PROPOSITIONVIII. 125 though these words are not to be understood precisely in the same sense as when applied to men ; yet the meaning of these words must answer the common use of them in some main res- pect; else surelysuch words would not have been used. And if we consult the general sense of them in scripture, we shall find that this word Father signifies some superior character, from whom the Son derives, at least, his character of Sonship, and upon whom he depends so far as he is a Son, bywhom he is sent on glorious errands. The Son, who is also sometimes called the only begotten of the Father, must have some very extraordinary relation to the. Father more than any other being, and is often employed by the Father. The holy Spirit has this title eminently given him as a being of a spiritual nature, as a prime agent in the affairs of the Fa- ther and Son : even as the spirit of a man knows and manages the affairs of a man; and he is called holy, because his great work is to sanctify and to make holy the children of men. But of these things I shall speak more hereafter. My work is here to prove, that all three have the peculiar characters of godhead. That the incommunicable divine names, &c. are ascribed to God the Father, the first in the sacred Trinity, is universally agreed by all christians of all parties, there is therefore no need to spend time in proving it. My present business, therefore, shall be to skew under each òf these five heads, viz. names, titles, attributes, works and worship, what are the peculiar characters of godhead, and pròve, first, that they are ascribed to Christ, the Son of God ; and then, that several of them are ascribed also to the holy Spirit. Before we enter on this argument, it may be proper to ob- serve, that all parties allow that the second person in the Tri- nity, or our Lord Jesus Christ, is sometimes called the angel or messenger of his Father; sometimes his servant, his rtisdom,_the brightness of. his glory, the express image of his person, the life, the light, dfc. But the chief names he is called by, are vooc G0 buffos," the Son, or 'o a014.''t logos," the reason or wordof God. I mention this only to chew, that where we meet with him in scripture under these various names, we mayknow it is the saine person. Nor need .I take pains to prove this here, sinceI design to mention and make use of no placeof scripture where anyof these appellations can be controderted, without aparticular vindication of them in this sense. I proceed now to the argument proposed : I. The names of God ascribed to Christ." L Jehovah is a name peculiar to God; which we may infer
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