14. And wouldest thou know that He
discourses and speaks? Philip by revelation of an Angel went down
to the way which leads to Gaza, when the Eunuch was coming; and the
Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this
chariot Acts viii. 29.. Seest thou
the Spirit talking to one who hears Him? Ezekiel also speaks
thus, The Spirit of the Lord came upon me, and said unto me, Thus
saith the Lord Ezek. xi. 5.. And again,
The Holy Ghost said Acts xiii. 2., unto the Apostles
who were in Antioch, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work
whereunto I have called them. Beholdest thou the Spirit
living, separating, calling, and with authority sending forth?
Paul also said, Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city,
saying that bonds and afflictions await me Ib. xx.
23.. For this good Sanctifier of the
Church, and her Helper, and Teacher, the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, of
whom the Saviour said, He shall teach you all things (and He said
not only, He shall teach, but also, He shall bring to your
remembrance whatever I have said unto you John xiv. 26.;
for the teachings of Christ and of the Holy Ghost are not different,
but the same)—He, I say, testified before to Paul what things
should befall him, that he might be the more stout-hearted, from
knowing them beforehand. Now I have spoken these things unto you
because of the text, The words which I have spoken unto you, they
are spirit; that thou mayest understand this, not of the utterance
of the lips Ib. vi.
63. The Holy
Spirit is more than words pronounced by the tongue, even than our
Lord’s own words, which he called spirit., but of the good
doctrine in this passage.