The time and season is approaching when you will not hear praying or a sermon any more. You who love swearers, cursers, liars, etc., unless you repent, will have these as your companions for ever. Remember that they are your master's rent. Remember thou also that they are gifts and talents of thy Lord. Grace makes those who possess it very humble and self-denying.
Sin makes people proud and high-minded.
Those who have the Holy Spirit behold an extensive view of the depth of their misery, and the height of the glory of God. Those who are accustomed to play ball know that according to the force with which they throw the ball at the ground will it bounce upwards. Likewise, those who are cast down, generally, lowest as to the view of their misery, rise the highest in glory. The Holy Spirit also convicts the world of sin etc. He convicted David of the magnitude of the evil of his sins.