THERE IS NONE ELSE (xlv. 5, 6). O Jehovah Zebaoth, God of Israel, who dwellest between the cherubim, THOU ART GOD ALONE over all the kingdoms of the earth (xxxvii. 16, 20). Is there a God besides Me, and a Rock? I know not any (xliv. 8). Who is God save Jehovah ? and who is a Rock but our God? (Ps. xviii. 31.)

(II.) THAT THE Lord is that GOD is confirmed by these passages of the Word: Surely God is in thee, and there IS NONE BESIDES, NO GOD. Verily Thou art a God That hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, THE SAVIOUR (Isa. xlv. 14, 15). Am not I Jehovah? and THERE IS No God else BESIDES ME; a just God and A SAVIOUR, THERE IS NONE BESIDES ME. Look unto Me, THAT YE MAY BE SAVED, all the ends of the earth; for I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE ELSE (xlv. 21, 22). I am Jehovah, AND BESIDEs Me there IS NO SAVIOUR (xliii. 11). I am Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt acknowledge no God but Me; and THERE IS NO SAVIOUR BESIDES ME (Hos. xiii. 4). Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his REDEEMER, Jehovah Zebaoth: I am the First and the Last, And besides ME THERE IS NO GOD (Isa. xliv. 6). Jehovah Zebaoth is His name; and thy REDEEMER, the Holy One of Israel, THE GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH shall He be called (liv. 5). In that day, Jehovah shall be King over all the earth; and in that day SHALL JEHOVAH BE ONE, and His name one (Zech. xiv. 9). Whereas the Lord alone is the Saviour and Redeemer, and as it is said that Jehovah is the Saviour and Redeemer, and that there is none besides Him, it follows that the One God is no other than the Lord.

X.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE DIVINE PROCEEDING FROM THE LORD, AND THIS IS THE LORD HIMSELF.

46. JESUS said in Matthew, All power is given to Me in heaven and in earth: go ye, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you all the days, until the consummation of the age (xxviii. 18-20). It has already been shown that the Divine. which is called the Father, and the Divine which is called the Son, are one in the Lord: it shall, therefore, now be shown that the Holy Spirit is the same with the Lord. The Lord said that they should baptize into the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, for the reason that there is a trine or trinity in the Lord; for there is the Divine which is called the Father, there is the Divine Human which is called the Son, and the Divine Proceeding which is called the Holy Spirit. The Divine which is the Father, and the Divine which is the Son, is the Divine from which [all things are]; and the Divine Proceeding, which is the Holy Spirit, is the Divine by which [all things are]. That there is no other Divine which proceeds from the Lord than the Divine which is Himself, will be seen in the works concerning the DIVINE PROVIDENCE, OMNIPOTENCE, OMNIPRESENCE, and OMNISCIENCE; for it is a subject for deeper investigation. That there is a trine in the Lord may be illustrated by comparison with an angel: he has a soul and a body, and also a proceeding [sphere]:

what proceeds from him is himself, [but] outside of him. Concerning this proceeding [sphere] it has been given me to know many things; but this is not the place to present them. Every man who looks to God is first taught by the angels, after death, that the Holy Spirit is not a person distinct from the Lord; and that to go forth and to proceed are nothing else than to enlighten and teach by the presence, which is according to the reception, of the Lord. In consequence of this, most persons after death put off the idea conceived in the world concerning the Holy Spirit, and receive the idea that it is the Lord's presence with man by angels and spirits, from which and according to which man is enlightened and taught. Besides, it is customary in the Word to name two Divines, and sometimes three, which yet are one; as Jehovah and God, Jehovah and the Holy One of Israel, Jehovah and the Mighty One of Jacob, also God and the Lamb. And, because they are one, it is also said in other places, Jehovah alone is God, Jehovah alone is Holy, and He is the Holy One of Israel, and there is none besides Him: also the Lamb is sometimes read for God, and God for the Lamb; the Apocalypse, the former in the Prophets. That it is the Lord alone Who is meant in Matthew xxviii. 19, by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is evident from what precedes and follows there. In the preceding verse the Lord says, All power is given to Me in heaven and in earth; and in the following verse, Lo, I am with you all the days, even to the consummation of the age; thus speaking of Himself alone. That was therefore said by Him, that they might know that there is a trinity in Him.

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That it may be known that the Holy Spirit is not another Divine than the Lord Himself, it shall be shown what is meant in the Word by spirit. By spirit is meant, I. The life of man in general. II. As the life of man is various, according to his state, therefore by spirit is meant the varying affection of life with man. III. Also the life

of the regenerate, which is called spiritual life. IV. But by Spirit, when the Lord is spoken of, His Divine life is meant; thus the Lord Himself. V. In particular, the life of His Wisdom, which is called the Divine Truth. VI. That Jehovah Himself, that is, the Lord, spake the Word by the Prophets.

