I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Secondly; As it doth not consist therein, so neither doth it consist in every opposition, or in a bare opposition unto the work of the Holy Ghost, as distinct from the Father and the Son: Unto God the Father belongs Power; unto the Son, Wisdom; unto the Spirit, Holiness. The Work of the Father, is to Create; the Work of the Son, to Redeem; the Work of the Spirit, or the Holy Ghost, to Sanctify. A•d hereupon some hav• thought, That opposition unto Holiness, is the Sin against the Holy Ghost: But you find here it is a blasphemy, therefore not every opposition. And if you look into Acts, 7. you find that Stephen speaking of the Jews, saith at verse 51. Ye stiff necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ear, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost; yet they did not sin this Sin against the Holy Ghost, Why? for Stephen prays for them, at the last verse; Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. But now saith the Apostle John, in 1 John, 5.16. There is a sin unto Death, I do not say that ye shall pray for it. Had they in Stephens account, sinned this Sin unto Death, he would not have prayed for them; but he did pray for them. So that this Sin against the Holy Ghost, doth not consist in every opposition unto the Work of the Holy Ghost, as it is distinct from the Father and the Son.

Secondly; As it doth not consist therein, so neith•r doth it consist in every opposition, or in a bare opposition unto the work of the Holy Ghost, as distinct from the Father and the Son: Unto God the Father belongs Power; unto the Son, Wisdom; unto the Spirit, Holiness. The Work of the Father, is to Create; the Work of the Son, to Redeem; the Work of the Spirit, or the Holy Ghost, to Sanctifie. A•d hereupon some hav• thought, That opposition unto Holiness, is the Sin against the Holy Ghost: But you find here it is a blasphemy, therefore not every opposition. And if you look into Acts, 7. you find that Stephen speaking of the Jews, saith at verse 51. Ye stiff necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ear, ye do alwaies resist the Holy Ghost; yet they did not sin this Sin against the Holy Ghost, Why? for Stephen praies for them, at the last verse; Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. But now saith the Apostle John, in