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2. He that commits this Sin, doth also oppose, and blaspheme the ⟨p. 359⟩proper and peculiar Work of the Holy Ghost; for it's called here,¹ a blasphemy, and a blaspheming of the Spirit, as distinct from the Father and the Son: Now the Work of the Father, is to Create, the Work of the Son to Redeem, the Work of the Holy Ghost to Sanctify; and therefore he that sins this Sin, doth oppose and blaspheme Holiness, and Goodness; and so these Jews did: for when our Saviour Christ did cast out the Devil, that unclean Spirit, they said, he did it by the power of the Devil, calling the work done, a work of the Devil, and did oppose him therein. Yet this is not all, For,

2. He that commits this Sin, doth also oppose, and blaspheme the ⟨p. 359⟩proper and peculiar Work of the Holy Ghost; for it's called here,¹ a blasphemy, and a blaspheming of the Spirit, as distinct from the Father and the Son: Now the Work of the Father, is to Create, the Work of the Son to Redeem, the Work of the Holy Ghost to Sanctifie; and therefore he that sins this Sin, doth oppose and blaspheme Holiness, and Goodness; and so these Jews did: for when our Savior Christ did cast out the Devil, that unclean Spirit, they said, he did it by the power of the Devil, calling the work done, a work of the Devil, and did oppose him therein. Yet this is not all, For,

1. 1Dicere verbum contra spiritum sanctum est verbis impugnare Deum sanctificantem. Cajet. in Math. 12. vide sixt. Senens. in locum.