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it_o not_o that_o importunate_a opposition_n may_v make_v something_o of_o importunity_n decent_a in_o the_o defence_n 4._o wherefore_o since_o the_o divine_a nature_n be_v intellectual_a life_n 4.2_o chap._n 4.2_o and_o the_o natural_a agency_n of_o such_o life_n be_v think_v therefore_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n have_v thought_n 92.5_o nehe._n 5.19_o jer._n 29.11_o psal_n 92.5_o to_o which_o evidence_n of_o reason_n the_o scripture_n give_v its_o attestation_n think_v of_o i_o o_o my_o god_n for_o good_a i_o know_v the_o thought_n that_o i_o have_v towards_o you_o thought_n of_o peace_n and_o not_o of_o evil._n many_o be_v thy_o thought_n to_o we_o ward_n etc._n etc._n 5._o because_o the_o natural_a agency_n of_o a_o intellectual_a life_n 4.2_o chap._n 4.2_o give_v a_o subsistence_n to_o thing_n in_o the_o mind_n by_o conceive_v they_o in_o the_o thought_n therefore_o according_a to_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n the_o 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save_o one_o that_o be_v god_n 12._o because_o this_o free_a volition_n be_v a_o complacential_a volition_n and_o be_v the_o divine_a moral_a goodness_n which_o be_v substantial_a 5.19_o câ—p._n 5.19_o therefore_o the_o divine_a blessedness_n which_o be_v his_o being_n most_o high_o please_v be_v also_o a_o substantial_a blessedness_n and_o this_o also_o as_o such_o be_v a_o incommunicable_a attribute_n 13._o a_o complacential_a volition_n be_v joy_n and_o delight_n now_o mental_a glory_n be_v the_o fullness_n oâ—_n joy_n in_o the_o mind_n exult_v in_o the_o stability_n and_o compleatness_n of_o the_o blessedness_n of_o its_o own_o be_v therefore_o the_o divine_a glory_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o divine_a joy_n as_o the_o divine_a joy_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o complacential_a volition_n have_v also_o a_o substantial_a subsistence_n in_o god_n we_o confess_v that_o goodness_n blessedness_n glory_n in_o god_n be_v substantial_a but_o unless_o there_o be_v three_o 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they_o and_o this_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o fact_n evident_a beyond_o all_o dispute_n 2._o what_o they_o assume_v about_o the_o reason_n of_o personality_n among_o man_n be_v likewise_o a_o mistake_n for_o cicero_n who_o best_o know_v the_o sense_n of_o persona_fw-la english_v person_n after_o a_o long_a discourse_n to_o that_o purpose_n tell_v we_o the_o quite_o contrary_a 1._o tâ—â—_n â—â—t_n â—â—â—_o 1._o for_o say_v he_o nature_n give_v or_o as_o it_o be_v impose_v upon_o every_o man_n two_o person_n and_o he_o himself_o assume_v a_o three_o here_o then_o be_v a_o trinity_n of_o person_n in_o every_o one_o man_n from_o the_o condition_n of_o thing_n in_o nature_n wherefore_o whatever_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o personality_n be_v we_o be_v assure_v by_o the_o sovereign_a authority_n which_o this_o man_n have_v ever_o have_v in_o these_o matter_n that_o a_o single_a substance_n one_o rational_a nature_n be_v not_o only_o capable_a of_o have_v but_o actual_o have_v three_o personality_n and_o that_o every_o individual_a man_n be_v no_o less_o than_o three_o person_n and_o those_o three_o person_n no_o more_o than_o one_o man._n there_o be_v therefore_o no_o absurdity_n contradiction_n or_o the_o least_o incongruity_n in_o speech_n from_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o personage_n to_o affirm_v that_o one_o single_a divine_a nature_n or_o substance_n be_v no_o more_o than_o one_o only_a god_n and_o that_o one_o god_n no_o less_o than_o three_o person_n so_o that_o all_o the_o reproach_n that_o have_v be_v cast_v upon_o the_o church_n on_o this_o account_n have_v be_v owe_v not_o to_o its_o doctrine_n but_o to_o the_o scoptical_a humour_n of_o the_o adversary_n ignorance_n or_o dissimulation_n for_o all_o classical_a latinist_n according_a with_o cicero_n as_o be_v well_o know_v in_o this_o use_n of_o the_o word_n persona_fw-la the_o church_n for_o what_o concern_v the_o expression_n wherein_o she_o
