5.24 And the Holy-Ghost enjoyneth it Dâ—ut 18.15 Heb. 2.5 Heb. 12.25 threatning destruction to them that will not heare him and Christ telleth you that his sheepe have his eare-marke by which they are known They heare his voyce Joh. 10.4 5. we must heare the Voyce of Christs Ministers but it is only as they are his Embassadors and are not to be heard in their owne but in his Name There is therefore a great deale of difference between the hearing of Christ and the hearing a Disciple of Christ Jesus First the Lord Jesus is to be heard as the Law-giver Joh. 13.34 but they are to be heard as the Interpreters of the Law Secondly the Lord Jesus is to be heard of and for himself the Word we receive is his Word Col. 3.16 and he delivereth it in his own Name Verily I say unto you John 3.3 5 11. Joh. 5.24 25. Joh. 6.47 53. Joh. 8.51 Joh. 10.7 Joh. 12.24 He opposeth his own Authority against the false glosses of the false Teachers Mat. 5.22 32 34 39 44. If he did urge Scripture it was not that he did receive testimony from any of the Writers thereof Joh. 5.33 34. but first in regard of his Hearers weaknesse who not knowing him to be the Sonne of God preferred the writings of his servants the Prophets before his Word Joh. 5.39 secondly it was to teach us by his example what to doe thirdly it was not to confirme his words to us by Scripture but to confirme to us our faith in the Scriptures But the word that the Prophets and Apostles had was from him That which I have heard from the Lord of Hoasts the God of Israel have I shewed you saith Isaias Isai 21.10 and that which I received from the Lord Jesus delivered I unto you saith Paul 1 Cor. 11.23 they deliver the word not in their own names but in the Name of Christ whose Embassadors they are and in whose stead they are to be heard 2 Cor. 5.20 Thirdly the Holy-Ghost is to be heard Let him that hath an Eare heare what the Spirit saith unto the Churches Rev 1.7 11 17 29. Rev. 3.6 13 22. It was a sinne reproved in the Jews by Stephen that were uncircumcised not onely in heart but also in eare who did alwayes resist the Holy-Ghost Act. 7.51 His power they could not resist but his Doctrine they did whenas they would not hear it they would not receive it And it was confessed by the Jewes as a great transgression Nehem. 9 3O that they would not give care to the Spirit of God testifying agaâ—nst them by the Prophets We are therefore to hear the Father the Son the Holy-Ghost yea the hearing of one is the hearing of all the despising of one is the despising of all He that heareth the Sonne heareth the Father Joh. 5.38 Luk. 10.16 He that heareth the Holy-Ghost heareth likewise the Sonne Rev. 2.1 7. The words which in the beginning of the seven Epistles are ascribed to the Sonne of God are in the conclusion of them attributed to the Spirit of God Jesus Christ is described in all the Prefaces yet in the end of them as if the Holy-Ghost were the onely Author we are commanded to heare what the spirit saith to the Churches Because the hearing of the Spirit is the hearing of Christ who together with the Father is one with the Spirit who are Essentially one God The Spirit proceeding inseparably from God cannot be divided from the Father and the Sonne For though he be Personally distinguished yet is not Essentially divided from them 1 Cor. 2.11 He is in the Father and the Sonne as the Spirit of man is in man which is not essentially distinct from the man in whom it is CHAP. VII The Knowledge of the Father of the Sonne and of the Holy-Ghost is requisite to salvation THe Lord Jâ—sus will be revealed from Heaven in flamiâ—g fire rendring vengeance to all them that know not God 2 Thes 1.7 This Knowledge of God even as all the Honour we give to him we have from God He giveth us first ability to know him and we returne but that to him which we have received from him we give God his own 1 Chron. 29.12 He giveth us understanding that we may know him that is true 1 Joh. 5.20 we cannot know God but by that knowledge which is given us of God None knoweth who the Son is but the Father and who the Father is but the Sonne and he to whom the Sonne will reveale him Luke 10.22 And as it is the Worke of God which he doth worke in us rightly to know him So it is an honour which he requireth of us and our duty which we must doe to him rightly for to know him He that commeth to God must beleeve that God is and that he is the rewarder of them that seek him Heb. 11.6 For if we are without the knowledge of God we are Aliens to the Common-wealth of Israel Ephes 2.12 First we know God the Father It is eternall life to know him John 17.3 the want of this knowledge of him maketh Men