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The foundation of God standeth sure, or, A defence of those fundamental and so…
The foundation of God standeth sure, or, A defence of those fundamental and so generally believed doctrines of the Trinity of persons in the unity of the divine essence, of the satisfaction of Christ, the second person of the real and glorious Trinity, of the justification of the ungodly by the imputed righteousness of Christ, against the cavils of W.P.J. a Quaker in his pamphlet entitled The sandy foundation shaken &c. : wherein his and the Quakers hideous blasphemies, Socinian and damnably-heretical opinions are discovered and refuted ... / by Thomas Vincent.The foundation of God standeth sure, or, A defence of those fundamental and so generally believed doctrines of the Trinity of persons in the unity of the divine essence, of the satisfaction of Christ, the second person of the real and glorious Trinity, of the justification of the ungodly by the imputed righteousness of Christ, against the cavils of W.P.J. a Quaker in his pamphlet entituled The sandy foundation shaken &c. : wherein his and the Quakers hideous blasphemies, Socinian and damnably-heretical opinions are discovered and refuted ... / by Thomas Vincent.
London : s.n., 1668
Chapter 5: The Doctrine of the Trinity of distinct persons in the unity of the Divine Essence, ass…
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in this mystery of the Trinity we must exercise our Faith though we cannot clear it to our selves by demonstration: not as if we were to lay reason quite aside in this thing, or trample it under foot; not as if we should put out the eye of reason that we might see more clearly with the eye of Faith; for though this mystery be above reason, yet it is not against reason; yea there is the greatest reason in the world that we should assent unto that for truth which God hath revealed of himself in his word, because he is a God of truth, and nothing is more true than that which God hath spoken. Wherefore if the Scriptures have revealed that there are three distinct persons in one Divine Essence, it is a certain truth, and it is reason and duty that every one should assent unto it though the mystery of it, there being no such thing to be found in nature, cannot be fully comprehended. Here then I shall propound my assertion, and prove it out of Scripture.
My assertion according to the generally believed Doctrine of the Church of God, is this, That there are three distinct subsistents or persons in the same single Divine Essence or Godhead.
The argument bottomed upon the Scripture to prove my assertion is this: If the Divine Essence or Godhead is and can be but one, and the Father is God, and the Son God, and the Holy Ghost God, and the Father, Son and Holy Ghost be three distinct subsistents or persons; then there are three distinct subsistents or persons, Father; Son, and Holy Ghost in the same single Divine Essence or Godhead. But the Divine Essence or Godhead is, and can be but one, and the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God, and the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are three distinct subsistents or persons. Therefore there are three distinct subsistents or persons, Father, Son and Holy Ghost in the same single Divine Essence or Godhead.
The argument bottom'd upon the Scripture to prove my assertion is this: If the Divine Essence or Godhead is and can be but one, and the Father is God, and the Son God, and the Holy Ghost God, and the Father, Son and Holy Ghost be three distinct subsistents or persons; then there are three distinct subsistents or persons, Father; Son, and Holy Ghost in the same single Divine Essence or Godhead. But the Divine Essence or Godhead is, and can be but one, and the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God, and the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are three distinct subsistents or persons. Therefore there are three distinct subsistents or persons, Father, Son and Holy Ghost in the same single Divine Essence or Godhead.