PROPOSITION VIII; 1¢3 Dent. xxxii. 12. " The Lord, or Jehovah alone did lead him," that is, Israel, in the wilderness. The prophet Isaiah speaking of this matter ascribes it to the holy Spirit; Is. lxiii. 14. " As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him, that is, Israel, to rest ; so didst thou lead thy people to make thy name glorious." Now either the Spirit is Jehovah, or Jehovah alone did not lead them. Ps. xcv. 3. " The Lord, or Jehovah, is a great God, and a great king above all gods." Verse 7, &c. " To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provoca- tion, as in the day of temptation in the wilderness : When your fathers tempted me, and proved me, and saw my works. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation ;" which words are cited by St. Paul, as spoken by the Holy Ghost ; Heb. iii. 7, 8, 9, &c. " Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, to-day, if ye will hear his voice, &c. When your fathers tempted me, and I was grieved with that generation." And this is further con- firmed ; Is. lxiii. 10. " They rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit." And Stephen reproving the Jews; Acts vii. 51. said, " Ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : As your fathers did, so do ye." Nor is it any just objection, against this, that they were said to tempt Christ in the wilderness ; t Cor. x. 9. For in point of godhead Christ and the Holy Spirit are one. H. The peculiar titles of God, which seem to be used pro- miscuously for God the Father, or for the HolySpirit, are these, viz. the God of Israel and the Lord of hosts. The holy Spirit is represented as one with the " God of Israel ;" 2 Sam. xxxiii. 2, 3. " The Spirit of the Lord, or of Jehovah, spake by me,_ and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the rock of Israel spake tome, he that ruleth over men must be just :" Thus the Spirit of the Lord is the same with the God and the Rock of Israel. He is also called the " Lord of Hosts" in the text before cited ; Is. vi. on which I shall not enlarge. III. The peculiar attributes of God ascribed to the Holy Spirit are, omnipreseence and omniscience. 1. " Omnipresence" is attributed to the holy Spirit ; Ps. cxxxix.7. " Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? And whither shall I flee from thy presence ?" It is vain to flee from one who is every where. Johnxiv. 16, 17. " The Spirit of truth" is pro- mised to abide with the saints for ever, to be in them, to dwell in them ; " I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever: He dwelled/ with you, and shall be in you ;" Roan. viii. 11. He dwells in believers according to his promise, and makes them his holy tem- ple ; I Cor. vi. 19. And is in all times, and in all places, where- soever his saints and servants are, distributing his several gifts and graces, 1 Cor. xii. 11, " All these worketh the self-same
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