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Rh all things that the father hath are mine, wherefore I said, that he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you, John xvi. 14, 15. If I depart, I will send the comforter unto you, John xvi. 7. That the comforter is the holy ghost, John xiv. 26. The holy ghost was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified, John vii. 39. But after his glorification, Jesus breathed on his disciples and said, Receive ye the holy ghost, John xx. 22. and in the Revelation, Who shall not glorify thy name, O Lord, because thou only art holy, xv. 4. Inasmuch as the divine operation of the Lord, by virtue of his divine omnipresence, is signified by the holy ghost, therefore when the Lord spake to his disciples concerning the holy ghost, whom he would send from the father, he also said, I will not leave you comfortless, I go away, and come again unto you, and in that day ye shall know that I am in my father, and ye in me, and I in you, John xiv. 18. 20. 28. And just before his departure out of the world he said, ''Lo! I am with you always even to the end of the world'', Matt, xxviii. 20. Having read these words in their presence, the angel said, From these, and many other passages in the Word, it is evident, that the divine, which is called the holy ghost, proceedeth of the Lord from the father. Whereupon they that sat on the seats all confessed, This is divine truth. Lastly, This decree was passed, that from what hath been deliberated in this council, we see clearly, and of consequence acknowledge as holy truth, that in the Lord God the Saviour Jesus Christ there is a divine trinity, consisting of the all-begetting divinity, which is called father, the divine humanity, which is called the son, and the divine proceeding, which is called the holy ghost; then they lifted up their voices together, saying, In Jesus Christ dwelleth all the