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of idolatry, than the ad- tianity by this act, so we 

 dressing ourselves either are ever after blessed in 

 in body or mind, by way the name of the Three 

 of religious worship to jointly: arid all this, 

 any other being, than to without the least direc* 

 the Supreme God. or indirect mention, or' 



intimation, of any in- 

 equality in their natures, 

 or of any distinction hi 

 their worship. 



Now both these precepts are express scripture, anH 

 therefore equally objects of our faith ; it being evi- 

 dent, that here is no contradiction in terms, and that 

 the seeming contradiction is- with regard to a unity 

 and distinction, for the direct apprehension of which, 

 there is no capacity in the mind of man. The wis- 

 dom of God has left it for us to believe them both, 

 and to reconcile them according to the best of our 

 understanding : not by taking upon us to shew how 

 the divine nature is one, and how it is three ; but by 

 solving the seeming opposition, in a way most ob- 

 vious to a plain capacity ; that is, by concluding, 

 since there is but one God, who alone is to be wor- 

 shipped, and since the Son and Holy Ghost are both 

 called God in scripture, and expressly commanded to 

 be worshipped ; therefore they are One with the most 

 high God, though how they are One, we cannot com- 

 prehend. 



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