A53669:166
A brief declaration and vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity as also of…
A brief declaration and vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity as also of the person and satisfaction of Christ / accommodated to the capacity and use of such as may be in danger to be seduced, and the establishment of the truth by J. Owen.
London: printed by R.W. for Nath. Ponder, 1669
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Fourthly, He is the voluntary Author of Divine operations. He of old cherished the creation, Gen. 1. 3. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. He formed and garnished the Heavens. He inspired, acted and spake, in and by the Prophets, Acts 28. 25, 26. Well spake the Holy Ghost by Isaiah the Prophet unto our Fathers, 2 Pet. 1. 21. The Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were ⟨p. 99⟩moved by the Holy Ghost. He regenerateth, enlighteneth, sanctifieth, comforteth, instructeth, leadeth, guideth, all the Disciples of Christ, as the Scriptures every where testify. Now all these are personal Operations, and cannot with any pretence of sobriety or consistency with Reason be constantly and uniformly assigned unto a quality or virtue. He is, as the Father and Son, God with the properties of Omniscience and Omnipotency, of Life, Understanding and Will; and by these properties, works, acts, and produceth effects according to Wisdom, Choice, and Power.
Fourthly, He is the voluntary Author of Divine operations. He of old cherished the creation, Gen. 1. 3. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. He formed and garnished the Heavens. He inspired, acted and spake, in and by the Prophets, Acts 28. 25, 26. Well spake the Holy Ghost by Isaiah the Prophet unto our Fathers, 2 Pet. 1. 21. The Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were ⟨p. 99⟩moved by the Holy Ghost. He regenerateth, enlightneth, sanctifieth, comforteth, instructeth, leadeth, guideth, all the Disciples of Christ, as the Scriptures every where testifie. Now all these are personal Operations, and cannot with any pretence of sobriety or consistency with Reason be constantly and uniformly assigned unto a quality or vertue. He is, as the Father and Son, God with the properties of Omniscience and Omnipotency, of Life, Understanding and Will; and by these properties, works, acts, and produceth effects according to Wisdom, Choice, and Power.