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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
the
Son
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
make
another
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 apostle
saith,
" 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 godhead
of
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
the
Father
that
*
Here, let it
be observed,
that I
do
not
enter into
that
question, whe-
ther
the 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,
in
some
scriptures,
it may
mean only an inadequate idea of
god'
head,
which may
be supposed to be
called the word,
or wisdom
of
God ;
or
whether
it
be not
rather the entire godhead under
the
special
idea
of
wisdom
:
For
I would not
enter
into
any 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.