The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 503

SANCTIFICATION WITH IMMANUEL own

of our

person, and against our will, the Holy Spirit

unconsciously in the

way

463

makes us

of life.

walk This pernicious teaching opposes Rom.

The

vii.

and the Confession

apostle does not say that his de-

Reformed and inclinations are still wicked, and that the Holy Spirit peryet by him but he forms good works independently of him and with the divine will and sympathy in is desire his grieves that, while the Catechism sense similar In present. still the good, evil is churches.

of the sires

;

wills

inclined to all evil so long as he is not born For the quickening of the new man consists again, but no longer. Christ, and with love and in a "sincere joy of heart in God, through

teaches that

man

is

delight to live according to the will of

God"

(q. 90).

And the soul of the unconverted is not so disposed. Hence the gulf of heaven and difference between the two is so great that the hell yawns between them. to lay before them It may therefore be profitable to our readers of the once more the Confession of the Reformed theologians Netherlands the and England, Germany, churches of Switzerland,

on

this point (1619).

That the Holy Spirit pervades the inmost recesses of the man He opens the closed and softens the hardened heart, and circumcises that which was uncircumcised infuses new

They confessed

:

"

;

;

which, tho heretofore dead, He quickens; qualities into the and refractory. He renders it good, disobedient, from being evil, will,

obedient, and pliable tree, it

may

fourth

Head

And

;

actuates and strengthens

bring forth the fruits of

it,

that, like

good actions "

a good

(third section,

of Doctrine, art. 11).

work is, according to the unanimous ConfesReformed churches, performed in the following manner: sion of the " That the Lord does not take away the will and its properties, neither does violence thereto but spiritually quickens, heals, corrects, and at the same time sweetly and powerfully bends it that where carnal rebellion and resistance formerly prevailed, a ready and sincere spiritual obedience begins to reign in which the true and spiritual restoration and freedom of our will consist " (third section, fourth this glorious

;

;

;

Head

of Doctrine, art. 16).

Deze tekst is geautomatiseerd gemaakt en kan nog fouten bevatten. Digibron werkt voortdurend aan correctie. Klik voor het origineel door naar de pdf. Voor opmerkingen, vragen, informatie: contact.

Op Digibron -en alle daarin opgenomen content- is het databankrecht van toepassing. Gebruiksvoorwaarden. Data protection law applies to Digibron and the content of this database. Terms of use.

Printen