NONE BESIDE ME. Look unto Me, THAT YE MAY BE SAVED, all the ends of the earth; because I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE ELSE." xlv. 21, 22. "I am Jehovah, AND BESIDE ME THERE IS NO SAVIOR." xliii. 11. "I am Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt acknowledge no God but Me; and THERE IS NO SAVIOR BESIDE ME." Hosea xiii. 4. "Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his REDEEMER, Jehovah of hosts; I am the First and I am the Last, AND BESIDE ME THERE IS NO GOD." Isaiah xliv. 6. "Jehovah of hosts is his name, and thy REDEEMER the Holy one of Israel, the God of the whole earth shall He be called." liv. 5. "In that day, Jehovah shall be King over all the earth; and in that day JEHOVAH SHALL BE ONE and his name one." Zech. xiv. 9. Because the Lord alone is the Savior and Redeemer, and because it is said, that Jehovah is the Savior and Redeemer, and that there is none beside Him, it follows that the One God is no other than the Lord.

THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE DIVINE PROCEEDING FROM THE LORD, AND THAT IT IS THE LORD HIMSELF.

46. JESUS says in Matthew; "All power is given to Me in heaven and in earth; go ye, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you all the days, even to the consummation of the age." xxviii. 18-20. It has already been shown, that the Divine which is called the Father, and the Divine which is called the Son, in the Lord are one; it shall, therefore, now be shown, that the Holy Spirit is the same with the Lord. That the Lord said that they should baptize into the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, is, because there is a trine or trinity_in_the Lord; for there is the Divine which is called the Father, there is the Divine Human which is called the Son, and the Divine Proceeding, which is called the Holy Spirit. The Divine called the Father, and the Divine called the Son, is the Divine from which [all things are;] and the Divine Proceeding called the Holy Spirit, is the Divine by which [all things are.] That there is no other Divine that proceeds from the Lord, than the Divine which is Himself, may be seen in the works concerning DIVINE LOVE AND WISDOM, and DIVINE PROVIDENCE; for it is a subject of deeper investigation. That there is a trine in the Lord, may be illustrated by comparison with an angel; he has a soul and a body, and also a proceeding sphere; what proceeds from him, is himself out of him. Concerning this proceeding sphere it has been given me to know many things; but this is not the place to relate them. Every man who looks to God, is first instructed by angels after death, that the Holy Spirit is not a person separate from the Lord; and that to go forth, and to proceed, are nothing else, than to enlighten and to teach by the presence, which is according to the reception of the Lord; whence most of them after death divest themselves of the idea conceived in the world concerning the Holy Spirit, and receive the idea, that it is the presence of the Lord with man by angels and spirits, from which and according to which man is enlightened and taught. Besides, it is customary in the Word to

name two Divines [persons, as it were,] and sometimes three, which yet are one, as Jehovah and God, Jehovah and the Holy One of Israel, Jehovah and the Mighty One of Jacob, also God and the Lamb; but because these are one, it is also said in other places, Jehovah alone is God, Jehovah only is holy, and He is the Holy One of Israel, and there is none besides Him. Also the word Lamb is sometimes used for God, and the word God for Lamb; the latter in the Revelation, the former in the Prophets. That it is the Lord alone, who is meant by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Matthew xxviii. 19, is manifest from what precedes and follows there. In the preceding verse the Lord says, “All power is given to Me in heaven and in earth ;" and in the following verse, "Lo, I am with you all the days, even to the consummation of the age." Thus concerning Himself alone. Wherefore He said that, in order that they might know that there is a trinity in Him.

That it may be known, that the Holy Spirit is not another Divine [person] than the Lord himself, it shall be shown what is meant in the Word by spirit. By spirit is meant, I. The life of man in general. II. Because the life of man is various, according to his state, therefore by spirit is meant the various affections of life with man. III. Also the life of the regenerate, which is called spiritual life. IV. But where the word spirit is used concerning the Lord, his divine life is meant, thus the Lord himself. V. Specifically the life of his wisdom, which is called divine truth. VI. That Jehovah himself, that is, the Lord, spoke the Word by the prophets.

