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Spirit. But the Holy Spirit dwells in the believer as a Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowl- edge of Christ, and we have a clear w^arrant to trust in him to enlighten the eyes of our understanding, that we may know what is the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe. While therefore his teachings always accord with the written word, he helps us to understand better its meaning, and to feel more fully its power. 2. The Holy Spirit never leads the believer to exercise, or excites within him, the lusts of the flesh enumerated in Galatians v: 19, 21. He does how- ever excite and strengthen the graces named in the following verses. Anything, therefore, that tends to " idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings and such like," are not of the Spirit. But " love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temper- ance," in the sense of the apostle always are. 3. The Holy Spirit never leads us to believe any- The Holy Spirit. 175 thing which sound reason legitimately exercised con- demns as untrue ; or to crush out natural affections when exercised within just limits, or to do anything