Verse 28.—“And he blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to _thy Word_.”
This Word was the Word of the Holy Ghost, and is _God_ and _Lord_, to be blessed and praised.
_John_, xiv. 17.—“_He_, the Spirit of Truth, dwelleth in you, and shall be in you.”
1 _Cor._ xiv. 25.—“_God_ is in you, of a truth.”
2 _Tim._ iii. 14.—“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.”
2 _Peter_, xxi.—“Holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”
_John_, iv. 41.—“It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of _God_.”
1 _Cor._ ii. 13.—“Not in the word, which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth.”
_Acts_, v. 3.—“Why hath satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?”
Verse 4.—“Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto _God_.”
1 _Cor._ iii. 16.—“The temple of _God_ is holy, which temple are ye.”
1 _Cor._ vi. 19.—“Know ye not that your bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost?”
_Deut._ vi. 14.—“Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
_Acts_, v. 9.—“How is it, that ye have agreed to tempt the spirit of the Lord?”
_Matt._ xix. 17.—“There is none good but one, that is God.”
_Psalm_ clxxiii. 10.—“Thy Spirit is good; lead me.”
I might mention many more, with a vast many proofs of this sublime doctrine, but I trust you will be led to read them in the Scriptures, with a grace-taught eye, and rejoice in the truth, as you discover and feel it. I must close this long letter with this verse—
“God is a name my soul adores, Th’ Almighty Three, th’ Eternal One: Nature and grace, with all their powers, Confess the Infinite Unknown.”
I wish you were in possession of the excellent Jones on the “Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity.”
“The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies.”
What a mercy for us that all divine teaching is the gracious work of God the Holy Spirit; and when we view, in his own light, what _He_ is, as _He_ has condescended to set himself forth in his own word, we are amazed at his condescension. _He_ is called the Eternal Spirit; _He_ is Omnipresent, Omniscient, Omnipotent; _He_ is a person—and what is a person but a living, thinking, acting, intelligent agent? And what we have professed at church, when, perhaps, we did not understand what we said, is a most noble and glorious testimony—“I believe in God, the Holy Ghost, the Lord and giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; and who, with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the prophets”—this gracious, divine, and glorious person has engaged to lead all his people into all _necessary_ truth, and _He_ will be faithful to his covenant promises; nor do I esteem it a small mercy to be established in the glorious doctrine of the Trinity, as it is set forth in God’s Word, after my mind had been so perplexed with errors and temptations.