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treated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy ;" (James iv. 17;) the latter" is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance." (Gal. v. 22, 23.) This wisdom, and these graces, evidently proceed from the self-same Spirit of holiness, and are imparted unto us through sanctification of the Holy Ghost. (Rom. i. 4; xv. 16.) When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him; and the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever." (Isa. lix. 19—21.)

In these passages, the operation of the Redeemer and the Spirit are each noticed; and again (lxiii. 9,) "In all their affliction He was afflicted; in his love and in his pity He redeemed them; and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old; but they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit; therefore He was turned to be their enemy, and He fought against them. Then He remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is He that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is He that put his Holy Spirit within him? that led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before

them, to make himself an everlasting name? that led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name." "Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoaichin's captivity, the word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him. And I looked, and behold a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man: (they were intelligent creatures, designed to represent the angels as executing God's purposes; they were called cherubims-chap. x. 1.) And their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. (They were in a flying posture, to denote their readiness to obey the divine commands.) And they went every one straight forward: whither the Spirit was to go, they went. And when they went I heard the noise of their wings, like the

noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host (or the sound of their speech was as the sound of an host:) when they stood, they let down their wings,) hearkening and waiting for the word of command." And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood and had let down their wings. And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne (of which these angels were the supporters: these were doubtless the same cherubims with which St. John was honoured by a visionary view, when the heavenly door was opened unto him; and which he beheld in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne of God; but of these we have already treated,) as the appearance of a sapphire stone and the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it (man being the only intelligent that is known to us, was representative of the great Intelligent above upon it; as the Shekinah, or representation of the divine glory in the temple appeared above the cherubim higher than the angels.) And I heard a voice of one that spake, and he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, (put thyself in a posture of attention,) and I will speak unto thee. And the Spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. Then the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing,* saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place—(from heaven,

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* The manifestation of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost was ushered in by a sudden sound from heaven, as of a rushing

to which the vision was returning, by us his ministering spirits, who are now in the place where his glory dwelleth.) dwelleth.) I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away by a lock of mine head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God unto Jerusalem." (Ezek. i. ii. iii.)

In this sublime and wonderful revelation, from which we have selected the foregoing passages, we find nearly as frequent mention of the manifest operations of the Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, as we even do in the book of the Acts of the Apostles, in which many particulars on this subject may be reasonably expected; as it commences by recording the fulfilment of the predictions that were to take place subsequent to the ascension of the glorious Son of God, when He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men, (Eph. iv. 8;) when he sent down the promise of the Father upon the apostles (Luke xxiv. 49) whom He had chosen "to whom also He showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs. And being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem until they were endued with power from on high; but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith He, ye have heard of

mighty wind and our Lord himself compares the regenerating operations of the Holy Ghost to the operations of the wind.

me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel. And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; on my servants, and on my handmaidens will I pour out in those days of my Spirit." (Acts i. ii.) This was the solemn juncture, when our blessed Lord promised to his afflicted followers the especial aid of the celestial Comforter; for it was eminently wanted. "The apostles at this time were in a state of melancholy sorrow had filled their hearts; comfort was that of which they stood in need; a Comforter was promised, and a Comforter was sent. Grief chills the heart, and congeals the spirits; He descended therefore in fire to warm and to expand. He descended in the form of tongues, bringing the word of consolation, teaching them all things, and bringing all things to their remembrance their Lord had said to them. They were filled with the Holy Ghost, with spiritual gifts and comfort, with spiritual joy and exultation; and what was the result? Instead of fearing and flying from their

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