Satan vs. The Holy Spirit

"The first way that Satan tried to cast contempt on the work of the Spirit was by seetting up a ministry without the Spirit. This was done by setting up a liturgical service to be read by the minister. No special gift of the Spirit is required to do this. So men were set apart to the ministry who had never once 'tasted of the powers of the world to come' (Heb. 6:5), nore received any gifts of the Holy Spirit for the work of the ministry. Those who claimed to pray by the Spirit were held in contempt and scorn was poured upon them.
The second way that Satan tried to cast contempt on the work of the Spirit was by setting p the Spirit without a ministry. In the first case, it was sufficient for the Word to be read without either preaching or praying by the Spirit. Now the Spirit is enought without reading or studying the Word at all. In the first way, Satan allowed a literal embracing of what Christ has done in the flesh. Now he talks of Christ in the Spirit only, and denies that he ever came in the flesh. John warned Christians of this deceit (i John 4:1)."

-John Owen, Communion With God, Pg. 194

The Holy Spirit- Peace

"A man may be chosen in the eternal love of the Father, redeemed by the blood of the Son and justified freely by the grace of God so that he has a right to all the promises of the gospel. Yet this person can, by no reasonings or persuasions of his own heart, by no considerations of the promises of the gospel, nor of the love of God or grace of Christ in them, be brought to that peace until it is produced in him by the Holy Spirit. 'Peace' is the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22)."

-John Owen, Communion With God, Pg. 191

The Spirit- Comforter

"Our prayers may be considered as a spiritual duty required by God. So they are wrought in us by the Spirit of sanctification, who helps us to perform all our duties by exalting all the faculties of the soul.
Our prayers may be considered as a means of keeping up communion with God. The soul is never more lifted up with God. The soul is never more lifted up with the love of God than when by the Spirit it is taken into communion with God in prayer. This is the work of the Spirit as Comforter."

-John Owen, Communion With God, Pg. 189

The Spirit

"God gives us the promise of eternal life. To guarantee this to us, he gives us his Spirit. So the Spirit is the 'earnest, the deposit, the guarantee' of the full inheritance that is promised and purchased."

John Owen, Communion With God, Pg. 186

The Holy Spirit-Condemnation

"It is the same with the believer. The soul, by the power of his own conscience, is brought before the law of God. There the soul puts in his plea that he is a true child of God, that he does indeed belong to God's family, and to prove this, he produces all his evidences, everything by which faith gives him a right and title to God. Satan, in the meantime, opposes with all his might. Sin and the law add thyeir opposition also. Many flaws are found in his evidences. The truth of them all is questioned and the soul is left in doubt as to whether he is a child of God or not. THen the COmfoter comes and by a word of promise or in some other way, overwhelms the heart with a sure persuasion, putting down all objections, showing that his plea is good and that he is indeed a child of God. And therefore the Holy Spirit is said to 'witness with our spirits that we are children of God.' "

-John Owen, Communion With God, Pg. 182-183

Holy Spirit

"What we have of heaven in this world lies in this work of the Holy Spirit."

-John Owen, Communion With God, Pg. 182

Holy Spirit

"To persuade a poor, sinful soul that God in Jesus Christ loves him, delights in him, is well pleased in him and only has thoguhts of kindness towards him in an inexpressible mercy.
This is teh special work of the Holy Spirit and by this special work we have communion with the Father in his love, which is poured into our hearts."

-John Owen, Communion With God, Pg.182