TN 'THE NEW CItEAT1ON: ámong them are ashamed of this imagination. The words of Smidh on Ephes. iv. 10. ba uAwga9, re nara, are worthy consideration. " Per vo nues aliqui intelli- "gust totum Mundum, seu totitm Universum hoc, ex- . ponuntque ut Omniprtesentia sua omnibus in Mundo " locis adesset, loca omnia implendo: et hi verbum "s-as,;sTnde Physics et crassa impletione accipiunt; quant " tarnen tails m'Astaas seu impletio locorum in Mundo omnium gum vel expansionem corpoream` in quanti- " tate continua, vet tnultiplicationem, imo infinitam- " multitudinem unius ejusdemque corporis in discreta "prcesupponit, et en humane specúlstione orta est, "fálsoq; nostris Ecclesiis afñngitur;" (wherein yet he confesseth that it is taught) " Ne cogitanda quidem sit pio homini; sed.potius Omniprmsentia Christi Homi- " íssti promissa est, modo nabis ineffebili credi, et " malts certius aliunde -seiri possit ex: ipsius. promis- surte," Matth.. xxviii. X20. 'Phis way,- as we say, with the scripture, is by his Spirit:- the perfect manner of whose presence and operation is ineffable. Sect. 6. Fourthly; As he represents the person, and supplies the room and place of Jesus Christ, so he worketh and effecteth whatever- the Lord Christ hath taken upon himself to work .. and effect towards his dis- ciples. Wherefore, as the work of the San was not his own work, but rather the work of the Father who sent him, and in whose name he performed it; so the work of theHoly Spirit is not his own work, but rather the work of the. Son, by whom he is sent, and in whose name he doth accomplish it. John xvi. 13, 10,. 15. "Howbeit when he,-the Spirit of truth is come,-he-will " guide you into all truth: For he shall not speak of " himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he " speak: and he will shew you things to come. He " shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and " shall shew it unta you. All things that the Father " hath aremine:. therefore said 1, that he shall take of " mine, and shall shew it unto you." He comes to re- veal and communicate truth and grace to the disciples of Christ. And in his so doing, he speaks-not of him- self; that is, of himself only. He comes- not with any absolute new,dispensation of truthor grace, distinct or different from that which is inand by the -Lord Christ, and which they had heard from him. The Holy Spirit beingpromised unto the disciples, and all their work and duty being suspended on the accomplishment of that E e promise; whereas he is God, they might suppose that he would comawith some absolute new dispensation of truth; so that what they had learned and received from Christ should pass away, and be of no use unto them. To prevent any such apprehensions, Ile lets them know that the work he had to do, was only to carry on and build on the foundation which was laid in his person or doctrine, or the truthwhich he had revealed from the bosomof the Father. And this I take to be the mean- ing of that expression: For he shall not speak of him- self, he shall reveal no other truth, communicate no o- ther grace but what is in, from and by myself. This was the Holy Spirit to do, and this he did; and hereby may we try every spirit whether it be of God. That spirit which revealeth any thing, or pretendeth to re- veal any thing, any doctrine, any grace, any truth, that is contrary unto, that is -not consonant to, yea, that is not the doctrine, grace, or truth- of Christ, as now revealed in the word; that brings any thing new, his own, or of himself, that spirit is not of God. So it is added, (2.) Whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak. This which he hears, is the whole counsel of the Father and the Son concerning the salvation of the church. And- how is he said to hear it, which word in its proper signification hath' no place in the mutual in ternal actings of the divine persons of the holy Trinity. Being the Spirit of the Father and the Son, proceed- mg from both, he is equally participant of their coun- sels. So the outward act of hearing is- mentioned as the sign of his infinite knowledge of the eternal counsels of the Father and Son; he is no stranger unto them. A'nd this is a general rule, that those words,- which with respect unto us, express the means of any thing, as unto God, intend no more but the signs of it. Hearing is the means whereby we come to know the mind of another who is distinct from us. And when God is said to hearken or hear, it is a sign of his know ledge, not the means of it. So is the Holy Spirit said to hear those things because he knows them. As he is also on the same- account said to search. the deep things- of God.. Add hereunto that the counsel of these things- is originally peculiar to the Father, and unto him it is every where peculiarly ascribed;. therefore is the parti- cipation of the Spirit therein as a- distinct person called' his hearing. Hereunto, (3,) His great work is sub- joined. He, saith Christ, shall glorify me. This is 20
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