Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

There was no Goodness in ⟨p. 617⟩us to be the Motive of his Love, but his Goodness was the Fountain of our Benefit.

3. It was a distinct Goodness of the whole Trinity. In the Creation of Man we find a general Consultation,^* without those distinct Labours and Offices of each Person; and without those raised Expressions and Marks of Joy and Triumph as at Mans Restoration. In this there are distinct Functions: The Grace of the Father, the Merit of the Son, and the Efficacy of the Spirit; The Father makes the Promise of Redemption, the Son Seals it with his Blood, and the Spirit applies it; The Father Adopts us to be his Children, the Son Redeems us to be his Members, and the Spirit Renews us to be his Temples. In this the Father testifies himself well pleased in a Voice; The Son proclaims his own delight to do the will of God; and the Spirit hastens with the Wing of a Dove, to fit him for his work; And afterwards in his apparition in the likeness of Fiery Tongues, manifests his zeal for the propagation of the Redeeming Gospel.

3. It was a distinct Goodness of the whole Trinity. In the Creation of Man we find a general Consultation,^* without those distinct Labours and Offices of each Person; and without those rais'd Expressions and Marks of Joy and Triumph as at Mans Restoration. In this there are distinct Functions: The Grace of the Father, the Merit of the Son, and the Efficacy of the Spirit; The Father makes the Promise of Redemption, the Son Seals it with his Blood, and the Spirit applies it; The Father Adopts us to be his Children, the Son Redeems us to be his Members, and the Spirit Renews us to be his Temples. In this the Father testifies himself well pleased in a Voice; The Son proclaims his own delight to do the will of God; and the Spirit hastens with the Wing of a Dove, to fit him for his work; And afterwards in his apparition in the likeness of Fiery Tongues, manifests his zeal for the propagation of the Redeeming Gospel.