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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Amongst the Multitude of Scriptures,1 holding forth the Doctrine of the Trinity of Persons in the Divine Essence: Let it at present suffice to transcribe these. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, Gen. 1.26. And the Lord God said, Behold the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil, Gen. 3.22. Go to, Let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech, Gen. 11.7. But none saith, Where is God my Makers? (so is the Hebrew) who giveth Songs in the night? Job 35.10. And one cried unto another; and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts, the whole Earth is full of his Glory, Isai. 6.3. And the Heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a Dove, and lighting upon him; and lo a voice from Heaven, saying, This is my Beloved Son, ⟨p. 22⟩in whom I am well pleased, Matth. 3.16, 17. Go therefore, and teach all Nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Matth. 28.19. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, He shall testify of me, John 15.26. The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all, Amen. 2 Cor. 13.13. For there are three that bare record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one, 1 John 5.7