The Spirit in the writings of St Paul: the Fruit of the Spirit-Topics of the Epistle to the Galatians- Justification - And the Spirit's work-Their con- nexion-Abundance of teaching on the work of the Spirit towards the close of the Epistle-" Not under the law""Led by the Spirit". Sowing to the Spirit"-The Fruit of the Spirit contrasted with the works of the flesh-Significance of the singular number, Fruit-The place of "diligence" in fruit- bearing - Meanwhile, it is a power not our own which bears the fruit-It is the Holy Spirit-While Christ is the Life He gives-The Fruit-Primarily, it consists in not doing, but being-Not that the spiritual Christian is to isolate himself from common life and duty-The Fruit is a Character-Its elements -Nine, in three triads-All harmonized in one- This character is essentially one of love and light- And of yielding and forbearance-And of vigilant practicality-The description of the Fruit of the Spirit should be a touchstone of the inner life The Spirit in the writings of St Paul: the Fulness of the Spirit-Scriptural illustrations of the phrase- Varying phases of the "Filling"-Connexion between the Fulness and miraculous gifts-Are the two always connected?-No; the Fulness has a more abiding connexion with consecration to the will of God-Not normal crisis, but to the rule and habit of life-Filled CHAPTER XII. The Spirit in the writings of St Paul: Christ dwelling INDEXES • PAGE 209 228 LA THE CHAPTER I. HE following chapters have a very simple purpose. They are not intended to constitute a technical treatise, certainly not to carry the reader into elaborate enquiries into the history of doctrines. They are intended to be a reverent review of some, and only some, of the main teachings of the Holy Scriptures concerning the ever-blessed Spirit of God, the heavenly Paraclete, the eternal Third Person, the Lord and Life-Giver, and His revealed work in Redemption. And this review shall be made, by His most merciful assistance, with a constant reference to the actual needs of the human soul, the actual experience of the people of God. The theme is one of altogether special importance for the believing Church of these latter days. In John Owen's Pneumatologia, his deep, massive, and most spiritual "Discourse Concerning the Holy Spirit" (1674), occurs a remarkable passage (bk i., ch. i.), in which he traces through the ages and dispensations a certain progress of divine tests of living orthodoxy, related to each of the Three Persons in succession. Before the First Advent the great testing truth was "the oneness of God's nature and His monarchy over all," with special respect to the Person of the Father. At the First Advent the great question was whether a Church orthodox on the first point would now receive the divine Son, incarnate, sacrificed, and glorified, according to the promise. And when the working of this test had gathered out the Church of Christian believers, and built it on the foundation of the truth of the Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ, then the Holy Spirit came in a new prominence and speciality before that Church as a touchstone of true faith. Wherefore the duty of the Church now immediately respects the Spirit of God, who acts towards it in the name of the Father and of the Son; and with respect unto Him it is that the Church in its present state is capable of an apostasy from God. . . . The sin of |