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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	father_n	person_n	trinity_n	1,855	5	9.8106	5	false

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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

Angels are in the presence of God but were not so from everlasting as Christ was The Angel of his presence saved them viz. He who deserved this Title by way of Eminency as being the same that appeared to Moses in the burning Bush Exod. 3.2 4. The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a stame of fire out of the midst of a bush and when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see God called to him out of the midst of the bush The same Angel as conducted them in the Wilderness and spake to the Israelites from Sinai Act. 7.35.37 68. The Angel of whom God himself testified My Name is in him Exod. 23.20 21. Moreover in that fore-quoted Text the Prophet adds They vexed his holy Spirit Here is an acknowledgment of the Third glorious Person denominated his Holy Spirit Him the Seed of Jacob grieved by their frequent murmurings in the Desert by only making the Nations tributary whom God commanded them to destroy and by defying the warnings of the Prophets even till the Babylonish Captivity 2. The New Testament ratifies this Doctrine by sufficient Testimonies 1. At our Saviour's Baptism the present Truth was confirmed Matth. 3.16 17. Jesus when he was baptized went up straitway out of the water and lo the Heavens were opened 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 in whom I am well pleased Now the ever-blessed Trinity clearly manifested themselves Voce Pater Natus Corpore Flamen ave He that spake from Heaven was the Father He who was baptized in Jordan was the Son He that came down in the form of a Dove is styled the Holy Spirit The Father at this time made himself known by an audible Voice Jesus Christ the Essential Word in Heaven was now born Witness to by a Word from Heaven and God the Holy Ghost now descending on him in the shape of a Dove Thus these Three glorious Persons revealed themselves Pater auditur in voce Filius manifestatur in homine Spiritus sanctus dignoscitur in Columba Aug. Three several Actions also at this juncture serve to establish our Faith as to this Article of our Creed For one proclaims by a Voice from Heaven This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased This was the Declaration of God the Father since it could not be the Speech of Christ for then he would be Son to himself Nor can it be ascribed to the Holy Ghost for then Jesus should be the Son of the Spirit but thus he was never styled in the Scriptures The second Person also was now manifested as invested with the Humane Nature baptized and moreover after that he prayed Luke 3.21 22. The third Person is now signaliz'd as coming down in the resemblance of a Dove and rested upon Jesus Christ John 1.29 c. No wonder now that the Primitive Christians commonly said to any that doubted of the Trinity Abi ad Jordanem videbis Go to Jordan and there you may receive full satisfaction 2. The Institution of Baptism may settle us in the belief of this Truth Go teach all Nations baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Matth. 28.19 The blessed Trinity is written in legible Characters on this Ordinance Here is a Commission or solemn Command for Baptism and the form of Administring this Sacrament in all Ages is now set down and as to the present purpose we might remark 1. The Apostles are ordered to Baptize in the Name of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Non in nominibus sed nomine ut trium unitas significetur Consider them Personally then they have Three Characters here mentioned Father Son and Holy Ghost but Essentially they all come under one Name Further if we expound this Clause in the Name i. e. Calling on the Name acting by the Warrant or dedicating to the Service of these Three Hence we must either establish three Gods or confess three Persons in the Godhead But though we grant Deum trinum we abhor Deum triplicem In the Name This one Name is expressed only of one Deity nor can any be the Appointer of Ordinances for the Church the Object of our Prayers or be serv'd and adored but God alone Matth. 4.10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve 2. The Twelve Disciples were to Baptize in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost importing an exact Parity in these Three Persons Therefore it is not said by the Son or by the Spirit as if these were unequal in Nature Glory or Dignity to the Father 3. An Article is prefixed thrice or added to every one of them Baptizing them in the Name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the Father whose Voice you heard from Heaven at my Baptism in Jordan and when Transfigur'd on the Mount 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the Son whom you now behold manifested in the flesh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Of the Holy Ghost whom you formerly saw descending and remaining on me like a Dove The repeating of the Article encreases the Emphasis 3. That Passage of the Apostle may strengthen our Faith in this Point Rom. 11.36 Of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory for ever Here are three Particles 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of through to not only to signifie the many Benefits which Creatures especially Mankind do receive from God but also to insinuate the Trinity of the Persons in one God Of him denotes the Father through him discovers the Son as we find it interpreted 1 Cor. 8.6 To us is one God the Father of whom are all things and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things To Him represents the Holy Ghost The Father is a Principle without a beginning the Son is a middle Person through whom Operation received from the Father is transmitted to the Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost is as it were the End in the Trinity from whom there is no farther progress to any other Person 4. That Declaration carries in it convincing evidence of this Doctrine 1 John 5.7 There are three that bear record in Heaven the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three are one Here observe 1. Three recorded Witnesses the Father Son and Holy Ghost Necessarily implying Three Persons The matter of their Testimony is That Jesus is the Son of God v. 1.5 And the Author of eternal life to Believers v. 11. 2. The Word and the Holy Ghost are joyned as Attestators with the Father This were an Honour too great for a meer Creature Moreover Christ here styled the Word has the glorious Denomination of the true God v. 20. and the Holy Ghost here mentioned is called Truth it self Verse 6. 3. Each of these Witnesses is God One is not the other yet they are not many Gods they must