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tinder the character of a son, and only-begotten sou, 

 but to convince us, that he has all the natural, essen- 

 tial attributes of his Father, that as a human son, 

 possesses the entire human nature, so the Son of God 

 possesses the entire Divine Nature. 



That the Holy Spirit, who is in scripture distin* 

 guished from the Father and the Son, is a distinct 

 person from both, is plain from the commission given 

 the Apostles to baptize, in the Name of the Father, 

 and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. This forin^ 

 if each of these be not a distinct person, sufficiently 

 tends to confound mankind. If the Holy Ghost be 

 not a distinct Person, but only a Power of the Father, 

 then the sense of it runs thus, " Go and baptize in 

 the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of tluj 

 Father again." Therefore to say, the Third Person, 

 here mentioned, is a mere name, and imports only 

 the power of the Father, is not only charging God 

 with laying a snare to deceive us, but denying his 

 commission to be common sense. 



That the Holy Spirit is God, is evident from reve- 

 lation, which every where distinguishes him by this 

 peculiar character of Holy. For absolute holiness is 

 the peculiar attribute ot the absolutely supreme God ; 

 and he being every where called " The Holy Spirit,'' 

 by way of excellency, and distinction from all created 

 spirits, that epithet must imply an original, intrinsic, 

 and essential holiness in him. Especially if we ob- 

 serve, that this is his constant, distinguishing charac- 

 ter, not only where he is mentioned with relation to 



