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Greater things spoken in Scripture, and
Higher Titles afcribed to him, than to any
Angel or other Created Being whatsoever.
pag. 302
§ XXXII.
The Word, God, in Scripture, no where fig-
nifies the Perfon of the Holy Ghost.
303
The Word, God, in Scripture, never fignifies
a complex Notion of more Perfons than
One; but always means One person only,
viz. either the person of the Father fingly, or
the perfon of the Son fingly.
S XXXIV.
304
The Son, whatever his metaphyfical Effence
or Subftance be, and whatever divine Great-
nefs and Dignity is afcribed to him in Scrip-
ture; yet in This He is evidently Subordi-
nate to the Father, that He derives his
Being and Attributes from the Father, the
Father Nothing from Him. Ibid.
'S XXXV...
Every Action of the Son, both in making the
World, and in all other his Operations;
is only the Exercise of the Father's Power,
communicated to him after an ineffable man-
ner.
313
$ XXXVI.
§. XXXVI.
The Son, whatever his metaphyfical Nature
or Effence be; yet in this whole Difpenfa-
tion, in the Creation and Redemption of the
World, acts in all things according to the
Will, and by the Miffion or Authority of
the Father. pag. 322/
S XXXVII.
The Son, how great foever the metaphyfical
Dignity of his Nature was, yet in the whole
Difpenfation entirely directed all his Acti-
ons to the Glory of the Father.
§ XXXVIII.
330
Our Saviour, Jefus Chrift; as, before his In-
carnation, he was fent forth by the Will
and good pleasure, and with the Authority
of the Father; fo in the Flesh, both before
and after his Exaltation, notwithstanding
that the Divinity of the Son was perfonally
and united to it, he, in acknow-
ledgment of the Supremacy of the Perfon of
the Father, always Prayed to Him, and
returned him Thanks, ftiling Him his Goḍ,
&c.
§ XXXIX.
332
The reason why the Scripture, though it files
the Father God, and alfo ftiles the Son God,
yet at the fame time always declares there
is
is but One God; is because, in the Mo-
narchy of the Univerfe, there is but One
Authority, original in the Father, deriva-
tive in the Son: The Power of the Son be-
ing, not Another Power oppofite to That
of the Father, nor Another Power co-or-
dinate to That of the Father; but it self The Power and Authority of the Father, communicated to, manifefted in, and exer- cifed by the Son. pag. 332
S XL.
The Holy Spirit, whatever his Metaphyfical
Nature, Effence or Subftance be; and what-
ever divine Power or Dignity is afcribed
to him in Scripture; yet in This he is evi-
dently Subordinate to the Father; that He
derives his Being and Powers from the Fa-
ther, the Father nothing from Him.
S XLI
3:49
to him in Scripture; yet in the whole Dif
penfation of the Gospel, always acts by the
Will of the Father, is given and fent by
him, intercedes to him, &c.
XLII.
350
The Holy Spirit, as he is Subordinate to the
a 2
Father;
Father; fo he is alfo in Scripture repre-
fented as Subordinate to the Son, both by
Nature and by the Will of the Father; ex-
cepting only that he is defcribed as being the
Conducter and Guide of our Lord, during
his State of Humiliation here upon Earth.
pag. 351
§ XLIII.
Upon Thefe Grounds, abfolutely Supreme Ho-
nour is due to the Perfon of the Father fin-
gly, as being Alone the Supreme Author of
all Being and Power.
S XLIV.
352
For the fame Reason, All Prayers and Praises
ought primarily or ultimately to be dire-
ted to the Perfon of the Father, as the O-
riginal and Primary Author of all Good.
And upon the fame Account, whatever Honour
is paid to the Son who redeemed, or to the
Holy Spirit who fanctifies us, must always
be understood as tending finally to the Ho-
nour and Glory of the Father, by whofe
good pleasure the Son redeemed, and the
Holy Spirit fanctifies us.
S XLVI.
362
For, the Great Oeconomy, or the Whole Dif
penfation
· penfation of God towards Mankind in Christ,
confifts and terminates in This; that as all
Authority and Power is originally in the
Father, and from him derived to the Son,
and exercifed according to the Will of the
Father by the Operation of the Son and by
the Energy of the Holy Spirit; and all
Communications from God to the Creature,
are conveyed through the Interceffion of the
Son, and by the Infpiration and Sanctifica-
tion of the Holy Spirit: So on the contra-
ry, All Returns from the Creature, of Pray-
ers and Praises, of Reconciliation and Ó-
bedience, of Honour and Duty to God;
are made in and by the Guidance and Af-
fiftance of the Holy Spirit, through the
Mediation of the Son, to the Supreme Fa-
ther and Author of All things.
§ XLVII.
pag 364
The Son, before his Incarnation, was with
God, was in the Form of God, and had
Glory with the Father.
367
Tet He had not Then diftinct Worship paid to
him in his Own Perfon, but appeared only
as the [Shecinah or Habitation of the
Glory of the Father; in which, the Name
of God was: The Distinctness and Dig-
nity of his Person, and the True Nature