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Excerpt from Discourse on the Witnessing of the Holy Spirit: In Regard to the Divine Adoption of True Believers
It might be thought, that although the remarks now offered may apply in the case of those, who are for the first time exer cised in religion; yet they can bge no application to the ex perienced Christian, who may have often scrutinized his emo tions and feelings, and may be, therefore, able to tell at once whether the Holy Spirit is with his heart or not. But, even in regard to such a one the testimony is indirectly borne. It is af forded through the medium of the graces, which he possesses, and which are, from time to time, in exercise. He has to make use of the rules and marks of the Word of God, before he can conclude, that what he experiences results from the agency of the Divine Spirit. He may, it is true, have those rules and marks so familiarized to his mind, that he may not be so long in determining the point, as one of less acquaintance with mat ters of this kind, would be. But he has still to determine, in precisely the same way. How often too will he have to confess, that much that may have looked pure, at first View, and that he may have been ready to take for the results of the operations of the Spirit, has proved on being tested, in a scriptural way, to be very impure, and to have resulted from a very different source from the one alleged. This is a part of every pious man's And it tends to confirm very decidedly the doctrine which we hold on this subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
