The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

3. Neither was it fit that the Third Person should undertake that work. For besides the Sacrifice for Propitiation, it was necessary the Divine Power should be exerted to enlighten the Minds, and incline the Wills of men to receive the Redeemer, that the Benefits of his Death might be applied to them.¹ Now the Redeemer is considered as the Object, and the Holy Spirit as the Disposer of the faculty to receive it. And in the natural order of things, the object must exist before the operation of the faculty upon it. There must be Light before the Eye can see it. So in the disposition of the causes of our Salvation, the Redeemer must be ordained, and Salvation purchased before the Divine Power is put forth to enable the Soul to receive it, and accordingly 'tis the Office of the Spirit, who is the Power of God, ²and by whom the Father and the Son execute all things, to render effectual the Redemption procured by the Son:

3. Neither was it fit that the Third Person should undertake that work. For besides the Sacrifice for Propitiation, it was necessary the Divine Power should be exerted to enlighten the Minds, and encline the Wills of men to receive the Redeemer, that the Benefits of his Death might be applied to them.¹ Now the Redeemer is consider'd as the Object, and the Holy Spirit as the Disposer of the faculty to receive it. And in the natural order of things, the object must exist before the operation of the faculty upon it. There must be Light before the Eye can see it. So in the disposition of the causes of our Salvation, the Redeemer must be ordain'd, and Salvation purchas'd before the Divine Power is put forth to enable the Soul to receive it, and accordingly 'tis the Office of the Spirit, who is the Power of God, ²and by whom the Father and the Son execute all things, to render effectual the Redemtion procured by the Son:

1. 1Vid. Amyr. de Trin.
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