XII arguments drawn out of the Scripture wherein the commonly-received opinion touching the deity of the Holy Spirit is clearly and fully refuted : to which is prefixed a letter tending to the same purpose, written to a member of the Parliament ... / by John Biddle.

Argument III.

He that speaketh not of himself, is not God.

The Holy Spirit speaketh not of himself.

Ergo.

The minor is clear from Joh. 16. 13. The major is proved thus: God speaketh of himself; there∣fore if there be any one that speaketh not of him∣self, he is not God. The antecedent is of it self apparent; for God is the primary Author of whatsoever he doth; but should he not speak of himself, he must speak from another, and so nor be the primary, but secondary author of his speech; which is absurd, if at least that may be called absurd, which is impossible. The conse∣quence is undeniable. For further confirmation

of this Argument, it is to be observed, that to speak or to do any thing not of himself, accord∣ing to the ordinary phrase of the Scripture, is to speak or do by the shewing, teaching, command∣ing, authorizing, or enabling of another, and con∣sequently incompatible with the supream and self-sufficient Majesty of God. Vid. John 5. 19. 20, 30. Joh. 7. 15, 16, 17, 18, 28. John 8. 28, 42. Joh. 11. 50, 51. John 12. 49, 50. John 14. 10, 24. John 15. 4. John 18. 34. Luke 12. 56, 57. Luke 21. 30. 2 Cor. 3. 5.