Cornelius a Lapide

I say then y Walk in the Spirit. The summary, the one aim of the whole of this Epistle, is this : Walk not in the law, not in the flesh, but in the Spirit The root of all your trouble is want of the Spirit: if you had Him, you would shut out as well the legal as the carnal life. To walk in the Spirit is to order our whole life after the impulse of the Spirit, who inspires us to works of piety, to prayer, faith, THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT 317 charity, and works of mercy. This Spirit the Apostles received abundantly at Pentecost, as did the first Christians, and they added to the gift they then received by loyally following His workings, by labouring and suffering everything, if only they might bring others to Christ, by fiery charity and burning zeaL Whither has fled that Spirit now? Lord Jesus, kindle in us that fire which Thou earnest to send on earth, and which Thou didst will to bum vehemently