254 THE tOCTRINE OP THE TRINITY, DEEM. XLIV. Proposition .XIV. Since there is-but one God, even the Father, according to St. Paul, and since the Father is the only true God, according to Christ's own expres- sion, then theSon and Spirit cannot have another, or a different godhead from that of the Father : But since the Son and Spirit, also, are true God, it must be by some communion in the same true godhead, which belongs to the Father : For if it were another godhead, that would makeanother God; and thus the christian religion would have two or three Gods, which is contrary to the whole tenor of the gospel. This might be proved from many scriptures, and many reasonings drawn from scripture : I shall mention two or three of them. 1. Christ himself saith ; John x. 30. " I and my Fa- ther are one," that is, one in divine power and godhead,* as the context leads us to expound it : And this has been the most general sense of all our Trinitarian writers.. I John v. 7. The apostlesaith, " There are three that hear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, and these three are one," which is usually ex- plained, these three are one in Deity, or have one and the same godhead. Nor do I know any bitter expo- sition. 2. The godhead of the Father, and the godheadof the Spirit, is the very same godhead which is in Christ, and which wrought his miracles. John xiv. 10. " I am in the Father, and the Father is in me: It is theFather that * Here, let it be observed, that I do not enter into that question, whe- therthe godhead, which is ascribed to the Son, does always signify the full, complete, and adequate idea of the Godhead, which is in the Father; or whether, insome scriptures, it may mean only an inadequate idea of god' head, which may be supposed to be called the word, or wisdomof God ; or whether it be not rather the entire godhead under the special ideaof wisdom : For I would not enter intoany particular schemes of explication, in this sermon: nut, in general, it is evident from scripture, that the god- head of Christ, and that of the Father, Must be one and the same god- head, since there are not two Deities. Let it be observed, again; that, supposing the godhead pf the Father and the Son, to be the very same, then, though the Father has the only true godhead in him, the Son and Spirit are not excluded from a commu- nion therein. For thus it may be made to appear, that, though the Father be called the only true God; John xvii. 3. the Son and Spirit-may be true God also ; yet, perhaps, this text might 'receive a much clearer explica- tion, by applying some particular scheme, in order to interpret it ; but this is raot my present work.
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