The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-07-30
From the Advent Watchmar
THE SPIRIT.

In addition to what we have said on
this subject, it might be remarked that,
the spirit of God gives clear testimony
as TO the state of the believers mind.
The apostle declares, "shat the spirit
wiiResseth with our spirit that We are
the children Of God" This testimony
will be enjoyed by the justified soul,
And this fact should be borne in mind
this shows the necessity of obedience TO
the enjoyment of the witness of the
spirit" And as obedience. without ques-
ton, implies a rule of action, and as the
rule Of the Christian life is the Bible
obedience to the Bible is absolutely ne.
cessarv to the possession of the testimo-
nv that we are accepted of the Lord. In
the case of person on the reception Of
divine grace in the forgiveness Of sins
receiving this witness, we observe JUS
titled state, and from obedience to the
word which requires faith in the Lord
Jesus-the ground of justifcaticn-the
believer may know that he is accepted
BY comparing his life with the rule, but
the spirit will make that comparison in
simultaneously, and the testimony is
within. That this is a work of the spirit,
is plain, in the first place, from the fact
that God is a spirit and can communi-
cate with those whom He has made sus-
ceptible of such communion with Him.
self. He has given man nature, which.
by the powers of mind involved, makes
it easy that the divine being should come
into contact with the mental being of
man.
As TO the possibility, then, of such a
witness there can be no doubt. In the
second place, the fact of such al influ-
epce upon human souls-the scriptures
fully reveal it by direct passages, and by
many indirectly-such, for irsiarce, as
the Ssvior's promis, :hal ne would be
with the disciples till the end of the
world, when he did not intend to be pres
ent personally, but by the spirit. Such
again, as the promise that the spirit
whom the world cannot receive-the
comforter should bring all things to
their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES take of the
things of the Father and show them unto
them and show them things to come.
Now this must be the witness of the
spirit to the believer; "for what man
knoweth the things of man save the
spirit of man which is in him; even SO
knoweth no man the things of God; but
God revealeth them unto US by His spir-
it,"
We conceive the promise of the spirit
would be, at best, but partially fulfilled
without the work for which we have con-
tended To the Christian this is most
interesting topic of remarkable who has
felt the influence knows well how to
prise it. He knows that in this he en-
joys the approval of an enlightened con-
science-a conscience which, by divine
light affecting the entire spiritual man.
Is prepared to estimate the qualities OF
actions, at once-"a conscience void oil
offence" i. e.: one which not only does
not condemn, or is Saul Of Tarsus good
one; but one which is not deceived; a
corrected moral sense, a complete scrip
tural edition. With a scriptural con.
science which is a spiritual one, "pure
and unde fled"-th man enjoys a con-
seriousness of doing and feeling tight
and not merely legal righteousness is
his; but the righteousness which is Of
God by faith" The worldly man may
say
al feel peace within me
Surprising all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience"
But how far would this extend in ma.
king evidence that man is justified
spiritual Christian The conscience j:
on.y active as light and influence are
upon he mind. And if legal righte.