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66 Whether Chrifi s Mediatour that honoureth not the Sonne honoureth not the Father, and, whofoever dcnieth the sonne hath not the Father, I .John 2.23. Here therefore it may be demanded, That feeing we are to worship the holy Trinitie, whether it be be l lawfull to dire& our prayers to Come one perfon, as to dire& our prayers unto to the Father, to the Sonne, or to the holy Ghoft. any one per- He that acknowledgeth the Trinitie,when in his Ton in the he nameth one onely perfon, he doth not Trinitie. prayers y p exclude the other perlons but rather includeth thé. For in every perfon or fuppofite that is named the Divine nature is prefuppofed : fo that when the Fa- ther is nominated, Chrift and fo the holy Ghoft is the fame God which is invocated ; and therefore as there is one effence of all the perfons fo one worfhipa Furthermore, concerning our Saviour Chrift it may alto be demanded, That feeing God is the one - ly obje& of religious invocation, whether he being the mediatour between God and man is to be invo- cated: and if he be, how and in what refpe& we are to call upon him. That he is to be called upon as our Lord and Sa- viour,in whofe name we are baptized, in whom we believe and truft, there is no doubt: All men muff ho- nour him ers they honour the Father , John 5.2 3. and, Ail the angels mull adore him, Heb. 1. 6. and, to his name muff every knee bow, Phil. 2. io. Examples : Stephen, As 7. 59. Thomas, John 20. 28. the Apoftles, Luke 24.5 2. That we But all the queftion is, Whether we are to call Inuit worship Chria in his .upon Chrift as God alone, or as man alone, or as both Whether it Whether Chrií as Mediatour is to be in- vocated.