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

This is that which was first proposed; namely, to manifest what is ⟨p. 110⟩expressly revealed in the Scripture concerning God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; so as that we may duly believe in him, yield Obedience unto him, enjoy communion with him, walk in his love and fear, and so come at length to be blessed with him for evermore. Nor doth faith for its security, establishment and direction, absolutely stand in need of any farther Exposition or Explanation of these things; or the use of any terms not consecrated to the present service by the Holy Ghost. But whereas it may be variously assaulted by the Temptations of Satan, and opposed by the subtle sophisms of men of corrupt minds; and whereas it is the duty of the Disciples of Christ to grow in the knowledge of God, and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by an explicit apprehension of the things they do believe, so far as they are capable of them; this Doctrine hath in all ages of the Church, been explained and taught, in and by such Expressions, ⟨p. 111⟩Terms, and Propositions, as farther declare what is necessarily included in it, or consequent unto it; with an exclusion of such things, notions, and apprehensions, as are neither the one, nor the other. This I shall briefly manifest, and then vindicate the whole from some exceptions, and so close this dissertation.

This is that which was first proposed; namely, to manifest what is ⟨p. 110⟩expresly revealed in the Scripture concerning God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; so as that we may duly believe in him, yield Obedience unto him, enjoy communion with him, walk in his love and fear, and so come at length to be blessed with him for evermore. Nor doth faith for its security, establishment and direction, absolutely stand in need of any farther Exposition or Explanation of these things; or the use of any terms not consecrated to the present service by the Holy Ghost. But whereas it may be variously assaulted by the Temptations of Satan, and opposed by the subtle s•phisms of men of corrupt minds; and whereas it is the duty of the Disciples of Christ to grow in the knowledge of God, and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by an explicit apprehension of the things they do believe, so far as they are capable of them; this Doctrine hath in all ages of the Church, been explained and taught, in and by such Expressions,