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The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural…
The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural evidence the being of God ... : the second part, of Christianity, proving by evidence supernatural and natural, the certain truth of the Christian belief ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; also an appendix defending the soul's immortality against the Somatists or Epicureans and other pseudo-philosophers.
London: printed by R. White for Fran. Titon, 1667
Part 1 › Chapter 5: What this Cause is, in it self. That it is God.
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.
Therefore we must neither confound the essential Principles in God, nor divide the Essence. The Omnipotency is as one faculty, the Understanding another, and the Will another; but the Godhead and Essence of them all is one, the Glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal. Such as the Power is, such is the Understanding, and such is the Will. The Power uncreated, the Understanding uncreated, and the Will uncreated. The Power incomprehensible, the Understanding incomprehensible, and the Will incomprehensible. The Power eternal, the Understanding eternal, and the Will eternal. And yet there are not three eternal Gods or Essences, but one Eternal; nor three Incomprehensibles, nor three Uncreated, but One. The Power is God, the Understanding is God,1 and the Will is God: and yet there are not three Gods, but one God. So then, there is One Power, not Three Powers; One Understanding, not Three Understandings; One Will, not Three Wills. And in this Trinity, none is in duration before or after other, none is greater or less than other; but the whole three Principles be co-eternal together, and co-equal. So that in all things as aforesaid this Unity in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity is to be acknowledged as undeniable in the light of Nature, and to be adored and worshipped by all.
Therefore we must neither confound the essential Principles in God, nor divide the Essence. The Omnipotency is as one faculty, the Understanding another, and the Will another; but the Godhead and Essence of them all is one, the Glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal. Such as the Power is, such is the Understanding, and such is the Will. The Power uncreated, the Ʋnderstanding uncreated, and the Will uncreated. The Power incomprehensible, the Ʋnderstanding incomprehensible, and the Will incomprehensible. The Power eternal, the Ʋnderstanding eternal, and the Will eternal. And yet there are not three eternal Gods or Essences, but one Eternal; nor three Incomprehensibles, nor three Uncreated, but One. The Power is God, the Ʋnderstanding is God,1 and the Will is God: and yet there are not three Gods, but one God. So then, there is One Power, not Three Powers; One Understanding, not Three Understandings; One Will, not Three Wills. And in this Trinity, none is in duration before or after other, none is greater or less than other; but the whole three Principles be co-eternal together, and co-equal. So that in all things as aforesaid this Unity in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity is to be acknowledged as undeniable in the light of Nature, and to be adored and worshipped by all.