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

2 Pet. 1. 21. For the Prophecy came not in old time by the will of men, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

It is evident upon the first consideration, that there is not any thing which we believe concerning the Holy Ghost, but that it is plainly revealed and declared in these testimonies. He is directly affirmed to be, and is called God, Acts 5. 3, 4. ⟨p. 93⟩Which the Socinians will not say is by virtue of an Exaltation unto an Office or Authority, as they say of the Son; That he is an intelligent voluntary Divine Agent; he knoweth, he worketh as he will, which things if in their frequent repetition, they are not sufficient to evince an intelligent Agent, a personal subsistence, that hath Being, Life and Will, we must confess that the Scripture was written on purpose to lead us into mistakes and misapprehensions of what we are under penalty of eternal ruin rightly to apprehend and believe. It declareth also, that he is the Author and Worker of all sorts of Divine Operations requiring Immensity, Omnipotency, Omniscience, and all other Divine Excellencies unto their working and effecting. Moreover, it is revealed, that he is peculiarly to be believed in; and may peculiarly be sinned against; the great Author of all Grace in Believers, and order in the Church. This is the sum of ⟨p. 94⟩what we believe of what is revealed in the Scripture concerning the Holy Ghost.

It is evident upon the first consideration, that there is not any thing which we believe concerning the Holy Ghost, but that it is plainly revealed and declared in these testimonies. He is directly affirmed to be, and is called God, Acts 5. 3, 4. ⟨p. 93⟩