47. I. THAT BY THE SPIRIT IS MEANT THE LIFE OF MAN, may be evident from common speech; as that a man is said to yield up the spirit [breath] when he dies. Wherefore by spirit, in this sense, is meant the life of respiration. The word spirit also is derived from a word which means to breathe. Hence it is, that, in the Hebrew language, the same word means spirit [breath] and also wind. There are two fountains of life with man, one is the motion of the heart, and the other is the respiration of the lungs the life from the respiration of the lungs is what is properly meant by spirit, and also by soul. That this acts as one with man's thought from the understanding, but that the life from the motion of the heart acts as one with the love of man's will, will be seen in its proper place. That the life of man is meant by spirit in the Word, is evident from these passages: Thou takest away their SPIRIT [breath], they expire, and return unto their dust (Ps. civ. 29). He remembered that they were flesh; a SPIRIT [wind] that passeth away, and cometh not again (lxxviii. 39). His SPIRIT [breath] goeth forth, he returneth to his earth (cxlvi. 4). Hezekiah lamented that THE LIFE OF HIS SPIRIT should go out (Isa. xxxviii. 16). THE SPIRIT OF JACOB revived (Gen. xlv. 27). A molten image is falsehood, neither is there SPIRIT [breath] in it (Jer. li. 17). Thus saith the Lord Fehovih to the dry bones, I will cause SPIRIT [breath] to enter into you, that ye may live. Come from the four winds, O SPIRIT, AND BREATHE INTO THESE SLAIN, that they may live; and SPIRIT came into them, and they lived (Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 6,9, 10). Jesus took the maiden by the hand, and her SPIRIT came again, and she arose straightway (Luke viii. 54, 55).

48. II. BECAUSE THE LIFE OF MAN VARIES ACCORDING to his State, THEREFORE BY SPIRIT IS MEANT THE VARYING AFFECTION OF LIFE WITH MAN; as, (1.) The Life of WISDOM. Bezaleel was filled with THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM and intelligence and knowledge (Exod. xxxi. 3). Thou shalt speak to all that are wise in heart, whomsoever I have filled with THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM (Xxviii. 3). Joshua was full of THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM (Deut. xxxiv. 9). Belshazzar said of Daniel, that AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT of knowledge, intelligence, and WISDOM was in him (Dan. v. 14). Those also that erred IN SPIRIT shall learn intelligence (Isa. xxix. 24). (2.) AN EXCITEment of life. Jehovah HATH ROUSED THE SPIRIT of the kings of Media (Jer. li. 11). Jehovah STIRRED UP THE SPIRIT of Zerubbabel, and THE SPIRIT of all the remains of the people (Hag. i. 14). I give A SPIRIT TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA, that he may hear a rumor, and return to his land (Isa. xxxvii. 7). Jehovah HARDENED THE SPIRIT of Sihon the king (Deut. ii. 30). That WHICH COMETH UP UPON YOUR SPIRIT shall never come to pass (Ezek. xx. 32). (3.) LIBERTY Of life. The four animals, which were cherubs, seen by the prophet, went whithersoever there was THE SPIRIT to go (Ezek. i. 12, 20). (4.) LIFE IN FEAR, PAIN, Every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, AND EVERY SPIRIT SHALL FAINT (Ezek. xxi. 7). Therefore is my SPIRIT OVERWHELMED within me; my heart within me is desolate (Ps. cxliii. 4; cxlvi. 4). My SPIRIT FAILETH (cxliii. 7). I, Daniel, was GRIEVED IN MY SPIRIT (Dan. vii. 15). THE SPIRIT of Pharaoh was TROUBLED (Gen. xli. 8). Nebuchadnezzar said, My SPIRIT WAS TROUBLED (Dan. ii. 3). I went sad in THE HEAT of my SPIRIT (Ezek. iii. 14). (5.) A LIFE OF VARIOUS EVIL AFFECTIONS. [Blessed is the man] IN WHOSE SPIRIT IS NO GUILE (Ps. xxxii. 2). Jehovah hath mingled A PERVERSE SPIRIT in the midst thereof (Isa. xix. 14). Woe to the FOOLISH prophets who go after their own SPIRIT! (Ezek. xiii. 3.) The prophet is a fool, the MAN OF THE SPIRIT IS MAD (Hos. ix. 7).

AND ANGER.