Now, this threefold expression, of giving,
sending, and pouring out, of the Spirit, gives us the
three great properties of the covenant of grace:— First, That it is
free; he is given. Secondly, That it is orderly,
ordered in all things, and sure, from the love of the Father,
by the procurement of the Son; and thence is that variety of expression, of
the Father’s sending him, and the Son’s sending him from
the Father, he being the gift of the Father’s love, and purchase of the
blood of the Son. Thirdly. The efficacy of it, as was last
observed. And this is the second thing considerable.