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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.
In the first way, it consists merely in the propositions wherein the Revelation of God is expressed in the Scripture; And in this regard two things are required of us. First, To understand the terms of the propositions, as they are Enunciations of Truth; And Secondly, To believe the things taught, revealed, and declared in them.
In the first way, it consists meerly in the propositions wherein the Revelation of God is expressed in the Scripture; And in this regard two things are required of us. First, To understand the terms of the propositions, as they are Enunciations of Truth; And Secondly, To believe the things taught, revealed, and declared in them.
In the first Instance, no more, I say, is required of us, but that we assent unto the Assertions and Testimonies of God concerning himself, according to their natural and genuine sense, as he will be known, believed in, feared and worshipped by us; as he is our Creator, Lord, and Rewarder; and that because he himself hath by his Revelation, not only warranted us so to do, but also made it our duty necessary and indispensable. Now the sum of this Revelation in this matter is, that God is one; that this one God, is Father, Son ⟨p. 27⟩and Holy Ghost; that the Father is the Father of the Son; and the Son, the Son of the Father; and the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of the Father and the Son; and that in respect of this their mutual Relation, they are distinct from each other.
In the first Instance, no more, I say, is required of us, but that we assent unto the Assertions and Testimonies of God concerning himself, according to their natural and genuine sence, as he will be known, believed in, feared and worshipped by us; as he is our Creator, Lord, and Rewarder; and that because he himself hath by his Revelation, not only warranted us so to do, but also made it our duty necessary and indispensible. Now the sum of this Revelation in this matter is, that God is one; that this one God, is Father, Son ⟨p. 27⟩