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A26345 The main principles of Christian religion in a 107 short articles or aphorisms, generally receiv'd as being prov'd from scripture : now further cleared and confirm'd by the consonant doctrine recorded in the articles and homilies of the Church of England ... / by Tho. Adams ... Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653. 1675 (1675) Wing A493; ESTC R32695 131,046 217

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Building by this Rule he must square all his thoughts words and actions by this Line and Level and thereby he may come to know what is right and what is wrong what is sin and what is duty what is true and what is false and so accordingly may cease to do evil and learn to do well believe that which is true and reject that which is false nor is the Old Testament alone this Rule nor the new Testament alone but both together and both together they are the only Rule of Christianity neither is there any other ordinary sufficient Rule to direct a Christian either how he may serve God acceptably or enjoy God eternally but this written Word 1. The Pagans Rule or Light of Nature or what may be known of God by the things which are made is not sufficient to this end because it cannot discover Christ to us which is the only means of salvation 2. The Papists Rule of Tradition is no good Rule because fallible and contradictory in many things to the Rule of Scripture And 3. for the very same reason the Quakers Rule is no good Rule I mean their Light within because opposite to the light of the Word without and therefore it remaineth that the written Word is the only Rule A. 3. The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God and what duty God requireth of man Artic. vi Holy Scripture contains all things necessary to salvation so that whatever is not read therein or prov'd thereby is not to be required of any man that it should be believed as an Article of Faith or be thought necessary or requisite to salvation Homil. 1. In holy Scripture is fully contained what we ought to do and what to eschew what to believe what to love and what to look for at Gods hand at length Expl. 3. There are two things principally which man is to believe concerning God and they are the two main foundations of the Christian Religion in the practice of it 1. That God is or that there is such a being who is in and of himself absolutely perfect and who gives Being to all his Creatures 2. That he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him namely in and through Christ Heb. 11.6 or that it is not in vain to love serve and obey this God And there is but one thing in the general which God requires of man namely a free and full compliance with his will whether in the doing or suffering part of Religion A. 4. God is a Spirit Infinite Eternal and unchangeable in his Being Wisdom Power Holiness Justice Goodness and Truth Homil. xvij It passeth far the dark understanding and wisdom of a mortal man to speak sufficiently of that Divine Majesty which the Angels cannot understand Considering the unsearchable nature of Almighty God to reverence and dread his Majesty excellent Power incomparable Wisdom inestimable Goodness to take him for God Omnipotent Invisible Expl. 4. A Spirit i. e. A Being which has not flesh and bones as we have Luk. 24.39 has not hands or feet or any bodily parts no nor any bodily properties neither as length breadth heigth depth thickness shape or colour such a Being as is not cannot be as God the object of any of the Five Senses for no man has seen God at any time c. but is invisible and absolutely perfect because he does not depend upon any thing else either for what he is or for what he does Infinite i. e. without any limits or bounds to his perfection an unconfined Essence absolutely free from all measure or determination of time place or degrees Eternal i. e. without beginning or end of days or succession of duration always the same before and after time ever present infinitely above all circumscription of motion according to former and latter Vnchangeable i. e. he can never cease to be what he is the true God nor can he alter at all so as to be more or less God than he is nor more or less perfect for saith he I am God I change not In his Being for when the Son of God who is very God became man he did not cease to be God In his Power for this being infinite it is not capable of an alteration either by adding to it or taking from it And the same may be said concerning his Wisdom for the very same reason for how can he be more or less wise than he is who is infinite in Wisdom and Knowledg In his Holiness i. e. he cannot be more or less holy than he is or be more or less inclin'd or obliged to act suitably to the perfection of his own nature than he is already In Iustice Goodness and Truth i. e. he cannot be more just good and true than he is nor less just good and true than he is because he is Justice Goodness and Truth it self and is all these and has all these in infinite and absolute perfection and therefore he is unchangeable in these A. 5. There is but one only the living and true God Artic. I. There is but one living and true God everlasting without Body Parts or Passions of infinite Power Wisdom and Goodness the Maker and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible Expl. 5. i. e. There is but one only absolutely supreme and perfect Being who is the Maker and Governour of all things for as for Magistrates though they be called gods I have said ye are gods Psal. 82.6 yet they are so only by way of representation only because they do represent God in his Authority and Government And for Idols though they be called gods as there be of this sort gods many yet these gods of the Heathen they are false gods and upon that account are every-where disparaged in Scripture And though the Devil himself be called the god of this world yet 't is only because he is Gods Ape ruling and working in the children of disobedience Eph. 2.2 but by Gods permission as God does in his own children So that it still holds good that to us there is but one God of whom and by whom are all things 1 Cor. 8.6 A. 6. There are three persons in the Godhead the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost and these three are one God the same in substance equal in power and glory Artic. I. And in unity of this Godhead there be three persons of one substance power and eternity the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost Expl. 6. In this A. there are three things to be explained as 1. The meaning or nature of a Divine person 2. How they are said to be three persons 3. How distinguisht from each other For the understanding of the first we are to know that by a person in the general we mean a substantial compleat Being whether visible or invisible having