The second
thing considerable, to teach us to put a due valuation on the consolations
of the Holy Ghost, is the matter of them, or that wherewith he comforts us.
Now, this may be referred to the two heads that I have formerly treated
of, — the love of the Father, and the grace of the Son. All the
consolations of the Holy Ghost consist in his acquainting us with, and
communicating unto us, the love of the Father and the grace of the Son; nor
is there any thing in the one or the other but he makes it a matter of
consolation to us: so that, indeed, we have our communion with the Father
in his love, and the Son in his grace, by the operation of the Holy
Ghost.