An Apology for the Doctrine of the Trinity : being a chronological view of what is recorded concerning, the person of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the blessed Trinity, whether in the sacred writings, or in Jewish, Heathen, and Christian authors .. . is a direct prayer to theSaviour of mankind to hasten his comini^ TheApostle then closes the whole book with anothermore indirect one for his readers. T t 328. The 3 See Jones on the Trinity, p. 5, 3^o AN APOLOGY FOR THE 328. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with youall. Amen. We have now gone through the whole bible, andtraced the personal ch
An Apology for the Doctrine of the Trinity : being a chronological view of what is recorded concerning, the person of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the blessed Trinity, whether in the sacred writings, or in Jewish, Heathen, and Christian authors .. . is a direct prayer to theSaviour of mankind to hasten his comini^ TheApostle then closes the whole book with anothermore indirect one for his readers. T t 328. The 3 See Jones on the Trinity, p. 5, 3^o AN APOLOGY FOR THE 328. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with youall. Amen. We have now gone through the whole bible, andtraced the personal character of our blessed Saviourfrom the beoinnino; of the world to the close of the di-vine canon. We have seen what were the expectationsof mankind before he came—what were his own pre-tensions, both while he was here upon earth, and afterhe ascended into heaven—what the declarations of God,of Angels, of Devils, and of Men concerning him,during his abode here below^;—and what the represen-tations of his Disciples have been since he left ourworld, when they were under the fullest degree of spi-ritual illumination. The reader will do himself and thesubject the justice to review the whole, and then formhis judgment according to DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY. 331 PART THIRD. SECTION IT A view of the doctrine concerning THE HOLY SPIRIT, from theOld Testament. IN examining the doctrine concerning the Holy Spi-rit, it will be proper to trace it through the severalages of the world, as we have already done in the for-mer case, because the manifestation grows more clear,as we advance towards the perfection of the Christiandispensation. The bible opens with it. 329.* In the beginning God created the heavens and tfjeearth i and the earth zvas without form and void;and the Spirit of God moved * upon thefac^of the Ji-aters, Gen. i. i, 2. T t 2 From ? Moved upon—fi^ni^^^^^^* *^ ^ ^^^ °^^^ ^^ chick*ens. Milton has given us the exact idea. And chiefly. Thou, O Spirit, that dost p
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