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we_o or_o be_v it_o not_o rather_o a_o foolish_a jealousy_n and_o most_o ingrate_a under_o value_v of_o his_o tender_a love_n yea_o and_o a_o bold_a contempt_n of_o his_o authority_n and_o a_o manifest_a transgression_n of_o his_o commandment_n to_o say_v we_o will_v not_o we_o dare_v not_o call_v he_o father_n while_o he_o have_v say_v when_o you_o pray_v say_v our_o father_n etc._n etc._n luk._n 11.2_o where_o 12._o where_o nomen_fw-la patris_fw-la non_fw-la accipi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la primâ—_n tantum_fw-la trivitatis_fw-la perlona_fw-la sed_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la tribus_fw-la deiatatis_fw-la personis_fw-la opparet_fw-la ex_fw-la regula_fw-la illa_fw-la quam_fw-la forbesius_n ex_fw-la patribus_fw-la &_o communi_fw-la theologorum_fw-la suffragio_fw-la proponit_fw-la contra_fw-la antitrinitarios_fw-la estque_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la omne_fw-la nomen_fw-la dictum_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la respectu_fw-la creaturae_fw-la indicat_fw-la essentiam_fw-la adeoque_fw-la
work_n and_o engagement_n herein_o page_n 515_o some_o direction_n page_n 518_o mark_n of_o the_o prayer_n of_o faith_n as_o first_o negative_o if_o we_o walk_v not_o as_o child_n we_o can_v call_v god_n father_n page_n 519_o second_o positive_o 1._o enlargement_n in_o prayer_n 2._o frequency_n 3._o calmness_n and_o composure_n of_o spirit_n after_o prayer_n 4._o watch_v for_o a_o answer_n 5._o thankfulness_n though_o the_o particular_a be_v not_o give_v 6._o some_o intimation_n of_o love_n make_v to_o the_o heart_n page_n 521_o we_o have_v reason_n to_o be_v humble_v for_o our_o unbelief_n page_n 529_o what_o faith_n do_v adam_n in_o the_o state_n of_o innocency_n act_n in_o prayer_n and_o whether_o he_o then_o know_v the_o mystery_n of_o incarnation_n page_n 530_o if_o we_o suppose_v the_o saint_n in_o glory_n to_o pray_v whether_o may_v they_o be_v say_v to_o pray_v in_o faith_n page_n 531_o whether_o the_o unbelief_n of_o the_o promise_n or_o of_o the_o threaten_n be_v the_o great_a sin_n page_n 533_o chap._n iii_o some_o consequent_a condition_n of_o prayer_n first_o after_o prayer_n we_o must_v wait_v and_o look_v up_o to_o god_n for_o a_o answer_n page_n 535_o second_o we_o must_v watch_v and_o look_v in_o to_o ourselves_o page_n 539_o three_o we_o must_v renew_v our_o request_n and_o continue_v instant_a at_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n add_v prayer_n to_o prayer_n page_n 541_o four_o we_o must_v use_v the_o mean_n for_o obtain_v what_o we_o ask_v from_o god_n our_o prayer_n ought_v not_o be_v pretend_v as_o a_o cloak_n for_o idleness_n ibid._n five_o when_o the_o lord_n answer_v our_o prayer_n we_o must_v return_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o praise_n page_n 544_o what_o our_o praise_n and_o thanksgiving_n import_v page_n 545_o whether_o all_o these_o qualification_n which_o shall_v go_v before_o accompany_v and_o follow_v our_o prayer_n be_v essential_o necessary_a to_o its_o acceptance_n and_o audience_n and_o what_o be_v more_o what_o less_o necessary_a page_n 547_o some_o ground_n of_o encouragement_n to_o weak_a saint_n with_o the_o concur_v testimony_n of_o some_o practical_a divine_n page_n 549_o part_n iii_o some_o practical_a case_n what_o case_n belong_v to_o this_o place_n page_n 552_o chap._n i._n how_o we_o shall_v in_o prayer_n conceive_v of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o person_n of_o the_o glorious_a trinity_n page_n 553_o sect._n i._n how_o we_o shall_v conceive_v of_o god_n when_o we_o draw_v nigh_o to_o he_o page_n 553_o humility_n and_o reverence_n necessary_a here_o ibid._n concl._n 1._o beware_v of_o mental_a