A30242:1184
The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole…
The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole third chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians to which is annexed The godly and the natural mans choice, upon Psal. 4, vers. 6, 7, 8 / by Anthony Burgess ...The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole third chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians to which is annexed The godly and the natural mans choice, upon Psal. 4, vers. 6, 7, 8 / by Anthony Burgesse ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for T.U., 1659
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
11. That he is a Person, not an attribute, appeareth, by all those personal operations that are given to him. So that by what arguments we can prove God the Father, or any man to be a Person, by the same we may prove the holy Ghost to be a Person; as that form in which we are baptized, Into the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Mat. 28.19. To be baptized into the name of one, argueth that one to be a Person: And how absurd would it be to say, the Father and the Son are Persons, but the holy Ghost is an attribute or operation? So There are three that dear witness in Heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, 1 John 5.7. Three] he doth not say three things; but three (viz.) Persons, as appeareth by the personal operations. These bare witness in Heaven] Some read, The Spirit of God descended in the shape of a Dove; which plainly denoteth a thing subsisting, not an attribute. We are said, To sin against him, which must needs imply a person, Thou hast lied to God, Act 5.4. That which is here said to be God is called the holy Ghost, vers. 3. Thou hast lied to the holy Ghost. And the sin against the holy Ghost shall never be forgiven, Matth. 12.31.
11. That he is a Person, not an attribute, appeareth, by all those personal operations that are given to him. So that by what arguments we can prove God the Father, or any man to be a Person, by the same we may prove the holy Ghost to be a Person; as that form in which we are baptized, Into the name of the Father, of the Sonne, and of the Holy Ghost, Mat. 28.19. To be baptized into the name of one, argueth that one to be a Person: And how absurd would it be to say, the Father and the Sonne are Persons, but the holy Ghost is an attribute or operation? So There are three that dear witnesse in Heaven, the Father, the Sonne, and the Spirit, 1 John 5.7. Three] he doth not say three things; but three (viz.) Persons, as appeareth by the personal operations. These bare witnesse in Heaven] Some reade, The Spirit of God descended in the shape of a Dove; which plainly denoteth a thing subsisting, not an attribute. We are said, To sin against him, which must needs imply a person, Thou hast lied to God, Act 5.4. That which is here said to be God is called the holy Ghost, vers. 3. Thou hast lied to the holy Ghost. And the sinne against the holy Ghost shall never be forgiven,