Two discourses concerning the Holy Spirit, and His work the one, Of the Spirit…

6. IT is therefore manifest, that the anointing of Believers consisteth in the Communication of the Holy Spirit unto them from and by Jesus Christ. It is not the Spirit that doth anoint us, but he is the Unction wherewith we are anointed by the Holy One. This the Analogy unto the Unction of Christ makes undeniable; for as he was anointed, so are they in the same kind of Unction, though in a degree inferior unto him. For they have nothing but a Measure and Portion from his Fullness as he pleaseth, Eph. 4. 7. Our Unction therefore is the Communication of the Holy Spirit, and nothing else. He is that Unction which is given unto us, and abideth with us. But this Communication of the Spirit is general and respects all his Operations. It doth not yet appear wherein the especial Nature of it doth consist, and whence this Communication of him is thus expressed, by an Unction. And this can be no otherwise learned but from the Effects ascribed unto him as he is an Unction, and the Relation with the Resemblance that is therein, unto the Unction of Christ. It is therefore some particular Grace and Privilege which is intended in this Unction, 2 Cor. 1. 21. It is mentioned only neutrally, without the Ascription of any Effects unto it, so that therein we cannot learn its especial Nature. But there are two Effects elsewhere ascribed unto it, The first is Teaching with a saving, permanent ⟨p. 69⟩knowledge of the Truth thereby produced in our Minds. This is fully expressed, 1 John 2. 20, 27. You have an Unction from the Holy One, and you know all things; that is, all those things of the Fundamental, Essential Truths of the Gospel, all you need to know that you may obey God truly, and be saved infallibly. This you have by this Unction. For this anointing which you have received abideth in you, and teacheth you all things. And we may observe, that it is spoken of in an especial manner with respect unto our Permanency and Establishment in the Truth, against prevalent Seducers and Seductions; so it is joined with establishing in that other Place, 2 Cor. 1. 21.