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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	father_n	ghost_n	holy_a	5,369	5	5.6194	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50303	Tri-unity, or, The doctrin of the Holy Trinity asserted in a discourse on 2 Cor. XIII. XIV / by Isaac Mauduit ...	Mauduit, Isaac.	1694 (1694)	Wing M1334; ESTC R32420	18,315	57

in the Trinity therefore perhaps we find that the Son in some Texts of Scripture is mentioned before the Father so in the words read sometimes the Holy Ghost is nominated before the Father Ephes 2.18 We have access by one Spirit unto the Father Or he is spoken of before Jesus Christ Revel 1.4 Grace be to you from the seven Spirits i. e. from that Holy Ghost whose Gifts are various and from Jesus Christ v. 5. But although on the account of Relation or with regard to the Order of Subsistence one of these insinite Persons is set before another yet we may not derogate the least Punctilio from the Immensity of either of them any low Thoughts of this nature would be an attempt to disfigure the beautiful Aspect of the Trinity or to diminish their adorable Perfections The Words being thus open'd the conclusion hence may be Doctr. There are Three Persons in the glorious Godhead When we say there are Three Persons Personality denotes a compleat Subsistence endow'd with Understanding therefore we retain the Term as importing a most excellent kind of Being Nor do the sacred Oracles disdain to attribute this Title of Person to the God of Glory Heb. 1. v. 3. Our Redeemer is styl'd The express Image of the Father's Person When we affirm there are Three Persons in the Godhead i. e. the Divine Essence may be conceiv'd by us as modisied three ways 1. As the Fountain or Principle of the Deity Thus it is the First Person or the Father who is not the Cause but the Principle of the Godhead The beginning of a Thing is not necessarily its Cause e. g. The first Point in a Line is not the Cause thereof Neither have the Son and the Holy Ghost any principle of Time but of Order no Commencement of Duration but of Proceeding or Origine 2. If we apprehend the Divine Nature as streaming forth from the Father then it is the Second glorious Person 3. If we regard the Essence of God as breathed forth by the Father and the Son this we call the Holy Ghost The Doctrine of the Trinity might be illustrated if we consider That in the Sun is Light Heat and Beam yet these make up but one Sun In the vegetative Soul there is a triple Vertue Moving Separating proper Matter for Nourishment from what is unfit and attractive or a kind of analogical Appetite In the Sensitive Nature there is a threefold Operation viz. Vitally active apprehensive and appetitive In the rational Soul though the Vertue be centrally one as in the Vegetative and Sensitive yet its working is various in Activity Understanding and Will In the new Creature there is an holy Power Wisdom and Love And all these meet in one Man Grotius is noted in his Catechism to give us some Light herein In his Questions and Answers following Que ratio suadet tres ut credantur in uno R. Distat a carente sine quod fines habet Artificis nusquamne sui spectatur Imago R. Sol Lux carorque tria sunt unum tamen Nil hominum natura jubet nos tale tueri R. Vigere sapere velle in uno sunt tria A Trinity in Vnity is not then too hard to be conceived of us But this Article of our Faith touching the ever-blessed Trinity may be prov'd by the Attestations of the Old Testament by the Records of the Gospel and in that Reason cannot justly deny what is thus revealed The Declarations of the Old Testament do warrant our belief of this Doctrine Full evidence of a Plurality of Persons in the Godhead we have from Gen. 1.26 Let us make man in our image after our likeness God 's not speaking now as before Let there be light v. 3. Let the waters bring forth abundantly v. 20. But the Lord's varying the phrase insinuates that Man was the most perfect Work of God in the visible World and this Expression as well as other Texts makes it plain that Man had more Creators than one Person Other Scriptures confirm to us the Vnity of the Godhead and this clears a distinction of the Persons Neither can the seeming Contradiction of more than One enjoying the Deity be reconcil'd but by acknowledging a Plurality of Persons in the Unity of Essence God said Let us make Man in our Image Here observe 1. It is ridiculous to pretend that the Most High thus spake to the Angels for as much as they to whom the Discourse is directed were Partners or Companions in the wonderful Work of Creation which Work exceeds any finite Power Nor can the Creature be an Instrument in such an Operation because Creation denies any duly prepared subject matter to work upon being the making of Things out of nothing or indisposed Matter also denying Time to work in as producing in an instant Now without Matter and Time no Instrument can act 2. It is as groundless to suppose that when God said Let us make Man he spake after the manner of earthly Princes or Grandees seeing such a form of speaking in the Plural Number was no wise agreeable to the plainess used in the first Ages or elder Times of the World nor consonant to the Hebrew style The Isralitish Kings spake of themselves in the Singular Number particularly David 2 Sam. 3.28 I and my Kingdom are guiltless from the blood of Abner Not we and our Empire 1 Chron. 21.17 Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbred Even I it is that have sinned Let thy hand I pray thee O Lord my God be on me Me me inquam in me convertito ferrum In the same manner did the Eastern Monarchs issue forth their Proclamations especially Darius Ezra 6.8 I make a Decree which ye shall do to the Elders of these Jews for the building of this House of God So also Ezra 7.21 I even I Artaxerxes the King do make a Decree It is then a daring presumption for any to intrude the Customs of the later Times into the ancient Records of the Holy Scriptures Yea the God of Glory spake of himself singularly Thus when he manifested his Resolve to drown the World Gen. 6.17 I even I do bring a flood of waters Likewise when he display'd his Glory Power and Majesty at the Publishing of the Law on Mount Sinai Exod. 20.2 I am the Lord thy God So the Prophet notes Isa 42.6.8 I the Lord have called thee I am the Lord that is my Name and my Glory will I not give to another neither my Praise to graven Images Wherefore that passage Let us make Man after our likeness supposes more than one Person to be concern'd in framing of Man Nor is the Old Testament a stranger to the Trinity of Persons we have them all mentioned Isa 63.7 9 10. Here is a discovery of God the Father or Jehovah I will mention the loving-kindness of the Lord and the praises of the Lord. Notice is given us of Jesus Christ called here the Angel of his presence Other