35. Why do we
reject like words when we assert the oneness of power, since the
oneness of power extends so far that the Spirit rebukes, as the Father
rebukes, and as the Son rebukes. For so it is written:
“O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger, neither chasten me in Thy
displeasure.” Ps. vi. 1. Then in
the forty-ninth [fiftieth] Psalm, the Lord speaks thus: “I
will rebuke thee, and will set thy sins before thy
face.” Ps. l. [xlix.]
21. And in
like manner the Son said of the Holy Spirit: “When I go
away, I will send the Paraclete to you. And He, when He is come,
will rebuke the world, concerning sin, and concerning righteousness,
and concerning judgment.” S. John xvi. 7, 8.