179. And let it not trouble you that either here it is said “rivers,” S. John vii. 38. or elsewhere “seven Spirits,” Rev. v. 6. for by the sanctification of these seven gifts of the Spirit, as Isaiah said, Isa. xi. 2. is signified the fulness of all virtue; the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and godliness, and the Spirit of the fear of God. One, then, is the River, but many the channels of the gifts of the Spirit. This River, then, goes forth from the Fount of Life.