For Explication.

Quest. Who those three Persons be, and why so called?

Answ. The first Person is the Father, so called,

2. As he is the Father of all the Elect, 1 Pet. 1.3, 5. John 20.17.

The second Person is styled the Word, as likewise, John 1.1. A solemn name given him in his greatest triumph, Rev. 19.13. A style seldom attributed to Christ, but by St. John in all his Books, although some understand it of Christ, Heb. 4.12.

The second Person is styled the Word, as likewise, John 1.1. A solemn name given him in his greatest triumph, Rev. 19.13. A style seldome attributed to Christ, but by St. John in all his Books, although some understand it of Christ, Heb. 4.12.

Christ is called the Word in a fourfold sense, he is a Word of wisdom, of representation, of revelation, of promise.

Christ is called the Word in a fourfold sence, he is a Word of wisdome, of representation, of revelation, of promise.

1. Christ is a word of wisdom: for [Greek or Hebrew] is not only [Greek or Hebrew] but [Greek or Hebrew] ratio: now Wisdom is accidental, but ratio is essential to a humane soul: Now such a thing is Christ to his Father, he is the wisdom or reason to his Father, Prov. 8.23, 24: he is the begotten of his Father; they that write of the Trinity express it thu•, the Father from eternity considering and understanding himself, from this conceiving of the Father resulted the Image of himself, that was his Son, from them both resulted the holy Ghost.

1. Christ is a word of wisdome: for 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is not onely 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 ratio: now Wisdome is accidental, but ratio is essential to a humane soul: Now such a thing is Christ to his Father, he is the wisdome or reason to his Father, Prov. 8.23, 24: he is the begotten of his Father; they that write of the Trinity expresse it thu•, the Father from eternity considering and understanding himselfe, from this conceiving of the Father resulted the Image of himselfe, that was his Son, from them both resulted the holy Ghost.

2. He is called the Word of God, as he is a word of representation, for [Greek or Hebrew], so Christ is the living Image of God, Heb. 1.3. the character of the Father, like a seal stamped in wax, they answer in every point.

2. He is called the Word of God, as he is a word of representation, for 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, so Christ is the living Image of God, Heb. 1.3. the character of the Father, like a seal stampt in wax, they answer in every point.

3. He is a word of revelation, John 1.18. No man hath seen God at any time, but Christ the Wisdom of the Father hath declared unto us, and revealed Gods ⟨p. 366⟩will, it was the Lord Christ that appeared to Adam, and Moses, and Abraham, and Gideon, and the rest of the Patriarchs; as a word expounds all our meaning and reveals our will, so it is Christ the Word of God, that reveals the will of God to us.

3. He is a word of revelation, John 1.18. No man hath seen God at any time, but Christ the Wisdome of the Father hath declared unto us, and revealed Gods ⟨p. 366⟩will, it was the Lord Christ that appeared to Adam, and Moses, and Abraham, and Gideon, and the rest of the Patriarchs; as a word expounds all our meaning and reveals our will, so it is Christ the Word of God, that reveals the will of God to us.

4. He is a word of promise, Heb. 11.39. Christ was promised of old, but not exhibited till the last days.

The third witness is the Spirit, every Person in the Trinity is an holy Spirit▪ John 4.24. yet it is more particularly attributed to the third Person, because he works powerfully and effectually, all that life and power we see the creature express, so we see that there are three […] as that bear witness to the Divinity of Christ, and if three, there is a difference in number▪ now there is no desertion but a Personal difference, Heb. 1.3. so that the Father is one Person, the Son a […], the holy Ghost • third, yet these Persons make but one in Na••, and so they are one in witness, D••. 6.4. Jehovah our God is but one, for it is impossible there should be more then one God: Nature of it self abhors more Infinites then one; if there were more Gods then one, if many gods, how could they be Al sufficient, but that one should have the perfection of another?

The third witnesse is the Spirit, every Person in the Trinity is an holy Spirit▪ John 4.24. yet it is more particularly attributed to the third Person, because he works powerfully and effectually, all that life and power we see the creature expresse, so we see that there are three 〈…〉 as that bear witnesse to the Divinity of Christ, and if three, there is a difference in number▪ now there is no dissertion but a Personall difference, Heb. 1.3. so that the Father is one Person, the Son a 〈…〉, the holy Ghost • third, yet these Persons make but one in Na••, and so they are one in witnesse, D••. 6.4. Jehovah our God is but one, for it is impossible there should be more then one God: Nature of it selfe abhors more Infinites then one; if there were more Gods then one, if many gods, how could they be Al sufficient, but that one should have the perfection of another?

Quest. What is that they witness to?

Quest. What is that they witnesse to?

Answ. They all witness Christ to be to the Son of God, and that he […] by water and blood.

Answ. They all witnesse Christ to be to the Son of God, and that he 〈…〉 by water and bloud.

1. The Father testifies this, by that voice that came down from Heaven, T•• is my […] and well •••sed, Mat. •.17.

1. The Father testifies this, by that voyce that came down from Heaven, T•• is my 〈…〉 and well •••sed, Mat. •.17.

He […] to his works, John 6.••, 9•, 3•, 36, 3•.

He 〈…〉 to his works, John 6.••, 9•, 3•, 36, 3•.