fall into sinne Joh. 16.2 3. Secondly we must know God the Sonne It is eternall life to know him John 17.3 1 Joh. 5.20 the want of the knowledge of him causeth men to fall into sinne John 16.2 3. and to be strangerâ— to the Common-wealth of Israel Ephes 2.12 Paul desired to know nothing but Christ and him crucefied 1 Cor. 2.2 accounting all things else in comparison of this to be losse and dung Phil. 3.8 Thirdly we must know God the Holy-Ghost It is a marke of those that have eternall life to know him Joh. 14.17 Our Saviour maketh it a difference between the World and his Disciples the Unbeleevers and the faithfull They know him not but these truly know him and beleeve in him Endeavour therefore to informe thy soule with the true knowledge of God without this Knowledge in vain doe we know all other things The least glimpse of the knowledge of these 3 in one essence is better then all the brightest gleamâ—s of humane Philosophy or earthly skill Where the true knowledge of one Person in the God-head is the knowledge of the other If thou knowest the Sonne thou knowest the Father also Joh. 8.19 John 14.7 the seeing of the one is the seeing of the other also Joh 14.9 Joh. 12.45 He that denyeth the Sonne the same hath not the Father 1 Joh. 2.23 He that hath the Holy-Chost hath the Sonne also For when Christ would send the Holy-Ghost he faith I will not leave you comforthlesse I will come to you John 14.18 He came in the Holy-Ghost For as he Father and Sonne are one John 10.30 so the Sonne and Holy-Ghost are one yea all the three are one 1 Joh. 5.7 and mutually in each other The Father in the Sonne and the Sonne in the Father John 10.38 John 14.11 and the spirit in the Father ana the Sonne as the spirit of man is
is immutably true in regard of his gifts and graces In the Father of Lights there is no variablenesse nor shadow of change Jam. 1.17 Where if you take the word Father either essentially or personally this Truth standeth firme That the Father is immutably true in regard of his gifts and graces Secondly the Sonne is immutably true in regard of his gifts and graces Rev. 3.7 Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to day and for ever Heb. 13.8 He is the true and faithfull witnesse Rev. 3.14 Thirdly the Holy-Ghost is immutably true He is the Spirit of Truth Joh. 14.17 Joh. 15.26 who will guide us into all truth Joh. 16.13 The word which the Holy-Ghost speaketh must needs be fulfilled Act. 1.16 The Father the Word and the Spirit therefore are one true God who is true in himselfe and immutably true in all his Promises to his Church and people CHAP. XIV The Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost are one living God LIfe is essentially proper to God Deut. 32.40 He onely hath immortalitie 1 Tim. 6.16 He hath his life and essence of himselfe and is therefore stiled him thaâ— liveth for ever Dan. 4.34 The Creatures have their being from him who is their Creator their preserver Act. 17.28 In him they live and move and have their being The Lord is the Saviour of all men 1 Tim. 4.10 preserving their corporall life and delivering their bodies from danger and also preserving the Spirituall life of his Saints to his heavenly Kingdome 2 Tim. 4.18 and delivereth not onely their bodies but also their soules from spirituall death and eternall destruction And surely the Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost have life First the Father hath life Joh. 5.26 he is the living God Mat. 16.16 Joh. 6.69 Secondly the Sonne hath life in himselfe Joh. 5.26 Life indeed was given to him as he was a Mediatour of his Church but in him is life Joh. 1.4 and that of himselfe as God and therefore Christ who is Jehovah so Isaiah calleth him sweareth as he liveth Isa 45.25 with Rom. 14.10.11 Job acknowledgeth that his Redeemer liveth Joh. 19.25 yea he is the living God for the faithfull are the Church of the living God 1 Tim. 3.15 but the Church is Christs Cant. 2.16 Cant. 6.3 Ephes 5.27 He is life Joh. 14.6 and our life Col. 3.4 Thirdly the Holy-Ghost hath life in himselfe he is the incorruptible Spirit Wisd 12.1 he is the living God for the faithfull who are said to be the temples of the Holy-Ghost 1 Cor. 6.19 are said to be Temples of the living God 2 Cor. 6.16 Because the Holy-Ghost who is the living God dwelleth in them as in his Temple The Spirit is life Rom. 8.10 First he is the life of the soule regenerating it Secondly he is the life of the body quickning it and raising it up Rom. 8.11 Thus the Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost is Jer. 10.10 the living God Hu Elohim Caiim which we cannot expresse in English there being one word singular and