it_o have_v a_o substantial_a subsistence_n that_o nature_n be_v very_o proper_o beget_v in_o such_o a_o subsistence_n by_o that_o conception_n 4._o wherefore_o since_o it_o have_v appear_v by_o the_o natural_a reason_n of_o the_o supreme_a be_v that_o the_o first_o person_n be_v the_o deity_n in_o its_o parental_a subsistence_n and_o the_o second_o in_o the_o filial_a chap._n 5.14_o and_o the_o scripture_n teach_v the_o first_o person_n be_v the_o father_n and_o the_o second_o the_o son_n we_o be_v hereby_o assure_v that_o the_o scriptural_a and_o the_o natural_a account_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v the_o same_o in_o the_o general_n only_a nature_n teach_v the_o bare_a thing_n as_o in_o itself_o and_o the_o scripture_n in_o its_o religious_a state_n have_v say_v this_o to_o justify_v the_o main_a of_o the_o process_n i_o shall_v now_o proceed_v to_o evince_v that_o the_o particular_a character_n of_o the_o three_o person_n be_v the_o very_a same_o in_o scripture_n with_o those_o i_o have_v deliver_v from_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n but_o i_o must_v first_o advise_v the_o reader_n that_o i_o be_o not_o now_o so_o much_o to_o prove_v the_o trinity_n from_o scripture_n which_o have_v be_v do_v abundant_o by_o many_o other_o but_o to_o compare_v the_o natural_a doctrine_n with_o the_o scripture_n and_o show_v their_o accord_n in_o all_o the_o branch_n of_o each_o which_o i_o shall_v do_v a_o brief_o as_o i_o can_v 5._o reason_n teach_v we_o that_o the_o divine_a mind_n in_o its_o first_o subsistence_n do_v subsist_v conceive_v the_o divine_a nature_n chap_n 4.10_o cap._n 5.10_o this_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o holy_a oracle_n of_o the_o father_n to_o the_o son_n thou_o be_v my_o son_n this_o day_n have_v i_o beget_v thou_o we_o learn_v from_o the_o divine_a nature_n that_o the_o first_o person_n be_v real_o distinct_a from_o the_o second_o chap._n 5.9_o 10_o and_o we_o learn_v from_o the_o scripture_n also_o that_o beside_o the_o son_n that_o bear_v witness_n of_o himself_o there_o be_v another_o even_o the_o father_n that_o bear_v witness_n of_o he_o and_o these_o be_v the_o two_o distinct_a witness_n but_o yet_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o thing_n assure_v we_o that_o it_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o divine_a nature_n that_o subsist_v in_o these_o two_o distinct_a and_o real_a subsistence_n chap._n 5.12_o and_o according_o divine_a revelation_n teach_v we_o i_o and_o my_o father_n be_v one_o â—_o one_o nature_n or_o one_o thing_n 6._o natural_a light_n instruct_v we_o that_o the_o second_o subsistence_n of_o the_o god_n head_n be_v a_o substantial_a subsistence_n chap._n 5.9_o 10._o the_o holy_a scripture_n conformable_o affirm_v that_o in_o he_o dwell_v all_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o godhead_n bodily_a that_o be_v substantial_o the_o son_n himself_o be_v naturally_n god_n even_o god_n by_o himself_o and_o that_o by_o nature_n chap._n 5.11_o 13._o the_o scripture_n atte_v the_o same_o style_v he_o god_n even_o god_n bless_v over_o all_o and_o warn_v we_o of_o the_o future_a appearance_n of_o the_o great_a god_n even_o our_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n that_o the_o deity_n in_o its_o second_o