The continued teachings of the Spirit',

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When once, by the operation of the Spirit on 
our conscience, we have been stripped of . . .
formality,
superstition,
self-righteousness,
hypocrisy,
presumption,
and the other delusions of the flesh that hide 
themselves under the mask of religion—we have 
felt the difference between having a name to live 
while dead, and the power of vital godliness—and 
as a measure of divine life has flowed into the 
heart out of the fullness of the Son of God—we 
desire no other religion but that which stands 
in the power of God—by that alone can we live, 
and by that alone we feel that we can die. 

And, at last, we are brought to this conviction and 
solemn conclusion—that there is no other true 
religion but that which consists in the continued 
teachings of the Spirit, and the communications 
of the life of God to the soul.

And with the Spirit's teachings are connected . . .
all the acting of faith in the soul, 
all the anchoring of hope in the heart,
all the flowing forth of love,
every tear of genuine contrition that flows down the cheeks,
every sigh of godly sorrow that heaves from the bosom,
every cry and groan because of the body of sin,
every breath of spiritual prayer that comes from the heart,
every casting of our souls upon Christ,
all submission to Him, 
all communion with Him,
all enjoyment of Him, and
all the inward embracements of Him
in His suitability and preciousness.

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