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THE DOCTRINE
OF
THE
TRINITY.
[SEI
M.
ELM.
divine uniformity
of
religion and worship which God has
now
ordained among
all
his
saints.
Through
one
Lord
Jesus, both Israel, and
the
rest of
the
nations, must
have
access, by one Spirit,
unto
the
Father.
"
By
one
Spirit
we
are
all
baptized into one
body,
whether
we be
Jews
or Gentiles,
whether
we
be bond
or
free
;"
1
Cor.
xii.
13.
And one Spirit, where
it
prevails
gloriously,
will
lead us into
one
religion.
As
"
there
is
but
one
Geld
and Father of
all,
so
there must
be
but
one
Lord and
Mediator, and
one
Holy Spirit
:
For there
must
be
one
faith,
one hope, one baptism"
into the
name
of
the
Fa-
ther, the
Son,
and the Holy
Ghost
:
to
whom be
glory
and
praise for ever.
Let
us
conclude
with
three Remarks, answerable
to
the three
things
contained
in my
text, which have been
the
distinct
heads
of
my
discourse.
Remark I. With
what rich grace and glory has
God
condescended
to reveal
himself
to
us
in
the New
Testa-
ment
I
It
is
here
God
the
Father
appears
eminently to
begin,
and carry
on
the
divine
affairs
of
his kingdom,
of
nature,
providence, and
grace, by
his
only
begotten
Son,
and his
eternal
Spirit.
It
is
here
we
learn the
great
mystery
of
godliness,
God
manifest
in
the
flesh.
It
is
here
God bath made
known
to
us,
more of
his own
in-
comprehensible nature,
and
his ways
of
operation
among
his
creatures,
than
ever the light
of
nature
could
find out,
or
than
all
the former dispensations
of
grace
did clearly
reveal. The great
God, the
Father of
all, manifests
himself,
as the
God and Father
of
our
Lord Jesus
Christ,
and,
in him, as
our God, and our
Father;
hereby
he
descends into
a nearer
relation
to
poor
apostate
man-
kind,
in
order
to
restore them
to
his
favour,' and
to his
image, to holiness,
and
eternal
peace.
He
approaches
near
to us in
his Son
Jesus,
who
is
the
"
brightness
of
his
glory,
and
the express image
of
his
person
;"
Heb.
i. 5.
lie
approaches near
us
indeed,
by
sending
his own Son,
who
is
one
with himself, to dwell in
flesh
;
he
comes
down
to
us,
and
visits
us,
by
the
influences
of
his
blessed Spirit,
and
causes
our
souls to ascend
towards
him.
What
rich
and condescending
love
is
this
?
By
the same
word,
and
the
same Spirit, by which he
created the heavens
and the
earth,
does he
transact
the grand and
important
affair
of
peace
and'
reconciliation
with his
guilty
creatures.
How