Question 53

THE ARGVMENT.

Of the holy Ghost, true, and euerlasting God, with the Father and the Son, and of his office, or working, and effects in vs.

What beleeuest thou of the holy Ghost?

First, that he is true God, and coeternall with the euerlasting Father, and the sonne. Then, that hee is also^a giuen to mee, that through faith hee may^b make me partaker of Christ and all his benefits, may^c comfort me, and^d abide with me for euer.^e

The vse

The remembrance of this so excellent a benefit bestowed vpon vs, namely, that God hath made vs partakers, of his spirit, ought likewise to prick vs forward to holines of life. For seeing the spirit of the father, & of Christ, is called holy, not only by nature, but also, because in whome soeuer he is, he doth sanctifie, and seperate them from the vncleannes of the worlde, it is meete that by our deeds we should shew that he dwelleth in vs, and therefore, that that waightie exhortation of the Father, shoulde be alwaies before our eies: Greue not the spirit of God, by whome yee are sealed to the day of Redemption: hee is grieued and made sad by vncleane thoughts, words, and deeds, by licentious and filthy manners, as on the other side, he is delighted, and reioyceth in true humilitie, holines, and grauitie, in framing our words, and all the actions of our whole life according to the rule of Gods word.^f