CHAPTER III.—OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. SECT. I.--PASSAGES OF HOLY WRIT, SHOWING THE TIONS OF THE WORDS "SPIRIT, HOLY SPIRIT, (1) ♬¬, πvevμa, spiritus, ' spirit, ghost, wind,' &c. 1. Wind, air in motion.-Gen. viii. 1: "God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged." -See Exod. x. 13, 19. Job i. 19. Ps. i. 4; civ. 3, 4. Dan. vii. 2. Jonah i. 4. John iii. 8. In this sense the original word occurs upwards of a hundred times. 2. Used, metaphorically, for the severity of God's judgments.-Isa. xi. 15: “With his mighty wind shall he (Jehovah) shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams." 3. A supernatural wind.-2 Kings ii. 16: "Lest the spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley."-1 Kings xvii. 12. Acts viii. 39, et al probably. 4. Used for vanity.-Eccles. v. 16: "What profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?"-See Job xv. 2; xvi. 3. See original. 5. Space, or distance.-Gen. xxxii. 16. Enlargement.— Esther iv. 14. Quarters.-1 Chron. ix. 24. See original. 6. An exhalation or breathing, a breath.-2 Thess. ii. 9: "Then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall consume with the spirit of his mouth.”—See Job iv. 9. Lam. iii. 56, et al. 7. Respite.-Job ix. 18: " He will not suffer me to take my breath."-See Exod. viii. 15. 1 Sam. xvi. 23. 8. The vital and animal breath; the animal soul, or principle of life."-See Gen. ii. 7: "Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life."-See Gen. xxv. 17. Judges xv. 19. Job xii. 10. Ps. civ. 29; cxlvi. 4. Eccles. iii. 21; xii. 7. Isa. xlii. 5. Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 10. Luke viii. 55. John xix. 30. James ii. 26; and many other texts. 9. The rational soul, the mind, the intellect, the principle of thought.-Job xxxii. 8: "[There is] a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding."-See Gen. xli. 8. Ezra i. 1, 5. Ps. lxxvii. 6. Prov. xxix. 11. xx. 32. Dan. ii. 3. Luke ii. 40. Isa. xxvi. 9. Ezek. Rom. viii. 16. 1 Cor. ii. 11. 1 Thess. v. 23, et al. 10. Used pleonastically to denote the mind.-Mark ii. 8: "Jesus perceived in his spirit" (comp. Luke v. 22). Mark viii. 12. Luke x. 21. John xi. 33; xiii. 21. 11. A temper or disposition of mind, inclination,—1 Cor. iv. 21: "Shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and [in] the spirit of meekness ?"-See Numb. v. 14; xiv. 24. Deut. ii. 30. Josh. ii. 11; v. 1. Judg. ix. 23. 1 Sam. i. 15. Ps. 1. 10, 17; lxxvi. 12. Prov. xiv. 29; xvi. 18, 19. Eccles. vii. 8, 9. Hos. iv. 12. Mal. ii. 15, 16. Luke ix. 55. John 2 Cor. xii. 18. Eph. iv. 3. Phil. i. 27. 2 Tim. i. 7. 1 Pet. iii. 4. iv. 23, 24. Rom. i. 9; ii. 29. In this sense the word here translated spirit and courage is very fre quently used in Sacred Scripture. 12. The predominant and essential quality of a person or thing.—Luke i. 17: "He shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias." 2 Cor. iv. 13: "Having the same spirit of faith," et al. 13. "My spirit, your spirit," &c. Myself, yourself, &c.Gal. vi. 18: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit" (comp. 1 Cor. xvi. 23).-See 1 Kings xxi. 5. Job x. 12; xv. 13; xxi. 4. Ps. xxxi. 5; cvi. 33. Luke i. 46, 47. John xi. 33 (comp. ver. 38). 1 Cor. xvi. 18. 2 Tim. iv. 22. Philem. ver. 25, et al. 14. A person divinely inspired, or professing to have received divine inspiration.-1 John iv. 1-6: "Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God. ...... Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."-See 2 Tim. iv. 1 (" seducing spirits;" i. e. false prophet). 15. An incorporeal substance or being.-Luke xxiv. 39: "Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have."-See ver. 37. Acts xxiii. 