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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Obj. 3. The Holy Ghost is said to proceed from the Father, John 15.26. but no where is he said to proceed from the Son; therefore it may seem he proceeds not from the Son, and consequently not from the Father and the Son.
Ans. Proceeding, signifieth the being of one person of another:1 Now though the Holy Ghost's being from the Son, is not expressed by the word Procession, yet it is by the word Mission, or Sending, which concludes the same in effect. That ⟨p. 31⟩is Scripture which is contained therein by express terms, or by sound consequence; Hence he is called the Spirit of Christ, Rom. 8.9. And the Spirit of his Son, Galat. 4.6.
The Mission, or sending of one person from another, is the determination of one person by another unto their operations, concerning the creature according to the order of their subsistence: As the Son in regard of the Order of Being is of the Father, so doth he depend upon the Father in regard of the Order of his operation. The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do,