worship of God in the Spirit, which rejoice in Christ Jesus, &c. Col. i. 8. Epaphras declared to us your love in the Spirit. Rev. xxii. 17. The Spirit and the bride say, Come. XIV. The Spirit's influence upon_governors, magistrates, and warriors. Gen. 1 Thess. i. 6. Ye received the word-xli. 38. Pharaoh said, Can we find such with joy of the Holy Ghost. a man as this, in whom the Spirit of iv. 8. God hath given unto us his holy God is? Spirit. v. 9. Quench not the Spirit. 2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth. 1 Tim. iv. 12. Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 2 Tim. i. 7. God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of love, and of a sound mind.-Ver. 14. That good thing committed to thee, keep by the Holy Ghost. Tit. iii. 5. God, according to his mercy saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Heb. iii. 7. The Holy Ghost saith, To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Numb. xi. 17. The Lord said unto Moses, I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and I will put it upon the elders, and they shall bear the burthen of the people with thee. xxvii. 18. The Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thine hand upon him.— Ver. 21. At his word shall they go out, and at his word shall they come in, even all the congregation. xxxiv. 9. Joshua was full of the Spirit of wisdom, and the children of Israel hearkened unto him. Judges iii. 10. The Spirit of the Lord came upon Othniel, and he judged and went out to war. Ch. vi. 34. Upon Gideon.-Ch. xi. 29. Upon Jeptha.-Ch. xiii. 25.—xiv. 6. 19. xv. 14. Upon Sampson.-1 Sam. 1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the fore-x. 6.-xi. 6. Upon Saul.-Chap. xvi. 13. knowledge of God the Father, through Upon David.-1 Chron. xi. 18. Upon sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedi- Amasai. ence, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus. Ver. 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth, through the Spirit, unto the unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. iv. 6. For this cause was the gospel preached unto them that are dead, that they might live according to God in the Spirit. Ver. 14. The Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. 1 John ii. 20. Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. iii. 24. We know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. iv. 2. Every Spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God.-Ver. 6. Hereby know we the Spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. Ver. 13. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. Jude 20. Ye, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. That the Spirit directed in making the high priest's vestments; see Exod. xxviii. 3.-xxxi. 10. In making the altar, and other things pertaining to God's external worship among the Jews; see Exod. xxxi. from ver. 1 to ver. 12. XV. The Spirit proceedeth from the Father and the Son; or is given and sent by them. Matt. iii. 11. He [Christ] shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. Mark i. 8. Luke iii. 16. John i. 33. Acts i. 5. Luke xi. 13. How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit. xxiv. 49. I send the promise of the Father unto you. John xiv. 16. The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. xv. 26. When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father. xvi. 7. I will send him unto you. Ver. 8. He shall reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.-Ver. 13. He will guide you into all truth, and shall shew you things soever speaketh against the Holy Ghost to come. Acts i. 4. The promise of the Father. Ch. ii. 33. v. 32. The Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. Gal. iii. 4. The promise of the Spirit. Eph. i. 13. The Spirit of promise. iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. See also all those places in the foregoing chapter, where God is represented as promising, sending, and giving the Holy Spirit. XVI. Sins against the Spirit reproved and punished, from which the contrary duties are easily known. Isa. xxx. 1. Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my Spirit. Ixiii. 10. They rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit, therefore he was turned to be their enemy. Zech. vii. 12. They made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts sent in his Spirit by the former prophets; therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. Matt. xii. 31, 32. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men, (1 John v. 16, 17.) Who it shall not be forgiven unto him. Acts v. 3, 4. Peter said, Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie unto the Holy Ghost: thou hast not lied unto men but unto God.