8. Job iv. 15. 16. A demon.—Matt. viii. 16: " They brought unto him many that were possessed with devils (demons); and he cast out the spirits with [his] word," &c.-See Matt. x. 1 xii. 43, 45, et al. Demons were absurdly supposed by the Jews to be the ghosts or spirits of wicked persons, who took possession of the bodies of living men, in order to torment them.-See Josephus, Wars of the Jews, book vii. chap. 6. 17. An angel or divine messenger, animate or inanimate.Heb. i. 14: "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation?" (comp. preceding verses.)-See ver. 7 and Ps. civ. 4. Zech. vi. 5, et al. 18. Jesus Christ.-Rev. ii. 7: "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches." See ver. 11, 17, 29; iii. 6, 13, 22; xiv. 13: xxii. 17. (2) "SPIRIT-HOLY SPIRIT--SPIRIT OF GOD." 66 19. God himself, or the Divine Mind.-Gen. vi. 3: My spirit shall not always strive with man." Ps. cxxxix. 7-10: "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from THY PRESENCE? If I ascend up into heaven, THOU [art] there," &c. (Comp. John iv. 24: "God is a spirit.")—See Isa. xl. 13. 1 Cor. ii. 10, 11, et al. 20. The power or energy of the Deity, particularly as exerted in the works of creation and providence.—Job xxvi. 12, 13: " He divideth the sea WITH HIS POWER, and BY HIS UNDERSTANDING he smiteth through the proud. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens: HIS HAND hath formed the crooked serpent." Ps. xxxiii. 6-9: "BY THE WORD OF JEHOVAH were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath (or spirit) OF HIS MOUTH. HE SPAKE, and it was [done]; HE COMMANDED, and it stood fast." (Comp. Ps. viii. 3: "When I consider thy heavens, the work of THY FINGERS," &c.)-See Job xxxiii. 4. Ps. civ. 30, et al. 21. The power, wisdom, and knowledge, which God imparted to prophets, and other eminent individuals.-Numb. xi. 29: "Would God that all Jehovah's people were PROPHETS, [and] that Jehovah would put his spirit upon them !”—See Gen. xli. 38. Exod. xxxi. 3. Judg. iii. 10. 1 Sam. x. 6, 10. Neh. ix. 30. Isa. lxiii. 11 67; with many other 14. Micah iii. 8. Luke i. 41, texts. 22. A revelation or oracle, a divine suggestion or impulse.— -2 Pet. i. 21: "Holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the holy spirit.”—See Ezek. xxxvii. 1. Matt. iv. 1. Acts viii. 29, et al. 23. The instructions and blessings which the Jewish people received from the Almighty.—Neh. ix. 20: “ Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them."—See Isa. xliv. 3. Ezek. xxxix. 29. Acts vii. 51 24. The pretended inspiration of false prophets.—Ezek. xiii. 3: "Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing !"--See 1 Kings xxii. 21, 22 (personified), 23. The supposed influence of false Deities.-Dan. iv. 8, 9, 18; v. 11. 25. The divine operation displayed in the supernatural birth of Isaac and of Jesus.—Luke i. 35: “The holy spirit shall come upon thee, and the POWER of the Highest shall overshadow thee."-See Gal. iv. 29. 26. The inspiration of Jesus Christ; or that extraordinary wisdom and power which was conferred on him by his Almighty Father, for the performance of miracles, and for the furtherance of the great objects of the Gospel dispensation.-John iii. 34: "He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God; for God giveth not the spirit by measure [unto him]." Acts x. 38: "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy spirit and with POWER."-See Isa. xi. 2. Matt. xii. 18, 28 (comp. Luke xi. 20), 31, 32. Luke iv. 1, 14, 18. Acts i. 2, with parallel passages. 27. The divine power by which the Saviour was raised from the dead.-See Rom. i. 4. 1 Pet. iii. 18 (comp. 2 Cor. xiii. 4.) 28. Those divine gifts and graces by which the apostles were |