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

The order or the administration of it is in this manner: The Father is first in Order, not in Power, nor in Time, is the supreme working cause, who doth whatsoever he doth, in the Son, and they both by the holy Spirit: To whom is attributed the immediate doing of them, nor as if either the Son or Spirit were instruments to work by, but both of them be principal efficient causes and they all, that one and the same God that worketh all in all. The place for this diversity of working, is manifest •n the Epistle to the Romans, ^aBut if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead, dwell in you, he that raised Christ from the dead, will quicken also your mortal bodies by his Spirit dwelling in you. Here (as you see) all is comprehended. The Father quickening in Christ, by his Spirit that dwelleth in us; for to this end he maketh mention of Christs raising from the dead. More clear between the Father ⟨p. 61⟩and the Son, is that to the ^bCorinthians, But unto us there is one God, The Father from whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things. From, he giveth to the Father as the Fountain of the Action: Through, to the Son, in regard of the personal Distinction. So in the Epistle to the ^cHebrews, Through his Son he made the World. Of the Holy Ghost also it is said, By his ^dspirit he beautified the Heavens. And our Saviour, John 16. 14. He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine, and show it unto you: whose proper kind of working (as the next and immediate cause of all things) is most lively set forth, ^e1. Cor. 12. Now there are differences of gifts, but the same spirits, & there are differences of Ministries, but the same Lord. And there are differences of working, but there is the same God who worketh all in all. But to every one is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit: for unto one by the Spirit is given the Word of Wisdom, and to another the Word of Knowledge, by the same Spirit, and to another, Faith by the same Spirit, and to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit, and to another the working of Powers, and to another Prophecy, and to another discerning of Spirits, and to another kinds of Tongues, and to another interpretation of Tongues. But all these things worketh one and the same Spirit, distributing them severally to every one as he pleaseth.