45. And since that instance comes before us, that the Lord Jesus shall slay with the Spirit of His mouth, the Spirit is understood to be as it were the Sword of the Word. Lastly, in the Gospel also the Lord Jesus Himself says: “I came not to send peace but a sword.” S. Matt. x. 34. For He came that He might give the Spirit; and so there is in His mouth a two-edged sword, Rev. xix. 15. which is in truth the grace of the Spirit. So the Spirit is the Sword of the Word.