A27107:42
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
In the unity of the God-head, there is a* plurality, which is not accidental, (for God is a most pure act, and admits no accidents:) nor essential, (for God is one Essence only) but† personally.
- *Gen. 1. 26. & 3. 22. & 11, 7. Isa. 6. 8.
- †Personae Divinitatis distinguuntur personaliter, sive [Greek or Hebrew].Personae Divinitatis distinguuntur personaliter, sive 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
The Persons in this one Essence are but three. In this* Mystery there is alius & alius, another and another: But not aliud & aliud, another thing and another thing.
- *Deus est in divise unus in Trinitate & inconfuse trinus in unitate. Justin.
The Divine Essence in it self is neither divided nor distinguished. But the Three Persons in the Divine Essence are distinguished among themselves Three manner of ways.