pture (faith he) is full of the Son of God's appearing, fometimes to talk and eat with Abraham, at other times to inftruct Noab about the Meafures of the Ark, at another time to feek, Adam, at another time to bring down judgment upon Sodom; then again to direct Jacob in the way; and again to converfe with Mofes out of the Bufp.

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Scripturis Filius Dei, aliquando quidem cum Abraham loquens,cum eodem comefurus;aliquando cum Noë, dans ei menfuras; aliquando autem quærens Adam; aliquando autem Sodomitis inducens judicium; & rurfus cùm videtur, & in viam dirigit Jacob; & de rubo loquitur cum Moyfe. Lib. 4. cap. 23. 3

And Juftin Martyr. See No 616.
And Tertullian: That

Word of God (faith he,)

Id Verbum, Filium ejus appellatum, in Nomine Dei

which is called his Son, variè vifum Patriarchis, in

Prophetis femper auditum. De Prafcript. adv. Hæref. cap. 13.

appeared in divers manners to the Patriarchs in the Name of God, and always fpake to the Prophets. And again: It was the Son, (fays he,) which judged men from the beginning, destroying that lofty Tower, and confounding their Languages,punishing the World with a Flood of Waters, and raining fire and brimstone upon Sodom and Gomorrha, the Lord pouring it down from the Lord: Neither was it poffible, that the God which converfed with men upon

Filius eft, qui ab initio judicavit,turrim fuperbiffimam elidens, linguafque difperdens, orbem totum aquarum violentiâ puniens, pluens fuperSodomam & Gomorrham ignem & fulphurem, Dominus a Domino; & Deus in terris cum hominibus converfari alius non potuit, quàm Sermo, qui Caro erat futurus. Adv. Prax. cap. 16.

Earth, could be any other than that Word, which was to

Le made Flesh.

H 4

And

Any;

but that

in His Name and by His Authority, the Son of God,which appeared, was God.

And Cyprian, in his fecond Book of Testimonies against the Fews, ch. 5 & 6; Which fee at large.

And Athanafius: In

Hoel (fays he) He fpcakes
in the Perfon of the Fa-
ther, faying, I will pour
out of my Spirit.

Καὶ ἐν τῷ Ἰωὴλ ἐκ προσώσε παζός λέγει, Εκχεῶ ἀπὸ τὸ πνεύματός με. De humanâ nat. fufcept.

And Cyril of Jerufalem,
fage in Efaias, where he
Throne of his glory:
The Father (faith he)
hath no man feen at any
Time, but He which then
appeared to the Prophet,
was the Son.

The learned Bp. Bull
in like manner: Where-
ever (fays he) it was not
a mere Angel, but God
himself, that appeared;
there, according to the
unanimous opinion of all

fpeaking of this very pasfaw God fitting upon the

Τον πατέρα με το ἐδεὶς one wwwOTE. Ta ἑώρακε πώποτε. ὁ 3 προφήτη τότε φανεὶς, ὑὸς ἦν. Catech. 14.

Ubicunque non merum Angelum, fed ipfum Deum apparuiffe liquet; ibi non Patrem, fed Filium intelligendum effe, primævæ Antiquitatis confentiens judicium religiosè fequentes, conftanter

primitive Antiquity, we ftanter affirmamus. Defenf. conftantly affirm that it Sect. 4.c.3. §. 15.

was not the Father, but the Son.

Thus when 'tis faid of Mofes and the feventy Elders, Exod. xxiv, 10, that they faw the God of Ifrael, and that there was under his Feet as it were a pavedwork, &c. it must be understood that they faw, not the Invisible Father, but the Son appearing in the Name and Perfon of the Father.

All which, is much confirmed by St Stephen's Expreffion, Acts vii; 30, 32, that the ANGEL of the Lord [viz. the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of his Prefence, in whom the Name of God was, and by whom God always fpeaks, upon which account he is ftiled λy the Word of God,] appeared to Mofes in the Wilderness in a flame of Fire in a Bush; Saying, I AM the God of thy Fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Ifaac, and the God of Jacob.