-Ver. 9. How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord. vii. 51. Ye uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye. Eph. iv. 30. Grieve not the holy Spirit of God. 1 Thess. v. 19. Quench not the Spirit. Heb. vi. 4. It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted of the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance. x. 28, 29. He that despised Moses's law, died without mercy. Of how much sorer punishment shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace. Jude 19. Sensual, having not the Spirit. See Simon Magus's sin, Acts viii. 19, 20. CHAPTER XIII. OF THE TRINITY. THE SAME THINGS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FATHER, TO THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY GHOST. I. THE Father is, Deut. xxxiii. 27. The eternal God. Isa. xl. 28. The everlasting God. The Spirit is, Heb. ix. 14. The eternal Spirit. II. The Father is omnipresent. Jer. xxiii. The Son is, Col. i. 17. Before all 24. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith things. Heb. xiii. 8. The same yesterday, today, and for ever. Rev. i. 8. The beginning and the ending.-Ver. 17. The first and the last. the Lord. Ps. cxxxix. 7. Whither shall I flee from thy presence? The Son. John iii. 13. The Son of man, which is in heaven. Eph. i. 23. He filleth all in all. The Spirit. Ps. cxxxix. 7. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? III. God's knowledge. 1 Sam. ii. 3. The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. Acts xv. 18. Known unto God are all his works. 1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest the hearts of all the children of men. Jer. xi. 20. O Lord of hosts, that triest the reins. Matt. xi. 27. No man knoweth the Son but the Father. The Son's knowledge. Matt. xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. John ii, 24. He knew all men-he knew what was in man. Acts i. 24. They prayed and said, Thou Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men. Rev. ii. 23. I am he which searcheth the reins and heart. Ch. v. 6. The Spirit's hnowledge. 1 Cor. ii. 10. The Spirit searcheth all things; yea the deep things of God. Ver. 11. The things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. IV. The wisdom of God. Job ix. 4. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Dan, ii. 20. Wisdom and might are his. Rev. vii, 12. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom be unto our God. The Son's wisdom. Col. ii. 3. In him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, &c. The Spirit's wisdom. Isa. xi. 2. He is the Spirit of wisdom. Acts vi. 3. Full of the Holy Ghost and of wisdom. Eph. i. 17. The Spirit of wisdom and revelation. V. The power of God. Ps. Ixii. 11. Power belongeth unto God. Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory. Christ's power. Isa. ix. 6. His name is, The mighty God. Matt. xxviii. 18. All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 1 Cor. i. 24. Christ, the power of God. See The power of Christ. The Spirit's power. Rom. xv. 13. Abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Ver. 19. Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God. VI. Goodness of God. 1 Chron. xvi. 34. The Lord is good. Christ. Acts x. 38. He went about doing good. Spirit. Ps. cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good. VII. Works of God-Creation. Isa. xl. 28. The Creator of the ends of the earth. Gen. i. 27. God created man. were made by him. Works of Christ. John i. 3. All things Col. i. 16. By him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth. Works of the Spirit. Job xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made me. Ps. civ. 30. Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created. VIII. God sendeth teachers to his church. I have sent unto you my Jer. vii. 25. servants the prophets. Ch. xxv. 3, 4. -xxvi. 5.-xxix. 19.-xxxv. 14, 15. xliv. 4. Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. See Acts ix. 15. 17. Gal. i. 15. Eph. iv. 11, 12. Acts xxii. 14. Christ sendeth them. Matt. x. 5. These twelve Jesus sent forth, saying, Go, preach; heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils, &c. Acts xxvi. 16, 17, 18. He said, I have appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister. I send thee to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, &c. See Ch. xxii. 14. 21. 1 Cor. i. 17. Paul said, Christ sent me to preach the gospel. 2 Cor. v. 20. We are ambassadors for Christ. The Holy Ghost sendeth them. Isa. xlviii. 16. The Lord God and his Spirit hath sent me. Acts xiii. 2. The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.Ver. 4. They being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed into Seleucia. xx. 28. Paul said, Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you -(or bishops, as in the ori Overseers ginal.) IX. Teachers receive their knowledge from God. John vi. 45. They shall be all taught of God. Isa. liv. 13. Jer. XIII. God leadeth his people. Isa. xlviii. 