idol_n for_o represent_v god_n infinite_a nature_n page_n 555_o concl._n 2._o it_o be_v no_o small_a part_n of_o our_o knowledge_n to_o know_v what_o god_n be_v not_o ibid._n concl._n 3_o yet_o he_o call_v we_o to_o behold_v his_o positive_a perfection_n page_n 556_o concl._n 4._o in_o prayer_n we_o may_v select_v and_o make_v choice_n of_o such_o divine_a attribute_n and_o perfection_n as_o be_v most_o suitable_a to_o our_o condition_n page_n 557_o concl._n 5._o we_o may_v not_o draw_v nigh_o to_o god_n but_o in_o christ_n name_n page_n 558_o concl._n 6._o but_o in_o christ_n we_o may_v draw_v nigh_o with_o confidence_n as_o child_n to_o a_o father_n able_a and_o ready_a to_o hear_v and_o answer_v page_n 559_o it_o be_v not_o presumption_n but_o a_o duty_n to_o call_v god_n father_n ibid._n what_o if_o we_o be_v not_o assure_v of_o our_o adoption_n page_n 560_o be_v it_o not_o a_o mock_n of_o god_n to_o call_v he_o father_n when_o he_o be_v not_o and_o while_o we_o be_v not_o in_o the_o state_n of_o adoption_n page_n 562_o some_o evidence_n of_o adoption_n ibid._n though_o we_o be_v child_n yet_o if_o we_o know_v not_o our_o state_n whether_o may_v we_o in_o truth_n and_o without_o a_o a_o lie_n call_v god_n father_n page_n 564_o five_o bond_n whereby_o a_o child_n of_o light_n walk_v in_o darkness_n may_v lay_v hold_n upon_o god_n as_o a_o father_n ibid._n sect._n ii_o after_o what_o manner_n and_o order_n shall_v we_o direct_v our_o prayer_n to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o glorious_a trinity_n page_n 566_o the_o trinity_n a_o great_a mystery_n yet_o clear_o reveal_v as_o to_o the_o thing_n itself_o though_o not_o as_o to_o the_o manner_n page_n 567_o concl._n 1._o there_o be_v a_o natural_a order_n among_o the_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n page_n 568_o concl._n 2._o there_o be_v not_o three_o first_o cause_n and_o principal_a agent_n but_o one_o page_n 569_o concl._n 3._o there_o be_v a_o appropriation_n of_o work_n and_o attribute_n but_o not_o exclusive_a ibid._n only_o in_o the_o work_n of_o redemption_n there_o be_v something_o peculiar_a to_o the_o son_n page_n 571_o concl._n 4._o we_o must_v not_o so_o direct_v our_o prayer_n to_o any_o one_o person_n as_o to_o exclude_v the_o other_o two_o page_n 572_o concl._n 5._o yet_o we_o may_v so_o direct_v our_o prayer_n to_o one_o as_o not_o actual_o to_o meditate_v on_o the_o other_o two_o page_n 573_o concl._n 6._o in_o single_v out_o any_o one_o of_o those_o glorious_a person_n we_o may_v reflect_v upon_o and_o improve_v the_o appropriation_n of_o work_n and_o attribute_n ibid._n concl._n 7._o yet_o we_o be_v not_o so_o limit_v thereto_o as_o that_o upon_o occasion_n fix_v upon_o any_o one_o ibid._n whether_o as_o we_o may_v put_v up_o several_a petition_n to_o several_a person_n so_o also_o one_o and_o the_o same_o petition_n to_o several_a person_n page_n 574_o concl._n 8._o yet_o usual_o christian_n address_v themselves_o to_o the_o father_n page_n 575_o concl._n 9_o that_o noble_a way_n of_o convey_v all_o good_a to_o the_o sant_n from_o the_o father_n through_o the_o son_n and_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v not_o by_o any_o natural_a result_n flow_v from_o that_o original_a order_n that_o be_v among_o those_o glorious_a person_n page_n 577_o a_o voluntary_a covenant_n the_o ground_n of_o this_o dispensation_n page_n 578_o the_o school-distinction_n of_o mission_n not_o full_a it_o want_v the_o most_o useful_a member_n page_n 581_o concl._n 10._o we_o be_v not_o so_o oblige_v to_o conceive_v of_o god_n under_o these_o personal_a relation_n that_o we_o may_v not_o worship_v he_o absolute_o as_o the_o alone_a jehovah_n ibid._n a_o word_n of_o warning_n caution_n and_o exhortation_n page_n 