VIII. Upon his resurrection. 1 Pet. iii. 18. Christ, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. IX. The Spirit's influences upon the apostles, is a witness to Christ. John xv. 26. The Comforter, the Spirit of truth, he shall testify of me. Ver. 27. Acts v. 32. We are his witnesses; so also is the Holy Ghost. Rom. i. 4. Jesus Christ, declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness. 1 Tim. iii. 16. God was manifested in the flesh; justified in the Spirit. Heb. x. 15. The Holy Ghost is a wit ness unto us. 1 John v. 6. It is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the spirit is truth. -Ver. 7. There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost.-Ver. 8. There are three that bear record on earth, the Spirit, the water, and the blood. Rev. xix. 10. The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy. X. The Spirit's influence upon the apostles of Christ, furnishing them with the knowledge of divine truths, and utterance to express them. Luke xii. 12. The Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. Mark xiii. 11. xxi. 15. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or resist. Matt. x. 19, 20. xxiv. 49. Behold, I send the promise of the Father unto you: But tarry ye in Jerusalem till ye be endued with power from on high, Acts i. 4, 5. 8. John xiv. 16. I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, even the Spirit of truth, that he may abide with you.-Ver. 26. He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Luke xxiv. 49. xvi. 7. I will send the Comforter unto you.-Ver. 13. The Spirit of truth, he will guide you into all truth; and will show you things to come. Ver. 14, 15. Ver. 26. He shall testify of me; and ye shall also bear witness. Ver. 27. Acts ii. 4. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost.-Ver. 14. Peter said, This is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel. Joel ii. 28. Ver. 33. Jesus, being by the right hand of God exalted, hath shed forth this which ye now see and hear. Acts iv. 8. Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said, Give ear. Ver. 31. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. vi. 10. They were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit, by which Stephen spake. vii. 55. Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost, looked up into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. viii. 29. The Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join this chariot. x. 19, 20. The Spirit said to Peter, Behold, three men seek thee. Go with them, for I have sent them. Ch. xi. 12. xiii. 2. As they ministered unto the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work of the ministry, whereunto I have appointed them. Ver. 4. They, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia. xiii. 9-11. Saul, filled with the Holy Ghost, said, O full of all subtilty, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind. Ver. 52. The apostles were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. xv. 28. It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burthen than these necessary things. xvi. 6. They were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia. -Ver. 7. They assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. xix. 6. The Holy Ghost fell on them, and they spake with tongues and prophesied. xx. 22. Paul said, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem.- Ver. 23. The Holy Ghost witnesseth, saying, That bonds and afflictions abide me. Ver. 21. Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers. xxi. 4. Čertain disciples said to Paul, through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 1 Cor. ii. 4, 5. Paul said, My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith might not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Ver. 9, 10. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things that God hath wise unto salvation, through faith in prepared for them that love him. But Christ Jesus. God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit. Isa. lxiv. 8. Ver. 12, 13. We have received the Spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth. vii. 40. I think also that I have the Spirit of God. 2 Cor. iii. 6. God hath made us able ministers of the New Testament: not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.Ver. 8. Ministration of the Spirit is glo rious. vi. 4. Approving ourselves as the ministers of God, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned. Ver. 6. Gal. i. 11, 12. The gospel which was preached of me, is not after man: For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Ver. 16. It pleased God to reveal his Son in me, that I should preach him among the heathen. Eph. ii. 20. Ye are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, an habitation of God through the Spirit. Ver. 22. iii. 4. The mystery of the knowledge of Christ, is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.-Ver. 8. Unto me is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Ver. 7. 1 Thess. i. 5. Our word came in power, and in the Holy Ghost. 1 Pet. i. 12. Those who have preached the gospel unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. Ch. iv. 11. Rev. i. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's dav. ii. 7. Hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Ver. 11. 17. 29. Ch. iii. 6.-xiii. 22. xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; yea, saith the Spirit, &c. xvii. 3. He carried me away in the Spirit. xxii. 17. The Spirit and the bride say, Come. XI. Hence the following character is given of the Holy Scriptures, as written by the prophets and apostles. 2 Tim. iii. 15. The holy scriptures are able to make thee Ver. 16, 17. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. Rom. xv. 4. The scriptures were written for our learning. 2 Pet. i. 21. Holy men spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Heb. i. 1, 2. God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things. XII. Miraculous gifts of the Spirit upon the apostles, and some primitive Christians. Acts ii. 4. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Ver. 8. 11. 17. x. 44. While Peter spake, the Holy Ghost fell on all that heard the word.Ver. 45. On the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost-Ver. 47. Peter said, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost. xi. 15, 16. The Holy Ghost fell on them, (the Gentiles,) as on us. Then remembered they the word of the Lord, Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.Ver. 17. God gave them, (the Gentiles,) the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 24. Barnabas was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith. xv. 8. God, which knoweth the earts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as unto us. xix. 6. They spake with tongues, and prophesied. Rom. xv. 18. I will not dare to speak of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed; through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God. 1 Cor. xii. 4. There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. Ver. 7-11. The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge; to another faith; to another the gifts of healing; to an other the working of miracles; to another Zech. iv. 6. Thus saith the word of prophecy; to another the discerning of the Lord, Not by might nor by power, spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; but by my Spirit, saith the Lord, shall ye to another the interpretation of tongues. But all these worketh that one and the self same Spirit, dividing severally to every man as he will. Ver. 30. 1 Cor. xiv. 2. In the Spirit he speaketh mysteries. Heb. ii. 4. God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost. Concerning the gifts of tongues, see 1 Cor. xiii. 8-xiv. 2. 5, 6. 18. 22, 23. 39. XIII. The influences of the Spirit upon the minds of Christians in general, in their sanctification. Gen. vi. 3. God said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man. Neh. ix. 20. Thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them. Ps. li. 11. Take not thy holy Spirit from me. Ver. 12. Uphold me with thy free Spirit. cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good, lead me. Prov. i. 33. I will pour out my Spirit unto you, and make known my words unto you. Isa. xxxii. 5. Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field. Ver. 16. Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. xlv. 3. I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine off spring. lix. 21. This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord, My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed. Ixiii. 11. Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? Ezek. xi. 19. I will put a new Spirit within you. Ch. xxxvi. 26. xxxvi. 27. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. Ch. xxxvii. 14. xxxix. 29. I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel, saith the Lord. Mic. ii. 7. Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened? Hag. ii. 5. My Spirit remaineth among you, fear not. prevail. xii. 10. I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication. Matt. iii. 11. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. John iii. 5, 6. Except a man be born of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. Ver. 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. vi. 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth. vii. 39. This spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him should receive. xvi. 8. He will reprove the world of sin, and of judgment. Acts v. 32. Also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. vi. 3. Look ye out men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost, and of wisdom.-Ver. 8. They chose Stephen, a man full of the Holy Ghost. ix. 31. The churches walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. Rom. v. 5. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us. viii. 1, 2. There is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Ver. 5. They that are after the Spirit do mind the things of the Spirit. Ver. 9. Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit; if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Ver. 11. If the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Jesus from the dead, shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Ver. 13. If ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Ver. 14-16. As many as are, led by xiv. 17. The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. * xv. 13. Abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Ver. 16. That the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 1 Cor. iii. 13. Know ye not that ye are the temple of the Holy Ghost, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? vi. 11. Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Ver. 19. Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have of God. xii. 3. No man, speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accursed; and no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. xiv. 15. I will pray with the spirit: I will sing with the spirit. 2 Cor. i. 22. God hath sealed us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. iii. 3. Ye are the epistle of Christ, written with the Spirit of the living God, in fleshly tables of the heart. Ver. 17. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Ver. 18. We are changed from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord. iv. 13. We, having the Spirit of faith, believe. v. 5. God hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. xii. 18. Walked we not in the same Spirit. xiii. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. Gal. iii. 2. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? iii. 3. Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Ver. 14. That we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. ix. 6. God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Ver. 29. He that was born after the flesh, persecuted him that was born after the Spirit. v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Ver. 16, 17. Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary. Ver. 18. If ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Ver. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. Ver. 23. Ver. 25. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. vi. 8. He that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Eph. i. 13. Ye were sealed with the holy Spirit of promise. Ver. 16, 17. Making mention of you in our prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him. ii. 18. We have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Ver. 22. Ye are built up an habitation of God through the Spirit. iii. 16. God grant you to be strengthened with might, by his Spirit, in the inner man. iv. 3, 4. Keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit. Ver. 30. The holy Spirit, wherewith ye are sealed. v. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.-Ver. 18. Be filled with the Spirit. vi. 17, 18. Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Praying with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit. Phil. i. 19. I know that this shall turn to my salvation, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. ii. 1. If there be any fellowship of the Spirit, be ye like minded. iii. 3. We are the circumcision, which worship of God in the Spirit, which rejoice in Christ Jesus, &c. Col. i. 8. Epaphras declared to us your love in the Spirit. 1 Thess. i. 6. Ye received the wordwith joy of the Holy Ghost. iv. 8. God hath given unto us his holy Spirit. v. 9. Quench not the Spirit. 2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth. 1 Tim. iv. 12. Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 2 Tim. i. 7. God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of love, and of a sound mind.-Ver. 14. That good thing committed to thee, keep by the Holy Ghost. Tit. iii. 5. Ged, according to his mercy saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Heb. iii. 7. The Holy Ghost saith, Today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus. Ver. 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth, through the Spirit, unto the unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. iv. 6. For this cause was the gospel preached unto them that are dead, that they might live according to God in the Spirit. Ver. 14. The Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. 1 John ii. 20. Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. iii. 24. We know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. iv. 2. Every Spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God.-Ver. 6. Hereby know we the Spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. Ver. 13. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. Jude 20. Ye, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. Rev. xxii. 17. The Spirit and the bride say, Come. XIV. The Spirit's influence upon governors, magistrates, and warriors. Gen. xli. 31. Pharaoh said, Can we find such a man as this, in whom the Spirit of God is? Numb. xi. 17. The Lord said unto Moses, I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and I will put it upon the elders, and they shall bear the burthen of the people with thee. xxvii. 18. The Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thine hand upon him.Ver. 21. At his word shall they go out, and at his word shall they come in, even all the congregation. xxxiv. 9. Joshua was full of the Spirit of wisdom, and the children of Israel hearkened unto him. Judges iii. 10. The Spirit of the Lord came upon Othniel, and he judged and went out to war. Ch. vi. 34. Upon Gideon. Ch. xi. 29. Upon Jephtha. Ch. xiii. 25. xiv. 6.19.xv. 14. Upon Samson.-1 Sam. x. 6.xi. 6. Upon Saul. -Chap. xvi. 13. Upon David-1 Chron. xi. 18. Upon Amasai. That the Spirit directed in making the high priest's vestments; see Exod. xxviii. 3. xxxi. 10. In making the altar, and other things pertaining to God's external worship among the Jews; see Exod. xxxi. from ver. 1 to ver. 12. XV. The Spirit proceedeth from the Father and the Son; or is given and sent by them. Matt. iii. 11. He [Christ] shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. Mark i. 8. Luke iii. 16. John i. 33. Acts i. 5. Luke xi. 13. How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit. xxiv. 49. I send the promise of the Father unto you. John xiv. 16. 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. xv. 26. When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father. xvi. 7. I will send him unto you. Ver. 8. He shall reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. Ver. 13. He will guide you |