substantial_a subsistence_n be_v the_o son_n and_o that_o not_o by_o adoptive_a reputation_n but_o real_a generation_n appear_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n chap._n 5.14_o and_o this_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n word_n which_o say_v this_o day_n have_v i_o beget_v thou_o that_o the_o son_n conceive_v his_o own_o divine_a nature_n be_v a_o natural_a document_n and_o likewise_o that_o this_o be_v neither_o more_o nor_o less_o than_o his_o own_o essential_a subsistence_n chap._n 5.15_o both_o these_o the_o sacred_a dialect_n teach_v declare_v that_o he_o live_v in_o he_o be_v life_n and_o as_o the_o father_n have_v life_n in_o himself_o so_o have_v he_o give_v the_o son_n to_o have_v life_n in_o himself_o the_o son_n beget_v of_o the_o father_n be_v one_o and_o eternal_o the_o same_o as_o reason_n teach_v chap._n 5.16_o and_o the_o religious_a institution_n style_v he_o therefore_o the_o only_o beget_v of_o the_o father_n the_o son_n conceive_v the_o divine_a nature_n but_o with_o a_o conception_n that_o do_v not_o procreate_v another_o subsistence_n of_o the_o deity_n as_o be_v show_v cap._n 5.15_o and_o according_o as_o the_o scripture_n teach_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o which_o be_v therefore_o the_o only_o beget_v of_o the_o father_n so_o it_o teach_v there_o be_v but_o one_o the_o same_o that_o be_v the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n confirm_v the_o natural_a doctrine_n that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o only_a substantial_a subsistence_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n by_o any_o conception_n of_o it_o whatsoever_o but_o yet_o nevertheless_o the_o father_n conception_n and_o the_o son_n conception_n be_v equal_o creative_a of_o all_o other_o thing_n as_o be_v teach_v chap._n 5.17_o which_o the_o scripture_n witness_n for_o the_o father_n work_v hitherto_o and_o i_o work_v and_o whatsoever_o the_o father_n do_v the_o same_o the_o son_n do_v also_o all_o thing_n be_v of_o the_o father_n and_o by_o the_o son_n all_o thing_n be_v make_v that_o be_v make_v and_o without_o he_o be_v not_o any_o thing_n make_v that_o be_v make_v he_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o heaven_n be_v the_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n and_o in_o he_o all_o thing_n consist_v thus_o we_o see_v in_o all_o point_v the_o principle_n of_o natural_a truth_n and_o institute_v religion_n do_v harmonious_o accord_v but_o let_v we_o with_o the_o like_a brevity_n touch_v the_o other_o scriptural_a character_n of_o the_o son_n and_o observe_v how_o exact_o they_o be_v conform_v to_o the_o natural_a condition_n of_o his_o person_n for_o since_o the_o essence_n of_o any_o be_v as_o conceive_v be_v proper_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d word_n the_o word_n of_o god_n the_o word_n therefore_o the_o deity_n subsist_v in_o conception_n be_v proper_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o consequent_o this_o second_o subsistence_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n both_o according_a to_o the_o reason_n of_o its_o nature_n and_o of_o the_o religious_a style_n will_v either_o be_v turn_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o emphatical_o the_o word_n or_o else_o explicit_o the_o word_n of_o god_n &_o because_o reason_n teach_v that_o this_o be_v the_o divine_a nature_n in_o a_o substantial_a subsistence_n 5.10_o cap._n 5.10_o this_o will_v be_v proper_o signify_v by_o affirm_v the_o word_n itself_o to_o be_v god_n and_o that_o in_o it_o be_v life_n all_o which_o st._n john_n distinct_o take_v notice_n of_o 1_o john_n 1.23_o tell_v we_o likewise_o explicit_o rev._n 19.15_o