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A85327	Faith in five fundamentall principles, strongly fortified against the diabolical, atheisticall, blasphemous batteries of these times Serving for the conviction of opposers, the satisfaction of doubters, and the confirmation of believers. In a conference which a godly independent minister and a godly Presbyterian minister had with a doubting Christian. By E.F. a seeker of the truth.	Fisher, Edward, fl. 1627-1655.	1650 (1650)	Wing F993; Thomason E1375_2; ESTC R209221	23,410	56

man yet wee read Mat. 2. 11. That the Star doth manifest him and the wisemen doe worship him as he was God And though wee read Mat. 3. 16. that he was Baptized in Iordan as hee was man yet the same verse tells us that the holy Ghost descends on him from heaven as he was God And though we read Mat. 4. 1. that he was tempted of the Devill as he was man yet we also read verse 10. that he overcomes and expells the Devill as he was God And though it be said Ioh. 4. 6. Mat. 21. 18. Ioh. 19. 28. that hee was weary hungrie and thirstie as he was man yet is it also said Mat. 11. 28. Ioh. 6. 35. Ioh. 7. 37. that he refresheth the weary is the bread of life for the hungry and giveth drinke to the thirstie as he is God and though wee read Luk. 8. 23. 24. That he sleepes in the Ship and his disciples awake him as he is man yet wee read in the same place that hee rebuketh the winde and the raging of the waters as he is God And though we reade Mat. 26. 37. that he was sorrowfull and heavie and wept Ioh. 11. 35. as he was man yet doe we also read Ioh. 14. 1. 18. that he comforteth his sorrowfull and heavie Disciples as he was God and though it be said Mat. 27. that he cryed out my God my God why hast thou forsaken me as he was man yet it is also said Luke 23. 43. that hee comforteth the good Thief immediately after saying This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise as he was God and though we read Mat. 27. 50. 60. that he dyed and was laid in the Grave as he was man yet doe we also read Ioh. 10. 18. Luk. 24. 6. that he had power to raise yea and did raise himselfe to life again as he was God though we reade Luk. 24. 15. 31. that he talkes and walkes and eates with hs Disciples after his Resurrection as he was man yet wee also read Act. 1. 9. that hee ascended up into Heaven as he was God And this I hope is sufficient to convince you of the God-head of the second person in Trinity called the Son And that the third person in Trinity called the holy Ghost is also God is likewise evident and cleare from Scripture and that first of all from the testimony of Moses Gen. 1. 2. where he sheweth that even before the Creation the spirit of God was busied in the preserving of the confused lump of things which doth sufficiently demonstrate that he is God And how fully doth the Prophet Isaiah confirme it Chap. 48. verse 16. saying And now the Lord God and his Spirit hath sent me And when it said in the 6. Chap. and third verse of the same prophesie that the Angell did acknowledge one God whom they worship to bee holy and doe three times one answering another stile him so surely they doe thereby shew the mistery of the Trinity And it is evident by their writings that ancient Jewes before Christ did note this mistery of the Trinity in their exposition of the word Iehovah adding moreover that this mistery was to be kept secret untill the comming of the Messiah who should more clearly reveale it And indeed not onely the Deitie of the Son but also of the holy Ghost is far more clearely manifested in the new Testament then in the Old for the same person whom the Prophet Isaiah Chap. 6. 3. 5. calleth Iehovah The Apostle Paul repeating the very same words Act. 28. 25. saith it was the holy Ghost that spake them And whereas all the Prophets in the Old Testament doe ordinarily say Thus saith the Lord the Apostles in the new Testament doe ordinarily say Thus saith the holy Ghost Act. 21. 11. and the holy Ghost said Act. 13. 12. And the holy Ghost testifieth Act. 20. 21. and so in like manner the author to the Hebrews repeating that saying Psal 95. 7. To day if ye will heare his voice brings them in thus Wherefore as the holy Ghost saith Heb. 3. 7. And whereas the Lord tells Moses Exod. 4. 11. That it is he alone which giveth to man a mouth and wisedome to speake the Apostle Paul tells us 1 Cor. 12. 10. that it is the Spirit which giveth it to man And so in the new Testament wee finde that as unto the second person so unto the third are ascribed the very same name artributes and workes which properly belong unto God as for instance if you looke into 1 Cor. 3. 16 17. you shall finde that the Apostle doth give unto the Spirit of God the very name of God telling the beleeving Corinthians that they are the Temple of God because the holy Ghost dwelleth in them and if you looke into 2 Cor. 6. 16 17 18. you shall finde that the Apostle calls the holy Ghost the Lord almighty and if you looke into Act. 5. 3. you shall finde that the Apostle Peter telleth Annanias that he had lyed unto the holy Ghost and that he might give him to understand that the holy Ghost is God he telleth him verse 5. that hee had lyed unto God and if you look into Act. 10. you shall finde that in one place it is said that Cornelius was warned of God to send for Peter and in another place you shall finde that the holy Ghost himselfe telleth Peter that hee had sent him and if you looke into 1 Cor. 2. 10. you shall finde the Apostle telling you that the Spirit scarcheth all things even the secret or deepe things of God Now if to search the heart of man and to know the secrets thereof be proper to God onely as you may see it is Ier. 17. 10. much more to know the secrets of God is proper to God onely and if you looke into Heb. 9. 14. you shall finde that eternity is attributed unto the holy Ghost in that the Apostle in expresse termes calleth him the eternall Spirit and if you looke into 1 Cor. 12. 9 10. you shall finde that the power which the Apostles had to worke miracles and wonders was from the holy Ghost now it is proper to God onely to worke miracles and wonders and therefore the holy Ghost must needs be God To conclude if you looke into 1 Pet. 5. 10. you shall finde that God is stiled the God of all Graces and if you looke into Ephe. 5. 9. and into Gal. 5. 22. you shal finde that all graces in the faithful are the fruits of the spirit of God whereby it is evident that the spirit of God is God thus you see it is evident by scripture that both the Sun and holy Ghost are God equall with the Father and that there are three persons in one Divince Essence Christ I know Sir that you Ministers doe speake and write much of the mistery of the Trinity and that there are three persons and yet but one God and that none of the three persons are

