PROPOSITION X. 189 2 Pet. i. 21. " Holy menof God spakeas they were mo- ved by the Holy Ghost." 1 Pet. i. 11. " The Spirit of Christ which was in the pro- phets, testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow." II. On Christ on Earth.Mat. xii. 28. " I cast out devils by the Spirit of God." 1 Tim. iii. 16. " God manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit," that is, proved to be the Messiah by the working of the Holy Spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 18. " Christ put to death in the flesh, quick- ened in, or by the Spirit," that is, from the dead. Acts i. 2. " After he through the Holy, Ghost had given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen." III. On the Apostles and Ministers.John xiv. 26. " The Holy Ghost shall teach you all things," and xvi. 13. " He shall guide you into all truth, and shew you things to come." Acts ii. 4. " They were filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them ut- terance." Rom. xv. 19. " Through mighty signs and wonders, which St. Paul wrought by the power of the Spirit of God." 1 Cor. xii. 4, 8, 11. " Diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; but all these worketh that one and the same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will." Which manner of expression denotes a sovereign, a divine and personal agency of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Spirit directed the apostles where to exercise their ministry. Acts viii. 29. G° The Spirit said to Philip, go near, and join thyself to the chariot of the Ethiopian." Acts x. 29. " 'I'lie Spirit said to Peter, go with the servants of Cornelius, doubting nothing, for I have sent them :" And we read that he bid, and forbid Paul to go and preach in this, or the other place as he pleased; Acts xvi. 6, 7. It is the Spirit who appoints the ministers of the gospel. Acts xiii. 2. " 'The Holy Ghost said, separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I have called them." And Acts xx. 28. " The elders of the church of Ephesus were made over- seers by the Holy Ghost." IV. On the world, but especially on the church."John xvi. 8. " He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteous. ness, and of judgment" John xv. 26. " The Spirit of truth, .which proceedeth from the Father, shall testify of me." John iii. 5. " Except a man be born of the Spirit, hecan- not enter into the kingdom of God." Romp. v. 5. " The love of God is shed abroad in your hearts by the tlo y Ghost."
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