A view of that part of the late considerations adderest to H.H. about the…A view of that part of the late considerations addrest to H.H. about the…

But how knows he they are not all Infinite? That, in short, which he hath here to say, is but this, and can be no more than this, till his Thoughts have run through and compassed the never-utmost range of Infiniteness, viz. That he knows they are not, he knows not what! But how can he soberly say that? How can he either affirm or deny of another what he doth not understand? Is this his demonstration of the impossibility of a Trinity in the Godhead? Suppose the Father infinite, cannot the other two be infinite also, for ought he knows? How doth he know they cannot? By the same medium, by which he knows it, he may make other Mortals know it too, if he think fit to communicate it. Which, from so mighty Confidence, especially ⟨p. 72⟩when he pretends it to be so easy, I have hitherto expected, but in vain. Is it because the first is infinite, therefore the two other cannot be so? I am sure he ought not to say so, whatever others may, or whatsoever the truth of the thing is (which we shall enquire into by and by) for he hath over and over acknowledged more Infinites than one. As when he ascribes infinite Comprehension to the Mind of Man (as hath been noted, pag. 8. of these Considerations) he doth not indeed say the Mind is simply in it self infinite, but it is so in respect of its Comprehension, which Comprehension must therefore be infinite. How agreeable or consistent these Terms are, the infinite Comprehension of a finite Mind, we are not to consider; let him take care for that, who can easily make light of such trivial Difficulties as these. But in the mean time this infinite Comprehension is an infinite something, not an infinite nothing; and then so many Minds, so many Comprehensions, and so many Infinites. ⟨p. 73⟩No doubt he includes his own Mind; and 'tis possible he may think some other Minds as comprehensive as his own. And ought not to think it impossible, supposing an uncreated, eternal Word, and Spirit, in the Deity, that they may be infinite, as well as the comprehension of his own and some other Minds. ¹Besides what he seems to grant of infinite Guilts, and Punishments due, tho he doth not grant the Sacrifice of Christ to be an equivalent for them. All shows he thinks there may be many Infinites, and even in the same kind.

But how knows he they are not all Infinite? That, in short, which he hath here to say, is but this, and can be no more than this, till his Thoughts have run through and compass'd the never-utmost range of Infiniteness, viz. That he knows they are not, he knows not what! But how can he soberly say that? How can he either affirm or deny of another what he doth not understand? Is this his demonstration of the impossibility of a Trinity in the Godhead? Suppose the Father infinite, cannot the other two be infinite also, for ought he knows? How doth he know they cannot? By the same medium, by which he knows it, he may make other Mortals know it too, if he think fit to communicate it. Which, from so mighty Confidence, especially