(3.) There is that which we call habitual grace;
that is, the fruits of the Spirit, — the spirit which is born of the
Spirit, John iii. 6. That which is born of,
or produced by, the Holy Ghost, in the heart or soul of a man when he is
regenerate, that which makes him so, is spirit; in opposition to Gal. v. 17.the flesh, or
that enmity which is in us by nature against God. It is faith, love, joy,
hope, and the rest of the graces of the gospel, in their root
or common principle, concerning which these two things are to be
observed:—