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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31061	A brief state of the Socinian controversy concerning a trinity in unity by Isaac Barrow ...	Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677.	1698 (1698)	Wing B930; ESTC R10201	4,087	24

Col. ii 18. nor can comprehend those secret Things which belong to the Lord our God Deut. xxix 29. and the comprehension whereof he hath reserved unto himself These Considerations may suffice in some manner to shew that St. Chrysostom had reason to exclaim so much against the Madness as he styleth it of those who are busily Curious in Speculation about the Essence of God daring to subject Divine Mysteries to their own Ratiocinations That St. Basil's Advice was wholsom not to be meddlesom about things about which Holy Scripture is silent That another Ancient Writer did say no less prettily than truly that in these Matters curiositas reum facit non peritum we may easilier incur blame than attain Skill by nice Enquiry into them That many of the Fathers do with great Wisdom dislike and dissuade the searching 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the manner of Things being true or possible as a suspicious Mark or a dangerous Motive of Infidelity That St. Paul's Rules Rom. xii 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be wise so as withal to be sober and modest and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not to conceit any thing without warrant of Scripture 1 Cor. iv 6. are in this Case most especially to be heeded That according to St. Peter's Admonition we should as new-born Babes unprepossess'd with any Notions or Fancies of our own long for and greedily suck in the sincere milk of the Word not diluting it with baser Liquors of Humane Device That where God doth interpose his definitive Sentence our Reason hath nothing to do but to attend and submit No Right to Vote no Licence to Debate the Matter It s Duty is to listen and approve whatever God speaketh to read and subscribe to whatever he writeth At least in any case it should be mute or ready to follow Job saying Behold I am vile what shall I answer thee I will lay my hand upon my mouth Job xl 4. In fine The Testimony of God with a sufficient clearness represented to the Capacity of an Honest and Docile Mind void of all partial Respects and clear from all sorts of Prejudice loving Truth and forward to entertain it abhorring to wrest or wrack Things to use any Fraud or Violence upon any Principle or Ground of Truth the Testimony of God I say so revealed whatever Exception our shallow Reason can thrust in should absolutely convince our Judgment and constrain our Faith If the Holy Scripture teacheth us plainly and frequently doth inculcate upon us that which also the uniform Course of Nature and the peaceable Government of the World doth also speak That there is but One True God If it as manifestly doth ascribe to the Three Persons of the Blessed Trinity the same August Names the same Peculiar Characters the same Divine Attributes essential to the Deity the same Superlatively admirable Operations of Creation and Providence If it also doth prescribe to them the same Supreme Honours Services Praises and Acknowledgments to be paid unto them All this may be abundantly enough to satisfy our Minds to stop our Mouths to smother all Doubt and Dispute about this High and Holy Mystery It was exceeding Goodness in God that he would condescend so far to instruct us to disclose so Noble a Truth unto us to enrich our Minds with that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that most excellent Knowledge of himself And it would be no small Ingratitude and Unworthiness in us any wise to suspect his Word or pervert his Meaning any wise to subject his Venerable Oracles to our rude Canvasses and Cavils In fine The proper Employment of our Mind about these Mysteries is not to search and speculate about them to Discourse flippantly and boldly about them but with a pious Credulity to embrace them with all humble Respect to Adore them FINIS Books Printed for Brabazon Aylmer in Cornhil A Seasonable Vindication of the B. Trinity Being an Answer to this Question Why do you believe the Doctrin of the Trinity Collected from the Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and the Right Reverend Dr. Edward Stillingfleet now Lord Bishop of Worcester Price 12d A Method of daily Devotion A Method of Devotion for the Lord's-Day Likewise several small Books against Debauchery Profaness Blasphemy Cursing and Swearing c. Price two Pence each and something cheaper to them that give away Numbers All these by Dr. Ashton * V. Defence of the B. Trinity p. 5. P. 21. Id. on the Creed p. 337. V. Defence of the B. Trinity p. 26. P. 55. † Zeno Veronens 1 Pet. ii 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