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46. But as for those who through Thy Spirit, I see these
things, Thou seest in them. When: therefore, they see that these
things are good, Thou seest that they are good; and whatsoever, L
things for Thy sake are pleasing, Thou art pleased 'l in them; and
those things which through Thy Spirit are pleasing unto us, are
pleasing unto Thee in us. "For what man knoweth the things of a
man, save the spirit of a man which is in him? Even so the things of
God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we," saith he,
"have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is
of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us of
God." ' And I am reminded to say, "Truly, ' the things of
God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God;' how, then, do we
also know what things are I given us by God '?" It is answered
unto me, J" Because the things which we know by His Spirit, even
these knoweth no man, but the!Spirit of God.' For, as it is
rightly said unto, those who were to speak by the Spirit of God, '
It is not ye that speak,'. so is it rightly said to. I them who
know by the Spirit of God, It is not e that know' None the less,
then, is it not, have said to those that see by the Spirit of God,
It is not ye that see;' so whatever they see by the Spirit of God
that it is good, it is not they, but God who 'sees that it is
good.'" It is one thing, then, for a man to suppose that to be bad
which is good, as the fore-named do; another, that what is good a
man should see to be good (as Thy creatures are pleasing unto many,
because they are good, whom, however, Thou pleasest not in them when
they wish to enjoy. them rather than enjoy Thee); and another, that
when a man these a thing to be good, God should in him see that it is
good,- that in truth He may be loved in that which He made? who
cannot be loved unless by the Holy Ghost, which He hath given.
"Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy
Ghost which is given unto us; "s by whom we see that whatsoever in
any degree is, is good. t Because it is from Him who Is not in any
degree, but He Is that He Is.
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