another plurall joyned with Elohim a word of the plurall number ipse Dii viventes Hu or He there is the unitie Elohim Caiim living Gods there is the pluralitie of Persons life being essentially proper to the Father to the Sonne and to the Holy-Ghost who though three persons yet are but one living God CHAP. XV. The Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost are glorious GLorie as also Life Wisedome Truth Goodnesse Holynesse c. are the essence of God These in creatures are accidents and qualities but in the Creatour in whom there are no accidents but whatsoever is in him is his essence these therefore are his essence Moses desireth to see Gods glory Exod. 33.18 the Lord answering telleth him Exod. 33.20 Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see me and live intimating that his face or essence or glorie are all one and so it is in all other of his Attributes Glorie belongeth onely to God to whom we are to ascribe it as most due yea onely due Math. 6.13 1 Tim. 1.17 There is in God both a Personall and an essentiall glorie First there is in God a Personall glorie as First the Fathers glorie is to beget the Sonne Joh. 17.5 Secondly the Sonnes glorie is to be begotten of the Father Joh. 1.14 and to be equall with him Phil. 2.6 Thirdly the Holy-Ghosts glorie is to proceed from both and to be equall with both Secondly there is in God an essentiall glorie which is not appropriated to any Person of the Deitie but is common to all three Persons and thus glorie is taken two wayes First improperly for that worship and honour which the Church of God ascribe to him both by praying to him and praysing of him which is the same with our gloryfying of God and of this God speaketh Isai 42.7 I will not give my glorie to another but of this hereafter Secondly more properly for that excellent Nature that is in God who is glorious in himselfe and also glorious in his gifts and graces which he giveth to his Church this is essentially proper to the Father to the Sonne and to the Holy-Ghost First the Father hath glorie in himselfe and giveth glorie to his Church he prepareth a kingdome for the faithfull Mat. 25.34 and it is his good pleasure to give it them Luke 12.32 he is the Father of glorie Eph. 1.17 Secondly the Sonne hath glorie in himselfe Joh. 2.11 Mat. 19.28 Joh. 12.41 Jude verse 24. and he giveth glorie to the faithfull Joh. 17.22 Joh. 14.2 and he is the Lord of glorie 1 Cor. 2.8 Thirdly the Holy-Ghost hath glorie in himselfe who both prepareth glorie for the faithfull and also prepareth the faithfull for glorie and is the Spirit of glorie 1 Pet. 4.14 The Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost are one glorious Lord God who hath glorie essentially proper to him and doth give grace and glorie to the faithfull Psal 84.11 who is stiled First the God of glorie Act. 7.2 in regard of that glorie which he hath in himselfe and of himselfe Secondly the King of glorie Psal 24. in regard of that glorie he giveth to his Church CHAP. XVI The Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost are blessed BLessednesse is an essentiall propertie of God who hath blessednesse in himselfe and of himselfe being free from all evill of all sorts whatsoever and aboundeth with all kind of Good he perfectly knoweth and certainely enjoyeth his owne blessednesse he to and for himselfe is sufficient and needeth no helpe of any Psal 16.2 Job 22.3 Job 35.6 7. Rom. 11.35 Psal 50.7 8.9 10.11 12. God is debtor to none men and Angels owe all that they have unto him He is the blessed God 1 Tim. 1.16 2 Tim. 6.15 First the Father is blessed for evermore 2 Cor. 11.31 so the high Priest acknowledged him Marke 14.61 Secondly the Sonne is blessed for ever Rom. 9.5 the children of the Jewes so acknowledged him Mar. 11.9 10. yea saith the Psalmist
as they are not divided in nature but are one God in nature and in working as will appeare in the particular effects and fruits of sanctification some whereof I have already treated of It now remaineth that I further manifest how the Father the Son and the Holy-Ghost do co-operate both in the beginning progresse and full perfecting this worke in us shewing how that they do draw us and quicken us and increase grace already wrought in us CHAP. XIIII The Father the Word and the Spirit doe draw us THe Scripture setteth forth our unwillingnesse in the first act of our conversion two wayes by two severall sorts of Metaphors First by comparing us to an unwilling creature that will not follow but it must be drawne Secondly by comparing us to a dead creature that cannot follow unlesse it be made alive Fiâ—st God draweth leadeth us to himself he drew