CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Mystery of Godliness-A Bible Doctrine- The Divinity of Christ-The Divinity of the Spirit-A Practical Doctrine-Its Truth Illus- trated-The Godhead Trebly Glorified— Names and Relations-The Work of Re- PAGE The Personality of the Spirit-His Holy Char- acter-His Holy Methods-His Holy Mani- X CONTENTS. CHAPTER IV. PAGE The Spirit in the Old Testament-Christ Filled with the Spirit-Christ's Promise of the Spirit-The Acts of the Apostles-The Spirit at Pentecost-The Key to the Acts-The Spirit in Stephen-The Spirit in the Apostles-The Spirit in Paul-The Act of THE LOVE OF THE SPIRIT IN SANCTIFICATION, His Love in Regeneration and Justification-The Better than Christ's Presence-Kept for Jesus Christ-Afflictions and Chastisements-The Giver of Blessings-In Sickness and Death— The Gift of Gifts-The Inspirer and Teacher of Prayer Praying for the Spirit-Praying to the Spirit-Praying in the Spirit-The In- stinct of Humanity-The Philosophy of Blasphemy-The Sin against the Holy Spirit— Never Forgiveness-Sensitiveness to Sin— The Exceeding Sinfulness of Sin-The Priv- ilege of Choice-The Effect of Choice-The Length of Probation-Man must be Saved- Dependence upon the Spirit-The Crisis of THE GOSPEL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. CHAPTER I. FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT. THE doctrine of the Trinity is altogether a Bible doctrine. It stands or falls with the sacred Scriptures. Man, unaided by revelation, has believed in theism, polytheism, and atheism; but never in a Godhead of three persons. God may be known from His works and from man His image. Further knowledge He must reveal to us. Such a revelation we have in the Bible, and this is all that it has pleased Him to give to us. Here we may expect to find the highest conception of His being and character; as full a revelation as we can comprehend, and all that we need to know for our present want. But neither now nor ever may man expect to find out the Almighty unto perfection. There shall ever be growing knowledge and fuller revelation. "Great," says St. Paul, "is the mystery of godliness "; and the mystery shall grow even with the largest knowledge, and new mysteries shall ap |