352 11 etiOUlá ,Tait. fad Experiment ; and yet undeniably proves that the Threatnings are from God, his Ju- flice appearing on the top of them like de- vouring Fire. Pafíìng over thofe three great Pillars of Scripture Precepts, Promifes and Threatnings; I now proceed to the Sacred Truths,, which lie therein, as Rich Veins of Gold and Silver do in a Mine : And to avoid Prolixity, I íhall pick out of them fome fupernatural Ones, fuch as cannot be known by the mere Light of Na- ture, but drop down from Heaven in a way of pure Revelation ; concluding with my felt, That if Faith can make an Experiment in thofe, it may much more do fo in others. I (hall firft infance in that Sacred Truth of The blefed Trinity of Perf ns in Vnity of the God -head : This is, as one bath it, Fundamen- tum Fundamentorum, The Foundation ofFoun- dations ; unlefs this fand fait all Evangelical Truths fall to the Ground ; we are no longer Chrifians then we acknowledg it. So fub- lime is this Myfiery, that as Saint Bernard faith, Scrutari bec temeritas eft, credere pietas eft, nor fe t'ero vita £tern eft. And when Gregory Nazianzen was preffed to affign a difference between thofe words, Begotten and Proceeding, he made this anfwer, Pic mihi, quid fit gene - ratio, & ego dicam, quid fit procef o, ut ambo infaniamrss ; diftinguere inter proce f onem & ge- nerationem nefcio, non valeo, non fufficio. This Truth is totally fupernatural; it could never without a Revelation enter into our Heart humane
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