the Israelites with the cords of love with the bands of a man Hos 11.4 God of us men that are unwilling by nature doth make us willing through grace powerfully inclining our wills and affections to follow himselfe we having without him no sufficiency of our selves 2 Cor. 3.5 1 Cor. 4.7 This worke is equally wrought both by First God the Father who draweth us to Christ for so the Lord Jesus witnesseth John 65 44. No man can come to me except the Father that sent me draw him And surely when the Father hath drawn us into Christs hands it is not all the powers of the Prince of darkenesse shall draw us back Mat. 16.18 Joh. 10.29 It is a gift given to us of the Father that we have any power to do good Joh. 6.65 Jam. 1.17 Secondly God the Sonne who draweth us to himselfe so he promiseth John 12.30 When he is lifted up from the earth he will draw all men to him and thus the Church desireth of Christ Cant. 1.3 Draw me and we will run after thee And no wonder for without him we can do nothing Joh. 15.4 5. it is from him wee have power to do good Phil. 413. he it is that strengthneth us with his grace that all the principalities and powers of the Prince of darkenesse shall never pluck us away or draw us back from him Joh. 10.28 Thirdly God the Holy-Ghost who draweth us Jer. 31.3 who in the same chapter as I have shewed out of the 31. verse with Heb. 10.15 16. maketh a Covenant with us He it is that the children of God are led by Rom. 8.14 even as blinde and impotent persons by a guide We cannot confesse Jesus to be the Lord without him 1 Cor. 12.3 Through Christ we have an accesse by one spirit unto the Father Eph. 2.18 Loe all the three Persons described by the Apostle in working this worke The Father to whom we have accesse the Sonne as the way Joh. 14.6 through whom we have accesse and the Holy-Ghost in whom we have accesse as our guide and Conductor There is there distinct and Personall order of working in which they worke as they are three distinct Persons whose Power and Essence is one as their work is one In respect therefore of the Essence there may be said to be one common operation but in respect of the distinction of Persons there is a distinct manner of working CHAP. XV. The Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost doe quicken us THe Lord quickneth us with his grace who were dead in tresâ—asses and sinnes Eph. 5.1 5. 1 Tim. 5.6 Mat. 8.22 It is a Work of one God in three Persons to give not onely corporall life 2 Kin. 5.7 but also spirituall life Hos 6.1 2. First the Father quickneth whom he will Joh. 5.21 Secondly the Sonne quickneth whom he will Joh. 5.21 Thirdly the Holy-Ghost quickneth Joh. 6.63 Rom. 8.11 and it is whom he will he quickneth For he diâ—â—â—eth his Gra es severally as he will 1 Cor. 12.8 11. This mighty Work of quickning those that were dead in trespasses and sinnes is wrought by the Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost who doe co-operate and yet are one and the same efficient cause as they are one God of that spirituall life which the children of God live by CHAP. XVI The Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost doe give Grace to us and multiply Grace on us THe Lord doth not onely give Grace to us but he also increaseth his gifts and multiplyeth his graces on us He is the God of peace that sanctifieth us throughout 1 Thes 5.23 he doth begin good in us he doâ—h perfect it he doth finish it Phil. 1.6 Phil. 2.13 This is an essentiall worke of God and is common to the Father to the Sonne and to the Holy-Ghost First the Father giveth us Grace and Peace For this cause the Apostles pray to him for it Eph. 1.2 Col. 1.2 Phil. 1.2 Rom. 1.7 Rev. 1.4 and he multiplieth his Graces he gives us Jude ver 2. Secondly the Sonne giveth us Grace and Peace For this cause the Apostles pray to him for it Col. 1.2 Eph. 1.2 1 Thes 1.1 Rev. 1.4 5. and he multiplyeth those Graces he giveth us 2 Pet. 1 2. Jude ver 2. Thirdly the Holy-Ghost giveth us Grace and peace The Apostle for this cause prayeth to him for it Rev. 1.4 who though one Eph. 2.18 2 Cor. 11.4 1 Cor. 12.4 yet is he called the seven Spirits First in regard of his manifold Gifts and operations to all Churches Secondly in regard of particular relation that he had to these seven Churches to whom John wrote Thirdly he describeth him as he saw him in the Vision who is after described of John as seen of him in the forme of seven lights Rev. 4.5 Secondly he multiplyeth the graces he giveth us strengthening us with might in the Inner man Eph. 3.16 It is the undivided Work of one God in three Persons to give grace and to multiply on the Church those graces he hath given it causing