4. He is called the Spirit, according to the
Scripture just now read, For to one is given by the Spirit the word
of wisdom 1 Cor. xii. 8.. He is called
the Spirit of Truth, as the Saviour says, When He, the Spirit of
Truth, is come John xvi. 13.. He is called
also the Comforter, as He said, For if I go not away, the Comforter
will not come unto you Ib. v.
7..
But that He is one and the
same, though called by different titles, is shewn plainly from the
following. For that the Holy Spirit and the Comforter are the
same, is declared in those words, But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost John xiv. 26.; and that the
Comforter is the same as the Spirit of Truth, is declared, when it is
said, And I will give you another Comforter, that He may abide with
you for ever, even the Spirit of Truth Ib. vv. 16,
17.;
and again, But when the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you
from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth Ib. xv.
26.. And He is called the Spirit of God,
according as it is written, And I saw the Spirit of God
descending John i. 32.; and again, For
as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of
God Rom. viii. 14.. He is called
also the Spirit of the Father, as the Saviour says, For it is not ye
that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in
you Matt. x. 20.; and again Paul
saith, For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, and the
rest;…that He would grant you to be strengthened by His
Spirit Eph. iii. 14–16.. He is also
called the Spirit of the Lord, according to that which Peter spake,
Why is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the
Lord Acts v. 9.? He is called
also the Spirit of God and Christ, as Paul writes, But ye are not in
the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in
you. But if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of
His Rom. viii. 9.. He is called
also the Spirit of the Son of God, as it is said, And because ye are
sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son Gal. iv. 6.. He is called also the Spirit of
Christ, as it is written, Searching what or what manner of time the
Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify 1 Pet. i. 11.; and again, Through your prayer, and the
supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ Phil. i. 19..