fufe; for he can as foon cease to be God, as cease to be merciful. And as to the trinitarians, nothing is more plain, than that they feed upon ashes; a deceived heart hath turned them aside, because they will not make use of those rational faculties which God hath given them; nor say, Is there not a lye in my righthand? otherwise they would never flatter the humble Jefus, nor make the most high God to be a plurality of persons. - For as to the holy ghost (their third God) it is evidently no distinct person from God, any more than a man's spirit is a distinct person from the man; so that the spirit of God is God's spirit, as is manifest from fcripture and reason, Gen. vi. 3. My spirit shall not always strive with man : And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters: And God faid, Let there be light, and there was light. And God faid, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters. And God made all things by the word of kis power. So that the word of God, and the spirit of God, are not distinct persons from God, but the power of God, and the energy of God. So the word of a man, and the spirit of a man, are not distinct persons from the man, but the man himself; if his word be false, or his spirit be wicked, the man is false and wicked. The fame degree of stupidity that leads trinitarians to call the word of God, and the spirit of God, God, distinct persons, would lead them to call the wisdom of God, the goodness of God, the love of God, the peace of God, the power of God, and the mercy of God, distine persons; and make God to be a trinity of trinities; for it is certain, God is expressly called by all those names. But whosoever goes about to father this abfurd and horrid doctrine of the trinity upon Jefus Christ, does egregioufly abuse him; who told us plainly, bis Father was greater than he; and that he could do nothing of himself, which is a demonftration that he is not God: For we are fure God is omnipotent, and can do all things of himself; being self-exiftent and independent, the supreme creator of the universe; and in this it is, that the unitarians triumph as unanswerable, believing in Jesus Christ, who told us his Father was the only true God, John xvii. 3. P. S. By these last words of Christ, I myself was convinced many years ago.. |