the Son, and is in every way entitled to the same respect, and "love," and confidence, as theyq.
Be it then remembered, that this is He, whom every Christian must have dwelling and abiding in him. St. Paul expressly calls him, " The Holy Ghost which dwelleth in usT" And if we mark carefully the whole passage from whence my text is taken, we shall find him designated by those different names, The Spirit of God, and The Spirit of Christ, and Christ himself Hear the Apostle's words : " Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit oj God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness ; (i. e. if Christ be in you, though your bodies shall suffer the penalty of death, your souls shall never die) : but if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you5"
Now then this Spirit we must all "have;" and if we have him not, we cannot belong to Christ.
But here it will be asked, What is meant by " having" the Spirit ? Are we all to possess the power of " working miracles, and speaking divers kinds of tongues'?" No: the time for such things is long since passed. That they may be renewed at the time when God's ancient people shall be restored to his favour, and the whole Gentile world shall be con- verted to the faith of Christ, is probable enough : but no such power exists at this day, except in the con- ceit of a few brain-sick enthusiasts ; nor, if it did, would it have any bearing upon the subject before us. The possession of that power would not constitute us Christ's : for we have reason to think that Judas wrought miracles, as well as the other Apostles ; and yet, as our Lord tells us, he was no better than a devil all the while". That possession of the Spirit
i Rom. xv. 30. r 2 Tim. i. 14. s Rom. viii. 9 — 11.
1 1 Cor. xii. 10. u John vi. 70.