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spirit_n	adoption_n	father_n	receive_v	8,589	5	5.7408	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76706	Gods glory vindicated and blasphemy confuted: being a brief and plain ansvver to that blasphemous book intituled, Twelve arguments against the deity of the Holy Ghost, written by Tho. Bidle Master of Arts, and now burnt by speciall command from the Parliament on Wednesday the 8 of this present September, by the common hangman. Wherein the arguments of the said book are set down together with proper answers thereto. And twelve anti-arguments proving the deity of the Holy Ghost.	Biddle, John, 1615-1662. Twelve arguments drawn out of the Scripture.	1647 (1647)	Wing B2883; Wing G954; Thomason E407_6; ESTC R13062	9,376	12

remarkable to shew the wilful blindness of this man and that is by comparing two texts together Isa 40.13 14. Rom. 11.33.34 in the latter the Apostle admires at the wisdom and knowledg of God saying his ways and judgments are unsearchable and past finding out the other place saith as much of the Spirit of the Lord saying who taught him judgment or knowledg or the way of understanding Hence I gather two things first what is said of God in one place is said of the Spirit in the other ergo the Spirit is God and if all creatures are excluded as unable to search out Gods wisdom and knowledg and yet the Spirit of God can without teaching then the Spirit of God is God Then he saith without proof that Christ taught the Spirit as a King doth an Embassador but I say again with Paul Gods ways of wisdom and knowledg are unsearchable and past finding out of all Angels and creatures although he is pleased to say the Spirit of God is but an Angel His fifth Argument He that receiveth of another is not God but the Spirit doth so Ergo it is not God I answ as before if there were any truth in this argument it would prove that Christ was not God as soon as the Holy Ghost and besides none hath taught the Spirit of God debated in answer to his last argument from Isa 40.13 14. His sixth argument He that is sent by another is not God the holy Spirit is sent by another Ergo it is not GOD. But to this also I have answered that it denies the Godhead of Christ as wel as the Godhead of the Holy Ghost and that equals may one send another and that this could neither degrade the Godhead of the Son or of the Holy Ghost His seventh argument He that is the gift of GOD is not GOD but the holy Spirit is the gift of GOD Act. 11.17 therefore not GOD. I ans That gift there spoken of is but the operation of God or the work of Gods Spirit in the soul how much more shal your heavenly Father give his Spirit to them that ask him Luk. 11.13 that is your Father which is in heaven will give good things to them that aske him Mat. 7.11 but the Spirit of God cannot be things in the plural number unless they should affirm that God would give many Spirits nor is the person of that one spirit where it was not before when as it fils all places nor as an angel for then if one had that angel or creature others must be without him at the same time so then the holy Ghost who can work and create and give gifts in many places and to many persons at once is God His 8. argument He that changeth place is not GOD but the holy Spirit changeth place he came upon Christ in a bodily shape Luk. 3.21 32. therefore it is not GOD. I ans God hath often manifested his presence Exod. 24.10 the Lord said I wil send mine Angel this grieved them then said the Lord my presence shal go with thee Exod. 23.2 4 14 then the Spirit of God is God notwithstanding this argument His Ninth argument He that prayeth unto Christ to come to judgment is not GOD the holy Spirit doth so Rev 22.17 Ergo it is not God I ans the spirit there is not said to be Gods Spirit but the Spirit of the bride but he saith we have received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry Abba Father Rom. 8.15 it is true the Spirit of God moveth the spirit of the bride to cry to say come from for the Holy ghost moveth all things and yet it self is not moved therefore it is God and no created Angel His tenth argument He in whom men have not beleeved and yet have been disciples is not GOD but men have not so much as heard whether there were any holy Ghost yet have been Disciples and Beleevers Act. 19.2 therefore the Holy Ghost is not God I ans they might be beleevers and disciples and yet not hear nor know whether there were any holy Ghost for the Apostles themselves who had true grace in their souls were ignorant both of the death and resurrection asscension and coming of Christ to Judgment although Christ had often told them of it then must we either exclude these from being disciples and beleevers or else degrade the holy Ghost of his Godhead what horrible divinity is this Again many a dear child of God may have the Holy Ghost given to him whether it be taken to be God himself in Covenant or the graces of God infused the best of us see but darkly and sometimes those that fear the Lord walk in darkness and see no light Isa 50.10 the Holy ghost is GOD although we had none of us all ever heard of him His eleventh argument He that hath an understanding distinct from that of God is not God the holy Spirit hath an understanding distinct from God When the Spirit of truth is come he shal not speak of himself but whatever he shal hear that he shal speak Joh 16 13. he shal glorifie me for he shal receive of mine take of mine and shew it you v. 14.15 Ergo the holy ghost is not God I ans that which the Son receives of the Father and the holy Ghost of both the father and the son doth not degrade either Son or holy Ghost of their Godhead for the Father is the fountain of all actions the Son the worker and the holy Ghost the finisher or thus the Father works by the Son through the holy ghost the Son works from the Father by the holy ghost the holy ghost works both from the Father and the Son as distinct subsistances in the same Godhead His twelfth Argument He that hath a wil distinct in number from God is not God the spirit hath a wil distinct in number from God therefore the spirit is not God Here I might shew how this man denys the diety of Christ who saith not my wil but thy wil be done Mat. 26. But let us see his proof how the spirit hath a wil distinct in number from God and that is from Rom. 8.26.27 the spirit helpeth our infirmities for we know not for what to pray as we ought but the spirit himself maketh intercession for us with sighs and groans unutterable but he that searcheth the heart and knows the mind of the spirit maketh intercession for the Saints according to the wil of God here saith he is an impregnable argument of the spirits being inferior to God because he maketh intercession and tha● conformably or according to the wil of God therefore the spirit is not God I answer It is true the spirit of God inditeth frameth or maketh intercession for us and we take up those words and turn to the Lord Hosea 14.2 but wil it follow because the spirit inditeth our prayers and so teacheth us to pray according to the wil of God