"The Spirit of God, or Wind of God, stands sometimes for a high and strong Wind; but more frequently it signifies a secret Impression made by God on the Mind of a Prophet."
— Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Ri. Chiswell
Date
1699
Metaphor
"The Spirit of God, or Wind of God, stands sometimes for a high and strong Wind; but more frequently it signifies a secret Impression made by God on the Mind of a Prophet."
Metaphor in Context
IN order to the explaining this Article, we must consider, First, The Importance of the Term Spirit, or Holy Spirit. Secondly, His Pro- cession from the Father and the Son. And Thirdly, That he is truly God, of the same Substance with the Father and the Son. Spirit signifies Wind or Breath, and in the Old Testament it stands frequently in that Sense: The Spirit of God, or Wind of God, stands sometimes for a high and strong Wind; but more frequently it signifies a secret Impression made by God on the Mind of a Prophet: So that the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of Prophecy are set in opposition to the vain Imaginations, the false Pretences, or the Diabolical Illusions of those who assumed to themselves the Name and the Authority of a Prophet, without a true Mission from God: But when God made Representations either in a Dream, or in an Extasy, to any Person, or imprinted a sense of his Will on their Minds, together with such necessary Characters as gave it Proof and Authority, this was an Illapse from God, as a Breathing from him on the Soul of the Prophet.
(p. 98)
(p. 98)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in Ad Fontes's Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts
Date of Entry
07/20/2005
Date of Review
08/31/2011
