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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.
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Chapter 5: The Doctrine of the Trinity of distinct persons in the unity of the Divine Essence, ass…
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The thing to be proved is, that the Son is God, I do not mean nominal, so as those are that are called Gods, whether in heaven or in earth; but really so, that he is God co-essential, co-equal, co-eternal with the Father: The only proof of this is to be drawn from the Scripture.
The thing to be proved is, that the Son is God, I do not mean nominal, so as those are that are called Gods, whether in heaven or in earth; but really so, that he is God co-essential, co-equal, co-eternal with the Father: The onely proof of this is to be drawn from the Scripture.
I. Joh. 1. 1. 3. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God: All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. By the Word we are to understand the Essential, not the written Word, namely, the Son, the only begotten of the Father, which is Christ, it being the same whom John came to bear witness of, ver. 7. the same which was made flesh, and dwelt amongst them, ver. 14. Now that this Word, or Son of ⟨p. 30⟩God, is God, is evident from this place, where 1. He is called God, The Word was God. 2. It is said, All things were made by him. So Col. 1▪ 16. For by him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things were created by him, and for him. Whence it followeth, 1. That he himself was not made, for then he must be made by himself, which is absurd and impossible; and if he were not made, then he is no creature, and if no creature, then God; all things that have a being, being divided into God and his creatures.
I. Joh. 1. 1. 3. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God: All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. By the Word we are to understand the Essential, not the written Word, namely, the Son, the only begotten of the Father, which is Christ, it being the same whom Iohn came to bear witness of, ver. 7. the same which was made flesh, and dwelt amongst them, ver. 14. Now that this Word, or Son of