21. But that the Spirit is the Arbiter of the Divine Counsel, you may know even from this. For when above Book I. vi. we showed that the Holy Spirit was the Lord of baptism, and read that baptism is the counsel of God, as you read, “But the Pharisees despised the counsel of God, not being baptized of Him,” S. Luke vii. 30. it is quite clear that as there can be no baptism without the Spirit, so, too, the counsel of God is not without the Spirit.