XIII.  This was proclaimed by the Prophets in such passages as the following:—The Spirit of the Lord is upon me;49    Isa. lxi. 1. and, There shall rest upon Him Seven Spirits; and The Spirit of the Lord descended and led them;50    Ib. xi. 2; lxiii. 14. and The spirit of Knowledge filling Bezaleel,51    Exod. xxxi. 3. the Master-builder of the Tabernacle; and, The Spirit provoking to anger;52    Isa. lxiii. 10. and the Spirit carrying away Elias in a chariot,53    2 Kings ii. 11. and sought in double measure by Elissæus; and David led and strengthened by the Good and Princely Spirit.54    Ps. li. 12; cxliii. 10.  And He was promised by the mouth of Joel first, who said, And it shall be in the last days that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh (that is, upon all that believe), and upon your sons and upon your daughters,55    Joel ii. 28. and the rest; and then afterwards by Jesus, being glorified by Him, and giving back glory to Him, as He was glorified by and glorified the Father.56    John xiv. 16.  And how abundant was this Promise.  He shall abide for ever, and shall remain with you, whether now with those who in the sphere of time are worthy, or hereafter with those who are counted worthy of that world, when we have kept Him altogether by our life here, and not rejected Him in so far as we sin.

ΙΓʹ. Τοῦτο ἐκηρύχθη μὲν ὑπὸ τῶν προφητῶν, ὡς ἐν τῷ, Πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἐπ' ἐμέ: καὶ, Ἀναπαύσεται ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἑπτὰ Πνεύματα: καὶ, Κατέβη Πνεῦμα Κυρίου, καὶ ὡδήγησεν αὐτούς: καὶ, Πνεῦμα ἐπιστήμης ἐμπλῆσαν Βεσελεὴλ τὸν ἀρχιτέκτονα τῆς σκηνῆς: καὶ, Πνεῦμα παροξυνόμενον: καὶ, Πνεῦμα ἐξᾶραν Ἡλίαν ἐν ἅρματι, καὶ ζητηθὲν παρὰ Ἑλισσαίου διπλάσιον: καὶ, πνεύματι ἀγαθῷ καὶ ἡγεμονικῷ Δαβὶδ ὁδηγούμενός τε καὶ στηριζόμενος. Ἐπηγγέλθη δὲ, ὑπὸ μὲν Ἰωὴλ πρότερον: Καὶ ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις, λέγοντος: Ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα (δηλαδὴ τὴν πιστεύουσαν), καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς: ὑπὸ δὲ Ἰησοῦ καὶ ὕστερον, δοξαζομένου τε καὶ ἀντιδοξάζοντος, ὡς τὸν Πατέρα, καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρός. Καὶ ἡ ἐπαγγελία, ὡς δαψιλὴς, συνδιαιωνίζειν καὶ συμπαραμενεῖν, εἴτουν νῦν τοῖς κατὰ καιρὸν ἀξίοις, εἴτε ὕστερον τοῖς τῶν ἐκεῖσε ἀξιουμένοις, ὅταν ὁλόκληρον αὐτὸ τῇ πολιτείᾳ φυλάξωμεν, ἀλλὰ μὴ τοσοῦτον ἀποβάλωμεν, καθ' ὅσον ἂν ἁμαρτάνωμεν.