HOLY SPIRIT Son achuna To gavnµa iseo, jacta Theodotionena ,-w Aovor ì ea; juxta quaintarn Lditionenr Tm àorerxa. isre. And as mw, whence the word is, signifying both to meditate and to speak; so the word itself intends a con. ceived thought to be spoken afterwards. And that here is reciprocal, nor relative. And to this purpose is his ensuing exposition; .. Qui confirmat Montes, ad se cujus vocem ecelorum cardines et terree fundaments quatiuntur. Ipse qui creat Spiritum, quem in hoc ci loco non Spiritum sanctum, ut Haeretici suspicantur re sed Ventum intelligimus, sive Spiritum hominis, an- " nuncians homini eloquium ejus; qui cogitationum se- " creta cognoscit. "-Hieron. in loc. Sect. 5.-Secondly; because the wind on the account of its unaccountable variation, inconstancyand changes, is esteemed vain, not to be observed or trusted unto; whence the wise man tells us, that he which observeth the wind shall not sow, Eccles. xi. 4. the word is used metaphorically to signify vanity, Eccles. v. 16. What profit hath a man that he hath laboured m1S for the wind, So Mie. ii. 11. If a man walk 1pvmt5 with the wind and falsehood; that is in vanity; pretending to a spirit of prophecy, and falsehood, vainly, foolishly, falsely boasting. So Job. xv. 2. Should a wise man ut- ter nnnur knowledge ofwind? vain words with a pre- tense ofknowledge of wisdom. As he calls themmi Iv, words of wind, chap. xvi. 3. So also Jer. v. 13. And the prophets shall become en' wild; or, be vain, fool- ish, uncertain, and false in their predictions. But w,tc ca is not used thus metaphorically in the New 'Tes- tvent. Sect. 6.-Thirdly; By a metonymy also it signifies any partor quarter, as we say, of the world from whence the wind blows; as also a part of any thing divided in- to four sides or quarters. So Jer. lii. 23. 'There were ninety and six pomegranates nmi towards a wind; that is, on the one side of the chapiter that was above the pillars in the temple, Ezek. v. 15. I will scatter a third part art SsS to all the winds, or all parts of the earth. Hence the four quarters of a thing lying to the four parts of the world, are called its four winds, mint Cola. 1 Chron. ix. 24. whence are the Teeeages dvqu.ot, the tbu winds in the New Testament, Matth. xxiv. 31. Th;s is the useof the word in general with respect unto things natural and inanimate; and every place where it is so used gives it determinate sense. F AND IIIS WORK. 23 ~MSect. 7.-Again; 'These words are used for any thing that cannot be seen or touched, be it in itself material arid corporeal, or absolutely spiritual and immaterial; so the vital breath which we arid other living creatures breathe is called. Every thing whereinwas o"ri mi nues the - breath of the Spirit of Life, Gen. i. 22. that vital breath by which our lives are maintained by respiration. So Psal. cxxxv. 17. Job. xix. 17. which is a thing ma- terial or corporeal. But most frequently it denotes things purely spiritual and immaterial. As in finite substances it signifies the rational soul of man, Peal. xxxi. 5. Into thyhands I cwnnecnd, 'err, that is my soul; they are the words whereby our Saviour committed his departing soul into the hands of his Father, Luke xxiii. 4F. To ,rrsvmaos. So Psal. cxlvi. 4. iron revr; his breath, say we, goeth forth; he returneth to his earth. It is his soul and its departure from the body that is intended. This is nYS'ra mi that spiritof thesons of men that goeth upwards, when the spirit of a beast goeth downwards to the earth, or tnrneth to corruption, Eccles. iii. 21. see chap. viii. 8. and chap. xii. 7. Hence, fourthly, by a metonymy also, it is taken for the affections of the mind or soul, of man; and that whether they begood or evil, Gen. xlv. 27. The spirit of Jacob revived. He began to take heart, and be of good courage, Ezek. xiii. 3. The prophets that walk ami ins after their spi- rit; that is their own desires and inclinations, when in- deed they had no vision, but spake what they had a mind unto, Numb. xiv. 24. Caleb is said to have ano- ther spirit than the murmering people; another mind, will, purpose, or resolution. It is taken for prudence, Josh. v. i. Anger, or the irrascible faculty, 'Eccles. vii. 10. Fury, Zech. vi. 8. He will cut off the spirit of princes; that is, their pride, insolence, and contempt of others. IL?vtsa in the New Testament frequently intends the intellectual part of the mind or soul, and that as it is active, or in action, Luke is 47. Rom. i. 9. 1 Thess. v. 23. And oft-times it is taken for the mind in all its inclinations, in its whole habitual bent and design- Angels also are called spirits. Good an- gels, Psal. civ. 4. And it may he an angel is intended, t Kings xvüi. IS. And evil angels or devils, 1 Kings, xxü. 21, 22. For that spirit who appeared before the Lord, and offered himself to be a lying spirit in the mouths of Ahab's prophets, was noother but he who ap- ,eared before God, Job i. who is called Satan. These III
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