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and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not:"-with Acts xxviii. 25, 26 "And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive." Simeon's song is addressed to the Holy Spirit. It was revealed to him by the Spirit that he should not depart, till he had seen the Lord's Christ; and in his song he addresses the Divine Person that made this promise to him, (that is, the Holy Spirit,) and acknowledges that the promise was fulfilled. If we compare the third and fourth verses of the fifth chapter of the Acts, we shall see that to lie to God and to lie to the Holy Ghost are convertible and equivalent expressions: "But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God." Ezekiel the Spirit gives life to the dry bones; in Rom. viii. 11, we read-"The Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies."

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John iii. 6- "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."

1 John v. 4-"Whosoever is born of God overcometh the world." Here we see that to be born of the Spirit, and to be born of God, is the same thing.

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Acts xiii. 2-"As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them." Heb. v. 4-"And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron." Here we see the Spirit doing what is declared to be the exclusive prerogative of God.

Matt. ix. 38"Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest." Acts xiii. 4-"So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus." This is evidence not only of an attribute of God being declared to be an attribute of the Holy Spirit, but also of worship being paid to Him.

John xiv. 17-"Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you." 1 Cor. xiv. 25-"And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth." These two passages show that the Spirit of truth and the indwelling God are one and the same Being.

2 Tim. iii. 16-"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." 1 Pet. i. 12-"Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have.

preached the Gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven." Thus inspiration, the prerogative of God, is declared to be the prerogative of the Holy Ghost.

John vi. 45-"It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God." 1 Cor. ii. 13— "Which things we also speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.” John xiv. 26-"But the Comforter," which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." Thus the prophecy that Christians "shall be taught of God," is fulfilled in the teaching of the Holy Ghost.

Acts v. 3-"But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?" Acts v. 4- "Whiles it remained was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God." Thus the perfect identity of God and the Holy Ghost is affirmed.

1 Cor. ii. 11-"For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God." 1 Cor. ii. 14-"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him." These two texts show that the things of God, and the things of the Spirit of God, are the things of one Person.

Deut. vi. 16-"Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah." Acts v. 9

"Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?" Thus to tempt the Spirit of God is the same thing as to tempt God.

In Ezekiel xxxvii. 9-"Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind; prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live"-the Spirit of God is represented as the great quickener of the dead.

In Acts ii. 24-"Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death,"-1 Peter iii. 18" Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit,"-Rom. i. 4 — "And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead,"-the Holy Spirit is set forth as raising Christ from the dead.

In Matt. xii. 28-"But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you," Luke xi. 20-"But if I, with the finger of God, cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you,"-Acts xix. 11-"And God wrought special miracles by the hand of Paul," - Rom. xv. 19

"Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God,"-the Spirit is represented as the source of all miraculous power.

In 1 Cor. iii. 17-"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are," John xiv. 17-"Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye

know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you," he is represented as dwelling in the people of God.

Now is it possible to conceive, that he who is thus identified with God in every word of truth, in every act of power, is any other than God? Is it possible to believe, that he who gives life to the dead soul, raises from the tomb the dead body, inspires Scripture, performs miracles, gives ministers to the church, and dwells in all saints, at all times, and in all places of the world, is any other than God? To change the heart is a more stupendous exercise of power than to create the universe. To mould and shape yielding matter into countless forms of beauty, into suns and stars and minerals and flowers, is beyond all dispute the evidence of the finger of God; but to allay evil passions, to dethrone corruption from the human heart, to transform by a touch the heart of stone into a heart of flesh, and to construct from the ruins of the soul a residence for Deity, is an expression of yet greater power. A saint is a monument of greater might than a fixed star; a Christian is a more glorious thing than creation itself.

In the Epistle to the Hebrews the Spirit is represented as having the attribute of eternity, where Christ is said to have "offered himself through the eternal Spirit." We are baptized in his name, we are blessed in his name, we are taught by his wisdom, we are comforted by his consolations. None is able to do all this, save he who is God.

If, then, we revert to the banks of the ancient Jordan, and the baptism of Jesus, or if we refer to our own baptism, "in the name of the Father, and of the Son,

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