Surely some evil will come to me from this."
Then the Holy Spirit convinces man of righteousness. He shows man
that what he has fallen short of is the glory of God; that man was
meant to be, as St. Paul says, the likeness and glory of God; to show
forth God's glory, and beauty, and righteousness, and love in his own
daily life; as a looking-glass, though it is not the sun, still gives
an image and likeness of the sun, when the sun shines on it, and
shows forth the glory of the sunbeams which are reflected on it.
And then, the Holy Spirit convinces man of judgment. He shows man
that God cannot suffer men, or angels, or any other rational spirits
and immortal souls, to be unlike Himself; that because He is the only
and perfect good, whatsoever is unlike Him must be bad; because He is
the only and perfect love, who wills blessings and good to all,
whatsoever is unlike Him must be unloving, hating, and hateful--a
curse and evil to all around it; because He is the only perfect Maker
and Preserver, whatsoever is unlike Him must be in its very nature
hurtful, destroying, deadly--a disease which injures this good world,
and which He will therefore cut out, burn up, destroy in some way or
other, if it will not submit to be cured.
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