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

The second point is, the Trinity of Persons, evident and clear by that which hath been said, yet, for further illustration, it shall not be amiss, to note from the beginning, ⟨p. 32⟩such places as serve undoubtedly to prove it, that it may appear, by what degrees the wisdom of God hath from time to time made known so great a Mystery to his Church, which no reason can demonstrate, nor since the fall could once have entered into the thought or imagination of man, if God had not revealed it. In the first Chapter of ^tGenesis, MOSES (though more obscurely) layeth down this same God, his Word and Spirit, The Spirit of God moved upon the Waters. And GOD said▪ Let there be Light, &c. whom anon he bringeth in, taking counsel together in the making of man, division of Tongues, &c. as before we have declared. Long after that, as it were in a middle Age, Isaiah ^udoth revive it, and speaketh somewhat plainer: I will declare the kindness of JEHOVAH towards the house of Israel. The Angel of his face (Christ the Mediator between God and man) saved them: but they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit, which he had put in the middest of them. Last of all, in the conclusion and winding up (at it were) of the times of the Law, he manifesteth it more fully by the hands of the ^xProphet HAGGAI, Now therefore, ZERUBBABEL and JEHOSHVA, and all the people of the Land, be strong, and do the work, for I am with you, saith JEHOVAH of Hosts, with my Word, in whom I made a Covenant with you, when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit that abideth among you. And thus far out of the Old Testament. In the New, as all other Mysteries of God▪ so this especially is more clearly revealed by that great Prophet which was to come into the World, the High Priest and Apostle of our Profession, ^yChrist Jesus, upon whom, in his first imitation, to the work of our Redemption (being himself the Son, one of these three Persons) the other two showed themselves from Heaven. The Holy Ghost in his Gifts and Graces, represented by the visible shape of a Dove: the Father by his voice from the Seat of Glory. This is my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.