370 THE ARIAN INVITED TO ORTHODOX FAITH. VIII. If' this scheme does not sufficiently account for the distinct expressions of the personality of the Holy Spirit, let us remember that the personal characters of the blessed Spirit are notexpressed in so frequent, nor in so strong, and plain terms in scripture as those of Christ. 1. In all the New Testament there is only the pronoun HE attributed to the Spirit, but I think neither I nor THOU, nor WE, are appliedonce inall that sacred book ; whereasI, thou, he, and we, are all ascribed both to the Father and Son. 2. The Holy Spirit is often described in the notion of a divine power or influence, rather than a person. He is said tobe given to 'men, to be shed forth, or poured out on them ; the apostles are saidto be baptized With the Holy Spirit, even with this very same Spirit, who is yet in another place called the Comforter, and the Spirit of truth, and is represented in as strong languageof personality as any where in the bible. John xiv. 26. and xvi: 13, 14. Compared with Acts i. 5. The believers are anointed with the Spirit. l John ii. 27. and filled with the Holy Spirit, in opposition to wine ; Eph. v. 18. And in Acts vi. 5. and xi. 24. they are full of faith and of the Holy Ghost. And in 1 John iv. 13. `Ó He bath given us of his Spirit," that is, a portion or measure of his Spirit. And in Tit. iii. 6. "He shed his Spirit on us abundantly," that is, in a large measure. There is a part of the Spirit which was on Moses, that was given to the elders of Israel; .Num. xi. 25. So a double portion of the Spirit which was in Elijah rested on Elisha ; 2 Kings ii. 10, 15. The Spirit is not given by measure to Jesus Christ; John iii. 34. See more in the fifth dissertation, where he is represented as the power of God. All which modes of expression seem to describe properly a divine power in greater or lesser degrees of influence, rather than a proper person : though at other times this Spirit may be represented personallyin anoriental and figurativeway of speaking: 3. The Holy Spirit is represented at other times in the sense ofsome writers, as a complication ofdivine virtues, because in Rev. i. 4. it is called the seven spirits which are before the throne. And in Rev. v. 6. " The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes which are the - seven spirits of God ;" which seems to hold forth the seven-fold virtues or powers of God which' dwell in Christ, that is, a perfection of divine powers to answer his eco- nomical exaltation, by the residence of the Spirit of God in him in the completest manner. 4. Let us remember also, what was before mentioned, that though there be one scripture in the bible, viz. Heb: i. 3. where the word hypostasis or person, is attributed to the Father ; and one text, viz. 2 Cor. iv. 6. where the word prosopon or person, is applied to the Son or God incarnate, yet I can find no verse in
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