DISPENSATION OF as to what he acts or doth in men, but also as to the Manner of his coming forth from God, and his applica- tion'of himself unto his work. And these we most con- aider as they are declared unto us in the scripture. The first and most general expression hereof is, that he proceedeth from the Father; and being the Spirit of the Son, heproceedeth from him also in like manner, John ,xv. 25. "The Spirit of troth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me." There is a twofold t ag.n,- or processionof the Holy Ghost. The one is wè,ss or tÁarar,ne, natural or personal. This ex- presseth his eternal relation to the personsof the Father and the Son. Ile is of theta by an eternal emanation or procession. * The mariner hereof; Unto us, in this life is incomprehensible. Therefore it is rejected by some who will believe no more than they can put 'their hands intothe -sides- of: And yet are they forced, in things under their eyes, to admit of many things which they cannot perfectly- .comprehend.:. -But we live:by faith, and not by sight. 0 This is enough -unto ns that we admit-nothing i this great mystery but what is re- vealed, and nothing is revealed unto us that is incon- sistent with the being'.and subsistence of .God. For this procession or emanation includes no separation or division in, or of the divine - nature, but only expresseth a distinction in subsistence, by "a property peculiar, to the Holy Spirit: But this-is not that which at present 1 intend. The consideration of it belongeth unto the THE HOLY. SRIRIT. 115 doctrine of the Trinity in general, and bath been band- led elsewhere. Secondly, there is an 'iaea1ews or pro- cession of the Spirit, which is b,aavoatan or dispensatory. This is the egress of the Spirit in his application of him- selfunto hiswork. A voluntaryact it is of his will, and not a necessary property of bis person. And he is said thus to proceed from the Father, because hegoeth forth or proceedeth in the pursuit of the counsels and purposes ofthe Father, and assent by him to put them into execution, or to make them effectual. And in like manner he proceedethfrom the Son, sent by him for the application of his grace unto the souls of his elect, John xv. ir,. It is true, this proves bis eternal rela- tion to the Father, and the Son, as he proceeds from them, or receives his peculiar personal subsistence from them; for that is the ground of this order of operation. But it is his own persona!' voluntary acting that is in- tended in theexpression. And this is the general nota- tion of the original of the Spirit's acting in all that he doth. He proceedeth or cometh forth from the Father. Had it been only said that he was given and sent, it could -not have been known that there was any thing of his own will in what he did, whereas he is said to di- vide unto every one as he will. But in that ixrag,ncea he :proceedeth of bis own accord unto his work, his own will and condescension is also asserted. And this hisproceeding from the Father, is in compliance with his sending of him to accomplish and make effectual.the purposes of his will and the counselsof his grace. .Sect. 16.Secondly; To the same purpose he is said to come; John xv. 26. When the Comforter is come, Cohnxvi: 7. .If Z go not away the Comforter will not Caine; ver. 8. and when he is come. So is he said to come upon ,persons. We -so express it, i Citron. xii. 18. The Spirit came upon Amusai, ose nu rwnS m And the Spirit clothed Amusait possessed his mind as aman's clothes cleave into him, Acts ix. 6. The Ho- ly Ghost came on them and they prophesied; inSe. 5gata, to came is as it were the Te,-ni-ieïees ad Qgteni of iarogevoraai, going forth or proceeding. For there is in these expressions, an allusion unto a local motion, where. of.these two words denote the beginning- and the end. The first intendeth his voluntary application of himself to his work, the other his progress in it; such conde- scensions. doth Goal make use of in the declaration of his divine'ectings to accommodate them ,unto ont' un- t8 'Spiritus Sanctusquia Patio et Filiap,ocedit, nec ipso tapit; quia;pro- ees'siÓ ejuscontinua est, et abeo qui non'o,epie. bi Symbol.Apostat. cap 5, Spiritus quidem Sanctus nec ingenitus est cou gnec grana, alicubi dicitur, ingenitus áiueretur situa Pater,''duo Patres in Sancta, Triatate inteliigerentr; aut si gemas dicerenir situa Filins, duo.isidem Fllü in radent estimarémuresse Sancta Triuitate: sed tautammodo proue. derede Patre et Filiosalva'fide dicendum est. Qui tamen .non. de Parre procedit. in Filium, et .de,.Filio ,procedit ad Sanctifieandem creatmnm, m ticut,quida male intelligentes.credendmn esse putabant, sed s mul ire uíroque procedit. QuiaPater talen genuit Filium, ut getemathnodum de in, ifa et de llto-quoque procedas Spiritus Sanctus. Áugnst. Sermo 38. de Tempore. - 'os ''ag keihor rafieZas az rz,prres rs Oste, ó,a rece re ,rae per?opas verse rat, dure rgovrx,,,..;ria' ir tare;Tee eu 6,e x oaraa,sae,r xgorov, Kara Se zo pt,efse ro pae1iestr ¡asar raga Ta avg,a, rrs rwc,ws rrv liaran, ,auroras 5:oi,.AA..'Oes ,ata dzwrnvrror dep,9as .rtalrefl ao,. : 'Eg ó v Bit ywg,rv, v lia rrs Sanglas, ;aores-êuseenovrarrarrss.-Justin. Martyr. Espositio Fidei..sie recta Confess. Q
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