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and the Power of the Highest shall overshadow ftiee . " * 'Duke i . 35 . From wfiich passage , it evidently appears that the spirit and power of God are one and + he same
thing . Also , our Lor'd says , " if 1 cast out demons by the Spirit of God "—Matt , xii ^ 28 . BCit in Luke xi . 20 , he says , * if I with the finger of God cast out demons . ' ' Now the finger of God , is certainly the power or energy of God ; and therefore his spirit
must signify his power or energy . Agrceaby to which , it is said , when our Lord { performed a certain miracle , ie they were amazed at the mighty power of God . *' Luke ix . 42 . Like the magicians
of Egypt , they were inclined to say , this "is the finger of God . " Exod . viii . 9 * That is , this is the power of God . But as the power
of God , is God himself , or his energy ; so the Spirit of God . > being the same as his power , must be God himself or his energy . And so many persons at length probably begin to believe . It there * fore appears that the Father and the Spirit are one and the safne
person . And , II , The Word and Spirit are one and " the same * both in the Hebrew and Greek languages , , ist . Theyjafe so in the Hebrew language . For what the Spirit of God . is said to have clone in the
works of creation , the Worci of God is also said td have done /' It is said in Gen . i . 2 . that " the spirit ( rn ~ 0 of God moved upon the waters / ' And in Job xxxiii . 4 , " the Spirit ( mi ) of God made toe . " Also in Job'xxvi , 13 . and
Malachi ii . 19 . But in Ps . xxxiiu 6 , it is said "by the word ( lain ) of Jehovah were the heavens made /' And ia Ps * evfi . 20 , " he sent
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forth his word ( in ^ T ) and healed them . " . And in Ps . cxlvri . 1 $ , " He sendeth out his wor ^ ( 1 ii"r ) *' So that the wdra ancl spirit are dne and the same thing in the Hebrew phraseology . For What the Spirit of God is said to have done , his word is also said to have
done . And 5 > d , The Word and Spirit are the same ifi the Greek language ,
For it ts said , Gen . i . 2 , that the Spirit ( tfveupbL , LX& . ) of God moved upon the face of the waters ! . And in Job xxxiii . 4 The Spirit ( tfvsvpoC ) of God made me . " Also in Job xxvi . 13 , and Malachi ii .
15 . But in Ps . xxxiii . 6 , it is Said , * ' By the word ( XoyoS ) of Jehovah , were the heavens made . " And in Ps . cvii . 20 , " He sent forth his word ( 7 ov Xoyov avis ) andT healed them . " And Ps . cxlvii .
18 , " . He sendeth out his word ( Toy Xoyov az ; 7 ^)' and rnelteth them . " 2 Pet . iii . 5 tfC For this they are willingly ignorant of , that by the word of God ( 7 a ; Is Os& Koywy the heavens were of old . Therefore the Xoyog koll irv £ vu , < x that is , the word * "and spirit , affe the same ; and that the New Testament writers meant by the terifi \ oyog , in relation to the creation Sec . the same as the spirit or
power of G , od , and not a distinct person froup- the Father , appears , not only from their being well acquainted with the Septuagint , and knowing in what sense the term was used there ; but also
from what we find in Heb . xi . 3 , where it is said , " through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God > ' ' ( prjfAxli < 3 > s& ) where ' pr ^ < oCli 5 > sa is put for frcyutj ® z $ t as we have it in the Septungint in Ps . xx ^ iii * 0 'and Psf cvii . SO .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1808, page 99, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2389/page/43/
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