66 WAY AND MANN choly reeks and vapours, whereofa certain and mechan- ical account may be given by them who understand the anatomy of the brain. To such a height of profane Atheism is the daring pride and ignorance of some in our days arrived. Sect. 20.There remaineth yet one general adjunct of the dispensation and work of the Holy Ghost, which gives a further description of the manner of it; which I have left unto a single consideration. This is that which is mentioned, Heb. ii. 3. God witnessing unto them with signsand wonders, with divers miracles na, arivparaç eivas pag,epo.a, and gifts say we of the Holy Ghost. But psg,rpoy are distributions or partitions. And hence ad- vantage is taken by some to argue against his very be- ing. So Crellius contends that the Holy Ghost here is taken passively, or that the expression n+cgaaies ,'a oipua is genitivos materie. Wherefore he supposes that it followeth, that the Holy Ghost himself may be divided into parts, so that one may have one part and parcel of him, and another may have another part. How in- consistent this is, with the truth of his being and per- sonality, is apparent. But yet neither can he give any tolerable account of the division and partition of that power of God which he calls the Holy Ghost, unless be will make the Holy Spirit to be a quality in as, and not in the divine nature, as Justin Martyr affirms Plato to have done, and so to bedivided. And the inter- pretation he usethof the wards is wrested, perverse, and foolish. For the contexture of them requires that the Holy Ghost be here taken actively, as the author of the distribution mentioned. He gives out of his gifts and powers unto men inanany.parts, not all toone, not all . " Tauts, ,ipa,, sagas .raga re, alga ru lyse rravparas pap' Sanar nOar .its ro esa acons br.pa paragsfsn pumas.. 'Oaora, ysg iuessg ¿s ¿sgal rgoyrrar ro , .x rs asee r tapais irrer para psg,sc&a. .peoets, zar auras pues Kai rrr d v0pa44.0 . cgarni, tear., h, rscxagas ógaTaç pag.sm?a, Tayan.Justin. Martyr. ad Gare. Cohortat. Aliter stotuit Pypriaous seu quisquis fuis Author lib. de Spirit. Saner. inter Opera pypriani. Hie est Spiritus Sanctus gumMagi in Aegypto tertii sigui ostenstone COPViCt5, eons sua defecisse .prastigia faterentur, llei digitum appeliabany, et antignis Pbilosophis jiffs iníimarunt Kasen.' Liam defuisse.. Et tweet de l'aire et Filio atqua sensissent Platonici,. Spiritustamen wmidns et human[appetitor favoris sanetificationem men- ris Diviner mcreri non potuit, et obi ed profunditatem Saeramentorum steventum est, omnis eorum caligavit sobtilitas, nec posait infidelitas Su,sctitudinipropinquare.Cyp de Spirit. Sana. ER OF THE DIVINE at once; not all in one way, but some to one, some to another, some at one time, some at another, and that in great variety. The apostle, therefore, in this place' declares, that the Holy Spirit gaveout various gifts un. to the first preachers of the gospel, for the confirmation oftheir doctrine, according to the promise of our Savi- our, John xv. 26, 27. Of these he mentions in parti- cular r.psra, signs. That is, miraculous works wrought to signify the presence of God, by his power, with them that wrought them; so, giving out his approbation of the doctrinewhich they taught. Secondly, Trgaza, pro- digies or wonders, works beyond the power of nature or energy of natural causes wrought to fill men with won- der and admiration; manifesting TO Sesac, and surprising men with a sense of the presence of God. Thirdly, rampart mighty works of several sorts, such as opening of the eyes of the blind, raising the dead, and the lute. These being mentioned, there is added ingeneral pag,cpoi arauparoa alga, that is, rnann wnnai,rr gifts of the Holy Ghost. For these and other like things, did the Holy Ghost work and effect to the end mentioned. And these distributions are from him as the signs and won- ders were, that is, effects of his power; only there is added an intimation how they are all wrought by him, which Is by giving them a power for their operation, variously dividing them amongst those-on whom they were bestowed; and that as it is added, xsrx es, dies Sacco, according unto his own will. And this place is so di- rectly and fully expounded, I Coraxii. 7, 8, 9, 10, I t. that there is no room of exception left unto 'the most obstinate. And that place having been openedbefhre, in the entrance of thisdiscourse, I shall not here call it over again. These psg,eooy therefore, are ÍIs gifts, which as parts and parcels of his work he givetlyout iii great variety. To thesame purposeare hisoperations described, 'Its.xi. 2, 3. " The Spirit of the Lord shall '5 rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understand- " ing, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of "knowledge and of the fear of the Lord." He is first called the Spirit of the Lord to express his being and nature; and then he is termed the Spirit of wisdom and of coítnsel,-&e. That is, yhe who is the author of wisdom . Too en dyes nravpares d5npssrivr is, Isegaga, ,rtmor ñ barres Aapparorrar en ayra rrauparos vs, rsgess'ear.Origea Gem ment. in Matthmum,
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