A26869:149
The arrogancy of reason against divine revelations, repressed
The arrogancy of reason against divine revelations, repressed, or, Proud ignorance the cause of infidelity, and of mens quarrelling with the word of God
London: printed by T.N. for Tho. Underhil, 1655
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Obj 11. Is it not a contradiction to say that there are three per•ons, and but one God?
Answ No: Because to be a person or subsistence in the Godhead, and to be a God is not all one. It is no contradiction that the Vegetative, sensitive and Rational in man, should be three, and distinct one from another, and yet not be three souls but one. And that Power, Understanding, and Will, should be three, and distinct; and yet not three souls but one: And that Power, Light, and Heat, should be distinct in the Sun; and yet not be three Suns, but one. Why then should the Divine Trinity of subsistences seem a contradiction?
Object. 12. There are many contradictions in t• Scripture; and therefore it is incredible. For e• ample; Mark. 14. 30. [Before the Cock Cro• twice] Mat. and Luke say [Before the Cock Crow• And many the like.
Answ. 1. It is mere ignorance of the sense […] Scripture, that causeth this conceit of contrad• ction. Expositors themselves are imperfect in th understanding of them; yet if you will well rea them, you shall see how easily and clearly they reconcile many things that seen unreconcilable to the ignorant. Read among others, Scharpius hi Symphonia to that end.