it to increase with the increase of God as Paul speaketh Col. 2.19 CHAP. XVII The Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost doe give Testimony to us assuring us we are the Lords THe Lord doth not onely give Grace to us and increase the Graces he hath wrought in us 1 Thes 5.24 Phil. 1.6 but also witnesseth to our soules the sincerity of these graces he worketh in us and testifieth in our hearts his salvation he hath wrought in Christ for us for surely he that alone made the heart he that alone searcheth the heart he that alone worketh grace in the heart can alone testifie unto the heart with comfort Act. 15.8 the truth of those soule-satisfying graces that he hath wrought in us whenas by faith he purifyeth the heart Act. 15.9 The comfortable attestation of these graces therefore in our hearts is a worke of the Father Sonne and Holy-Ghost who as I have already shewed made the heart know the heart and worke grace in the heart and doe worke in witnesse-bearing to our hearts of the truth of those
in man as the Apostle intimâ—teth 1 Cor. 2.11 and the Father and the Sonne are in the spirit Zack 7.12 The Lord of Hoasts in his spirit hath sent by the hand of his Prophets so it is word for word in the Originall which was the Father and the Sonne who are called by the same Prophet particularly the Lord of Hoasts The Father is so called Zach. 2.9 and the Son likewise Zac. 2.8 yea the Holy-Ghost is not onely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Cor. 2.11 the Spirit of God but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Cor. 2.12 That spirit which is of God and therefore of the same nature co-essentiall with him CHAP. VIII We must beleeve in the Father and in the Sonne and in the Holy-Ghost THe greatest honour we can doe to God is beleeve him Whereas contrarywise it is the greatest affront we can offer unto him not to beleeve him He that beleeveeh not God hath made him a lyar 1 Joh. 5.10 And what greater disgrace can be put upon any then to give him the lye How much more disgracefull is it not to believe the God of truth He enjoyneth us to beleeve in him Not for any Good he receiveth thereby Job 22.2 3. Job 35.6 7 Psal 16.2 but for our good which we shall enjoy by doing that which he requireth even by beleeving that which he promiseth Without it iâ— impossible to please God Heb. 11.6 or to have our soules saved Mar. 16.16 we must therefore beleeve in God this Father This faith thou professest in the Creed when thou sayest I beleeve in God the Father Our Saviour sheweth they that beleeve in him have everlasting life Joh. 5.24 Secondly the Sonne This faith we prosesse in the Creed when in the second Article we say and is Jesus Christ This faith in Christ God the Father commandeth Joh. 6.29 This is the worke of God that ye beleeve on him whom he hath sent God the Sonne requireth it of his Disciples John 14.1 Ye beleeve in Gâ—d beleeve also in me He requireth it also of the blind man Dost thou beleeve in the Sonne of Gâ—â— Joh. 9.35 yea he requireth it of all John 3.15 16. John 12.36 promising to him that beleeveth in him out of 〈◊〉 â—elly shall flow Rivers of living water John 7.38 He Lastly commendeth the Church of Pergamus for not denying his faith Rev. 2.13 God the Holy-Ghost reproveth the want of it in the World John 16.9 John Baptist the fore-runner of Christ doth make it an infallible marke of those that have eternall life even as sure as if they did already injoy it Joh. 3.36 And the Lord Jesus telleth the Jews that if ye beleeve not that I am ye shall dye in your sinnes Joh. 8.24 And no marvell for the beleeving in Christ is the beleeviâ—g in God Ioh. 12.44 Act. 16.31 with 34. and the not beleeving in Christ is to make God a lyar 1 Ioh. 5.10 whereas by faith in him we are sanctified Act. 26.18 and justified Rom. 3.26 Thirdly the Holy-Ghost This faith we professe in the Creed in the eighth Article when as we say I beleeve in the Holy-Ghost The Apostle shewed that the Israelites entred not into Canaan because of unbeleefe Heb. 3.18 whom did they not believe was it not He whom they tempted proved and grieved Heb. 3.9 10. That this was the Holy Ghost the Apostle expresly affirmeth Heb. 3.7 Besides how can they call on him in whom they have not beleeved Rom. 10.14 Or how can we be Bâ—ptized in the Name of him in whom we doe not believe Mat. 28.19 There being but one faith one baptisme one God Eph. 4.5 6. One faith and one baptisme in regard of the object that is to be beleeved on and to be baptized in though there be divers in regard of the subject who beleeveth and is baptized The Holy-Ghost therefore in whose Name we are baptized is to be beleeved