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Because of this eternal unity of the divine
nature, the Holy Spirit is called in one passage the Spirit of the Father, and
in another the Spirit of the Son. Thus the Lord Jesus Christ, in telling His
disciples not to be anxious about answering their accusers, says: ' It 1
is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.' In
the same way the Apostle writes to Christians: 'Because 2 ye are
sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba,
Father".' Both titles are sometimes given Him in the same passage, as, for
example, in the following: 'But 3 ye are not in the flesh, but in the
spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not
the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.'
From a careful study of the holy Scriptures it is evident that the creation
of the world, the redemption of mankind, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the dead and the great judgement, are spoken of in intimate
connexion now with the Father, now with the Son, now with the Holy Spirit, and
yet this is done in such a way as to make it clear that the three divine
Hypostases are so united in nature, dignity, power and will, that in these
respects they are only one God. This has already appeared from such passages as
we have quoted: it will be still more clear from such as the
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DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY TRINITY
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following: ' Thou, 1 O LORD, art our father; our redeemer from
everlasting is thy name.'
Blessed 2 be the Lord, the God of Israel;
For be hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,
And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us
In the house of his servant David.
'Giving 3 thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in light; who delivered us out of the power of
darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; in whom we
have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.' 'Apart 4 from the
law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and
the prophets; even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto
all them that believe; for there is no distinction; for all have sinned, and
fall short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God set forth to be a propitiation,
through faith, by his blood, to show his righteousness, because of the passing
over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God; for the showing, I
say, of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just,
and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.' 'God 5 hath
raised the Lord, and will raise up us through
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