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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39356	A letter to the author of a book, entitled, Considerations on the explications of the doctrine of the Trinity	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1694 (1694)	Wing E678; ESTC R41118	1,251	4

A LETTER TO The AUTHOR of a BOOK ENTITLED Considerations on the Explications of the Doctrine of the TRINITY SIR I HAVE a long time Desir'd to have some Conference with You or any other of the Writing Disputants of your Perswasion but I could never yet obtain that Satisfaction I shall here Reflect upon Two Passages in the Letter Annext to your Con●●rations c. The Author of The Snare Broken which Publisht is a Person who for his Learning and Virtue serves the high Esteem and Love of All Men. That ●●pression of His which your Friend has thought fit to ●…lect as that which deserves his Publick Reprehension ●●th clearly represent the deep Judgement together ●ith the Christian Candor and Modesty of the Author 〈◊〉 does indeed not as your Friend says In Vain but 〈◊〉 very Good Purpose Perswade Men To lay aside their Philosophy and wholly to betake themselves to a Scriptural Consideration of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by which says your Frie●● with what Ingenuity let the World Judge I understa●● they must Take the Words of Scripture without und●●standing them or reconciling them to other Scripture or even the current of Scripture or common Reaso● Do they think that Scripture is to be interpreted co●●trary to it self Or that Divine Wisdom has made 〈◊〉 Belief of Contradictions necessary to Salvation Ans●● 'T is manifest that by Philosophy my Friend understand an Artificial Way of Thinking and Discoursing that h●● no Dependence upon the Holy Scriptures But I sha●● take the Boldness to say that few or none in this Ag● who undertake to Interpret the Scriptures Argue mo●● Rationally about the Sense of them than he does I Cha●lenge You to shew wherein He has Interpreted Scriptur● contrary to it self or given any Man cause to questio● whether He think that Divine Wisdom has made th● Belief of Contradictions necessary to Salvation 〈◊〉 the same Letter are these very Scoptical words The● can love the Father with all their Hearts and Strengths and Two Persons distinct from Him with the same All they can give all to one and all to another and all to third and never question the Possibility of it as 〈◊〉 there were a Trinity in Unity in every Man that 〈◊〉 own Heart were Three Hearts to be bestowed all a● entirely upon each of Three Objects and yet be but o● Heart still Answ We assert that The Father T●● Son and The Holy Ghost are not Three Objects b● One Object of Our LOVE or WORSHIP T●● Worship which the Almighty the Fountain of All Goo●ness The ONE BEING ABSOLUTELY INFINITE Requires of Us is nothing else as to t●● Internal Act but Love Absolute or Vltimate such Lo● as Excludes All other Affections but what may be Ex●●●is'd in Subordination and Subserviency to It So that all ●e Loves or other Affections in our Hearts which are Consistent with the True Love of GOD Proceed from 〈◊〉 and Tend to the Continual Encrease and Improvement of it and are indeed Resolv'd into it and become ●s it were a Part of it For this is the Love of God that we ●eep his Commandments 1 Joh. 5. 3. To Love our Neigh●our according to the Will of GOD is indeed to Love GOD. I Beseech Our Almighty and Most Merciful FATHER in the Name of the Blessed JESVS to shed abroad His Love in your Heart by the HOLY GHOST and shall ever remain The most Ardent Lover of Immortal Souls EDM. ELYS Totness in Devon June 26 1694.