holy Ghoft. Jwl;buty<tJ'Jhaln•tvnd.rjland.ButPa~tlquo• A l<eue in the holy Ghof1. This point al(o is ting the C. me place,fpake onthis manner: Wcl confon~nt to the Scriptures which m.:ke :be JPa'ft.! the holy Ghojl by E(aythe Propher, fo.rmg, fame dt11mchon. In the b3pt1fine of Chnl1, Aa :tS. Goe'tmtnhM peopleandfayvntothem,_ &c. Now ~he Fath_cr_vtrerethavoice fr?m he;wen, fay- .t s,:6, Hlefc places becing compared tag1ther make mg, Thu umybclouedSonne, mwhom [am rve/l it plain<, that the titleofJehouah, agreeth to pleajid: and not the Sonne.' or theholy Ghol1. M"h·l· the holy Ghol1. But yet the enemies of th1s Seco.ndly, tl,'e Sonnejloodmthe waur, and was 17, truth which thinke that the holy Gho!l: ts noQapmed PY John : and nor rho hther, or the thing els but the action or operation ofGod, holy Gholt• Thudly,thcho!J Gh,jl defcended oQiectoutofthe fcnptures tothecontrane:I. from heauen vpon.Chn!\ m the forme ofa God knoweth the ·sonne: the holy Gho!l:· doJJ~·; andnotthe.Father> or the Sonne, but knoweth not d1e Sonne :for none k?;oWeth the th~holy Gho.!t alone.C::hrift in hisccmmifsion Moth.u. Sonnebut.theFather:crgo,theholy Ghofi is not fJ)tO lusdJ(clplts, fa1th, •Math. z8. 19"·Goe God. An[. That place excludeth no perfon in teachaN naNOIJS hapmmgthem into the name of Trinicy, but onely creatures, and falfe Gods,- the Father;the Sonn<,andzhe ho!Jijhoft. Now if and the meaningis this: ~ne,thatis,nocreat~ holy Ghofi had beenc the fame p<rfonelture, oridolgod, knoweth the SonneofGod! B ~her wlthth~ F~thcr, or Wlth the Sonne, then but the F.ather. And the oppo{jtion is made 1t had bm f"fficteht tohaue named the Father to exclude creatu(es, not to exclode the holy and t~e Sonne onely. And the difiir.Clion of Ghofi. Againe they obiect, that the holy the thtrd pcrfon from the refi may be concti·- Gho!l: maketh rcque!l: forvswithgtomes& ucdby this, thatthe holy Goo!l: istheholy -' fighcs that cannot be.vttered: therefore (fay Ghofi,and not ~he Fatherorrhe Sonnc. ~;,""'· ~?{[~}~:tyi:,~l,~i~a~'i~ ~:G~d:r::~~~~ ho~1~~~{id:t~~~:de~~eFr~~e~h~,F~st;1~~t;~'d pray,gwne,or figh. Anfw. P4Hl.r meaning is the Sonnc. Fora further proofe hereof,ccnfi· thereby to fignifie that the holy Ghofi eau. derthefeplaces. Panlfaith,Rom.S.9.Yceare fetli'vs to make requefis, and!l:irreth vp out not inthe flefh,bitt in theJPirit:(or theJPirit o{ljad heartstO grone and figh to God : for he faid dwelleth inyof'.B•t ifany mahauenottheJPiritof Rom,S. before, Weeh4Jte receu~tdtheJPiritofadopti011, Chrift,he unot hu. And againe,Gal.4. 6· Be. If· whmbywecrie .Abbafather. Yet further, they caufcyearefonnes' Godhath fontforth theJPirit obie<'hhe words ofrhe angeliGabrieltothe ofth< Sonimoy•urhearts. Wherewemayob· virr.ineMary,faying.ThevertMeofthemojlhigli feme,t~atme holy Gho!l: is the fpirit both of l.uk.••H h•th oucr·fh•dowedthee: & hence rhey gather~ c the Fat~erand of the Sonne. Now the holy that ifthe h<>ly Gholl: be theverrue of God, Gho!l: JScalled the fpuit of rhe Father, not then he is not God indeede• .Anfw.As Chri!l: onely becaofe he is fent ofhim, but becaufe he is called the Word ofGod, nota word made proceedethfrom the father; as Chriftf.>ithto ' . ofletters or fyJJables, but afub!tanriall word, hisdi(ciples,Whmthuomforur .. ;t come,whom Job., l· • that is·, beeing foreuerofrhe fame fubftance lfhalljindvntoy.,•fomtheFather, mm thtJPi· •G. with the .Father: fo in this place the holy rir.ftmthwhich proceedrrh oftheFather,bejh,J Gho!t is called the verrueof the moll: hightejlifie off1.'e. And therefore !ikewife hee is the eflnot becaofe he is a created quality, but belpirit ofthe Son,not onely becaufe hee is fent canfc heis the fubftantial vertue ofthe Father ofthe Sonne, but alfo becaufe hec proceedeth and theSonne: and therefore God equal! with from him. Againe, in theTriniiie the perfvn them both. Furthermore they alleadgc, that fendmg, doth communicate hiswhole etfence ne~th~rrheScriptures, nor thepractife ofthe and fubftance to the perfon fent. As the Fa. Pnm1tmeChurch dothwarrantvsroprayto ther fendmg the Sonne, doth communicate the holy Ghoft..Anfw.Itisnottrue.For when• his etfcnce and fubfiance to the Sonne. For · foeuer we direct our prayer toany one ofthe fending doth prefuppofe a communication of rhreeperfons,inhim wepraytothem all. Be• D <!fence. Now the Fathor and the Sonne fend lid~s wee haue example of praier made to the the holy Ghoft: therefore both ofthem comholyGhoft, in thewordof-God. ForPA~~I municate their fubfiance& etfence vnto the £ith to the Corinthians, Thegrace ifoHr Lord fame perfon. Thirdly Chrift faith, The holr I fefu< Chrijl, theioHe of Godthe Fat/m, andthe ljhojl hath receiued of mine which beefh~Ojh® Ioh,t6, :2°"'! fellowfhippe ofthe holy Ghojl bewithY"' an. And vntoyo~<, namely, knowledge and truth, to be '4· jthewordsarea..JfSamt'1'41tlhad£udthus; 0 r~ealed vnto his Church. Where wee may i Fathe!,letthy loue,O Sonne? let thy ~race,Q rea(on thus: the perfon recciuing knowledge \ holy liho!l:, letthy fellowflup bee with them fro·m another, receiuesetfence alfo _' the holy all.And therefore this lirfidoctrine is true,& Ghofi receiucs truth and knowledge from 1 as well to.be be!eeued as any other, that the Cluilt to bi: reucaled vnto the Church : and holy Ghojl u God. therefore fir!!: ofall he bath receiued fttbfiance . The fecond peint io , that the holy Ghoft and e!li:nc~ from the Sonnc: B~<t (ome pera.dlS ad1!1mct petfon from t~e Father and the uemure wdlfity, where 1s 1t written in all the Sonne. Hereupon the ar:1cles touchmg the B1ble mex~re!l" words , that the holy Gholl: 1 three perfons are thus dtft~ngm!hed:I beleeue proceedes lrom the Soane as hee proccedes \ ln the Father, I beleeue mthe Sonne, Ibe. from the father? .Anfw. The Scriprure faith -------------------------------------------------------------------~t ______ •7•
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