14· The order of the cat{es 17.I. I""' God ti!Jfojficitnt • \\J4l~e before me, A a1rdberhuu•Jpright. Col. •·9· For in himdwelt aU thef•lnejfoof the godheadbodily. I, Tim.6. Is. Which indoe time hejlu>lljhew,th.r u bltf· fed and Prince only. The Father,is a·perfon without beginning, from all eternity begettin$ the Sonne,Hcb.I. 3· wb1being thebrightmffloftheglory,4ndrhe ingra!~tdforme ofhisper{on. Pfal.2. 7· Thou art my Sonne~this day hAnt I iegCJttt11 thee. In the generation of the Sonne, thefe proCHAP. V. pertiesmu!l be noted: I. He that begttteth, Co•ctrning the perfon"fthc Godhead, and he that is begotten ate together, ana not one Oeforc another in time. 11. He that be~ THeperfonsarethey, whichfubfifringi_n gmcth, dothcommunicatc withhimthatis ene Godhead, are diflinguiilied by in. begotten, not fomc one part, but his whole communicable properties. I.loh. 5· 7· There e!fence.llf. The Father begotthe Sonne,not are three tb#bt~~rerecordiN he~~uet~Jtht FAther, ouc ofhimfelfe,but within himfdfC'. the Word, andthe holy qhoji, andtheft three.r< The incommunicable property of tbe Faone. Gen.I9·'-4· Tht11 JehoHttb rainrdvp~nSD. ther, iswbe vnbegotten, to be aFather, and dome,•ndvp•• Gomorah,brimflont,&fire from B tobeget, Heis the beginning ofadions,bc- /ehoJI~th in he~tuen.Ioh.J .t .ln the beginning \.\744 cau[e he beginneth euc:ry atl"jon of himfc:lfe, the Word,.,d thewordW.u With God, and thAt effeCting ir by the SoAno and theholy Gholl. WDrdw.« qod. I · Cor. 8. 6. Tet vntt~vs,thereishutD11t God, T~ey therefore are coequall,andare diftin- ~hieh is the Ft~ther, o[wh11m ~tre 46things, ~t~~el guilhed nor by degrec,but by order. Wt in him,& one LordJefm Ch!ljl.by.,.h•mare The ConftitutioA ofa perfon is, when as a •Uthi•gs,andl'l!e b]him· Rom. n .J6. Foro[ pl:'rfonaH propertie, orthe proper manner of him,ernd thrtJHghhim,tttldfDr himlnre AR things. fubfi!ling is adioincd to the Deity,or the one The other two petfons haue the Godhead, diuinc: na.turc, or tht: Whoi~ diuine e!fence, ofthe Father by Di!lir.Cl:ion ofperfons,i• th•t,by which aJ. cmntnunication, nalllely, the Sonne and the beiteuery porfon is one and the fame perfc& holy <'iho!l, God, yet the Fllher is not theSonneorthc Tile Sonneisthe fecond perfon, begotten holy Gholl, but the Father alone; and the ofthe l!atherfrom2ll eternitie.f\cb.I.1· F.,. Sonne is not the Father or the holy Gholl, 'llntoVPmch of the A•gels foid httAt aiJ)time, but.the Sonne alone; and the H. Gholl is not Th•..rt my SontJt ,this day begat< I thee I Col. the Father or the Sonoe, but the holy Gho!l C I.J5. Whoitthe imageof thtipifiblc G.d, the alone:neithercan thoy be diuided, by rcafon Jirjl borne.feoery mamre. Ioh. '"4· A•ll l'l!e of the infinite greatndfe of thatmoll limple fo» thegi"J thereof, a.tl><g!.rJ •fthe""iy6<- e£fence, which one and the fame, is wholly in gmenS•nne•(th< Eathtr, Rom, S-J•· He who the Father, wholly in the Sonne, and wholly fParednil his •wne Sonne. in the holy Gho!t : Co that in thefe there isdiAlthough the Sonne be begotten ofhiS Fauerfitieofperfons,but vnitie ine!fenc;e. ther, yerneuerth~e!l'e he is ofand by himfelfe Theconomunion of the perfons, or rather very God: for he mull be confidered either vnion, is that by which each one is in the reil, according to his c:lfcnce , or according to his and with the reil,by reafon ofth< vnity ofthe filiation or Sonlhip. In regard of his e!fence, Godhead: and therefore euery each one doth hee is(• .,.,~®-)that is,ofand Gy himfelfvery potfe!fe,!oue, and glorilieanother,and worke God: for the Deitie which is common toall the fame thing. Ioh.t"f·l o. Bdemeji thounot the three perfons 1 is notbegottcn.But ashe is thlft I am inthe Ftether,~tndthe Father is inmt? a perfon, and theSonneofthc Father.. hee is the wordth4t/jpea1!!vntoyoulJPeakfnotofmy notofhimfc!fe, but from another: for heis foifejmtthe Fatherthat awelletbin me, he doth thecternall Sonneofhis Father. And thus he the worf<!s, Prou.8. ». The Lord bath poffiffid D is truly faid tobe "'''J qod ofverygod. mein the beginning ofhis w~: I"'"' before the For this caufe he is faid to be fenr from the work!,.J•Id.And •·3o.Then WM I with him a. Father, foh.s..... / pr•ceededforth, and came ano~erij11:r,t~cd J WM d•i!J hisdelight, reioycing fr{)m G1d, neithtr came I •f my{lift, h1d blfont AIW<:J bifore him.lob. lol• 'In the begitming U!AJ "'"' This rending taketh not away the tqoathtW9rd,nnJ theword n.·AS with GDd, tmd thRt lity ofdfencc, and power, but dedaretn the Wi!Yd.,,.q.d,and cap.S.I9· The Sonneca•doe order ofthe p<rfons, Ioh.p8. Thmfmthe w"hing of him(i/fe,fo•e that he[mh tiJt F"'h" ]eWesfougl!tthe mort to kjlhim,notonelybteaufo doe:(orwhaefoeuer things ht t!.th, thefome doth he h•dbrok<ntheSabb.,b:botfoid•lfothat G•d \ theSonnealfo. w.uhisFatber, llnJmttJehimfrlfe equ110 With There be three pafoos: the Father, the G•d. Phil.2.6. Whobeingintheform,.fGod, Soone,and the holy Gho!l. Mmh. 3· 1 6,t 7· th••gbt itnorobbery" beequallwith God. And 'fef"',wbm he w.u bapti~td,,camejl.-ight For this caufe alfo he is tht wOR'D of the oHt ofthewater, andtoe, the heane11s wereopened F11ther~* not avanifhing , but c:ffenti.all word, vnro bjm,~end,J9h'J(aw the Spirit ofGoddefcenbecaufe:ts aword is, as it were, begotten of dingli~ea doue,a11dlighting vpon him: 1111d!.e,• the mind,fo is the Sonne begotten of theliavo.ce camefrom heauen,[")ing,T 6is it my be/o. ther;&alfo,becaufe he bringerh glad tidings ued Sonne,in whom lam wellp/,.jid. from thebofomeofhis Father Na:Uan. in his Oration
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