The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

But because, in so high and deep a point of Christian Religion, we are not to rest upon natural reasons: leaving them, I come unto the undoubted Oracles of holy Scripture: whereby it is most clearly and evidently confirmed, Deut. 6. 4. Hearken, Israel, JEHOVAH thy Gods (meaning the persons in the God-head) are one Jehovah, or one divine Essence, Deut. 32. 39. See now that I am he, and there is no God with me. For who (^k saith the Psalmist) is God beside JEHOVAH? Isaiah 44. 6. Thus saith JEHOVAH, I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God. Again, ^lI am JEHOVAH, and there is none but I, beside me there is no God. And the ^mApostle to the Corinths, We know there is no other God but one, for albeit there be that are called gods, both in Heaven and upon Earth, as there be (in the vain conceits of men) many gods and many lords, yet to us there is but one God the Father, of whom are all things: and one Jesus Christ, &c. The same he enforceth in the ⁿEpistle to the Ephesians, There is one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God, and Father of all, &c. which also is a notable reason: For if there were many gods, there must also be many faiths, one believing in this god, another in that god.

But because, in so high and deepe a point of Christian Religion, we are not to rest vpon naturall reasons: leauing them, I come vnto the vndoubted Oracles of holy Scripture: whereby it is most cleerely and euidently confirmed, Deut. 6. 4. Harken, Israel, IEHOVAH thy Gods (meaning the persons in the God-head) are one Iehouah, or one diuine Essence, Deut. 32. 39. See now that I am he, and there is no God with mee. For who (^k