Psalm civ. 30. "The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth." John iv. 23. "Jehovah God giveth breath to the people, and spirit to those who walk in the earth." Isaiah xlii. 5. "Jehovah formeth the spirit of man within him." Zech. xii. 1. "With my soul have I desired Thee in the night, yea with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early." Isaiah xxvi. 9. "In that day shall Jehovah be for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment." xxxviii. 6. 66 My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior." Luke i. 47. "They have quieted my spirit in the north country." Zech. vi. 8. "Into thy hand I commend my spirit; Thou hast redeemed me." Psalm xxxi. 5. "Did not He make one, yet had He the residue of the spirit." Malachi ii. 15. "And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered into the two witnesses slain by the beast." Rev. xi. 11. "He that formeth the mountains, and created the spirit, is Jehovah." Amos iv. 13. "And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh." Numb. xvi. 22. "Take thee Joshua, the son Nun, a man in whom is the spirit." xxvii. 18. "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace." Zech. xii. 10. "Until He pour the spirit upon us from on high." Isaiah xxxii. 15. "I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon thy seed." xliv. 3. "I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; also upon the servants and upon the handmaids, in those days, will I pour out my spirit." Joel ii. 28, 29. By pouring out the spirit is meant to regenerate; likewise by giving a new heart and a new spirit.

That by Spirit, is meant spiritual life communicated to those who are in humiliation. "I dwell in the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite." Isaiah lvii. 15. "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart God doth not despise." Psalm li. 17. "He will give the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." Isaiah lxiii. 3. "The Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken, and grieved in spirit." liv. 6. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens." Matthew V. 3.

50. IV. THAT WHERE THE WORD SPIRIT IS USED CONCERNING THE LORD, HIS DIVINE LIFE IS MEANT, THUS THE

LORD HIMSELF, is evident from these passages. "He whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God, for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto Him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand." John iii. 34, 35. "There shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse, and the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might." Isaiah xi. 12. "I have put my Spirit upon Him, He shall bring forth judgment to the nations." xlii. 1. "When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of Jehovah shall lift up a standard against him; and then shall He come to Zion a Redeemer." lix. 19, 20. "The Spirit of the Lord Jehovih is upon Me, Jehovah hath anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor." xli. 1. Luke iv. 18. "Jesus perceived in his Spirit that they thought thus within themselves." Mark ii. 8. "Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said." Luke x. 21. "Jesus was troubled in his spirit." John xiii. 21. "Jesus sighed deeply in his spirit." Mark viii. 12.

The word Spirit is used for Jehovah himself, or the Lord. "God is Spirit." John iv. 24. "Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or who hath been the man of his counsel ?" Isaiah xl. 13. "The Spirit of Jehovah led them by the hand of Moses." lxiii. 12. 14. "Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, or whither shall I flee from thy presence?" Psalm cxxxix. 7. "Not by might, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah." Zech. iv. 6. "They vexed his Holy Spirit, therefore He was turned to be their enemy." Isaiah lxiii. 10. "My Spirit shall not always strive with man, because he is flesh." Gen. vi. 3. "I will not contend for ever, because the spirit would fail before Me." Isaiah lvii. 16. "Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven; but whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him." Matthew xii. 31, 32. Mark iii. 28-30. Luke xii. 10. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, is blasphemy against the Divine of the Lord; that against the Son of Man is something against the Word, by interpreting the sense of it erroneously; for the Son of Man is the Lord as to the Word, as was shown above.

51. V. THAT BY THE WORD SPIRIT, WHEN USED CONCERNING THE LORD, IS SPECIFICALLY MEANT THE LIFE OF HIS WISDOM, WHICH IS THE DIVINE TRUTH. "I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go

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not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send him to you." John xvi. 7. "And when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth; he shall not speak from himself, but whatso ever he shall hear, that shall he speak." xvi. 13. "He shall glorify Me, for he shall receive of mine, and show unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine; therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and show unto you." xvi. 14, 15. "I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, even the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it seeth it not, neither knoweth it; but ye know it, for it dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you; ye shall see Me." xiv. 16-19. "When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, he shall testify of Me." xv. 26. Jesus cried, saying, If any one thirst, let him come to Me and drink; he that believeth in Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. This spake He of the Spirit which those who believe in Him should receive. The Holy Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified." vii. 37-39. "Jesus breathed into the disciples and said, Receive ye the Holy Spirit." xx. 22. That the Lord, by the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, and the Holy Spirit, meant Himself, is manifest from these words of the Lord, That the world as yet knew Him not, for as yet they knew not the Lord: and when He said that He would send him, He added, "I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you, and ye shall see Me." John xiv. 16— 19. 26. 28. And again; Lo, I am with you all the days, even to the consummation of the age." Matt. xxviii. 20. And when Thomas said, We know not whither thou goest, Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth." John xiv. 5, 6. Because the Spirit of truth, or the Holy Spirit, is the same with the Lord, who is the Truth itself, it is therefore also said, "The Holy Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified," vii. 39; for after the glorification, or full union with the Father, which was effected by the pas sion of the cross, then the Lord was the divine Wisdom and the divine Truth itself, thus the Holy Spirit. That the Lord breathed into the disciples and said, Receive the Holy Spirit, was, because all the respiration of heaven is from the Lord; for angels as well as men have respiration, and pulsation of the heart; their respiration is according to