argument That that Doctrine which tends to the advancement of Gods glory and the debacing of man must needs be of God for mans Doctrine doth alwayes tend to his owne glory but the Doctrine contained in those bookes which we call the Scripture doe wholly tend to the glory of God and the debacing of man as you have heard and therefore wee must needs conclude they are the word of God 4 And in the fourth place I would beseech you to consider that the Doctrine contained in those bookes which wee call the Scriptures are both above and opposite to the wisedome and will of man as he is by nature so that it is not onely above the naturall power of man to understand them but also directly contrary to his will to yeild obedience thereunto there is neither precept nor prohibition contained in these bookes that is agreeable to mans naturall disposition but directly contrary thereunto there is no man that is acquainted with and takes notice of the disposition of his owne heart but he findes by experience that naturally he beares little love to the Scriptures and that by the little delight he hath to read or meditate therein nay doe we not see that for the most part those young men and others that have nothing in them but flesh and blood had rather read in any vaine booke then in the Bible whence we may truely frame this argument That that Doctrine which is directly contrary to the wisedome and will of man must needs be of God for mans Doctrine is alwaies agreeable to the wisedome and will of man but the Doctrine conained in those bookes which wee call the Scripture is directly opposite and contrary to the wisedome and will of man and therefore these bookes must needs be of God 5 And in the fifth place I would beseech you to consider that the Doctrine contained in these bookes which we call the Scriptures is altogether heavenly and savoureth nothing of an earthly and worldy affection but every where renounceth and condemneth the same they doe wholly tend to the withdrawing of man from all earthly things and to the leading of him to salvation in God these Bookes doe point out unto man wherein true and eternall blessednesse doth consist and how he may attaine unto it there hee may see how man by sinne became the enemie of God and how he may be reconciled unto God and saved eternally there he may see the incomprehensible love of God in Jesus Christ towards man Whence we may truely frame this argument That that Doctrine which tendeth to the with-drawing of man from all earthly things and to the leading of him to salvation in God must needs be of God but the Doctrine contained in those bookes which we call the Scriptures doe wholly tend to that end and therefore they must needs be of God 6 And in the Sixth place I would beseech you to consider that the prophesies contained in those bookes which we call the Scriptures are not general doubtfull and abscure as the Oracles of the heathen are but particular and plaine such as expresse the persons and things by their names as you may see 1 King 13. 2 3. Isa 45. 1. I tell you truly if we do compare the prophesies contained in Scripture with the fulfilling of them we shall perceive that they cannot be attributed to any thing else saving the inspiration of the most wise God as may sufficiently appeare by the comparing the prophesies of the old Testament touching Christ the calling of the Gentiles and rejection of the Jewes with the accomplishment of them in the new besides the foretelling of things to come so precizely and manifestly and so long before hand and the fulfilling of them at the very instant of time fore-told doth aboundantly shew that these bookes are not of man but of God 7 And in the seventh place I would intreat you to consider that there is in those bookes which we call the Scriptures a most holy and heavenly consent and agreement of all the parts thereof together though written in sundry Ages by sundry men in sundry places by the which it is manifest that God guided all their hearts in writing of them 8 And in the eighth and last place I would intreate you to consider that these bookes which we call the Scriptures have ever been hated and opposed by the Devil and all wicked men they have had many and mighty enemies and adversaries who have endeavoured by all the meanes they could utterly to extinguish them yet could they never doe it and though the raging floods of the Roman Tyrants have overflowed these bookes yet could they never drowne them no nor yet deface them they have been condemned to the fire yet could they never be burnt but have ever been preserved by the wonderfull providence of God in dispight of the Devill and all wicked men which must needs put all out of doubt that these bookes are not from man but from God Inde Indeed Mr. H. you have spoken to this point according to mine own heart and I hope he is convinced that the Scriptures are the word of God and I shall be glad to heare you speake to the next point also Pres O no Mr. B. if I speake to one I beseech you doe you speake to another Touching the Deitie of the Sonne and Holy Ghost Inde Well then if it must be so then I beseech you my friend consider that the Deitie of the Sonne and holy Ghost is clearly and manifestly proved by the Testimony of holy Scripture and first as touching the deitie of the Sonne I would intreate you to consider that there are in Scripture many such things asscribed unto him as cannot be properly ascribed unto any but God onely doe you not know that in Joh. 3. 31. Heb. 1. 3. Joh. 15. 16. 17. he is said to be Omnipotent and to have the same equall power with the Father and how could hee be so if he were not God And doe you not know that in Mat. 9. 6. Mar. 2. 5 7 9. It is said that he forgiveth sinnes by his own proper power and authority and who can doe that but God onely And doe you not know that in Mat. 9. 4 5. Mar. 2. 8. He is said to know the secrets of mans heart and who can doe that but God onely And doe you not know that in Col. 1. 16. he is said to be the Creator of all things and in Heb 1. 3. he is said to be the upholder of all things and who can doe that but God onely and doe you not know that in Mat. 14. 25. he is said to walke upon the waters and can any doe that of himselfe but God onely And so in very deed we finde all his actions whilst he lived here on earth to make sufficient proof that he was God aswell as man for though we reade Luk. 2. 7. that he was borne of his mother and wraped in swadling Clouts as he was