these are the things which we are particularly to inquire into,—namely, What is this “minding of the Spirit;” and then, How it is “life and peace.” 1. The “Spirit” in this context is evidently used in a double sense, as is usual where both the Holy Spirit himself and his work on the souls of men are related unto. (1.) The person of the Spirit of God himself, or the Holy Ghost, is intended by it: Rom. 8:9, “If so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.” And so also verse 11, “The Spirit of him that