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

But this Sophism being borrowed from another, namely Crellius, who insisted much upon it, I shall upon his account, and not on theirs, who as far as I can apprehend, understand little of the intendment of it, remove it more fully out of the way. It is proposed by him in way of Syllogism, thus, The only true God is the Father; Christ is the only true God; therefore he is the Father. Now this Syllogism is ridiculously Sophistical. For in a Categorical Syllogism the Major Proposition is not to be particular, nor equipollent to a particular. For from such a Proposition, when any thing communicable to more is the ⟨p. 122⟩subject of it, and is restrained unto one particular, nothing can be inferred in the conclusion. But such is this Proposition here, the only true God is the Father. It is a particular Proposition; wherein the subject is restrained unto a singular, or individual predicate, though in it self communicable to more. Now the Proposition being •o made particular, the terms of the subject or predicate are supposed reciprocal; namely, that one God, and the Father, are the same; which is false: Unless it be first proved, that the name God, is communicable to no more, or no other, than is the other term of Father; which to suppose, is to beg the whole Question. For the only true God, hath a larger signification than the term of Father, or Son. So that though the only true God be the Father, yet every one who is true God, is not the Father: Seeing then that the name of God here, supplies the pla•e of a species, though it be singular ⟨p. 123⟩absolutely, as it respects the Divine Nature which is absolutely singular, and one, and cannot be multiplied; yet in respect of communication it is otherwise, it is communicated unto more, namely, to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. And therefore if any thing be intended to be concluded from hence, the Proposition must be expressed according to what the subject requires, as capable of communication or Attribution to more than one, as thus; who ever is the only true God, is the Father; which Proposition these Persons and their Masters, shall never be able to prove.

But this Sophism being borrowed from another, namely Crellius, who insisted much upon it, I shall upon his account, and not on theirs, who as far as I can apprehend, understand little of the intendment of it, remove it more fully out of the way. It is proposed by him in way of Syllogism, thus, The only true God is the Father; Christ is the only true God; therefore he is the Father. Now this Syllogism is ridiculously Sophystical. For in a Categorical Syllogism the Major Proposition is not to be particular, nor equipollent to a particular. For from such a Proposition, when any thing communicable to more is the