• [ 1 44 '] them: But that is by. opening the evidence of truth and not by commanding Men to believe it ? Teaching and not Magiilerial determining begecech rational belief. · . , But ifthey are not fuch oBVious deductions; we · cannot be fure that Councils rightly collett: them 1 But we are fure they have no power eo cmii– mand us believe without giving us convincing proof of rhe truth. · , · For infhince, The firll: General ( National ) Council, detefmineth that Chri11: is [God of God, Light of Light, Very God of J7ery Got/,,] I believe the¥ meant the truth : But thefe words are fo far from making me a new Article of Faith, or mak– ing the point pt.er tha11 Scripture made it, that they are to me much datker than many Scripture words. That Chrifl: is God, even One God with the Father, and tHat he is the Eternal Word, and Son, the only begotten ofthe Father, the Scripture plainly tells us. And chat the Perfon of the Son is of the Father: For the Perfonsbeing three it is meet -to fay that one is ofthe other; But God ofGod, and Very God ofVery Go.d, is of harder underfl:~nding, and hath tempted miftakers to fay it is [ God– head of Godhead ] as if the Elferice as ·well as Perfons were ·many. Creeds mufl: be fuppofed to [peak properly. And denominations formal are mofl: proper : The Tritheites take advantage of this,. and fay, [It is not.faid rhat the Perfon of the Son is of God the Father; but the Godhead as fuch ; God of God being twice [aid, fay they, .fignifi– eth ·two Gods: They mifi.nterpret it: ·But the Scrip·~. ture fpeaketh plainlier. The fame I fay of [Light of Light J a Metaphor in a Creed. And they that put [fubftare acciqentibw] into the definition · ; , of •• •
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