CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 373 was baptized,came and abode upon Him, dwellingin Christ fulland entire,and not maimed in any measure or portion; but with His whole overflowcopiouslydistributedand sent forth,sothatfrom Him othersmight receivesome enjoyment of His graces: thesourceof theentireHoly Spiritremaining in Christ,so thatfrom Him might be drawn streamsof gifts and works,while the Holy Spiritdwelt affluentlyin Christ. For trulyIsaiah,prophesyingthis,said: " And the Spirit of wisdom and understanding shall rest upon Him, the Spiritof counsel and might,the Spiritof knowledge and piety; and the Spiritof the fear of the Lord shallfill Him." 1 This self-samethingalsohe said in the personof the Lord Himself, in another place: " The Spiritof the Lord is upon me; because He has anointed me, He has sent me to preach the gospel to the poor."* Similarly David : " Wherefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oilof gladness above Thy fellows."8 Of Him the Apostle Paul says: " For he who hath not the Spiritof Christis none of His."4 u And where the Spirit of the Lord is,thereisliberty."3 He it is who effectswith water the second birth,as a certainseedof divinegenera tion,and a consecrationof a heavenly nativity,the pledge of a promised inheritance,and as it were a kind of hand writingof eternalsalvation; who can make us God's temple, and fitus forHis house; who solicitsthe divinehearingfor us with groaningsthat cannot be uttered,fillingthe offices of advocacy,and manifestingthe dutiesof our defence,— an inhabitantgiven forour bodiesand an effectorof theirholi ness ; who, working in us foreternity,can alsoproduce our bodies at the resurrectionof immortality,accustomingthem to be associatedin Himself with heavenlypower, and to be alliedwith the divineeternityof the Holy Spirit. For our bodiesareboth trainedin Him and by Him toadvance to im mortality,by learningto govern themselveswith moderation according to His decrees. For thisis He who "desireth againstthe flesh,"because " the fleshresistethagainstthe 1 Isa.xi.2,3. 2 Isa.lxi.1. 1 Ps.xlv.7. * Rom. viii.9. 5 2 Cor.iii.17.