that_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v his_o name_n or_o the_o character_n give_v he_o from_o the_o condition_n of_o his_o person_n 2._o truth_n truth_n the_o reality_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n subsist_v in_o the_o second_o person_n consist_v in_o the_o essential_a truth_n of_o the_o divine_a mind_n conception_n as_o be_v show_v cap._n 5.10_o this_o person_n be_v therefore_o with_o peculiar_a respect_n to_o this_o condition_n of_o his_o be_v to_o be_v call_v the_o turth_n as_o we_o read_v he_o be_v i_o be_o the_o truth_n thy_o word_n be_v truth_n and_o st._n john_n inculcate_n this_o so_o vehement_o that_o it_o be_v manifest_a he_o put_v a_o special_a remark_n upon_o it_o that_o we_o may_v not_o omit_v to_o take_v particular_a notice_n of_o it_o 5.20_o 1_o joh._n 5.20_o we_o know_v that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v come_v and_o have_v give_v unto_o we_o a_o understanding_n that_o we_o may_v know_v he_o that_o be_v true_a and_o we_o be_v in_o he_o that_o be_v true_a even_o in_o his_o son_n jesus_n christ_n he_o be_v the_o true_a god_n and_o eternal_a life_n 3._o for_o the_o like_a cause_n this_o person_n will_v be_v style_v the_o light_n as_o he_o oft_o be_v that_o be_v the_o intellectual_a light_n of_o a_o conscious_a life_n see_v his_o subsistence_n be_v in_o the_o perspicacious_a conception_n of_o the_o divine_a mind_n as_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n teach_v cap._n 5.10_o 4._o and_o because_o what_o be_v perfect_o conceive_v be_v thereby_o thorough_o understand_v and_o it_o be_v a_o infinite_a wisdom_n to_o understand_v all_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o their_o true_a excellency_n for_o god_n be_v all_o in_o all_o therefore_o this_o wisdom_n conceive_v be_v the_o personal_a wisdom_n of_o the_o father_n but_o then_o this_o wisdom_n subsist_v substantial_o by_o be_v conceive_v be_v the_o son_n or_o it_o be_v sapientia_fw-la nata_fw-la as_o st._n austin_n speak_v distinguish_o after_o a_o elaborate_v disquisition_n of_o this_o matter_n and_o as_o i_o have_v show_v the_o reason_n if_o the_o supreme_a spirit_n do_v teach_v this_o cap._n 5.10_o 11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o so_o it_o be_v
nature_n tell_v we_o ch_n 6.14_o and_o the_o scripture_n affirm_v it_o psal_n 51.12_o establish_v i_o with_o thy_o free_a spirit_n which_o spirit_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o all_o liberty_n natural_a and_o moral_a for_o where_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v there_o be_v liberty_n when_o the_o scripture_n teach_v that_o god_n swear_v by_o his_o own_o life_n we_o be_v sure_o he_o therein_o do_v no_o more_o than_o what_o he_o have_v a_o right_a to_o do_v and_o therefore_o he_o have_v his_o life_n in_o the_o disposal_n of_o his_o own_o will_n which_o he_o gauge_n as_o he_o please_v and_o so_o all_o thing_n stand_v in_o the_o infinite_a holiness_n of_o the_o most_o absolute_a freewill_n of_o god_n both_o by_o natural_a and_o supernatural_a evidence_n 10._o last_o nature_n teach_v these_o three_o real_a distinct_a subsistence_n be_v real_o personal_a ch_n 7._o and_o the_o scripture_n own_v it_o for_o christ_n acknowledge_v the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v personal_a right_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o speak_v of_o himself_o but_o shall_v take_v of_o that_o which_o be_v the_o son_n and_o show_v it_o to_o the_o disciple_n and_o present_o thereupon_o inform_v we_o of_o the_o distinct_a personal_a right_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n all_o thing_n that_o the_o father_n have_v be_v i_o say_v the_o son_n where_o we_o see_v though_o they_o all_o have_v right_a to_o the_o