"  Jehovah  will  not  give  his  glory  to  any  other,"
Isa.  xlii.  8;  least  of  all  will  he  give  it  to  such
an  unworthy  being  as  the  devil.
The  power  of  the  Spirit  of  God  is  a  bound
less  power.  He  acts  on  exterior  beings  to
make  them  concur  in  our  salvation.  He  acts
on  our  blood  and  humours,  to  stir  the..n  to
motion,  or  to  reduce  them  to  a  calm.  He  acts
on  our  spirits,  I  mean  on  those  subtile  particles
which,  with  inconceivable  rapidity,  convey
themselves  into  the  divers  organs  of  our  bodies,
and  have  an  extensive  influence  over  our  fa
culties.  He  acts  on  our  memories,  to  impress
them  with  some  objects,  and  to  efface  others.
He  acts  immediately  on  the  substance  of  our
souls;  he  produces  ideas;  he  excites  sensations;
he  suspends  the  natural  effects  of  their  union
to  the  body.  He  sometimes,  by  this  suspen
sion,  renders  a  martyr  insensible  to  the  action
of  the  flames  that  consume  him;  and  teaches
him  to  say  even  amidst  the  most  cruel  tor
ments,  "I  glory  in  tribulations,  knowing  that
tribulation  worketh  patience;  and  patience  ex
perience,  or  proof;"  (this  is  a  metaphor  taken
from  gold,  which  is  proved  by  the  fire  that  pu
rifies  it,)  "  and  experience  hope;  and  hope
maketh  not  ashamed,  because  the  love  of  God
is  shed  abroad  in  my  heart  by  the  Holy  Ghost,
which  is  given  unto  me,"  Rom.  v.  3 — 5.
