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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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1. The identity of Essence. In the Trinity there is an Oneness of Essence: the three Persons are of the same Divine Nature and Substance: so that in Deo non est magis & minus, there are no degrees in the Godhead; one Person is not God more then another.
2. The Unity of the Persons in the Godhead, consists in the mutual in-being of them, or their being in one another. The three Persons are so united, that one Person is in another, and with another, John 17.21. Thou Father art in me, and I in thee.
2. The Unity of the Persons in the Godhead, consists in the mutual in-being of them, or their being in one another. The three Persons are so united, that one Person is in another, and with another, Iohn 17.21. Thou Father art in me, and I in thee.
2. Let me speak of the Trinity in Unity. 1. The first Person in the Trinity is God the Father. H• is called the first Person in respect of Order not Dignity; for God the Father hath no essential Perfection which the other Persons have not. He is not more wise, more holy, more powerful then the other Persons are; a Priority, not Superiority.
2. Let me speak of the Trinity in Unity. 1. The first Person in the Trinity is God the Father. H• is call'd the first Person in respect of Order not Dignity; for God the Father hath no essential Perfection which the other Persons have not. He is not more wise, more holy, more powerful then the other Persons are; a Priority, not Superiority.