XXX. They who say and teach these things,
and moreover call Him another Paraclete in the sense of another God,
who know that blasphemy against Him alone cannot be forgiven, Matt. xii. 31. and who branded with such fearful infamy
Ananias and Sapphira for having lied to the Holy Ghost, what do you
think of these men? Acts v. 3, etc. Do they
proclaim the Spirit God, or something else? Now really, you must
be extraordinarily dull and far from the Spirit if you have any doubt
about this and need some one to teach you. So important then, and
so vivid are His Names. Why is it necessary to lay before you the
testimony contained in the very words? And whatever in this case
also As before in the case
of the Son. See above, Theol., iii. 18. is said in more lowly fashion, as that He is
Given, Sent, Divided; that He is the Gift, the Bounty, the Inspiration,
the Promise, the Intercession for us, and, not to go into any further
detail, any other expressions of the sort, is to be referred to the
First Cause, that it may be shewn from Whom He is, and that men may not
in heathen fashion admit Three Principles. For it is equally
impious to confuse the Persons with the Sabellians, or to divide the
Natures with the Arians.