Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

2. [Greek or Hebrew] or dispensatory, in respect of the work of grace: of the first, in which respect he is the Spirit of the Father and the Son, proceeding from both eternally, so receiving his substance and personality; I speak not: It is a business of another nature then that, I have now in hand. Therein indeed lies the first & most remote foundation of all our distinct Communion with him and our worship of him. But because abiding in the naked consideration hereof, we can make no other progress, then the bare acquiescence of Faith in the mystery revealed with the performance of that which is due to the Person, solely on the account of his Participation of the Essence, I shall not at present dwell upon it.

2. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 or dispensatory, in respect of the worke of grace: of the first, in which respect he is the Spirit of the Father and the Sonne, proceeding from both eternally, so receiving his substance and personality; I speake not: It is a businesse of another nature then that, I have now in hand. Therein indeed lyes the first & most remote foundation of all our distinct Communion with him and our worship of him. But because abiding in the naked consideration hereof, we can make no other progresse, then the bare acquiescence of Faith in the mystery revealed with the performance of that which is due to the Person, solely on the account of his Participation of the Essence, I shall not at present dwell upon it.

His [Greek or Hebrew] or proceeding mentioned in the place insisted on is his economical or dispensatory proceeding for the carrying §. 13 on of the work of Grace; It is spoken of him in reference to his being sent by Christ after his Ascension: I will send him which proceedeth, namely then when I send him. As God is said to arise out of his place Isa, 26. 21. not in regard of any ⟨p. 263⟩mutation in him, but of the new work which he would effect; so it follows, the Lord comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth. And it is in reference to a peculiar work that he is said to proceed, namely to testify of Christ; which cannot be assigned to him in respect of his Eternal procession but of his actual dispensation; As it is said of Christ, He came forth from God. The single mention of the Father in this place, and not of the Son, belongs to the gradation before mentioned, whereby our Saviour discovers this mystery to his Disciples. He speaks as much concerning himself