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1246

Job. iv; 13, 14 Because he hath given

us of his Spirit:

Chat And we have feen and do teftify, that the Father fent the Son to be the Saviour of the World.

1247.

1248.

V; 5, 6. He that believeth that Jefus is the Son of God:

And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is Truth.

7. For there are Three that bear record in Heaven; The Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghoft: And these Three are † One.

+ Not [Eis, unus,] One and the fame Perfon; but [ev, unum,] One and the fame Thing, One and the fame Teftimony. Though it ought not indeed to be concealed, that This Paffage, fince it does not certainly appear to have been found in the Text of any Greek Manufcript, should not have too much stress laid upon it in any Controversy.

1249. Fude 20, 21. Praying in the Holy Ghoft, Keeping yourfelves in the Love of God, looking for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal Life.

1250. Rev. i; 4, 5. From Him which is and which was and which is to come, and from

the

the † feven Spirits which are before his Throne;

And from Jefus Chrift, who is the faithful Witnefs.

+ Whether This be meant of the Holy Ghost, is not agreed upon by Expofitors.

1251. Rev. i; 9, 10. For the Word of God, and for the Testimony of Jefus Chrift; I was in the Spirit, &c.

THE

THE

Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity.

PART II.

Being the fore-going Doctrine fet forth at large, and explained in more particular and diftinct Propofitions.

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SI.

HERE is One * Supreme Caufe and Original of Things; One fimple, uncompounded, undivided, intelligent Being, or Perfon; who is the † Author of all Being, and the Fountain of all Power. This is the firft Principle of Natural Religion, and

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every

every where fuppofed in the Scripture-Revelation. See, in Part I, the Texts No 15.32.

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S II.

With This Firft and Supreme Caufe or Father of all Things, there has existed * from the Beginning, a Second divine † Perfon, which is his Word or Son.

See the Texts, N° 567, 568, 569, 574, 584, $86, 188, 591, 607, 612, 619, 638, 658. *See beneath, § 15.

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S III.

With the Father and the Son, there has existed from the Beginning, a Third divine Perfon, which is the Spirit of the Father and of the Son.

See the Texts, No 11245 1129, 1132*, 1148.
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