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scripture_n	ghost_n	holy_a	trinity_n	2,581	5	9.6972	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02186	Greenvvoods vvorkes contayned in fiue seueral tractates. 1. Of the day of iudgement. 2. Of the Lords Prayer. 3. Of the race to saluation. 4. Of the torment of Tophet. 5. Of the baptisme of Christ.	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Treatise of the great and generall daye of judgement. aut; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Race celestiall. aut; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Tormenting Tophet. aut; Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. Joyfull tractate of the most blessed baptisme. aut	1620 (1620)	STC 12329; ESTC S115797	129,145	422

Mark saith that the heauens were clouen in twaine Marke 1. 10. Ma● 1. 10. But by this visible scissure and cleft of the heauens is signified 1. The presence of God 2. That Christ himselfe came from thence to reueale to man the secret will of his heauenly Father 3. That hee it was that should reconcile all things both in heauen and earth to God Colos 1. 20 Col. 1 ●● 4. That Christ Iesus opened the Kingdome of heauen to all beleeuers which Adam by sinne had shut 5. That all that are effectually baptized haue heauen opened vnto them and the Lord God ready to imbrace them to glory O the power and force of baptisme it opened that which all the creatures of heauen and earth were not able to open Lord shew the like power in baptisme this day open the Kingdome of Heauen to this Infant that shall be baptized and receiue it for thy Christs sake into thine euerlasting fauour and saluation Thus much for the first vision The Spirits descension And Iohn saw the Spirit of GOD T●●t descending like a Doue and lighting vpon him That wee may the better lay open the true sence of these words foure questions must be propounded First how Iohn is said to see the Spirit of God the spirit of God being inuisible Ans It is impropria locutio an improper spéech for Iohn could neither see Spiritus essentiam nor virtutem neither the essence nor yet the power of the Spirit of God but here the Spirit of God is said to be seene quia praesentiae sue signum demonstratur cernitur because the signe of his presence namely the Doue was seene by Iohn it is locutio me tanonymica an etanonymicall speech whereby the name of the signified is giuen to the signe as the bread is called Christs body and Baptisme regeneration Secondly how is the Spirit of God said to descend vpon Christ when he was in Christ before and is being infinite euery where Ans This also is an improper speech but because Christs authoritie might bee declared among men and now Christ being to performe the office of a Redeemer might bee answerably furnisht with the power of Grace therefore the Spirit of God is said in visible signe to descend vpon him Esayes Prophesie is here fulfilled The Spirit of the Lord is vpon mee Esa 61. 1. therefore hath the Lord anointed mee to preach good things to the poore c. Esay 61. 1. Thirdly why did the holy Ghost descend in the forme of a Doue rather than in fiery forme as sometimes he somtimes he did vpon the Apostles Ans This was done as it is coniectured not only to demonstrate the Doue-like qualities of the Spirit of God and of Christ but especially to shew quàm blande comiter Christus vocaret in spem salutis peccatores how kindly louingly and gently IESVS CHRIST should call sinners to repentance and saluation The truth whereof maintained is by the Prophet Esay A bruised reede he shall not breake and smoking flaxe shall he not quench Fourthly whether was this a naturall Doue from the common slight or onely a spectrum an apparition and no body or a body substantiall out of the elements formed by God of all birds likest a Doue Ans Luke saith it was like a Doue Luke 3. 22. therefore not a naturall Doue Luke 3. 22. And surely it was not an apparition without substance but without all doubt it was a substantiall creature much like a Doue vel ex nihilo vel e● elementis formata formed either of nothing or out of the elements as was that Starre that led to Christ and resolued againe into his first matter the pleasure of God performed by it Vpon euery one therefore that is effectually baptized this Doue-like Spirit descendeth making vs of Lyons Lambes of Vultures Doues of crooked and peruerse harmelesse gentle and kinde bringing vs likewise newes with the Doue of Noah that the floud of sinne is downe and that all is well twirt God and vs. Lord let thy Done-like Spirit this day descend with the Oliue leafe of thy fauor vpon this thine Oliu● plant and of the childe of wrath make him in Christ heyre apparant to the crown of saluation Thus much for the second vision Now for the voyce that was heard from heauen And loe a voyce came from heauen c. The voyce of God concerning Christ hath thrée times swéetly sounded from heauen In his Agony and Passion Iohn 12. 27 28. propter nostram redemptionem For our redemption In his transfiguration Math. 17. 5. Mat. 17 Propter nostra● glorificationem For our glorification And héere in baptisme Propter nostram adoptionem for our adoption And lo a voyce came from Heauen saying c. Aperitur hi● mysterium Trinitatis saith one In this Scripture the Trinitie of Persons with God is manifest●● expressed For Patris vox auditur 〈…〉 humanitas conspicitur Spiritus 〈…〉 signum perspicitur the Father is heard the Sunne seene and the Holy Ghost in visible signe perceiued The foolish Papists say that there is no such mention of the Trinity in the Scriptures Indéede the litterall word is not found in the Scriptures but if they would put on their spectacles and look they should soone finde the substance of the same namely the vnity of essence and Trinity of persons that is with God As in De●teronomy Audi Israel De●t ● Deus Deus noster Deus vnus est God our God is God onely Deut. 6. Why doth Moses mention the name of God thrice but to shew the distinction of the persons Diuine why doth he put the word vnus that is onely but to shew the vnity of their Essence why is noster that is our put to God in the second place not in the first or last but to shew that the second person should take our nature vpon him Againe in ●say Sanctus sanctus sanctus Deus exerciti●um plena est omnis ●erra gloria c●●● Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts heere is the Trinity of the Persons the earth is full of thy glory thy here is the vnity of their Essence For though God bee simplicissimus most simple in respect of his Essence yet is he trin●s ratione personarum three in regard of his persons One example or two more let mee giue you hereof In the first verse of the Booke of God Creauit Elohim Coelum terram GOD created the Heauen and the earth Gen. 1. 1. the Verbe singular Gen. 1. 1. Creauit noteth out the one and most simple Essence of God the substantiue plurall Elohim not El singular points out the Trinity of persons Againe in the same Chapter Faciamus Gen. 1. 26. hom●em ad imaginem nostram Let vs make ma● after our owne Image Gen. ● 26. faciamus sheweth the plurality of persons and nostram the vnity of Essence Againe in the Gospell of Mathew Baptiz● 〈…〉 Spiritus san●t●● B●ptize them in 〈…〉 Name