False  relations  of  church  and  state  to  be  avoided:  I.  Popish
claims  ;  2.  False  connections  found  in  Protestant  countries  ;  such
as  (i)  Erastian  relation;  (2)  indiscriminate  support;  (3)  favour-
itism ;  (4)  over-assistance.  3.  Position  of  official  neutrality;  (l)
absolute  non-legislation  in  favour  of  true  religion — nine  reasons
for  this  considered ;  (2)  special  opposition  to  State  aid  in  every
form  and  degree — arguments  for  this  considered.  III.  Obliga-
tion lying  on  us  to  bear  our  testimony  to  the  relation  of  nations
and  their  rulers  to  Christ,  and  His  truth  and  kingdom       .         .  290-334

XV.
THREEFOLD   WORK   OF   THE   HOLY   SPIRIT    ON   THE   DAT   OP
PENTECOST.
Acts  ii.  I,  &c. :  "And  lolien  the  day  of  Pentecost  loas  fiMy  come,  &c."
— I.  The  position  of  Christ  and  His  apostles  when  this  out-
pouring of  His  Spirit  took  place.  II.  The  threefold  manner  in
which  the  Spirit  came  down  :  I.  His  miraculous  gifts ;  2.  His
common  operations  ;  3.  His  saving  power.  III.  History  of  His
work:  i.  In  patriarchal  and  Jewish  times;  (l)  given  from  the
beginning  ;  (2)  to  comparatively  few  ;  (3)  in  limited  measure  ;  (4)
with  promises  of  a  fuller  outpouring.  2.  His  work  on  day  of  Pen-
tecost and  through  all  ages  of  gospel  dispensation.  IV.  His  work
under  the  present  dispensation  :  I.  Miraculous  gifts  have  ceased  ;
2.  Still  given  (l)  in  common  operations  ;  (2)  in  saving  power.  3.
Manner  of  His  saving  work  :  ( i )  no  new  revelations,  (2)  acts
through  written  word  ;  (3)  His  work  realised  in  its  effects.  V.
