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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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The Essence of the three Persons is the same, 1 John 5.7.1 John 10.30. The manner of the Existence, or Essence, (though as a personal property it be incommunicable) is communicated in respect of its Original from one person to another. The Father is not without the Son, the Son is of the Father, the Holy Ghost is of the Father, and the Son. The Essence absolutely considered, is common to all the three Persons, but not communicated; for the Son is God of himself,2 and the Holy Ghost is God of himself, no less then the Father is God of himself. Hence there is an Original in regard of the manner of the Essence, but not in regard of the Essence it self. That Proposition in the Nicene Creed [God of God] is to be understood of God taken in a concrete sense; that is, for the Essence, and manner of the Essence considered together; not for God taken in an abstracted sense; that is, for the Essence, considered absolutely. Hence appeareth,
The Essence of the three Persons is the same, 1 John 5.7.1 John 10.30. The manner of the Existence, or Essence, (though as a personal property it be incommunicable) is communicated in respect of its Original from one person to another. The Father is not without the Son, the Son is of the Father, the Holy Ghost is of the Father, and the Son. The Essence absolutely considered, is common to all the three Persons, but not communicated; for the Son is God of himself,2 and the Holy Ghost is God of himself, no less then the Father is God of himself. Hence there is an Original in regard of the manner of the Essence, but not in regard of the Essence it self. That Proposition in the Nycene Creed [God of God] is to be understood of God taken in a concrete sence; that is, for the Essence, and manner of the Essence considered together; not for God taken in an abstracted sence; that is, for the Essence, considered absolutely. Hence appeareth,