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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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3. That all the Attributes, in that they flow from the Essence, are true of every person: because every person hath the whole Essence.
4. That all the Attributes, whether Relative, Negative, or Positive, or if any other, in that they proceed from the Essence, are true of every person: because the whose Essence (as was now said) is in every person. The Father is Eternal, the Son is Eternal, the Holy Ghost is Eternal, because the whole Essence is in every one of them: yet there are not three Eternals, but one Eternal; because the Essence which is in them all, is but one. In like manner, the Father is Infinite, the Son is Infinite, the Holy Ghost is Infinite; yet, &c. And so of all the rest.
5. That all the Works of God which concern the creature, i. e. whatsoever is besides God,1 are wrought by all the persons jointly: because the efficacy whereby they are what they are, proceeds likewise from the Essence it self, not from the manner of the Essence.
5. That all the Works of God which concern the creature, i. e. whatsoever is besides God,1 are wrought by all the persons joyntly: because the efficacy whereby they are what they are, proceeds likewise from the Essence it self, not from the manner of the Essence.
- 1Tho. 22•. qu. 2. a. 3. Ursin. Explic. Catech. Part. 2. qu. 25. q. 8. Keck. Theol. lib. 1. cap. 3. propè finem.