Chapter 4.—The Glorification
of the Son by the Father Does Not Prove Inequality.
6. But here also let them wake up
if they can, who have thought this, too, to be a testimony on their
side, to show that the Father
is greater than the Son, because
the Son hath said, “Father, glorify me.” Why, the Holy Spirit
also glorifies Him. Pray, is the Spirit, too, greater than He?
Moreover, if on that account the Holy Spirit glorifies the Son,
because He shall receive of that which is the Son’s, and shall
therefore receive of that which is the Son’s because all things
that the Father has are the Son’s also; it is evident that when
the Holy Spirit glorifies the Son, the Father glorifies the Son.
Whence it may be perceived that all things that the Father hath are
not only of the Son, but also of the Holy Spirit, because the Holy
Spirit is able to glorify the Son, whom the Father glorifies. But
if he who glorifies is greater than he whom he glorifies, let them
allow that those are equal who mutually glorify each other. But it
is written, also, that the Son glorifies the Father; for He says,
“I have glorified Thee on the earth.”
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Truly let them beware lest the Holy
Spirit be thought greater than both, because He glorifies the Son
whom the Father glorifies, while it is not written that He Himself
is glorified either by the Father or by the Son.
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John xvii. 1, 4