A53669:99
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.
But there cannot be any thing more empty and vain than these pretences. And besides they accumulate in them, their former Errors, with the addition of new ones. For,
First, The name of the most high God, is first ascribed unto God in Gen. 49. 18, 19, 22. denoting his Sovereignty ⟨p. 56⟩and Dominion. Now, as other Attributes of God, it is not distinctive of the subject, but only descriptive of it. So are all other Excellencies of the nature of God. It doth not intimate that there are other Gods, only he is the most high, or one over them all, but only that the true God, is most high, that is endued with Sovereign Power, Dominion and Authority over all. To say then, that Christ indeed is God, but not the most high God, is all one as to say he is God, but not the most holy God, or not the true God. And so they have brought their Christ into the number of false Gods, whilst they deny the true Christ who in his divine nature, is over all God blessed for ever, Rom. 9. 5. A phrase of speech, perfectly expressing this Attribute, of the most high God.
First, The name of the most high God, is first ascribed unto God in Gen. 49. 18, 19, 22. denoting his Soveraignty ⟨p. 56⟩and Dominion. Now, as other Attributes of God, it is not distinctive of the subject, but only desscriptive of it. So are all other Excellencies of the nature of God. It doth not intimate that there are other Gods, only he is the most high, or one over them all, but only that the true God, is most high, that is indued with Soveraign Power, Dominion and Authority over all. To say then, that Christ indeed is God, but not the most high God, is all one as to say he is God, but not the most holy God, or not the true God. And so they have brought their Christ into the number of false Gods, whilst they deny the true Christ who in his divine nature, is over all God blessed for ever,