35.The way in which the Spirit of God works

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("http://www.gracegems.org/Philpot/sermons.htm"J. C. Philpot, "Spiritual Times and Seasons" 1841)

As pride rises, it must be broken down. 

As self-righteousness starts up, it must be brought low. 

As the wisdom of the creature exalts itself against 
the wisdom of God, it must be laid prostrate.

The way in which the Spirit of God works is to lay
the creature low, by bringing it into nothingness, 
and crushing it into self-abasement and self-loathing, 
so as to press out of it everything on which the 
creature can depend. 

Like a surgeon, who will run his lancet into the abscess, 
and let out the gory matter, in order to effect a thorough 
cure; so the Spirit of the Lord thrusting His sharp sword 
into the heart, lets out the inward corruption, and never 
heals the wound until He has thoroughly probed it. 

And when He has laid bare the heart, He heals it by 
pouring in the balmy blood of Jesus, as that which, 
by its application, cleanses from all sin.

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