A brief declaration and vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity as also of…

And this he farther describes, v. 10. He was in the world, and the world was made by him. The world that was made, hath an usual distribution in the Scripture, into the Heavens and ⟨p. 72⟩the Earth, and all things contained in them; as Acts 4. 24. Lord thou art God which hast made Heaven and Earth and the Sea, and all that in them is; that is the world, the making whereof is expressly assigned unto the Son, Heb. 1. 10. Thou Lord in the beginning, hast laid the foundation of the Earth, and the Heavens are the works of thine hands. And the Apostle Paul to secure our understandings in this matter, instanceth in the most noble parts of the creation, and which if any might seem to be excepted from being made by him, Col. 1. 16. For by him were all things created that are in Heaven, and that are in Earth visible and invisible, whether they be Thrones, or Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers, all things were created by him and for him. The Socinians say indeed, that he made Angels to be Thrones and Principalities; that is, he gave them their Order, but not their Being; which is expressly contrary to the words of the Text; so that a ⟨p. 73⟩man knows not well what to say to these persons, who at their pleasure cast off the authority of God in his word: By him were all things created, that are in Heaven, and that are in Earth.

And this he farther describes, v. 10. He was in the world, and the world was made by him. The world that was made, hath an usual distribution in the Scripture, into the Heavens and ⟨p. 72⟩the Earth, and all things contained in them; as Acts 4. 24. Lord thou art God which hast made Heaven and Earth and the Sea, and all that in them is; that is the world, the making whereof is expresly assigned unto the Son,