These things being declared in the Scripture concerning the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, it is moreover Revealed, and these three are one; that is, one God, jointly to be worshipped, feared, adored, believed ⟨p. 105⟩in and obeyed, in order unto eternal life. For although this doth absolutely and necessarily follow from what is declared and hath been spoken concerning the one God, or oneness of the Deity, yet for the confirmation of our faith, and that we may not by the distinct consideration of the three be taken off from the one, it is particularly declared, that these three are one, that one, the one and same God, But whereas, as was said before, this can no otherwise be, the testimonies given thereunto are not so frequently multiplied as they are unto those other heads of this truth, which through the craft of Satan, and the pride of men, might be more liable to exceptions. But yet they are clear, full, and distinctly sufficient for faith to acquiesce in immediately, without any other expositions, interpretations, or arguments, beyond our understanding of the naked importance of the words. Such are they, of the Father the Son, John 10. 30. I and ⟨p. 106⟩my Father are one. Father, Son and Spirit, Joh. 5. 7. three that bare witness in Heaven, Father, Son and Spirit, and these three are one, Mat. 28. 19. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit. For if those into whose name we are Baptized be not one in nature, we are by our Baptism engaged into the Service and Worship of more Gods than one. For as being Baptized, or sacredly initiated into, or in the name of any one doth Sacramentally bind us unto a holy and Religious obedience unto him, and in all things to the avowing of him as the God whose we are, and whom we serve, as here we are in the Name of the Father, Son and Spirit, so if they are not one God, the Blasphemous consequence before mentioned must unavoidably be admitted; which it also doth upon the Socinian principle, who whilst of all others they seem to contend most for one God, are indeed direct polytheists, by owning others with Religious respect, due ⟨p. 107⟩to God alone, which are not so.
These things being declared in the Scripture concerning the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, it is moreover Revealed, and these three are one; that is, one God, joyntly to be worshipped, feared, adored, believed ⟨p. 105⟩in and obeyed, in order unto eternal life. For although this doth absolutely and necessarily follow from what is declared and hath been spoken concerning the one God, or onenes• of the Derty, yet for the confirmation of our faith, and that we may not by the distinct consideration of the three be taken off from the one, it is particularly declared, that these three are one, that one, the one and same God, But whereas, as was said before, this can no otherwise be, the testimonies given thereunto are not so frequently multiplyed as they are unto those other heads of this truth, which through the craft of Satan, and the pride of men, might be more lyable to exceptions. But yet they are clear, full, and distinctly sufficient for faith to acquiesce in immediately, without any other expositions, interpretations, or arguments, beyond our understanding of the naked importance of the words. Such are they, of the Father the Son, John 10. 30. I and ⟨p. 106⟩my Father are one. Father, Son and Spirit, Joh. 5. 7. three that bare witness in Heaven, Father, Son and Spirit, and these three are one, Mat. 28. 19. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit. For if those into whose name we are Baptized be not one in nature, we are by our Baptism engaged into the Service and Worship of more Gods than one. For as being Baptized, or sacredly initiated into, or in the name of any one doth Sacramentally bind us unto a holy and Religious obedience unto him, and in all things to the avowing of him as the God whose we are, and whom we serve, as here we are in the Name of the Father, Son and Spirit, so if they are not one God, the Blasphemous consequence before mentioned must unavoidably be admitted; which it also doth upon the Socinian principle, who whilest of all others they seem to contend most for one God, are indeed direct polutheists, by owning others with Religious respect, due ⟨p. 107⟩to God alone, which are not so.
