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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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But further to confirm this truth denied by the Adversaries, I shall prove from the Scripture that there are three distinct Persons in one Divine Essence, 1 From the distinct. Names given to them. 2 From their distinct personal Acts. 3 From their distinct personal Properties.
1. From their distinct Names, they are called Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Math. 28. 19. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Father, Word, and Holy Ghost, in Joh. 5. 7. before cited. These names do evidence a distinction, not of nature and essence, for they are one; therefore of personality.
1. From their distinct Names, they are called Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Math. 28. 19. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Father, Word, and Holy Ghost, in Ioh. 5. 7. before cited. These names do evidence a distinction, not of nature and essence, for they are one; therefore of personality.
2. From their distinct personal acts, I mean such acts as can be ascribed unto none but such as are persons. 1 Giving the Comforter is ascribed to the Father, Joh. 14. 16. I will pray the Father, and he shall send you another Comforter; it is proper only to a person to give, this act requiring both understanding and will: 2 Sending the Comforter is ascribed to the Son,