(e) To this association of the three Perons in creative acts, may be added a like association in acts of preservation, which has been well called a continued creation, and by that term is ex pressed in the following passage: "These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to dust : thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth" (Ps. civ :27-3o). It is not surely here meant that the Spirit by which the generations of animals are perpetuated is wind; and if he be called an attribute, wisdom, pozver, or both united, where do we read of such attri butes being "sent," "sent forth from God?" (3) Office and Work. (r) He is the "Spirit of promise," because promised to men, and he ap plies the promises of the new covenant to our heart (Eph. i:r3). (2) He is the "Spirit of truth ;" he is the "true God," and teacheth noth ing but truth (John xiv:i7). (3) He is a "holy, good, and free Spirit ;" being holy and good in himself, he works holiness and goodness in us, of his own sovereign will, and renders us of a noble and benevolent temper (Ps. li:to, ; cxliii: to). (4) He is a "Spirit of judgment," counsel, wisdom, and understanding; being infinite in knowledge and wisdom himself, he qualified Christ's manhood, and qualifies his people with wisdom and understanding (Is. xxviii:r6; xi:2;
Eph. i:r7). (5) He is a "Spirit of bondage and fear," when, by the application of the broken law to men's conscience, he fills their mind with great pressure and fear (Rom. viii :15). (6) He is the "Spirit of adoption," that brings us into the fam ily of God, dwells in every one of God's children, and renders them conform to his image (Rom. viii:15). (7) I-le is the "Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus," as, by uniting men to Christ, he bestows life on them, and by maintaining their fellowship with Christ, he restores, increases, and perfects their spiritual life (Rom. viii:2). (8) He is the "Spirit of Power," and "of faith," and "of love," and "of a sound mind," and "of supplication ;" by his almighty power he works faith, love, and sound wisdom in the heart, and he directs and enables to pray and to wait for the answer there of (Zech. xii:ro; Rom. viii:27; 2 COr. iV:I3; 2 Tim. i:7). And the "love of the Spirit," is love of him, or gracious love produced by him (Rom. xv:3o). (9) He is the "Spirit of grace" and "of glory ;" as, from the fullness of Christ he con veys to the saints their gracious endowments and glorious happiness (Heb. x :29; Pet. iv :14). (to) He is the "Spirit of the living creatures," which is in the wheels, as he actuates angels and ministers, and the church. and the world man aged by them (Ezek. :2o). (Watson; Brown; Buck; Hastings.)