582_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o withdraw_a of_o the_o spirit_n deadness_n wander_v thought_n etc._n etc._n page_n 586_o sect._n i._n of_o the_o withdraw_a of_o the_o spirit_n page_n 587_o how_o far_o the_o spirit_n may_v withdraw_v from_o the_o saint_n ibid._n whether_o the_o spirit_n always_o work_v as_o to_o the_o conservation_n of_o grace_n so_o also_o to_o its_o operation_n increase_n and_o growth_n page_n 588_o there_o may_v be_v a_o total_a suspension_n of_o gracious_a influence_n as_o to_o prayer_n and_o other_o particular_a performance_n page_n 589_o this_o suspension_n may_v fall_v under_o a_o twofold_a consideration_n 1._o as_o our_o trial_n 2._o as_o our_o correction_n and_o punishment_n page_n 589_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o always_o withdraw_v for_o sin_n but_o sometime_o for_o etc._n etc._n page_n 590_o and_o thus_o the_o suspension_n of_o grace_n be_v either_o 1._o medicinal_a or_o 2._o monitory_n or_o 3._o probatory_n or_o 4._o castigatory_a page_n 591_o yet_o it_o be_v always_o our_o duty_n to_o examine_v our_o heart_n and_o way_n lest_o etc._n etc._n page_n 592_o we_o will_v distinguish_v between_o the_o comfort_v and_o the_o quicken_a or_o assist_v presence_n of_o the_o spirit_n page_n 593_o the_o spirit_n may_v be_v provoke_v to_o depart_v either_o more_o direct_o and_o immediate_o or_o more_o mediate_o and_o indirect_o ibid._n how_o the_o scripture_n express_v the_o more_o direct_a affront_n and_o indignity_n offer_v to_o the_o spirit_n page_n 594_o the_o spirit_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v quench_v either_o positive_o or_o negative_o by_o commission_n or_o omission_n ibid._n negative_o 1._o by_o not_o yield_v to_o his_o motion_n 2._o by_o not_o welcome_v he_o nor_o prise_v his_o presence_n 3._o by_o a_o decay_n of_o love_n respect_n reverence_n etc._n etc._n page_n 594_o positive_o 1._o when_o we_o prostitute_v his_o gift_n to_o our_o carnal_a end_n 2._o when_o we_o undervalue_v and_o entertain_v base_a low_a thought_n of_o they_o 3._o when_o we_o contemn_v his_o authority_n and_o obey_v satan_n and_o welcome_a his_o temptation_n notwithstanding_o the_o contrary_a motion_n and_o warning_n of_o the_o spirit_n 4._o so_o much_o of_o illumination_n and_o light_n so_o much_o of_o conviction_n and_o conscience_n as_o be_v choke_v so_o far_o the_o spirit_n be_v dishonour_v and_o provoke_v page_n 566_o how_o the_o spirit_n be_v provoke_v by_o every_o reign_a sin_n page_n 597_o a_o word_n of_o exhortation_n page_n 598_o the_o saint_n danger_n when_o the_o spirit_n withdraweth_a page_n 599_o how_o we_o may_v
this_o glorious_a mystery_n be_v not_o reveal_v either_o to_o satisfy_v our_o curiosity_n or_o to_o be_v matter_n of_o mere_a speculation_n as_o arminian_n seem_v to_o maintain_v and_o will_v make_v we_o believe_v we_o will_v not_o now_o stay_v to_o confute_v those_o bold_a man_n neither_o will_v we_o enumerat_v the_o several_a practical_a use_n of_o this_o high_a point_n especial_o since_o the_o learned_a dr._n 29._o dr._n voet._n ibid._n disp_n 28_o 29._o voet_n have_v speak_v so_o full_o and_o judicious_o to_o that_o head_n in_o two_o distinct_a dispute_n but_o we_o may_v well_o with_o this_o socin_n this_o non_fw-la facile_fw-la enim_fw-la quis_fw-la obscurabiâ—_n ne_fw-la dum_fw-la ut_fw-la extingu_n t_o in_o nobis_fw-la fidem_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la fiera_fw-fr tiam_fw-la filii_fw-la &_o amorem_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o communionem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la quetidie_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la sentiamus_fw-la confirmemus_fw-la excitemus_fw-la conâ—â—â—â—_n onibus_fw-la precibus_fw-la doxologtis_fw-la &_o renovatis_fw-la fidei_fw-la spei_fw-la