374 CHARACTER OF SAINT PAUL. of the Holy Ghost," and presented through the Divine Mediator. And what the Apostle did in his own person, we repeat, he unweariedly pressed upon all his converts. He exhorted them to pray for themselves, and for each other, in the same spirit in which " he bowed his own knees unto the Father of our 'Lord Jesus Christ, that they might be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man ; - that Christ might dwell in their hearts by faith ; - that they might be rooted and grounded in love ; - that they might know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge ; - that they might be filled with all the fullness of God." It is obvious why God does not give us the full measure of his grace ; it is in order that we may be induced to pray for it ; and that prayer which we are commanded continually to repeat for greater degrees of grace, is a standing proof of that imperfection in us which requires it ; is a perpetual intimation,
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