"he alone gives them a place in us"

"the Spirit of God, while he operates in our hearts, operates so that we feel [(sentiamus)] the virtue of Christ (Rom. 5:5).  For when we receive [(concipiamus)] the benefits of Christ with the mind, this happens by the illumination [(illuminatione)] of the Holy Spirit; it is by his persuasion [(persuasione)] that they are sealed [(obsignentur)] in our hearts [(French:  car il nous illumine pour nous faire congnoistre ses graces:  il les seelle et imprime en noz ames)].  In short, he alone gives them a place in us [(dat illis in nobis locum)] (Eph. 1:13).  He regenerates us and makes us new creatures (Tit. 3:5).  Hence whatever gifts are ours are offered [(offerentur)] us in Christ, [but] we receive [(recipimus)] them by virtue of the Spirit."

    John Calvin, Catechism of 1545, q. 91 (in c. 14), as trans. I. John Hesselink on p. 305 of The Calvin handbook ed. Selderhuis (Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 2009) =COS 2, 88.