;534 THE 'WORD OF GOD COMP.-I.RED TO L1GHT, BookiiL (I.) The Perfon working is the Holy Gho!l:, he is the wonderful Operator in thi• ,glorious Work, and therein the Power of the mofl: I-ligh wa' exerted. For the Power of the moll: High is neither explicatory ofthe former Expreffion, the Holy Ghofl:: As ,though he were on!y the Power of the mofl: High. Nor is it adjoining of .a difl:intl: Agent or Caufe unto htm, as though the Holy Spirit and the Power of the moll: Hiah were difl:infr Agents in .tl>is Matter, only the Manner of his effeCting this wond~r.ful Matter, concerning which .the blelfed Virgin had made that Enquiry, how can this Thing be, feeing I know not a Man. . 'I' he Holy Ghofl! faith the Angel, aftwg m the Power of the moll: H1gh, or in the mfimte Power of God, fhall accomphfh 1t. (2.) As the human Nature ofChri!t was formed by the miraculous Working of the .Holy Gho!l:, he was hereby f ormed abfolurely innocent, fpotle!s and free from Sin, as A dam was in the Day he was created. (3.) :rhe Spirit alfo-the Gofpel fhews-in a peculiar Manner anointed him witl> ,thofe extraordinary Powers and Gifts, which were necelfary for the Exercife and Dif– .charge of his Office; 'I' be Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, becaufe he bath anointed me to preach good 'l'idings unto the M~Mk, &c. !fa. !xi. 1. Luke iv. I 8. 4- It was in an efpecial manner by the Power and Operation of the Holy Gho!l: •by which he wro~1ght all thofe great and miraculous Works, by which he attefl:ed and .confirmed his DoCtrine. Hence it is faid, God wrought Miracles by him, Jejits of Nazareth, a Man approved of God by Miracles, w~nders and Signs which God did by him. He affirmed that what he did, he did by the Finger of God, that is, by the infinite Power of God ; hence thefe mighty Works are called Jv'"•"'"r, Powers, becaufe of the Power of the Spirit of God put torch for their working and effeCI:ing. See Mark l'i. 5· ../lfls ii. 22. Luke xi. 20. and iv. 36. 5· 'I' be Lord Jefus was guided, dire!led, comfort.ed and fupported in the whole Courfe of his Miniflry, 'l'cmptations, Obedience and Suiferings by the Spirit, be was led thereby .into the Wildernefs prefently after he was baptized, tbe Holy Spirit guided him to begin his Conteft with Satan. 'I' he Co11tinuation of Dijcourje in Luke will not admit that any other Spirit can be in/ended, and Jeji<S being fvJI of the Holy Spirit retumed from Jordan and was led by tbe Spirit unto the Wi!tkrnefs, namely, by that Spirit which he 'Was ft!!l of. And it was by tbe Spirit's Ajfiflance, that he was carried triumphantly tbrougb the Cottrf! of his 'Ttmptalions, in the Power ofthe Spirit he returned u.· ,... .,1 Juvrr.f'-u Ta :r.vEvttet:1@>-> into Galilee, that is, powerfully enabled by the Holy Spirit unto the difcharge of his Work, Luke iv. 14. * 6. Moreover the Scripture affirms that he offered himfelf up unto God through the eternal Spirit; fame undcrlt•nd by the eternal Spirit in this Place is meont the divine Nature, bis Deity giving Suttenance unto his human Nature in the Sacrifice of him– felf, in that he had Power to lay down his Life, and to take it up again, yet many able Divines, both ancient and modern, do judge that it is the Perfon of the Holy Ghofl: that is intended, Heb. ix. 4· t 7· It is alfo thought by the Learned, that the Holy Spirit was eminently concerned in railing him up 'gain from the Dead, but we cannot dwell upon that here. 8. The ·work of the new Creation is managed and glorioufiy carried on by the Workings and Operations of the Holy Gho!r, it is the Work and Office of the Sp1nt to make the whole Work of the Mediation ofChri!t effectual to the Souls of the Elect. 9· All thofe glorious and extraordinary Gifts that were poured forth either upon the Prophets or A pofl:ks were by the Operations of the Holy Spmr, 1 Cor. XII•• 10. The Gift of Prophecy, whether ordinary or extraordinary, was always the Imme– diate Effect of the Opemion of the Spirit who infpired the Penmen of holy Scripture, both of the Old and New Teltament in the writing and giving of them forth, and Jn ·the opening and explaining of them to the Sons of Men. 'l'he Prophecy came not in old 'l'ime b)' the Will of Man, but holy M en of GodJPake as they were moved by the Holy Ghoft, 2 Pet. i. 2 r. . I 1 • The Holy Ghofl: fupplies the bodily Abfence of Jefus Chri!l:, and by h1m he ,doth accomplifh all his Promifes unto his Church. , n . 1 2. As he rcprefen_ts the Per!on 2nd fuppl!es the Room, Perfon an .• .c lace of Chn!t, fa be worketh and cflecteth whatever the Lord Chnll: harh taken upon lumfelf to work • Dr. O·wctt. t Dr. O·wm, p. I ~3· .and
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