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THE
DoCTßINE
OF
THE
TRINITY,
[SERM,
SLIV,.
The Spirit
discovers the mercy
of
God the Father
to
us,
and
assures
us,
that
he
is
willing
to
be
reconciled.
This
he has
done
in
the word
of
the gospel, and the pro
-
mises
of
grace, which
are
written and recorded
in the
bible by the holy men, whom
he
inspired
;
and this
he
reveals also
with
power and pleasure
to the
mind
of
an
awakened sinner.
Then
the
guilty soul
rejoices,
that
there
is
forgiveness with
God, and
conceives some glim-
merings
of
hope.
3.
It
is
the Spirit,
who
effectually reveals
Christ
Jesus
to the soul, as
the
great Reconciler. He
discovers,
who
Christ
is,
and what
he
has done for
us, and,
sets him
be
-.
fore
us in
all the glories
of
his
mediation.
He
makes
the.
soul
see
the
all
-
sufficiency
of
his
sacrifice to
atone
for
sin,
the
efficacy
of
hie
intercession
to
prevail
with
God,
and
his
power to
save to
the
uttermost.
And all this
is
according
to
the promise
of Christ;
John
xvi.
14..
"
He
shall glorify
me;
for
he
shall
tale
the things,
that are
mine, and
shew
them
unto
you
;"
All the
teachings
of
peen,
and all
the words in the
bible,
cannot
make
a
sin
-
ful
creature
see
such glory
in
Christ,
such grace,
and
so
desirable
a
salvation,
as
is
done
by
the
enlightening work
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
4.
It
is
the Holy Spirit,
that
makes
us
willing
to
re-
turn
to
God,
in
this
way
of
his
own
appointment.
It
is
he
that
powerfully persuades, and inclines
us
to
part
with
every
sin.
He
works
in
the
heart,
of
a
sinner,
holy
re
p2ntance
for
his
past follies; and
renews,
and
changes
the
corrupt nature
of
man.
It
is
he forms
us
after
the,
image
of
God, and
gives us a new
and
divine
spirit and
temper.
"
That,
which
is
born
of
the
spirit
is
spirit
,
".
John
iii.
6.
He
works
faith
in
us with power, even
that
living faith, whereby
we
are interested
in
Christ
the Re-
conciler,
and
which
is
the spring
of
all holiness.
It
is
.
through
the
divine
operation
of
the
Spirit
of
God,
on
our
hearts,
that
we
are
taught
to resign ourselves up
to
-,
Christ, and
to
commit
all
our
concerns
of
salvation
into
.
his
hands.
Hereby
we
become
partakers, of
the
benefits
of
the life
and death
of
Christ,
on
earth, and of
his
inter
/
cession
io
heaven;
for it
is
the
appointment
of
God, that
faith in
Christ
shall
be
our
only
means
of
drawing near
to the
Father.
5.
The
holy
Spirit
preserves,
and
carrie
.ói*
his
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