See N° 359, 616, 69, 916.

598. Joh. xii, 45. He that feeth me, feeth him that fent me.

See N° 600.

xiii, 11. For he knew who should be

599.
tray him.

600. xiv; 7,

xiv; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. If ye had known me, yet should have known my Father alfo ; and from henceforth ye know him, and have * seen him

Philip faith unto him; Lord, fhew us the Father, and it fufficeth us.

Jefus faith unto him; Have I been fo long time

time with you, and yet haft thou not known Me, Philip? He that hath feen me, hath feen the Father; and how fayft thou then, Shew us the Father.

*

Believest thou not, that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The Words that I speak unto you, I fpeak not of my felf; but the Father that dwelleth in me, He doth the Works.

Believe me, that ‡ I am in the Father, and キ the Father in Me.

If ye had known Me, je should have known my Father alfo] The Meaning of This, is explained, Mat, xi, 27, Neither knoweth any man the Father, fave the Son, and he to whomsoever the Sen will REVEAL him : And Joh. i, 18, No Man hath feen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, which is in the Bofom of the Father, he hath DECLARED him: And i Joh. ii, 23, Whosoever denieth the Son, the fame hath not the Father; but he that acknowledgeth the Son, hath the Father alfo: And Joh. xii; 44, 45, He that believeth in Me, believeth not on me, but on him that fent me; and he that feeth me, feeth him that fent me. The Will of the Father, is as perfectly made known by the Son, as if they Both were but One and the fame Perfon. The Words that I Speak unto you, (faith our Saviour, ver. 1oth of this Chapter,) I speak not of my felf; but the Father that dwelleth in me, He doth the Works. See No 555.

When our Lord declares (fays a very antient Writer of the Church,) that if ye had known Me, ye fhould have known my Father

Quod enim dixit Dominus, Si me cognoviftis, & patrem meum cognoviftis, & amodo noftis illum, et vidiftis illum; non fic dixerat, ut fe Patrem vellet intelligi;

fed

alfo; and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him; he does not mean fo to be underftood, as if He himself were the Father; but, that whosoever comes to the Son of God with a full and firm Faith and a tru

fed quoniam qui penitus & plenè & cum totâ fide & totâ religione acceffit ad Dei filium, omnibus modis per ipfum filium, in quem fic credit, ad Patrem perventurus fit, eundemq; vifurus. Novatian. de Trinit. cap. 28.

ly religious difpofition of Mind, shall certainly by the Son, in whom he fo believeth, be brought to and behold the Father.

*He that hath feen Me, bath feen the Father.] Thefe Words do not fignify, that He who hath feen the Perfon of Chrift, hath seen the Person of the Father: For then it would follow, that the Humanity of Chrift, (which was All that was vifible in the literal fenfe,) was the Perfon of the Father. But the Meaning is: He that hath feen the Power of Christ, hath feen the Power of the Father; he that hath known the Will of Chrift, hath known the Will of the Father: For fo our Saviour himself explains it, ch. xii ; 44, 45, He that believeth on Me, believeth not on me, but on Him that fent me; and he that SE ETH Me, SEETH him that fent me: And ver. 10th of This chapter; I Speak not of my felf; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doth the Works. The Perfon of the Father, no man hath feen, nor can fee, 1 Tim. vi, 16: No Man hath feen GOD at any time, Joh. i, 18: Not that any Man hath feen the FATHER, Joh. vi, 46: Te have neither heard his Voice, nor feen his Shape, Joh. v, 37: But he that hath feen Him who is the Image of the Invisible God, (Col. i, 15,) hath feen all that can be seen of God; And he that has heard Him who is [ λó De, Rev. xix, 13, and Joh. i, 1,]

the