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ARTICLES OF RELIGION.

I.

OF FAITH IN THE HOLY TRINITY.

There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the maker and preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

Q. Are there more Gods than one?
A. There is but one living and true God.
Q. What are his attributes?

A. He is everlasting, without body, parts, or
passions, of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness.
Q. Of what is He the maker and preserver?
A. Of all things, both visible and invisible.
Q. In the unity of this Godhead, how many
Persons are there?

B

A. Three Persons, of one substance, power,

and eternity.

Q. Who are they?

A. The Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost.

Scripture Proofs.

Deuteronomy vi. 4. Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord.

1 Corinthians viii. 4. There is none other God but one. Psalm cxlvii. 5. Great is our Lord, and great is his power; yea, and his wisdom is infinite.

Colossians i. 16. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible.

1 John v. 7. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

The Grace of the Lord Jesus and the communion of the Matt. xxviii. 19.

2 Corinthians xiii. 14. Christ, and the love of God, Holy Ghost, be with you all.

Those who deny the Doctrine of the Trinity, ground their denial upon an alledged zeal for the unity of God, and by the name of Unitarian which they assume, desire evidently to be considered as the only persons who maintain this great truth. But it should be understood that those who hold the doctrine of the Trinity do in the strongest sense assert and maintain this fundamental doctrine. They do not consider their own belief in the three divine Persons as interfering with the doctrine of the divine unity:-God has mercifully

given us, as it were, some glimpses of his nature, and let us not use the light He has bestowed to question the truth of his own revelation-baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, may we enlist with our whole hearts under the banner of the gospel, and God will give us the victory, through our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Unbelievers in the doctrine of the Trinity usually speak of the Holy Spirit, as an attribute of God, but if only so, what becomes of the passages describing his Personality, and plainly distinguishing Him from the Father and the Son. See Article 5.

In like manner, if the Son is not God, who is He? and how must be understood the titles given to Him-"the only-begotten Son of God," "the mighty God," "God blessed for ever"-many in the hope of escaping difficulties have even reduced our Saviour to the rank of Man; but what difficulties have not these men to encounter? what forced interpretations have they not been compelled to employ? O! why cannot they be satisfied with the Saviour's own words, He himself speaks of his existence before He came into the world, "of the glory which He had with the Father, before the world was," of his being in the form of God, before He was in the likeness of Man; hence also He said unto Philip, "hast thou not seen me, Philip? he that hath seen me, hath seen the Father?" If the question be asked, 'How can

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