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divinity : Faith, Manners, Liturgy, and Government. Faith containeth 

 the doctrine of the nature of God, of the attributes of God, and of the 

 works of God. The nature of God consisteth of three persons in unity 

 of Godhead. The attributes of God are either common to the Deity, 

 or respective to the persons. The works of God summary are two, 

 that of the creation, and that of the redemption ; and both these works, 

 as in total they appertain to the unity of the Godhead, so in their parts 

 they refer to the three persons : that of the creation, in the mass of the 

 matter, to the Father ; in the disposition of the form, to the Son ; and 

 in the continuance and conversation of the being, to the Holy Spirit ; 

 so that of the redemption, in the election and counsel, to the Father ; 

 in the whole act and consummation, to the Son ; and in the application, 

 to the Holy Spirit : for by the Holy Ghost was Christ conceived in flesh, 

 and by the Holy Ghost arc the elect regenerate in spirit. This work 

 likewise we consider either effectually, in the elect ; or privately, in 

 the reprobate ; or according to appearance, in the visible Church. 



For manners, the doctrine thereof is contained in the law, which 

 discloseth sin. The law itself is divided, according to the edition 

 thereof, into the law of nature, the law moral, and the law positive; 

 and, according to the stile, into negative and affirmative, prohibitions 

 and commandments. Sin, in the matter and subject thereof, is di 

 vided according to the commandments ; in the form thereof, it 

 referrcth to the three persons in Deity. Sins of infirmity against the 

 Father, whose more special attribute is power ; sins of ignorance 

 against the Son, whose attribute is wisdom ; and sins of malice against 

 the Holy Ghost, whose attribute is grace or love. In the motions of 

 it, it cither movcth to the right hand or to the left, either to blind 

 devotion, or to profane and libertine transgression ; either in imposing 

 restraint where God grantcth liberty, or in taking liberty where God 

 imposeth restraint. In the degrees and progress of it, it divideth itself 

 into thought, word, or act. And in this part I commend much the 

 deducing of the law of God to cases of conscience, for that I take 

 indeed to be a breaking, and not exhibiting whole, of the bread of life. 

 But that which quickcneth both these doctrines of faith and manners, 

 is the elevation and consent of the heart ; whcreunto appertain books 

 of exhortation, holy meditation, Christian resolution, and the like. 



For the liturgy or service, it consisteth of the reciprocal acts 

 between God and man : which, on the part of God, are the preaching 

 of the word, and the sacraments, which are seals to the covenant, or as 

 the visible word ; and on the part of man, invocation of the name of 

 God ; and, under the law, sacrifices ; which were as visible prayers or 

 confessions ; but now the adoration being in spirilu et veritate, there 

 rcmaineth only vituli labionun, although the use of holy vows of 

 thankfulness and retribution may be accounted also as sealed petitions. 



And for the government of the Church, it consisteth of the patri 

 mony of the Church, the franchises of the Church, and the offices and 

 jurisdictions of the Church, and the laws of the Church directing the 

 whole ; all which have two considerations, the one in themselves, the 

 otl.er how they stand compatible and agreeable to the civil estate. 



