of your calling. Eph. 4: 3, 4.-For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. Matth. 10: 20.-For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. Luke 12: 12.-And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. John 1: 32.-Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of David, spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. Acts 1: 16. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 2: 4.

ARTICLE FOURTH.

HOW THE THREE PERSONS IN THE UNITY OF THE DIVINE BEING, AS FATHER, SON, AND HOLY GHOST, ARE DISTINCT IN THEIR ATTRIBUTES AND OPERATIONS.

We believe and acknowledge, according to scripture, that there are not merely three names given to the eternal divine Being, but that each name has its true meaning and attribute. So that there is a true essential Father, of whom are all things; a true essential Son, by whom are all things; and a true essential Holy Ghost, by whom the Father and the Son operate and work. The Father is the true Father, who from eternity hath begotten the Son, and from whom the Son proceeded and came forth, and

by whom all things were created. And whom the Father sent into the world, to be a Saviour of the world. The Son is he, who was begotten of the Father, and proceeded from him; by whom the Father created all things, and who, as sent from the Father came into the world, and by the operating virtue of the Most High, was conceived of the Virgin Mary, and was born Man; who, to redeem sinful man, suffered, was crucified, died, rose again from the dead, ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of his Almighty Facher in heaven. The Holy Ghost is he who issued forth, proceeded and was sent from the Father and the Son; by and through whom the Father and the Son operate and work. He speaketh not of his own, but whatsoever he heareth of the Father and taketh of Christ, that will he shew unto those of his in whom he resides.

Therefore there are in the unity of God, three. true witnesses that bear record in heaven; the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. 1 John 5: 7. The effulgent glory of the only begotten Son of God, was essentially and discrimi nately displayed, when in the form of a servant he wandered about on the earth doing good; as also at his baptism by John the Baptist, at the river of Jordan. When at the same time the Holy Ghost appeared, and was visibly and distinctly seen by John, in the form of a dove, when he descended down from God, out of heaven, on Christ, and abode on him. And

the Father, who is a Spirit invisible, and cannot be seen by mortal eyes, (Exod. 33: 20,) uttered a voice from heaven: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Of these three witnesses we find variously and expressly spoken in the scriptures. For, Christ saith, If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. John 5: 31, 32.-For, I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. It is written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. And he that sent ine is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom you say, that he is your God. John 8: 16, 17, 18, 29, 54.

The apostle Paul saith: For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. 2: 5.

John saith: Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath no God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 2 John 1: 9.

Of the Holy Ghost, saith Christ: I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; even

the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. John 14: 16, 17. He will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me; for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 16: 13, 14.

And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape, like a dove, upon him; and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. Luke 3: 22. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. Jehn 1: 32, 33, 34.—And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matth. 3: 17.

The apostle Peter saith, concerning Christ, For we have not followed cunningly-devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the

excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard when we were with him on the holy mount. 2 Pet. 1: 16, 17, and 18.

The apostle Paul saith, That no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administration, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 1 Cor. 12: 3, 4, 5, 6. These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the creation of God.

ARTICLE FIFTH.

OF THE UNITY OF THE THREE TRUE WITNESSES IN THE DIVINE ESSENCE, AS BEING THE ONLY TRUE GOD

THAT these three witnesses, in the divine essence, are but one true God, we believe and confess, that this must needs follow; inasmuch as the Son proceeded forth, and was born of the only eternal substance of God the Father; and the Holy Ghost proceeded and came forth fron the Father and the Son, and is comprehended in the unity of the divine essence with the Father and the Son. This is clearly and manifestly seen and established, by the divine works, operations and attributes, shown forth, conspicuously, in the holy scriptures, which are at once