their reception of divine wisdom from the Lord, and their pulsation of the heart according to their reception of divine love from the Lord; that it is so, will be seen in its proper place.

That the Holy Spirit is the divine Truth from the Lord, is still more manifest, from these passages: "When they bring you to the synagogues, be not solicitous what ye shall say, for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say." Luke xii. 12. Mark xiii. 11. "Thus saith Jehovah, My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth." Isaiah lix. 21. "There shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse and He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the spirit [breath] of his lips shall He slay the wicked; and truth shall be the girdle of his reins." xi. 1. 4, 5. "With the mouth He hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them." xxxiv. 16. "Those who worship God, must worship in spirit and in truth." John iv. 25. "It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing; the words that I speak to you, are spirit and are life." vi. 63. John said, "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but He that cometh after me shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." Matthew iii. 11. Mark i. 8. Luke iii. 16. To baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire, is to regenerate by the divine truth, which is of faith, and the divine good, which is of love. "When Jesus was baptized, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove." Matthew iii. 16. Mark i. 10. Luke iii. 22. John i. 32, 33. A dove is a representative of purification and regeneration by divine truth.

Since by the Holy Spirit, where it relates to the Lord, is meant his divine Life, thus Himself, and specifically the life of his wisdom, which is called the divine Truth, therefore by the spirit of the prophets, which is also called the Holy Spirit, is meant the divine Truth from the Lord; as in the following passages. "The Spirit saith unto the

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churches." Rev. ii. 7. 11. 29. iii. 1. 6. 13. 22. were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God." Rev. iv. 5. "In the midst of the elders stood a lamb, having seven eyes, which_are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth." Rev. v. 6. Lamps of fire, and the eyes of the Lord, signify divine truths, and seven signifies what is holy. "Yea, saith

the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors."

Rev. xiv. 13. "The Spirit and the bride say, Come." Rev. xxii. 17. 66 "They made their hearts as an adamant stone, that they might not hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts sent in his spirit by the hand of the prophets." Zech. vii. 12. "The spirit of Elijah came upon Elisha." 2 Kings ii. 15. "John shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah." Luke i. 17. "Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she prophesied." Luke i. 41. "Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied." Luke i. 67. "David said, in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit Thou at my right hand." Mark xii. 36. "The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." Rev. xix. 10. Because now by the Holy Spirit is specifically meant the Lord as to divine wisdom, and thence as to divine truth, it is manifest whence it is, that it is said concerning the Holy Spirit, that it enlightens, teaches, and inspires.

52. VI. THAT JEHOVAH HIMSELF, THAT IS, THE LORD, SPOKE THE WORD BY THE PROPHETS. It is read concerning the prophets, that they were in vision, and that Jehovah spoke with them. When they were in vision, they were not in their body, but in their spirit, in which state they saw such things as are in heaven; but when Jehovah spoke with them, they were then in the body, and heard Jehovah speaking. These two states of the prophets should be accurately distinguished. In the state of vision the eyes of their spirit were open, and the eyes of their body shut, and then also they appeared to themselves to be carried from place to place, the body still remaining in its own place. Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel, were sometimes in this state; and also John, when he wrote the Revelation; and then it is said, that they were in vision or in the spirit. EZEKIEL says, "The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in vision by the spirit of God into Chaldea, to those of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up over me." xi. 1. 24. He says too, that the Spirit took him up, and he heard behind him an earthquake, and other things. ii. 12. 14. Also that the spirit lifted him up between the earth and heaven, and brought him in the visions of God to Jerusalem, and he saw abominations. viii. 3. Wherefore, in like manner, in the vision of God, or in the spirit, he saw the four animals, which were cherubs, i. and x.; also a new earth and a new temple, and an angel measuring it, concerning which, see xl. xlviii. That he was then in the visions