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Flow we Are to conceive of God in prayer. 65 brain, but as he hath revealed himfelf in his word; both in refpea of the Divine nature and alto the Di- vine perfons. In refped of his nature, that he is a fpirit invifible and incomprehenfible, omnipotent and infinite, mofl holy,wife, juft and mercifull, &c. And in regard of the Divine perfons , that being a God in effence & fubflance one and indivifible,he is notwithflanding diflinguifhed into three perfons,the Father, the Sonne, and the holy Ghoff,who as they be not in nature disjoyned, fo are they not to be fe- vered in their worfhip, but the Unitie in Trini- tie and Trinitie in Unitie is to be worfhipped and adored. Whofoever therefore in refpe , of Gods nature Rona. =.z 3. do circumfcribe God, worfhipping him under any Pfalio6 7. . form, whether outwardly expreífed or inwardly conceived,as namely in the form of an old man, &c. in Bead of the true God they do worfhip an idole. Such was the erroneous conceit of the Anthropo- morphites, and fuch is the fuperflitious worfhip of thePapifis at this day.Likewife in refpeot of the per - fons, whofoever fhall call upon God as not diflin- guifhed into three perfons , howfoever they may profeffe that they invocate one onely true God ma- ker of heaven and earth,yet they do not worfhip the true God but an idole:for the true God is the Father, the Sonne,and holy Ghofl. Forafmuch therefore as the Jews and Turks do not worfhip the Trinity,they are not worfhippers of the true God; but as our Sa- viour faid of the Samaritanes,They worfhip they know not what, John 4. not acknowledging the true God, nor Jefus Chrift whom he hath fern : John 5.2 3. He F that