3. It confutes the Arians, who deny the Holy Ghost to be God. The Eternal Godhead subsists in the Holy Ghost, John 16.13. He shall guide you into all Truth. Christ speaks not there of an Attribute, but a Person. And that the Godhead subsists in the Person of the Holy Ghost, appears thus: The Spirit, who gives diversity of Gifts, is said to be the same Lord, and the same God, 1 Cor. 12.5, 6. The black and unpardonable sin is said, in a special manner, to be committed against the Godhead, subsisting in the Holy Ghost, Matth. 12.32. The mighty power of God is made manifest by the Holy Ghost. He changeth the Hearts of Men. The Devil would have Christ prove himself to be God, by turning Stones into Bread; but thus the Holy Ghost shows his Godhead, by turning Stones into Flesh, Ezek. 36.26. I will take away the stony heart, and give you an heart of flesh. Yet further, the power and Godhead of the Holy Ghost appeared in the effecting the glorious Conception of our Lord Jesus Christ; the very Shadow of the Holy Ghost made a Virgin conceive, Luke 1.35. The Holy Ghost works Miracles, which transcend the sphere of Nature; as raising the Dead, Rom. 8.11. to him belongs [Greek or Hebrew], Divine Worship; our Souls and Bodies are the Temples of the Holy Ghost, 1 Cor. 6.19. in which Temples he is to be worshipped, vers. 20. We are baptized in the Name of the Holy Ghost, therefore either we must believe his Godhead, or renounce our Baptism in his Name. Methinks it were enough for such Men, as have not so much as heard whether there be an Holy Ghost, or no, Acts 19.2. to deny his Deity; but that any who go for Christians, should deny this Article of their Creed, seems to me very strange. They who would wittingly and willingly blot out the third Person, shall have their Names blotted out of the Book of Life.
3. It confutes the Arrians, who deny the Holy Ghost to be God. The Eternal Godhead subsists in the Holy Ghost, Iohn 16.13. He shall guide you into all Truth. Christ speaks not there of an Attribute, but a Person. And that the Godhead subsists in the Person of the Holy Ghost, appears thus: The Spirit, who gives diversity of Gifts, is said to be the same Lord, and the same God, 1 Cor. 12.5, 6. The black and unpardonable sin is said, in a special manner, to be committed against the Godhead, subsisting in the Holy Ghost, Matth. 12.32. The mighty power of God is made manifest by the Holy Ghost. He changeth the Hearts of Men. The Devil would have Christ prove himself to be God, by turning Stones into Bread; but thus the Holy Ghost shews his Godhead, by turning Stones into Flesh, Ezek. 36.26. I will take away the stony heart, and give you an heart of flesh. Yet further, the power and Godhead of the Holy Ghost appeared in the effecting the glorious Conception of our Lord Jesus Christ; the very Shadow of the Holy Ghost made a Virgin conceive, Luke 1.35. The Holy Ghost works Miracles, which transcend the sphere of Nature; as raising the Dead, Rom. 8.11. to him belongs 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Divine Worship; our Souls and Bodies are the Temples of the Holy Ghost, 1 Cor. 6.19. in which Temples he is to be worshipped, vers. 20. We are baptized in the Name of the Holy Ghost, therefore either we must believe his Godhead, or renounce our Baptism in his Name. Methinks it were enough for such Men, as have not so much as heard whether there be an Holy Ghost, or no, Acts 19.2. to deny his Deity; but that any who go for Christians, should deny this Article of their Creed, seems to me very strange. They who would wittingly and willingly blot out the third Person, shall have their Names blotted out of the Book of Life.
