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man cannot, without absurdity, Lave any other con- 

 ception of the Son and Holy Ghost, than as being 

 one absolutely Supreme God with the Father, and 

 cue joint Object of all Christian worship: let us col- 

 lect the two seemingly-inconsistent doctrines, into op- 

 posite propositions. 



There is no other God, 

 but one. 



Thou shalt worship 

 the Lord thy God, and 

 Him only shalt thou 

 serve. 



On this side the pre- 

 e :s are express and 

 positive, for our believ- 

 ing in one God alone, 

 and for paying Divine 

 worship to Him only. 

 They are full and per- 

 emptory, against addres- 

 sing ourselves religiously 

 to any other, than that 

 one supreme God, who 

 .is a jealous God, and 

 and will not suffer any 

 degree of Divine worship 

 to be directed to any 

 other. Nor can we 

 frame any other notion 



Let all the Angels of 

 God worship him. 



Baptize all nations in 

 the name of the Father, 

 and of the Son, and of 

 the Holy Ghost. 



On this side, the pre- 

 cepts are equally express 

 and positive, for our be- 

 lieving the Son and the 

 Holy Ghost to be God, 

 and for the whole intelli- 

 gent creation to pay di- 

 vine worship to the Son 

 in particular. They are 

 likewise full and peremp- 

 tory for our addressing 

 ourselves in one of the 

 most solemn acts of Di- 

 vine worship, jointly to 

 the Father, Son, and 

 Holy Ghost. And as 

 we are initiated into chris- 



