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they have been produced to any degree, then the Spirit is in you, for these are the fruits of the Spirit. Another fact should never be forgotten. Indwell- ing sin is not completely extirpated from the hearts of the children of God during their wanderings and warfare in the wilderness. A new man has been created in every one of them, but the old man remains and acts. The house of David has been set up, but the house of Saul has not been utterly destroyed, it still claims authority and seeks to establish it. The child of God "delights in his law after the inward man, but he sees another law in his members warring against the law of his mind, and bringing him into captivity to the law of sin which is in his members. The flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh, and these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would." You go into your orchard; you find there we ids, thorns and briers; but you do not conclude that there can therefore be no apple, or pear, or peach trees in it. You often find very excellent fruit in great abundance, in a very poorly kept orchard. You examine your heart ; you ought not to conclude that there can be no love, or joy, or faith in it, nor any of the fruits of the Spirit, because you find that the lusts of the flesh have not all been rooted out. It is the office and

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