same_o thing_n yet_o each_o have_v his_o own_o distinct_a right_n here_o assert_v according_a to_o that_o all_o thou_o be_v i_o and_o i_o be_v thou_o and_o therefore_o each_o of_o the_o three_o be_v a_o person_n when_o st._n paul_n teach_v that_o the_o spirit_n do_v act_n dispose_v of_o and_o bestow_v thing_n by_o the_o disposition_n of_o his_o own_o will_n this_o be_v what_o nothing_o but_o a_o person_n can_v do_v nor_o can_v any_o other_o person_n do_v so_o just_o but_o the_o owner_n or_o lord_n of_o the_o thing_n so_o dispose_v or_o bestow_v i_o have_v think_v for_o a_o heathen_a hierocles_n guess_v ingenuous_o that_o god_n do_v create_v all_o the_o material_a substance_n of_o which_o the_o world_n be_v make_v or_o else_o he_o can_v not_o just_o have_v frame_v the_o world_n because_o he_o will_v have_v meddle_v with_o what_o be_v none_o of_o his_o own_o 11._o thus_o nature_n by_o the_o reason_n of_o thing_n and_o scripture_n by_o the_o reason_n of_o speech_n do_v both_o teach_v the_o same_o trinity_n in_o all_o point_n the_o one_o by_o natural_a the_o other_o by_o institute_v significancy_n god_n work_n and_o god_n word_n conspire_v to_o assure_v we_o there_o be_v one_o god_n and_o three_o person_n for_o the_o coincidence_n of_o the_o rational_a and_o scriptural_a account_n in_o all_o particular_n i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o proper_a evidence_n of_o this_o truth_n because_o have_v the_o account_n be_v give_v upon_o a_o hypothesis_n the_o coincidence_n of_o it_o with_o the_o scripture_n have_v be_v only_o a_o proof_n of_o the_o good_a contrivance_n of_o its_o maker_n but_o be_v all_o deduce_v from_o the_o very_a first_o principle_n of_o sense_n and_o reason_n the_o coincidence_n prove_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o and_o demonstrate_v there_o be_v no_o contrivance_n in_o it_o for_o where_o nature_n lead_v there_o if_o no_o room_n leave_v for_o invention_n but_o thing_n must_v be_v take_v as_o they_o be_v find_v in_o themselves_o the_o arian_n beg_v a_o day_n or_o a_o minute_n time_n for_o the_o make_n of_o their_o second_o and_o three_o god_n in_o this_o be_v a_o blunder_n in_o the_o device_n itself_o for_o a_o god_n can_v be_v make_v in_o less_o time_n than_o a_o triangular_a circle_n but_o i_o be_o not_o expose_v their_o pretence_n in_o point_n of_o ingenuity_n but_o observe_v that_o when_o they_o say_v there_o be_v such_o make_v god_n without_o the_o evidence_n of_o nature_n or_o scripture_n this_o be_v hypothesis_n and_o fiction_n and_o therefore_o it_o will_v then_o be_v time_n enough_o to_o write_v serious_a confutation_n of_o such_o imaginary_a being_n when_o it_o be_v become_v fashionable_a grave_o to_o prove_v at_o large_a that_o romance_n be_v not_o history_n 12._o to_o the_o divine_a revelation_n of_o this_o doctrine_n i_o may_v subjoin_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n who_o faith_n be_v deliver_v in_o our_o common_a creed_n and_o evince_n that_o these_o be_v perfect_o conform_v to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o precede_a discourse_n but_o these_o be_v so_o well_o know_v i_o shall_v seem_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o intelligent_a reader_n to_o write_v the_o same_o thing_n over_o again_o out_o of_o mere_a formality_n yet_o because_o the_o adversary_n do_v boast_v of_o their_o late_a attempt_n against_o the_o athanasian_n creed_n with_o such_o a_o insolence_n of_o glory_v it_o be_v not_o amiss_o to_o remark_n particular_o that_o there_o be_v no_o expression_n in_o all_o that_o creed_n about_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o trinity_n but_o what_o have_v be_v above_o distinct_o account_v for_o 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