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A calm and sober enquiry concerning the possibility of a Trinity in the Godhead…
A calm and sober enquiry concerning the possibility of a Trinity in the Godhead in a letter to a person of worth : occasioned by the lately published considerations on the explications of the doctrine of the Trinity by Dr. Wallis, Dr. Sherlock, Dr. S--th, Dr. Cudworth, &c. ...
London: printed by J. Astwood for Tho. Parkhurst, 1694
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And the other who seems to grant three Almighties, doth never say there is but one Almighty; tho' such say too there is but One God, placing the Unity of the Godhead in somewhat else, as he hath himself taken Notice; which is remote ⟨p. 6⟩from express Self-contradiction also.
But I shall concern my self no further about the one or the other of these ways of explaining the Doctrine of the three Persons. Only shall enquire concerning the possibility of such a Trinity in the Godhead as was above expressed, requiting the uncharitableness of this Author, in imputing carelessness or insincerity to all, that think it possible, with so much Charity, as to believe he would not (against the plain tenor of Scripture) have rejected the Doctrine of the Trinity (as he professes to do that of the Incarnation) if he had not thought it every way impossible.
But I shall concern my self no further about the one or the other of these ways of explaining the Doctrine of the three Persons. Only shall enquire concerning the possibility of such a Trinity in the Godhead as was above expressed, requiting the uncharitableness of this Author, in imputing carelesness or insincerity to all, that think it possible, with so much Charity, as to believe he would not (against the plain tenour of Scripture) have rejected the Doctrine of the Trinity (as he professes to do that of the Incarnation) if he had not thought it every way impossible.
And here I premise