Sometimes [God] acts on the wills and affection of [people]; withdrawing them from evil, inclining them to good, inspiring (breathing as it were) good thoughts into them; So it has frequently been expressed, by an easy, natural metaphor, strictly analogous to ruach, pneuma, spiritus, and the words used in most modern tongues also, to denote the third person in the ever-blessed Trinity. But however it be expressed, it is certain all true faith, and the whole work of salvation, every good thought, word, and work, is altogether by the operation of the Spirit of God.
~ John Wesley (A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion)
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