47. I. THAT BY THE SPIRIT IS MEANT THE LIFE OF MAN, is evident from common discourse, as that a man is said to give up the ghost, or spirit, when he dies. Wherefore by spirit, in this sense, is meant the life of respiration: the word spirit also is derived from a word which means to breathe. Thence also it is, that in the Hebrew language, one word means spirit, breath and wind. There are two fountains of life with man; one is the motion of the heart, and the other is the respiration of the lungs; the life from the respiration of the lungs is what is properly meant by spirit, and also by soul. That this acts in unity with the thought of man from the understanding, but that the life from the motion of the heart, acts in unity with the love of the will of man, will be seen in its proper place. That the life of man is meant by spirit in the Word, is evident from these

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passages. "Thou takest away their spirit, [breath,] they die and return to the dust." Psalm civ. 29. remembered that they were flesh, a spirit [wind] that passeth away and cometh not again." Ixxviii. 39. "His spirit [breath] goeth forth, he returneth to his earth." cxlvi. 4. Hezekiah lamented that the life of his spirit should go Isaiah xxxviii. 16. "The spirit of Jacob revived." Gen. xlv. 28. "A molten image is falsehood, neither is there spirit in it." Jer. xli. 17. "Thus saith the Lord Jehovih to the dry bones, I will cause spirit to enter into you, that ye may live. Come from the four winds, O spirit, [breath,] and breathe into these slain, that they may live; and spirit came into them, and they lived." Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 6. 9, 10. "Jesus took the maiden by the hand, and her spirit came again, and she arose straightway." Luke viii. 54, 55.

48. II. BECAUSE THE LIFE OF MAN IS VARIOUS ACCORDING TO HIS STATE, THAT THEREFORE BY SPIRIT IS MEANT THE VARIOUS AFFECTION OF LIFE WITH MAN; as, 1. The life of wisdom. "Bezaleel was filled with the spirit of wisdom, and intelligence, and knowledge." Exodus xxxi. 3. "Thou shalt speak to all that are wise in heart, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom." xxviii. 3. "Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom." Deut. xxxiv. 9. It is said concerning Daniel, "that an excellent spirit, and understanding, and knowledge were in him." Daniel v. 2. 9. "Those also who erred in spirit shall come to understanding." Isaiah xxix. 24. 2. An excitement of life. "Jehovah hath excited the spirit of the kings of Media." Jeremiah li. 11. "Jehovah excited the spirit of Zerubbabel, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people." Haggai i. 14. "I give a spirit to the king of Assyria, that he may hear a rumor, and return to his own land." Isaiah xxxvii. 7. "Jehovah hardened the spirit of Sihon the king." Deut. ii. 30. "That which cometh upon your spirit shall never come to pass." Ezekiel xx. 32. 3. Liberty of life. "The four animals, which were cherubs, seen by the prophet, went whithersoever the spirit was for going. 4. Life in fear, pain, and anger. Every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint.' Ezek. xxi. 7. "Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me, my heart within me is desolate." Psalm cxliii. 4. cxlvi. 4. "My spirit faileth." cxliii. 7. "I Daniel was grieved in my spirit." Daniel vii. 15. "The spirit of Pharaoh was

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troubled." Gen. xli. 8. Nebuchadnezzar said, "My spirit was troubled." Daniel ii. 3. "I went sad in the heat of my spirit." Ezek. iii. 14. 5. A life of various evil affections. "Blessed is the man, in whose spirit is no guile.' Psalm xxxii. 2. "Jehovah hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof." Isaiah xix. 14. "Wo to the foolish prophets who go after their own spirit." Ezek. xiii. 14. “The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad." Hosea ix. 7. "Take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously." Malachi ii. 16. "The spirit of whoredoms hath seduced them." Hosea iv. 12. "The spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them." v. 4. 66 If the spirit of jealousy come upon him." Numbers v. 14. "A man who wandereth in spirit and uttereth falsehood." Micah ii. 11. "A generation whose spirit was not steadfast with God." Psalm lxxviii. 8. "Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep." Isaiah xxix. 10. "Ye conceive chaff, ye bring forth stubble; as to your spirit, fire shall devour you." Isaiah xxxiii. 11. 6. Infernal life. "I will cause the unclean spirit to pass out of the land." Zech. xiii. 2. "When an unclean spirit goeth out of a man, he walketh through dry places;-and afterwards taketh seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there." Matthew xii. 43-45. "Babylon is become the hold of every foul spirit." Revelation xviii. 2. 7. Besides the infernal spirits themselves, by whom men are troubled. Matthew viii. 16. x. 1. xii. 43-45. Mark i. 23 -29. ix. 17-29. Luke iv. 33. 36. vi. 17, 18. vii. 21. viii. 2. 29. ix. 39. 42. 55. xi. 24-26. xiii. 11. Rev. xvi. 13, 14. viii. 2. 49. III. THAT BY SPIRIT IS MEANT THE LIFE OF THE REGENERATE, WHICH IS CALLED SPIRITUAL LIFE. 66 Jesus said, Unless a man be born of water, and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." John iii. 5. "A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes." Ezek. xxxvi. 26, 27. "I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within you." xi. 19. "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free spirit." Psalm li. 10. 12. "Make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit; why will ye die, Ó house of Israel?" Ezek. xviii. 31. "Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth."