A53669:167
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.
Fifthly, The same regard is had to him in Faith, Worship, and Obedience, as unto the other persons of the Father and Son. For our being baptized into his name, is our solemn engagement to believe in him, to yield obedience to him, and to worship him, as it puts the same obligation upon us to the Father and the Son. So also in reference unto the Worship ⟨p. 100⟩of the Church. He commands that the Ministers of it be separated unto himself, Acts 13. 2. The Holy Ghost said, separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. Ver. 4. So they being sent forth by the Holy Ghost departed, which is comprehensive of all the religious Worship of the Church.
And on the same account is he sinned against, as Acts 5. 3, 4, 9. For there is the same Reason of Sin and Obedience. Against whom a man may sin formally and ultimately, him he is bound to obey, worship, and believe in. And this can be no quality, but God himself. For what may be the sense of this expression: Thou hast lied to the efficacy of God in his operations; Or how can we be formally obliged unto obedience to a quality. There must then an antecedent Obligation unto Faith, Trust, and Religious Obedience be supposed as the ground of rendering a person capable of being guilty of sin towards ⟨p. 101⟩wards any. For sin is but a failure in Faith, Obedience or Worship. These therefore are due unto the Holy Ghost; or a man could not sin against him so signally and fatally as some are said to do, in the foregoing testimonies.
And on the same account is he sinned against, as Acts 5. 3, 4, 9. For there is the same Reason of Sin and Obedience. Against whom a man may sin formally and ultimately, him he is bound to obey, worship, and believe in. And this can be no quality, but God himself. For what may be the sense of this expression: Thou hast lyed to the efficacy of God in his operations; Or how can we be formally obliged unto obedience to a quality. There must then an antecedent Obligation unto Faith, Trust, and Religious Obedience be supposed as the ground of rendring a person capable of being guilty of sin towards