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

As touching the God-head of¹ these three Persons. Of the Father no man ever doubted. But the God-head of the Son, and Holy Ghost, some Heretics have called in question: wherefore to confirm our faith herein, let us take Arguments for them both. For the God-head of the Son, we have these: He is JAH, JEHOVAH, EHIEH: that is to say, being, or perfection it self. Psal. 68. 19. Ascending on high, thou leddest captivity captive, and gavest gifts unto men, even the Rebels, thou dwelling there (that is to say, in Heaven) leddest captive, O JAH, God, meaning Christ. To whose Ascension the Apostle doth apply it, Ephes. 4. 8. EHIEH he calleth himself manifestly, John 8. 58. Before ABRAHAM was made, I am. Not made, but of my self, and from my self, without beginning: for that i• the force of am, elegantly opposed unto made. The name Jehovah is given him, Genes. 4. 1. ^hEVE conceived and bare KAIN and said, I possess ⟨p. 36⟩the man JEHOVAH: that is, GOD, by opening my womb, and making me the Mother of a goodly Child, hath put me in possession (as if now I had and held him in mine arms) of that blessed Seed, which in the fullness of time he will send into the World; who being the LORD from Heaven, shall tread down the head of the Serpent. Prophetically spoken, like to that of JACOB, Gen. 48. 22 I give thee one portion above thy Brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite, with my Sword, and with my Bow: It was not taken till four or five Generations after; but by faith he did apprehend it, as certain, as if it were then won, and took upon him to dispose thereof, as of his own. Wherefore Kain had that name, not for his own sake, nor was he the purchase or possession the woman fixed her eyes upon. She lifted them up higher, and by so sweet a Babe, such as the World had never seen before, she held her faith confirmed in the expectation of the Messiah, God and Man, who, many years after, was to come out of the loins of one of Eves Daughters. In effect she calleth him, The man JEHOVAH, in the same sense that God the Father,