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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
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This therefore is the way, the only way that we rationally can, and that which in duty we ought to proceed in, and by, for the asserting and confirming of the Doctrine of the holy Trinity under consideration; namely, that we produce Divine Revelations, or Testimonies, wherein faith may safely rest and acquiesce, that God is one; that this one God, is Father, Son, and holy Ghost; So that the Father is God; so also is the Son, and the holy Ghost likewise, and as such are to be believed in, obeyed, worshipped, ⟨p. 36⟩acknowledged as the first cause, and last end of all, our Lord and Reward. If this be not admitted, if somewhat of it▪ be not particularly denied, we need not, we have no warrant or ground, to proceed any farther, or at all to discourse about the Unity of the Divine Essence, or the distinction of Persons.
This therefore is the way, the only way that we rationally can, and that which in duty we ought to proceed in, and by, for the asserting and confirming of the Doctrine of the holy Trinity under consideration; namely, that we produce Divine Revelations, or Testimonies, wherein faith may safely rest and acquiesce, that God is one; that this one God, is Father, Son, and holy Ghost; So that the Father is God; so also is the Son, and the holy Ghost likewise, and as such are to be believed in, obeyed, worshipped, ⟨p. 36⟩acknowledged as the first cause, and last end of all, our Lord and Reward. If this be not admitted, if somewhat of it▪ be not particularly denyed, we need not, we have no warrant or ground, to proceed any farther, or at all to discourse about the Unity of the Divine Essence, or the distinction of Persons.
We have not therefore any original contest in this matter with any, but such as deny either God to be one, or the Father to be God, or the Son to be God, or the Holy Ghost so to be. If any deny either of these in particular, we are ready to confirm it by sufficient Testimonies of Scripture, or clear and undeniable Divine Revelation. When this is evinced and vindicated, we shall, willingly proceed to manifest that the explications used of this Doctrine unto the Edification of the Church are according to truth; and such as necessarily are required by the nature of the things themselves. And this gives us the method of