in There is but one faith in God the Father Sonne and Holy-Ghost who are therefore one God For if the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost were not one with the Father but did differ in Essence and Nature they would be divers Gods and the faith in them likewise would be divers And surely in the Creed we professe our faith in one God and yet three Persons are named the Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost Where the unity of the God-head and the Trinity of Persons is intimated and imployed CHAP. IX We are to hope and trust in the Father in the Sonne and in the Holy-Ghost AS God alone is the object of our faith so is he likewise of our hope We are commanded to hope and trust in him 1 Tim. 6.17 we are commanded and blessed for it Prov. 16,20 Psal 84. last Psal 146.5 Jer. 17.7 whereas they are discommended and cursed who trust in man and depart from God Ier. 17.5 The Name of the Lord is a strong Tower the Righteous flye unto it and are safe Prov. 18.10 They are set aloft so the Originall will beare it out of the reach of danger It is the singular Phraise of Abraham that against hope he beleeved in hope Rom. 4.18 It was without the hope of nature yet in the hope of grace above the hâ— in man yet under the hope in God We must hope and trust in God First the Father Thus we are to place our hope in God that cannot lye Tit. 1.2 who promised salvation to us in Christ before the world began 2 Tim. 1.9 Secondly the Sonne Thus did Paul Eph. 1.12 Phil. 2.19 And good reason for he is our hope 1 Tim. 1.1 Col. 1.27 The hope of Israel Act. 28.20 and he in whom the Gentiles trust Rom. 15.12 yea they are blessed that trust him Psal 2.12 Thirdly the Holy-Ghost A woe is denounced against the people of Israel tor trusting in Egypt and not on him who as the Prophet speaketh cover with a covering but not of Gods Spiâ—it Isai 30.1.2 sheltering themselves in time of danger under humane aide and neglecting the Divine protection of Geds Spirit The Apostle sheweth there is but one hope of our calling as well as one Lord one faith one baptisme one God Eph. 4 4 5 6. If therefore the Sonne and Holy-Ghost was not one and the same God and Lord with the Father it would not be one and the same hope in the Father Sonne and Holy-Ghost And without doubt we believe in him we hope in him to whom we give up our Names in Baptisme and with whom we doe then make a Covenant which is one God in three Persons we being baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of Holy-Ghost CHAP. X. We are Baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy-Ghost BAptisme properly and strictly taken is a Sacrament of initiation wherein those to whom the Covenant belongeth being washed with water are consecrated to the service of the great Lord of heaveÌ„ earth ingrafted into the Church made partakers of all the
and Sacrifice of the Law Heb. 9. Heb. 10. which in themselves were shadowes of things to come but the body of Christ Col. 2.17 without this one oblation offered by Christ all other were imperfect unsatisfactory Heb. 10.1 for the sins of mankind had so kindled the fiery wrath of God that the Bloud of Buls or of Goats or of Sheep could no longer quench it but it would have broken out into an open flame if so be that the Sonne of God had not come and extinguished it with his own bloud It being not possible that the bloud of Buls or of Goats should take away sinnes Heb. 10.4 But Christ by one offering hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified Heb. 10.12 14. Heb. 9.28 And thus he was a sacrifice for sinne yet secondly as he was the second Person of the Trinity God blessed for ever Rom. 9.5 He was equall with the Father Zac. 13.7 Phil. 2.6 and he was together with the Father sacrificed to Jaacob was commanded to goe to Bethel and build an Altar there unto God that appeared unto him Gen. 35.1 7. And Jaacob powred on the Altar he built a drink-offering and oyle Gen. 35.9 14. That this was Christ Hoseah sheweth Hos 12.4 5. when he called him an Angel yet his Name was the Lord of Hoasts The Sonne in Scripture being usually so stiled who was an Angel in Name but not in Nature Heb. 1.5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Heb. 2.16 He was that Angel which spake to Moses on the Mount Act. 7.38 and and commanded the Sacrifices offered to himself Thirdly to the Holy-Ghost The Attonement was made to him together with the Father and the Son who did appeare in the Cloud upon the Mercy-seat Lev. 19.2 with Heb. 9.7 8. where the Apostle doth expresly say interpreting these Leviticall Rites that it was the Holy-Ghost that signified this thereby Seeing therefore the Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost had one and the same honour done to them by Sacrifice in the Temple you may see that their service is one their worship one their honour one their glory one who are one and the same God in Essence Substance and Nature though they be three Persons subsistences or Relations in which they differ from one another CHAP. XVII The Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost are to be glorified in our lives and conversations IT is the duty of the faithfull to make Gods glory the highest and ultimate end of all their Actions and that they live so that they may glorifie God here and that God may glorifie them hereafter God electeth us for this end Eph. 1.4 5 6. He createth us for this end Isa 43 7. Pro. 16.4 He redeemeth us for this end 1 Cor. 6.20 H justifieth us for this end Rom. 3.23 He sanctifieth us for this end Mat. 5.16 He afflicteth us for this end 1 Pet. 4.16 And giveth us for this end temporall deliverance here Ps 50.15 and eternall salvation hereafter For God is glorified in his Saints 2 Thes 1.10 that has Saints may be glorified in him 2 Thes 1.12 Man being a Creature for him to propose either his own self for his end or any other end but that which God hath proposed to him namely Gods glory would be a robbing of God of his right and an usurping of his glory First the Father is to be glorified Mat. 5.16 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in Heaven The light of grace that is in thee must so shine forth from thee that other men may have the light of grace communicated to them to see how to glorifie God thereby And Paul would have us with one mind and with one mouth glorifie God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Rom. 15.6 Secondly the Sonne is to be glorified Christ was glorified in his Apostles Joh. 17.10 They were to his praise and instruments of his glory It was Pauls end in living To me to live is Christ saith he Phil. 1.22 23. and Christ shall be magnified in my body whether by life or death Phi. 1.20 yea Peter exhorteth 1 Pet. 3.15 to sanctifie or glorifie the Lord God in your hearts and thereupoÌ„ addeth that they may be ashamd that accuse your good conversation in Christ 1 Pet. 3.16 by having a good conversation we glorifie Christ which is truly God 1 John 5.20 Thirdly the Holy-Ghost is to be glorified this the Apostle Peter supposeth the faithfull will doe And therefore he concludeth them happy that suffer for the Name of Christ 1 Pet. 4.14 For the spirit of glory and of God resteth on you on their part he is evill spoken of but on your part he is glorified and surely the custome of the Primitive Church before the Counsell of Nice was to worship and glorifie the holy spirit So Justin in 2. Apolog pro Christian ad M. Antonium Pium 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we worship and adore the Propheticall spirit honouring him in word and deed Thus we are to endeavour both by word and deed to glorifie the Father the Sonne and the Holy-Ghost And surely the glorifying of one Person is the glorifying of all The Leper who fell Christs feet and gave thanks to him is said to glorifie God Luk. 17.15 16. glorifying thereby not onely the Sonne but also the Father and the Holy-Ghost yea Peter sheweth you that the suffering patiently for the Name of Christ is the glorifying of the Father 1 Pet. 4.11 16. and of the Sonne 1 Pet. 3.15 16. 1 Pet. 16. and of the Holy-Ghost 1 Pet. 4.14 16. The honouring one is the honouring of the other 1 Joh. 2.23 Joh. 5.23 whereas contrarywise he that by Apostacy or Antichristianisme dishonoureth one dishonoureth the other likewise 1 Joh. 2.23 Joh. 5.23 Take heed therefore of Satans spetious delusions who would have thee honour the Father by denying the Sonne He that denyeth the Sonne the same hath not the Father 1 Joh. 2.23 but is an Antichrist 1 Joh. 2.22 he is Antichrist that denyeth the Father and the Sonne Jews Turks Arrians and other Hereticks may affirme they worship him that was the true God who was the Creator of the World but he is the Father of Christ and him they deny wherefore they deny also the Father he being not a Father if he have not a Sonne and he hath no other Sonne properly but Christ Let us indeavour in the whole course of our lives to give the Lord the honour due to his Name Let us therefore in heart and voyce give glory to the Father to the Sonne and to the Holy-Ghost and let us conclude with the Psalmist in stirring up oâ—â—â—â— to this duty saying Let every thing that hath breathâ— praise the Lord praise ye the Lord Psal 150. last FINIS Imprimator Edm. 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