All saving acts must be performed by the man himself. Faith is the gift of God, but the Holy Ghost never believed for anybody; it is not His office to believe. The sinner must believe. Repentance is the work of the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit never repented. What has He to repent of? We ourselves must repent. There must be in every man a personal repentance, and a personal faith, and though these are wrought in him by the Holy Spirit, yet they are his own acts. They cannot be acts of anybody else or the man has not believed and has not repented, and there is no life in him. For instance, the Holy Spirit helpsus to pray. He helps our infirmities - but we pray. True desires after God must be your own desires. The desire is wrought in you by the Holy Spirit, but still it is yours!
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