172. Learn now that as the Father is the Fount of Life, so, too, many have stated that the Son is signified as the Fount of Life; Ps. xxxvi. [xxxv.] 9. so that, he says, with Thee, Almighty God, Thy Son is the Fount of Life. That is the Fount of the Holy Spirit, In these words St. Ambrose appears plainly to set forth the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Son, though he admits that some consider the Father to be the Fount of Life, but he argues even in this case the Son was with Him. for the Spirit is Life, as the Lord says: “The words which I speak unto you are Spirit and Life,” S. John vi. 64. for where the Spirit is, there also is Life; and where Life is, is also the Holy Spirit.