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But as pv ^ a , does not signify a . person , so neither can > s ^ yo $ in this connexion ; for they are evidently used here as synonymous terms . It is also said in Hcb . i . 3 , that our Lord " upholds all things by the word of his power , " ( pr j ^ ali SvvoiLLSvog ) .
But as pYj ^ a here must signify the spirit or energy of our Lord , &nd not another person ; so , when it is said 44 the worlds were framed ( fTj ^ c xJt Os& 9 Heb . xi . 3 ) by the word of God * " we should under .
stand by it the spirit or energy of God , and not another person distinct from God . Therefore the word and the spirit are the same . And it was before proved that the Father and the Spirit are
one and the same person : con * sequently , the Father , the Word , and the Spirit , are , all three , one and the same person . For if the Spirit of God is the power of God , Or God himself ; and the Word is the , same s& the Spirit ; then the Word also must be the Power or
Spirit of God , or God himself . In other words ; if the first and the third ( the Father and Spirit ) are one ; arid the second and third ( the Word and Spirit ) are also one ; then the first and second
( the Father and Word ) are also one . Consequently the Father , the Word , and Spirit are all three one , which is what was to be proved , and is asserted in the text .
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INFERENCES . istj As the Spirit of God and the Xoyos are the same , and the Spirit is not Jesus Christ , but the power of God ; therefore the
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2 d , As the im or Xoyog of the Old Testament , by which God made the world , is che power of energy of God , and God cannot be supposed to have employed two Xoyoi in the work of creation , the one a power and the other a
real person ; therefore , the Xoyog mentioned John i . 1-3 , by which # 11 things were made ( admitting that it refers to the creation of the natural world ) must signify a poweF and not a person ; and consequently the \ oyo $ spoken of in John i . 1-3 - cannot mean the
pre-existent soul of Jesus Christ ; and from hence it also follows , 3 d , That nothing can with cer ~ tainty be inferred from our text either in favour of the personality of the spirit or of the deity of our
Lord ; and they who believe this * will be in a good state of mind to > judge of the large bod ^ of evidence that has been brought against the genuineness of this passage , Dcx . ly 1807 .
