48 PECULIAII WORKS Ott THE HOLY 81.1EIT the Son, and therefore is sent and given by them as to And this much may suffice to be spoken about the Be- all the works which he immediately effecteth; but yet ing of the Holy Spirit, and the order of his subsistence his own will is the direct principle of all that he doth. in the blessed Trinity. He divideth to every one according unto his own will. PECULIAR WORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE FIRST OR OLD CREATION. CHAP. IV. (1.) Things to be observed in divine operations. The works of God, how ascribed absolutely unto God, and how distinctly toeach person. (2.) The reason hereof. (3.) Perfecting acts in divine works ascribed unto the Holy Spirit andwhy.(4, 5.) Peculiar works ofthe Spirit with respect unto the old creation. (6.) Theparts of the old creation. Heaven and its host. What the host ofheaven. The host ofthe earth..(7.) The host ofheaven completed by the Spirit.(8.) And of the earth.(9.) His moving on the old creation. Pssl. civ. 30.(10.) The creation ofman, the work of the Spirit therein.(11, 12, 13, 14, 15.) The work of theSpirit in thepre- servation of all things whencreated, natural and moral.(16.) Farther instances thereof, in and out of the church.(17.) Work of theSpirit of God in the oldcreation, why sparingly delivered INTENDING to treat of the operations of the Holy Ghost, or those which are peculiar unto him, some things must be premised concerning the operation of the Godhead in general, and the manner thereof: And they are such as are needful to guide us in many passages of the scripture, and to direct us aright in the things in particular which now lie before us. I say then, (t.) that all divine operations are usually ascribed unto God absolutely. So it is said God made all things, and so of all other works, whether innature or in grace. And the reason hereof is, because the several persons are un- divided in their operations, acting all by the same will, the same wisdom, the same power. Every person there- fore is the author of every work of God, because each person is God, and the divine nature is the same undi- vided principle of all divine operations. * And this ariseth from the unity of the persons in the same essence. But as to the manner of subsistence therein, there is distinction, relation and order between and among them. And hence there is no divine work, but is distinctly as- signed unto each person, and eminently unto one. So Moo .lea sat rarwr, & r,ç Teia$or iregyua Bssaruras. 'Ov yag Js rag 'sacra 7oa¢aea, car $srgn¡ssra as $s$gana catsasret Arrororor. 'AÀAos Sri ra $s$otcs'a it Teia$t Soaves, sat Ta aroma ire; Oca sioi.Athenas. Epistol. ad Serapionem. is it in the works of the old creation, and so in the new, and in all particulars of them. Thus, the creation of the world is distinctly ascribed to the Father as his work, Acts iv. 24. And to the Son as his, John i. 3. and also to the Holy Spirit, Job xxxiii. 4. but by the way of eminence to the Father, and absolutely to God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Sect. 2. The reason therefore why the worksof God are thus distinctly ascribed unto each person, is because in the undivided operation ofthe divinenature, each per- son doth the same work in theorder oftheir subsistence; not one as the instrument of the other, or merely em- ployed by the other, but as one common principle of authority, wisdom, love, and power. How come they then eminently to beassigned, one to one person, ano- Misr iregyuae, ;gooey ironer ass via¡ sag äysa mwtsaror. Basil. Homil. 17. in Sanctum Baptisms. '.its âïwras irseyeta TUT. aas &owe eosa; ivsgyasa $e 'osa sas rare; ,wa vs rq reircpiw» slr8garer.' Ks mats; el ysg Kr o Harne rose, r = t via; ;pow; rosa. 'Aga so. toss ¡six rasgos sal vsa. Idem advers. Eunom. lib. 4. Quiequid de Spirita Saneto thallium hon simititer de Patee et Fitto oommuniter et indivise volamos inteliigi; quia sancta at insepambilia Minimsnunquana aliquid extra se sigilladm operari noverit.Ambron¡ in Symbol. Apost. tc P. ILL",!1. _ .. , . -_- _ , --, .- -- --
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