The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 372

REGENERATION

332

The

invisible church

men into whom stilled,

according to their view, that circle of

is,

this higher

and nobler tincture

and others not so favored

still

of life has

stand without.

lack of appreciation of the visible churches; for does

divine-human tincture of

life

determine this

their preference for the " unconsciotis" ;

been

Hence

circle of itself?

in-

their

not the

Hence

conscious confession and

the principal thing is to be is immaterial new, higher, more refined, divine-human nature. This explains their generally lofty bearing toward men not sharing their opinions. They belong to a sort of spiritual aristocracy they are of nobler descent, acquainted with more refined forms, living a higher life, from which with pitying eyes they look down upon

expression of thought

endowed with

;

this

,

those

who do

Let

not dream their dreams of the higher life-tincture. here only to say that the Reformed churches can

it suffice

not indorse this representation of the unio mysHca, but must positively reject

it.

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