of all divine Operations ;) and the Father operates by Him: And not on the contrary doth the Father de

non ab ipfo Deus Pater, aut per Patrem ipfe. Sect. 4. cap. 2. § 2.

rive his operating Power from the Son, or the Son operate by [or through the Father. And again: The raifing up of the Body of Chrift from the Dead, is alfo afcribed in Scripture to the Father. What Wonder? For whatfoever the Son doth, be doth it from the Father, And whatfoever the Father doth, he doth it by the Son. For which Reafon alfo the Creation of all things is afcribed both to the Father and the Son: Namely, because the Father

Refufcitatio quidem corporis Chrifti a mortuis, etiam Deo Patri in Scripturis tribuitur. Quid mirum? Quicquid agit Filius, a Patre agit: Quic quid verò facit Pater, per Filium facit. Hinc &Creatio rerum omnium & Patri & Filio tribuitur ; quòd fcilicet Pater per Filium univerfa condidit. Judic. Ecclef. c. 5, 05. made all things by the Son.

From what hath been faid upon this Head, it appears how all thofe Texts are to be understood, when compared together; wherein the fame Powers or Operations, are afcribed both to the Father and the Son. As, when 'tis faid that the Father created all things, and yet all things were created by the Son, [viz. the Father created all things by the Son :]That the Father bath Life in Himfelf, and the Son alfo bath Life in himself, [viz. the Father hath given him to bave Life in himself, Joh. v, 26:1 That God ball judge the World. and Chrift fball judge the World, viz., God fhall judge the fecrets of men by Jefus Chrift, Rom. ii, 16; and, The Father bath committed all judgment unto the Son, Joh. v, 22:] That the Farber rai feth up the dead and quickneth them, and the Son alfo quickeneth whom he willeth, [viz. because the Father loveth the Son, and fheweth him all things that bimfelf

doth

doth, Joh. v; 19, 20, 21: That God raifed up 21:1 Chrift, and yet Chrift raifed up himself, [viz. He bad power to lay down his Life, and he had power to take it again, because This commandment he had received of his Father, Joh. x, 18.] That it is the Fathers property to know the Hearts, Acts xv, 8; and yet that the Son alfo is He that fearcheth the Hearts, Rev. ii, 23, [See the Text, N° 669. That the Father is the Only Potentate, 1 Tim. vi, 15; and yet that the Son alfo hath All Power, and is Lord of all, Acts x, 36. That the Father Only bath Immortakty, r Tim. vi, 16; and yet that of Chrifts Kingdam there fhall be no End, Luke i, 33. That the Father is the One God, 1 Cor. viii, 6, and yet that the Son alfo is God, Joh. i, 1. And the Like.

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The Son, whatever his metaphyfical Nature or Effence be; yet, in this whole Difpenfation, in the Creation and Redemption of the World, acts in all things according to the Will, and by the Million or Authority of the Father.

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See above, 34 & 35.

Jefus Chrift, (faith Juftin Martyr) is the Only properly begotten Son of God,

being his Word, and First-was, is Th Bean dute

born, and Power; and by the Will of God, he became

Man.

Again: He was made Man, of the Virgin, by the Will of his Father, for the Salvation of Them that believe on him.

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Again: They [the Patriarchs] did not fee the Father and ineffable Lord -of All things abfolutely, even of Chrift himself; but Ethey faw only] Him, who by the Will of the Father is both God, and his Son and Meffenger, as Miniftring to bis Will; who alfo by the Will of the Father became Man, of the Virgin, Again: He who (as I • bave before shown,) appeared to Abraham and to Jacob, miniftring to the Will of the Creator of all μων τῇ βυλῶ αὐτὰ ὁμοίως ύπης things, and at the judg-sheas. Ibid. ment of Sodom, miniftring likewife to bis Will.

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Again: All thefe Titles He has, [viz. Word, Angel, &c.] from his miniffing to the Fathers Will, and from bis being begotten by the Will of the Father.

Again: I bave fhown that This perfon, who appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Facob, and is filed God in Scripture, is fub

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Beginning to the End 30s Again: The Son performs the good Pleasure of the Father For the Father fends, and the Son is Sent and comes.

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of bis Own: For his own Off-Spring and his own Figure, minifter to bim in all things; even the Son, and the Holy Spirit his Word and bis Wifdom; whom all the Angels ferve and are Jubject to. This paffage is parallel to thofe where in he calls the Son and Spirit the Hands of the Father; namely, executing his Will as perfectly, as a Mans own. Hands perform the Will of the Man. 1, Again: There is always prefent with him his Word and Wifdom, bis Son and Spirit by and in whom be made all things freely and according to bis own Wills

Again The Father (faith he) is invifible; concern ing whom our Lord declares, that No man hath feen GOD at any time: But his Word has revealed the Brightness of the Father, according to the Will of the Father, and as was moft advantagious to Them

And again: Man was made after the Image and Likeness of the Unbegotten God by the gond pleafure and Will of God; by the Aition and Operation of the Son by the Increafe and Nourishment of the Spirit.

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drinus: The Lord Jesus,

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Adeft ei femper Ver bum & fapientia, Filius & Spiritus, per quos & in quibus omnia liberè & fponte fecit. lib. 4, f 37.

Pater quidem invifibi lis; de quo & Dominus dixit, Deum nemo vidit unquam: Verbum autem ejus, quemadmodum volebat ipfe, & ad utilitatem videntium claritatem monftrabat Patris. Ibid.

whom he revealed it to.

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