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OF
it.
the spirit
of
a man, which
is
in him
;
even
so
the things
of
God, knoweth none
but
the
Spirit of
God."
A num-
ber of other texts
seem
to
conspire
in
this
representation;
Ps.
cxxxix.
7.
"
Whither
shall
I
go
from
thy
Spirit, whi-
ther
shall
I
flee
from thy presence
?"
where-
the
term
Spirit
signifies
God
himself,
or a
distinct principle in
the divine Essence.
Ps.
cvi.
53.
"
The
children
of
Is-
rael provoked
his
Spirit
;"
lxiii.
10.
"They
rebelled
and
vexed
his
Holy
Spirit," even
as
the
spirit
of a
prince
is
provoked
and
vexed
by
the rebellion
of
his
sub-
jects.
'So
Eph.
iv.
30.
"
Grieve
not the
Holy Spirit
of
God,
whereby
ye
are sealed."
"
These
have
quieted
my
spirit
in the
north country,"
&c.
Zech,
vi.
S.
As
the
spirit
ofa
man,
or
of
any living
creature,
does
riot
imply
another
being,
derived from
that creature;
but
a
natural
principle
of operation
in
the
very
essence
of
that
creature, and
whereby
that creature
acts, so
the
Holy Sprit
is
generally called the
Spirit of God, not to
denote another inferior
being
derived from
God,
but
some
eternal
glorious
principle
in
the
very
essence
of
God,
some
principle or
power
in
and
of
the
true
and
eternal
godhead,
by
which
God
operates
*.
So
Ps.
xxxiii. 6.
"The
hosts
of heaven are
formed
by
the
breath,
or Spirit of
God.
Job
xxvi.
13.
"
By his
Spirit
he
gar..
nished
the
heavens."
Ps.
li.
12.
David prays
that
God
would
uphold
him
by
his
free
Spirit
;"
Rom.
viii.
11.
" God
shall quicken your
mortal
bodies,
that
is,
raise
you from
the deàd,
by
his
Spirit that
dwelleth in
you.°
*
Note,
I have,
in some
of my writings, used the
word
"
power,"
to
denote
this principle of operation in
the godhead,
since this word
is
very
much used
in
scripture to describe
the
Holy Spirit.
Luke
i. 35.
"
The
Holy
Ghost shall
come upon
thee, and
the
povvot
of the
Highest shall
overshadow
thee."
Acts x.
'38.
"Jesus
of
Naiareth
was
anointed
With
the
Holy
Spirit, and
with power."
John
iii.
34.
"
He
had the
Spirit given
him without measure
;"
and
it was
by this Spirit he
wrong
ht
miracles,
and
cast out devils,
and healed
di,eanes,
which,
in
other
place.,,
is
called
the fingerof God, and the
power of
God,
Mat..
xii.
28. Luke
xi.
20.
and
v.
17.
The
apostles
waited at Jerusalem
for
the promùe
of
the
Spirit,
which,
Luke
xxiv.
49.
is
called their
"
being
endued
with
:power
from
on high
:"
the
word
is Suva
os
power, not
áyr10-1x,
dr
aiit1sority:
Ant
Many other
scriptures
might
be cited
fór
this
pue
ose.
Let it
be noted
also,
that
the
"
power"
doe§
tldt
lead'
is
,
Into
The
iitt
,,
of
another distinct substance, in
.the
i941
end,
as
ti1C
wed
p
oipi
'
might
ehaine
tv
d9,,