The divine life in three treatises

9. Having spoken of these three great Attributes of God, I must needs speak of those three great Relations of God to man, and of these three works in which they are founded, which have flowed from these Attributes.

9. HAving spoken of these three great Attributes of God, I must needs speak of those three great Relations of God to man, and of these three works in which they are founded, which have flowed from these Attributes.

This one God in three Persons, hath Created man and all things which before were not; hath Redeemed man when he was lost by sin; and sanctifieth those that shall be saved by Redemption. Though the external works of the Trinity are undivided, yet not indistinct as to the order of working, and a special interest that each person hath in each of these works. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost did create the world; and they also did Redeem us, and do Sanctify us. But so as that Creation is in a special sort ascribed to the Father, Redemption to the Son, and Sanctification to the Holy Spirit; Not only because of the order of operation, agreeable to the order of subsisting; for then the Father would be as properly said to be incarnate or to die for us, or mediate, as the Son to create us; (which is not to be said;) For he created the world by his Word, or Son and Spirit (Joh. 1. 3. Psal. 33. 6.) and he Redeemed it by his Son, and Sanctifieth it by his Spirit. But Scripture assureth us that the Son alone was incarnate for us, and dyed and Rose again, and not the Father, or the Spirit, and so that the humane nature is peculiarly united to the second person, in glory; and so that each person hath a peculiar interest in these several works, the Reason of which is much above our reach.

This one God in three Persons, hath Created man and all things which before were not; hath Redeemed man when he was lost by sin; and sanctifieth those that shall be saved by Redemption. Though the external works of the Trinity are undivided, yet not indistinct as to the order of working, and a special interest that each person hath in each of these works. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost did create the world; and they also did Redeem us, and do Sanctifie us. But so as that Creation is in a special sort ascribed to the Father, Redemption to the Son, and Sanctification to the Holy Spirit; Not only because of the order of operation, agreeable to the order of subsisting; for then the Father would be as properly said to be incarnate or to die for us, or mediate, as the Son to create us; (which is not to be said;) For he created the world by his Word, or Son and Spirit (