17. I am the Lord thy God, which Phil. iii. 15. God shall reveal this un- leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst xxxi. 34. to you. From Christ. Gal. i. 12. Neither was I taught it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. From the Spirit. Luke ii. 26. It was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost. John xiv. 26. The Holy Spirit shall teach you all things. X. God spake by those who were sent. Heb. i. 1. God spake unto the fathers by the prophets. Christ spake by them. 2 Cor. xiii. 3. Ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me. The Holy Ghost spake by them. Mark xiii. 11. It is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. XI. God is in his people, as his temple. Acts vii. 48. The most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands. xvii. 24. Ch. 1 Cor. iii. 16. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God? Ver. 17. 2 Cor. vi. 16. Ye are the temple of the living God: God hath said, I will dwell in them, and live in them. Christ is in them. 2 Cor. xiii. 5. Christ is in you of a truth. Eph. iii. 17. That Christ may dwell in your hearts. The Holy Ghost is in them. John xiv. 17. The Spirit of truth dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. Rom. viii. 11. His Spirit that dwelleth in you. 1 Cor. vi. 19. Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. iii. 13. Know ye not that ye are the temple of the Holy Ghost, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. XII. God sanctifieth his people. Jude 1. To them that are sanctified of God the Father. Christ sanctifieth. Heb. ii. 11. He that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one; wherefore he is not ashamed to call them brethren. The Spirit sanctifieth. Rom. xv. 16. Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. go. Christ leadeth. John x. 3. He calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them. The Spirit leadeth. Rom. viii. 14. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. XIV. God is life, and giveth life. Deut. xxx. 20. The Lord thy God, he is thy life. Christ is life. Col. iii. 4. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear. John v. 12. He that hath the Son hath life. Gal. ii. 20. Christ liveth in me. The Spirit is life. Rom. viii. 10. XV. God raiseth the dead. John v. 21. The Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them. Rom. iv. 17. God quickeneth the dead. 2 Cor. i. 9. Christ raiseth the dead. John v. 21. The Son quickeneth whom he will. John x. 18. I have power to lay down my life, and power to take it again. ii. 19. Destroy this temple, (viz. his body, ver. 21.) and in three days I will raise it up. Matt. xi. 5. The dead are raised up. -Persons raised by Christ, were, Lazarus, John xi. 32.-xii. 1. A daughter, Matt. ix. 25. A widow's son, Luke vii. 11. The Spirit raiseth the dead. 1 Pet. iii. 18. Jesus Christ quickened by the Spirit. John vi. 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth. XVI. The Son and Spirit joined with the Father in worship. Matt. xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. CHAPTER XIV. DUTIES TOWARDS GOD, ENFORCED BY THREATS AND PROMISES. KNOWLEDGE. 1. TO know God and Christ commanded, with its fruits. Deut. iv. 39. Know and consider in thine heart, that the Lord he is God, in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind. Ps. xlvi. 10. Be still, and know that I am God. Ps. c. 3. Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth me, that I am the Lord, which exercise loving-kindness and judgment, and righteousness in the earth. Isa. Ix. 2, 3. Darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. The Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Isa. xlii. 7. 16, Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. xxxi. 33, 34. I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts. And they shall all know me, from the least even to the greatest. Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee to me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies, and in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the Lord. vi. 2. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord. Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the wa ters cover the sea. Isa. xi. 9. Mal. i. 11. From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering. ix. 16. The Lord is known by the judgGod is made known by his works. Ps. ments he executeth. xix. 1, 2. The heavens declare the his handy work. Day unto day uttereth glory of God; the firmament sheweth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that he hath made, even his eternal power and Godhead. Ps. lviii. 11. Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. us. c. 3. The Lord he is God; he made 2 Cor. i. 21. He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God. |