Ephes. ii. 18. 2 Thess. ii. 13. Heb. xii. 24. 1 Pet. i. 2. C. The Consubstantiality of the HOLY GHOST, i.e. He is of the same substance, majesty, and glory with the FATHER and the SON, Very and Eternal GOD." 1. Divine Testimony. a. Old Testament. a. Direct. 2 Sam. xxiii 2, 3. "The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and His word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of GOD." 1 Chron. xxviii. 12 and 19. "And the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of GOD, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: all this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by His hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern." 3. Indirect. (1) Divine Names are given to Him. JEHOVAH. Isa. xi. 2. See also 2 Sam. xxiii. 2. Job xxxiii. 4. Ps. lxviii. 18; lxxviii. 26. (2) Divine Attributes and Properties are ascribed to Him. Eternity. Job xxvi. 13. See also Gen. i. 2. Ps. xxxiii. 6. Omnipresence. Ps. cxxxix. 7-9. Omnipotence. Zech. iv. 6, 7. Isa. xl. 12. (3) Divine Works are ascribed to Him. Creation. Gen. i. 2. See also Job xxvi. 13; xxxiii. 4. Ps. xxxiii. 6. Providence. Isa. xl. 13-17. 7. Old Testament texts compared. Ps. cxxxix. 7-9. "Whither shall I go from c. Divine Titles are given to HIM. 1 Pet. iv. 14. Luke i. 35. d. Divine Honours are paid and to be paid to Him. Prayer. Acts. 1. 24, 25. See also Rom. xv. 13. 1 Thess. iii. 12, 13; Blessing in His name. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. e. Divine Operations are ascribed to Him. Regeneration. John iii. 5, 6. See Conception of JESUS. Matt. i. 18, 20. Inspiration. 2 Tim. iii. 16. Author of Prophecy. 1 Cor. xii. 10. See also Acts. i. 16. 1 Pet. i. 11, 12. 2 Pet. i. 21. Unction of our Saviour. Luke iv. Imparting Divine energy to the Miracles. Rom. xv. 19. See also Vocation to the Ministry. Acts xx. 28. See also Acts viii. 29; 7. New Testament texts compared. a. Divine operations. 2 Tim. iii. 6; 2 Pet. i. 21, Inspiration of Scripture. John iii. 5, 6; 1 John v. 4, Regeneration. Acts ii. 24, 1 Pet. iii. 18; Heb. xiii. 20; Rom. i. 4, Resurrection of CHRIST. Matt. xii. 23; Luke xi. 20; Acts xix. 11; Rom. xv. 19, Author of Miracles. Acts xiii. 2, 4; Matt. ix. 38; Acts xx. 28, Appointment of Ministers. John xiv. 17; 1 Cor. xiv. 25; 1 Cor. iii. 16; 1 Cor. vi. 19, Indwelling in the Saints. Acts ix. 31; 2 Cor. 1, 3, Comfort. Heb. x. 15; 1 John v. 9, Witness. b. Divine Honours. Prayer. Luke ii. 2629; Acts iv. 23-25, with Acts i. 16, 20; 2 Thess. iii. 5. Rev. i. 4, 5, 6. d. Old and New Testament texts compared. c. Divine Titles. Isa. xi. 2, with Matt. xii. iii. 8, with Acts i. 8, Endowment of Ministers. Ezek. iii. 24-27, with Acts xi. 12; xiii. 2, Guidance of Ministers. Neh. ix. 30; 2 Kings xvii. 13, with John xvi. 8, 9, Witness against sin. ε. Divine honours. Numb. vi. 24, with 2 Cor. xiii. 14. Prayer. 3. Human Testimony. a. Fathers. Justin Martyr, Apol. 1. c. xiii. "Acknowledging Irenæus, against Heretics, book IV. c. xx. § 3. Hippol. cont. Noet. c. xii. "It is thus that we Dionys. Alex. cont. Paul. Samos. Quæst. IV. p. 232. "The Paraclete is GOD, in the same sense as the Father of CHRIST, coeternal with CHRIST."-See also p. 236. |