The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 338

REGENERATION

298 which precedes.

A

regenerate deceased infant died to sin in death

man with hoary head and fourscore years. There can be no first without including the second and last. Hence the entire work of grace might be represented as one birth for heaven, one continued regeneration to be completed in the last day. just as surely as the

"Wherefore there

may

be persons ignorant

of

these

stages,

which are as indispensable as milestones to the surveyor but they may never be made to oppress the souls of the simple. He who ;

breathes deeply unconscious of his lungs

is

often the healthiest.

Touching the question whether the Scripture gives reference to this arrangement over the old, we refer to the word of Jesus: " Except a man be bom of water and the Spirit he can not see the kingdom of God"; from which we infer that Jesus dates every operation First life, and then the activity of life. of grace from regeneration.

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