charitatisque_fw-la amplexibus_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la quidem_fw-la tum_fw-la antiquae_fw-la omnium_fw-la tum_fw-la hodiernae_fw-la nostrerum_fw-la concieve_v liturgiae_fw-la doxologiae_fw-la nobis_fw-la affatim_fw-la praecunt_fw-la quip_n quae_fw-la à _fw-la trinitate_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la &_o in_o trinitate_fw-la desinunt_fw-la voet._n ibid._n disp_n 26._o antid_v gen_fw-la advers._fw-la socin_n author_n elsewhere_o assirm_a that_o such_o as_o find_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n the_o love_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o who_o be_v daily_o labour_v to_o cherish_v and_o confirm_v the_o same_o by_o prayer_n meditation_n and_o renew_v act_n of_o faith_n love_n and_o charity_n will_v hardly_o suffer_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n to_o be_v obscure_v far_o less_o will_v they_o be_v bring_v to_o deny_v or_o oppose_v it_o but_o we_o proceed_v to_o the_o case_n propound_v in_o answer_n to_o which_o we_o offer_v in_o all_o humility_n these_o few_o conclusion_n concl._n 1._o albeit_o there_o be_v no_o inequality_n no_o superiority_n nor_o inferiority_n among_o the_o person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n yet_o there_o be_v a_o order_n not_o only_o to_o our_o apprehension_n but_o true_o and_o real_o there_o be_v a_o natural_a order_n of_o subsist_v according_a to_o which_o the_o father_n be_v the_o first_o the_o son_n the_o second_o and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o three_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n the_o son_n be_v beget_v of_o the_o father_n the_o holy_a ghost_n proceed_v from_o both_o but_o the_o father_n as_o he_o have_v not_o his_o be_v and_o nature_n so_o neither_o his_o subsistence_n and_o personality_n of_o any_o but_o be_v prorsus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v neither_o beget_v nor_o proceed_v and_o according_a to_o this_o order_n of_o subsist_v there_o be_v a_o order_n of_o work_v which_o notwithstanding_o opera_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la sunt_fw-la indivisa_fw-la the_o work_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v as_o they_o speak_v individed_a and_o common_a to_o all_o the_o person_n there_o be_v nothing_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o any_o one_o 10._o one_o how_o the_o hypostatical_a union_n be_v proper_a to_o the_o son_n sec_fw-la conel_n 3_o quod_fw-la habet_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la excepto_fw-la quod_fw-la relative_a quaeque_fw-la persona_fw-la ad_fw-la alteram_fw-la dâ—â—a_fw-la ur_fw-la aug_n the_o civet_n dei_fw-la lib._n 11_o cap._n 10._o except_o their_o personal_a property_n and_o intrinsical_a relation_n and_o it_o be_v 129._o be_v non_fw-la potest_fw-la operatio_fw-la esse_fw-la divisa_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la sâ—lum_fw-la aqualis_fw-la est_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la indiscreta_fw-la natura_fw-la aug_n contra_fw-la serm_fw-la arrian_n cap_n 15._o non_fw-la naturam_fw-la sec_fw-la mus_fw-la sed_fw-la unitatem_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o voluntatis_fw-la &_o operationis_fw-la confitemur_fw-la ambros_n in_o symb_n apost_n cap_n 3_o una_fw-la ergo_fw-la in_o tribus_fw-la divinitas_fw-la una_fw-la essentia_fw-la una_fw-la omnipotentia_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la substantiâ—â—ter_fw-la potest_fw-la dâ—ci_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la aug._n the_o temp_n ser_fw-mi 38._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la non_fw-la dixcrit_fw-fr patris_fw-la filit_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sanct_a unam_fw-la divinitatem_fw-la parem_fw-la