ARTICLE V. SPIRITUS SANCTUS, a PATRE et FILIO procedens, ejusdem est cum PATRE et FILIO essentiæ, majestatis, et gloriæ, verus ac æternus DEUS. The Phraseology of this Article. THE HOLY GHOST, proceeding from the FATHER and the Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory with the FATHER and the Son, very and eternal GOD. This Article does not occur among those of 1552. When the Latin and English are compared together. Latin. ejusdem essentiæ English. of one substance. TWO PROPOSITIONS. I. The HOLY GHOST is one substance, majesty, and glory with the FATHER and the SON, Very and Eternal GOD. II. The HOLY GHOST proceedeth from the FATHER and the SON. III. The GHOST of GOD is holy. PROP. I. The HOLY GHOST is of one substance, majesty, and glory with the FATHER and the SON, Very and Eternal GOD. Subdivisions. A. The Personality of the HOLY GHOST. B. The Distinct Personality of the HOLY GHOST. C. The Consubstantiality of the HOLY GHOST with the FATHER and the Son, that is, His proper Divinity. A. The Personality of the HOLY GHOST. 2. Divine Testimony. a. Negatively. a. He is not a power of the FATHER. Old Testament. Isa. xlviii. 16, "The LORD GOD, and His Spirit, hath sent Me." abound in hope through the power of the B. He is not a gift. Old Testament. Exod. xxxi. 2, 3, "See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: and I have filled him with the Spirit of GOD, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship." New Testament. 1 Cor. xii. 11, "All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as He will." See also 1 Cor. xii. 10. 7. He is not an operation or quality. Old Testament. 2 Sam. xxiii. 2, "The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and His word was in my tongue." New Testament. Matt. xii. 31, 32, "Wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blas phemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the HOLY GHOST shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the HOLY GHOST, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come." d. He is not an accident. New Testament. Rom. viii. 26, "Likewise the SPIRIT also helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the SPIRIT itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." E. He is not an attribute. New Testament. Matt. xxviii. 19, "Go ye there H fore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the FATHER, and of the Son, and of the HOLY GHOST." . He is not an effect produced by an exercise of the Divine will. b. Positively. Old Testament. Exod. xxviii. 3; Numb. xi. 17, 25; Judges vi. 34; 1 Sam. x. 6. a. His personal qualities. Volition. 1 Cor. xii. 11. "But all these worketh that one and the selfsame SPIRIT, dividing to every man severally as He will."-See also John iii. 8; Heb. ii. 4. Intellect. Old Testament. Isa. xl. 2, 3, "And the spirit B. His personal actions. Acts i. 16. "Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the HOLY GHOST by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took JESUS."-See also Luke iii. 22. John xiv. 17, 26; xv. 26, 27; xvi. 8, 13-15. Acts ix. 31; x. 19; xiii. 2. Rom. viii. 26; xv. 16. 1 Cor. iii. 16; vi. 11; xii. 3. Ephes. ii. 18. Tit. iii. 5. 1 Pet. i. 2. 7. 8. His personal affections and faculties. Old Testament. Isa. lxiii. 10, "They rebelled . His personal pre-existence (Gen. i. 2) and uncre- His Person. Old Testament. 1 Sam. xvi. 14, "But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him." See also Zech. xii. 10; xiii. 2. Comp. 1 Kings xxii. 19-22. New Testament. John xvi. 13, ὅταν ἔλθῃ Ékεīvos to пvevμa, rendered by Dr. S. Clarke, "He, that Person, the SPIRIT of truth." Ephes. i. 13, 14, τῷ πνεύματι ὅς ἐστιν ἀρραβών. 2. Human Testimony. Concerning the Personality of the HOLY GHOST, the Just. Mart. Dial. c. Tryph. c. 1. p. 152. "Tell Tertullian. It would be tedious to accumulate passages in which he speaks of the HOLY GHOST as a distinct Divine Person. B. The distinct Personality of the HOLY GHOST. a. His Personality distinct from that of the FATHER. Old Testament. distinguished from that רוּח JEHOVAH whose SPIRIT He is. Isa. xlviii. 16, "Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the LORD GOD, and His SPIRIT, hath sent Me."-See also Isa. lxiii. 8-10. New Testament. John xv. 26, "But when the Comforter is come, Whom I will send unto you from the FATHER, even the SPIRIT of truth, Which proceedeth from the FATHER, He shall testify of ME."-See also Johu xvi. 7, 13, 14. Rom. viii. 26. b. His Personality distinct from that of the SoN. Old Testament. Isa. lxi. 1, "The SPIRIT of the LORD GOD is upon Me (CHRIST)." New Testament. John xvi. 7, "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you."-See also John xvi. 14; xv. 26. Matt. xii. 31, 32. c. His Personality distinct from that of the FATHER Old Testament. Isa. vi. 8, "Whom shall viii. 29. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. Gal. iv. 4, 6. |