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

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 ⟨p. 28⟩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. And so also of the Holy Ghost. This is the whole of Faiths concernment in this matter, as it respects the direct Revelation of God made by himself in the Scripture, and the first proper general end thereof Let this be clearly confirmed by direct and positive divine Testimonies containing the declaration and Revelation of God concerning himself, and faith is secured as to all its concerns. For it hath both its proper formal object, and is sufficiently enabled to be directive of divine Worship and Obedience.

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, soveraign Lord, and last end of all: that the Son, is the one true God, and therefore is to ⟨p. 28⟩be believed in, worshipped, obeyed, lived unto, and in all things considered by us as the first cause, Soveraign Lord, and last end of all. And so also of the Holy Ghost. This is the whole of Faiths concernment in this matter, as it respects the direct Revelation of God made by himself in the Scripture, and the first proper general end thereof Let this be clearly confirmed by direct and positive divine Testimonies containing the declaration and Revelation of God concerning himself, and faith is secured as to all its concerns. For it hath both its proper formal object, and is sufficiently enabled to be directive of divine Worship and Obedience.