, and conveys Him to us in his Exaltation and Glory. r. He purchafed the Spirit by his Sufferings. For fence Man fell from his original Innocence, he is jufily Y y a de
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