The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 548

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Second Cbaptcr.

LOVE.

XVII. Natural Love. "And in

hope maketh not ashamed; beGod is shed abroad our hearts by the Holy Ghost which

is

given unto us."

cause the love of

Ro?n. v.

5.

Sanctification does not exhaust the work of the Holy Spirit. It an extraordinary work, necessitated by tn.a.n' s fall into sin. Love, of which we now will treat, is His deepest and most proper work, is

which He would have wrought even if sin had never been heard 0/ which He will continue after death which He works now already in the angels, and which He will continue in us in the mansions ;

of the Father's house evermore.

Necessarily, across the path of

shadow of that terrible operation of Judgment and hardening which the Holy Spirit works in the lost. We will close with a sketch of the unpardonable sin against the Holy quickening love

falls

the dark

Ghost.

Our

subject

evident.

Love

is

not love in general, but Love.

The

signifies the only pure, true, divine

difference is

Love; by love

in general is understood every expression of kindness, attachment,

mutual

affection,

and devotion wherein are seen reflections of the

glory of Eternal Love.

Love

in its general sense is also

a love so strong sometimes that

upon bial.

found in the world of animals; shames man, casting reproach

it

The tenderness of the mother hen is proverThe same hen which at other times mns away at the distant

his conscience.

approach of dog or

cat, flies at

when she has chickens

the ugliest cat or fiercest bulldog

to defend.

Every mother bird defends her

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