seu_fw-la unam_fw-la ut_fw-la constat_fw-la ex_fw-la sermone_fw-la citate_fw-la majestatem_fw-la potentiam_fw-la unam_fw-la gloriam_fw-la dominationem_fw-la unam_fw-la regnum_fw-la atque_fw-la unam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la enathema_n sit_fw-la ibid._n ser_n 129._o impossible_a it_o shall_v be_v 9_o be_v in_o his_o penoâ—â—i_fw-la ordo_fw-la originis_fw-la est_fw-la secundum_fw-la quem_fw-la procedit_fw-la non_fw-la essentia_fw-la ab_fw-la essentia_fw-la absolute_a &_o in_o abstracto_fw-la a_o ciprendo_fw-la essentiam_fw-la non_fw-la essentia_fw-la à _fw-la persona_fw-la non_fw-la persona_fw-la ab_fw-la essentia_fw-la non_fw-la unus_fw-la deus_fw-la abalio_fw-la deo_fw-la lead_v una_fw-la persona_fw-la ab_fw-la alia_fw-la persona_fw-la vel_fw-la aliis_fw-la personis_fw-la forb_n instr_n hist_o theol_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 35._o thes_n 9_o otherwise_o since_o they_o be_v not_o only_o aequale_fw-la only_o ut_fw-la idem_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la simile_n ita_fw-la nec_fw-la aequale_fw-la equal_a in_o power_n according_a to_o the_o ordinary_a though_o improper_a form_n of_o speech_n but_o have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o power_n as_o the_o same_o nature_n understanding_n will_n etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o must_v have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o work_n what_o thing_n soever_o the_o father_n do_v these_o also_o do_v the_o son_n likewise_o joh._n 5.19_o hence_o concl._n 2._o there_o be_v not_o three_o first_o cause_n principal_a agent_n and_o governor_n but_o one_o only_a for_o though_o there_o be_v three_o distinct_a subsistence_n and_o personality_n yet_o there_o be_v but_o one_o fountain_n and_o principle_n of_o action_n which_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o in_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n for_o the_o personality_n as_o such_o be_v not_o the_o principle_n of_o action_n else_o there_o will_v be_v three_o agent_n but_o the_o divine_a nature_n vogluntate_fw-la nature_n non_fw-la vacas_fw-la jam_fw-la inquirera_fw-fr utrum_fw-la potentia_fw-la divina_fw-la sit_fw-la attrib_n formaliter_fw-la distinctum_fw-la a_o vogluntate_fw-la power_n and_o will_n and_o hence_o 1._o all_o the_o person_n must_v work_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o inseparable_o since_o all_o have_v the_o same_o nature_n and_o power_n which_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o action_n 2._o every_o one_o of_o these_o glorious_a person_n be_v a_o principal_a and_o complete_a agent_n because_o every_o one_o have_v the_o complete_a principle_n of_o action_n and_o all_o the_o three_o be_v but_o one_o complete_a principal_a agent_n since_o every_o person_n have_v perfect_o all_o that_o nature_n and_o power_n that_o be_v in_o all_o the_o three_o 3._o here_o then_o there_o can_v no_o suggestion_n nor_o mediation_n intervene_v as_o if_o one_o person_n do_v begin_v and_o work_v before_o or_o without_o the_o other_o two_o or_o as_o if_o one_o be_v a_o near_a and_o more_o immediate_a cause_n than_o another_o for_o though_o there_o be_v a_o internal_a order_n as_o of_o subsist_v so_o also_o of_o work_v yet_o as_o to_o the_o outward_a work_n and_o operation_n there_o be_v no_o difference_n as_o to_o its_o production_n emanation_n and_o dependence_n from_o all_o and_o every_o one_o of_o the_o person_n hence_o as_o the_o son_n be_v say_v to_o work_v what_o thing_n soever_o the_o father_n do_v so_o to_o work_v likewise_o and_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joh._n 5.19_o though_o then_o there_o be_v here_o a_o admirable_a order_n yet_o no_o subordination_n inequality_n nor_o 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