od Spirit, the right Spirit, 'the Spirit the Comforter,' 'the Spirit
of adoption.' Of these each person, severally, is God. As the Father
is, so also is the Son, and as the Son, so also the Holy Ghost. And
there is one God in three, one nature, one kingdom, one power, one
glory, one substance, distinct in persons, and so only distinct. One
is the Father, whose property it is not to have been begotten; one is
the only-begotten Son, and his property it is to have been begotten;
and one is the Holy Ghost, and his property it is that he proceedeth.
Thus illuminated by that light, which is the Father, with that light,
which is the Son, in that light, which is the Holy Ghost, we glorify
one Godhead in three persons. And he is one very and only God, known
in the Trinity: for of him and through him, and unto him are all things.

"By his grace also, I came to know thy ease, and was sent to teach thee
the lessons that I have learned and observed from my youth even to
these grey hairs. If then thou shalt believe and be baptized, thou
shalt be saved; but if thou believe not, thou shalt be damned. All the
things that thou seest to-day, wherein thou gloriest,--pomp, luxury,
riches, and all the deceitfulness of life,--quickly pass away; and they
shall cast thee hence whether thou wilt or no. And thy body will be
imprisoned in a tiny grave, left in utter loneliness, and bereft of all
company of kith and kin. And all the pleasant things of the world
shall perish; and instead of the beauty and fragrance of to-day, thou
shalt be encompassed with horror and the stink of corruption. But thy
soul shall they hurl into the nether-regions of the earth, into the
condemnation of Hades, until the final resurrection, when re-united to
her body, she shall be cast forth from the presence of the Lord and be
delivered to hell fire, which burneth everlastingly. These, and far
worse haps than these, shall be thy destiny, if thou continue in
unbelief.

"But and if thou readily obey him that calleth thee to salvation, and
if thou run unto him with desire and joy, and be signed with his light,
and follow him without turn, renouncing every thing, and cleaving only
unto him, hear what manner of security and happiness shall be thine.
'When thou sittest down, thou shall not be afraid of sudden fear. When
thou liest down, sweet shall be thy sleep.' And thou shalt not be
afraid of terror coming or the assaults of evil spirits, but shalt go
thy way bo