Anf-03 v.iv.v.xviii Pg 19 “It is most certain that the Son of God, the second Person of the Godhead, is in the writings of the fathers throughout called by the title of Spirit, Spirit of God, etc.; with which usage agree the Holy Scriptures. See Pet
. iii. 18-20" id="v.iv.v.xviii-p19.1" parsed="|Mark|2|8|0|0;|Rom|1|3|1|4;|1Tim|3|16|0|0;|Heb|9|14|0|0;|1Pet|3|18|3|20" osisRef="Bible:Mark.2.8 Bible:Rom.1.3-Rom.1.4 Bible:1Tim.3.16 Bible:Heb.9.14 Bible:1Pet.3.18-1Pet.3.20">Mark ii. 8; Rom. i. 3, 4; 1 Tim. iii. 16; Heb. ix. 14; 1 Pet. iii. 18–20; also John vi. 63; compared with 56.”—Bp. Bull, Def. Nic. Creed (translated by the translator of this work), vol. i. p. 48 and note X. [The whole passage should be consulted.]
was operating and preaching on earth, it was necessary that the portion of the Holy Spirit which, in the form of the prophetic gift,4154
4154 Ex forma prophetici moduli.
had been through John preparing the ways of the Lord, should now depart from John,4155
