The Witness of the Spirit
The Spirit … witnesses … by … whatsoever of Christ’s is applied to us by the Spirit. But, besides witnessing with these witnesses, the Spirit hath a distinct witness by way of enlarging the soul; which is joy in the apprehension of God’s fatherly love.… The Spirit doth not always witness … by force of argument from sanctification, but sometimes immediately by way of presence; as the sight of a friend comforts without help of discourse. [Richard Sibbes]



















