B~XTER'S POE,MS. 165 PRAISE FOR THE HOLY GHOST AND SANCTIFICATION'. As light and_heat flow from the sun, To light, warm, [quicken,] frigid earth, God sent his Son, and both the Spirit, To raise [dead_souls] by a new birth. By him our Lord was first conceiv'd; By hini [were all] his wonders wrought; By him the world in Christ believ'd! By him God's word was [writ and] taugl~t . His word made, and his word ileW makes, He giveth [lmow!edge,J life and ·sense, Though by the sapiential way, Yet by love's [pote~t] influence. If miracles and holiness Had not Christ's gospel[sttrely] seal'd; . Christ had not had a church on earth, · Nor [had been J credibly reveal'd. As on the first unformed mass, God's spirit mov'd, gave Llife and] form : So hefirst form'd the sacred word, Then [by it.] those that ·are new born. The holy gospel is his book, .. Written [and preach'd] by Christ's command, Endited by the Holy Ghost, As [true as] if with Christ's own hand . 0 praise eternal boundless love, Who shines [on man] with vital beams ; Refresheth dry and thirsty souls .With the celestial lliving] streams.
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