Matthew Poole and continuators on Galatians 5:22

22 But the fruit of the Spirit , is love , joy , peace , long suffering , gentleness , goodness , faith .

Those habits, which the Holy Spirit of God produceth in those in whom it dwelleth and worketh, with those acts which flow from them, as naturally as the Tree produceth its fruit; are;

Love to God, and to our Neighbours.

Ioy; the souls satisfaction in its union with God, as the greatest and highest good; with an actual rejoycing in Christ, and in what is for his Honour and Glory; called a rejoycing in the truth, 1. Cor. 13.6. and in the good of our brethren, Rom. 12.15. 1 Cor. 13.6.

Quietude of conscience, or peace with God, (of which peace of conscience is a copy,) and a peaceable disposition towards men opposed to strife, variance, emulations, &c.

Long suffering, opposed to an hastiness to revenge, and inclining us patiently to bear injuries.

Sweetness and kindness of temper, by which we accommodate our selves, and become mutually useful to each other.

A disposition in us to hurt none, but to do all the good we can to all.

By Faith seemeth here to be meant, truth in words, faithfulness in promises, and in dealings one with another.

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