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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 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⟩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.
This is the substance of the Doctrine of the Trinity as to the first direct concernment of faith therein. The first intention of the Scripture in the Revelation of God towards us is, as was said, that we might fear him, believe, worship, obey him, and live unto him, as God. That we may do this in a due manner, and worship the only true God, and not adore the false imaginations of our own minds, it declares, as was said, that this God is one, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; that the Father is this one God, and therefore is to be believed in, worshipped, obeyed, lived unto, and in all things considered by us as the first cause, sovereign Lord, and last end of all: that the Son, is the one true God, and therefore is to