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LXXXIII.

[The spirit of man is man indeed]

The Spirit of God. Matthew iii. 16.

The spirit of man is man indeed,
The Spirit of God is truly God:
No other than Himself we need
Who hath on man Himself bestow'd,
To us the Holy Ghost imparts,
And thus resides in all our hearts.

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Who have with faith Divine believed,
In every age, and every place,
Have, like the saints of old, received
God in the Spirit of His grace,
And surely felt, and fully known,
God and His Spirit for ever One.