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THE OFFICES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

FOUR SERMONS

PREACHED BEFORE

THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,

N

Rev

IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1831.

BY THE

V. CHARLES SIMEON, M. A.

SENIOR FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE.

(Episcopal)

First American, from the Second London Edition:

NEW-YORK;.

PUBLISHED BY SWORDS, STANFORD, AND CO
No. 152 Broadway.

1832.

ZFID

THENEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
03022

ASTOR, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

1897.

NEW-YORK:

PRINTED BY EDWARD J. SWORDS;

No. 8 Thames-street.

SERMON I.

ROMANS VIII. 9.

If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

ON a remote occasion, similar to the present, I endeavoured to set forth, in this place, the Law; and on a subsequent occasion, the Gospel. These two subjects, taken together, form a whole, so far as relates to Christianity as a system. But for the full development of our holy religion, in its spiritual operations and practical results, the office of the Holy Spirit should be separately and distinctly considered. This part, therefore, it is now my intention to supply. But, in entering on a subject so deeply mysterious as this, I may well ask, "Who is sufficient for these things?" Besides, in reference to it, there is a still further ground of discouragement, arising from the opposition which the subject itself meets with in the

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