My Hearers, I ask for your greatest Attention. In the ONE GOD, who is our Maker, there are Three Persons, of One Substance, Power, and Eternity; which Three are called, The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. [See Matth. 28. 19 and, 1 Joh 5. 7.] There is indeed in the Old Testament, as well as in the New, a very frequent, and no obscure, mention of this Mystery. The Jewish Nation, rejecting the Belief of the Trinity, at this Day, have therein deserted and rejected, The Faith of the Fathers, and apostatized from the Faith of the Old Testament. [Ponder, Deut 4 37. and Psal. 33. 6 & Psal 45 8 & Isa 48 16 and see whether you cannot see the Trinity there] That very Text which the Jews do so often bring against the Trinity, is indeed a notable proof of it; for so tis to be translated, Deut. 6 4. Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord, are One. What tho' no Mortal, no, nor any Finite Beings, can fathom this Mystery; yet it is Revealed unto us, in the Book of Truth; and we may, especially ⟨p. 139⟩when a Night of Affliction is upon us, find no small Consolation in the Revelation. The Mystery of the Trinity is not an unprofitable Speculation. The very Vitals of the Christian Religion lie in this Mystery. Oh! that we were more affected with it: Let our Thoughts more distinctly converse with God the FATHER; and let these be our Songs: Lord, Thou art He, who hast Chosen me before the Foundation of the World, and predestinated me to an Inheritance among thy Children, world without End. Lord, Thou art He who hast so Loved the World, as to give thy only Begotten Son, for the Salvation of them whom thou hast Chosen out of it. Lord, Thou art He, that hast Created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were Created: Thou art my Maker too, and thou shalt be my Father. Let our Thoughts more distinctly Converse with God the SON; and let these be our Songs: Lord, Thou art He, who art God manifest in Flesh, and in that Flesh hast thou died for me, and Risen from the Dead, and art Received up to Glory. Lord, Thou art He, who being the Son of God, and ⟨p. 140⟩equal with God, hast appeared in the Form of a Servant, and tho' thou didst make the Law, yet thou hast for us yielded Obedience to the Law. Lord, Thou art my Redeemer, who taking upon thy self my Guiltiness, when thou didst know no Sin, hast given thy Righteousness to me, who am nothing but Sin:
My Hearers, I ask for your greatest Attention. In the ONE GOD, who is our Maker, there are Three Persons, of One Substance, Power, and Eternity; which Three are called, The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. [See Matth. 28. 19 and, 1 Joh 5. 7.] There is indeed in the Old Testament, as well as in the New, a very frequent, and no obscure, mention of this Mystery. The Jewish Nation, rejecting the Belief of the Trinity, at this Day, have therein deserted and rejected, The Faith of the Fathers, and apostatised from the Faith of the Old Testament. [Ponder, Deut 4 37. and Psal. 33. 6 & Psal 45 8 & Isa 48 16 and see whether you cannot see the Trinity there] That very Text which the Jews do so often bring against the Trinity, is indeed a notable proof of it; for so tis to be translated, Deut. 6 4. Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord, are One. What tho' no Mortal, no, nor any Finite Beings, can fathom this Mystery; yet it is Revealed unto us, in the Book of Truth; and we may, especially ⟨p. 139⟩when a Night of Affliction is upon us, find no small Consolation in the Revelation. The Mystery of the Trinity is not an unprofitable Speculation. The very Vitals of the Christian Religion ly in this Mystery. Oh! that we were more affected with it: Let our Thoughts more distinctly converse with God the FATHER; and let these be our Songs: Lord, Thou art He, who hast Chosen me before the Foundation of the World, and predestinated me to an Inheritance among thy Children, world without End. Lord, Thou art He who hast so Loved the World, as to give thy only Begotten Son, for the Salvation of them whom thou hast Chosen out of it. Lord, Thou art He, that hast Created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were Created: Thou art my Maker too, and thou shalt be my Father. Let our Thoughts more distinctly Converse with God the SON; and let these be our Songs: Lord, Thou art He, who art God manifest in Flesh, and in that Flesh hast thou died for me, and Rison from the Dead, and art Received up to Glory. Lord, Thou art He, who being the Son of God, and ⟨p. 140⟩equal with God, hast appeared in the Form of a Servant, and tho' thou didst make the Law, yet thou hast for us yielded Obedience to the Law. Lord, Thou art my Redeemer, who taking upon thy self my Guiltiness, when thou didst know no Sin, hast given thy Righteousness to me, who am nothing but Sin:
