him, were therefore guilty of lying unto Gode; and they who had him dwelling in them, were therefore the temples of the living Godf.]
Nevertheless in some respects he is subordinate both to the Father and the Son —
[In the order of subsistence, as the Father is not of the Son, but the Son of the Father, so neither the Father nor the Son proceeds from the Spirit, but the Spirit from them, inas- much as he proceeds from the Father, and is sent by the Son. In the order of operation also the Spirit is inferior : the Father is represented as the fountain of authority and of blessings : the Son acts as his servantg: and the Spirit acts under Christ, being sent or deputed by him, (according as it was determined in the eternal counsels of the Father,) to apply to men that redemption, which was procured for them by his death. The Spirit acted in this subordinate capacity before the time of Christ's incarnation : it was by him that Christ went and preached to the antediluvian world11: by him also he inspired the prophets to foretel the things relating to his sufferings and glory1. During the days of our Lord's ministry on earth the Spirit still acted in subserviency to him ; it was by the Spirit that Christ cast out devils k, and performed his other miracles. In a more especial manner did the Spirit exert himself in sub- serviency to Christ after he had ascended to heaven; it was then that the Spirit began fully to execute the office assigned him, and to " glorify Christ" before an ungodly and unbe- lieving world1. To this very hour does the Spirit bear the same part, " convincing the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment™," in order to magnify Christ, and to enlarge his kingdom.]
As our attention is principally directed to the Holy Spirit, we shall proceed to state, II. The particular office committed to him —
The Father, Son, and Spirit, have distinct and dif- ferent offices in the economy of redemption. That of the Spirit is twofold :
1. To be a witness for Christ —
[Our blessed Lord died under circumstances of the deepest ignominy and reproach ; being treated by his whole nation as the vilest of malefactors. Nor could it be conceived that one, who under such circumstances saved not himself, should be
e Acts v. 3, 4. f 1 Cor. iii. 16, 17. s Isai. xlii. 1.
h 1 Pet. iii. 18, 19. ! 1 Pet. i. 11. * Matt. xii. 28.
1 John xvi. 14. m John xvi. 8.