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           An
           EIGHTH
           LETTER
           Concerning
           the
           Sacred
           Trinity
           ;
           Occasioned
           by
           some
           Letters
           to
           him
           on
           that
           Subject
           .
        
         
           By
           JOHN
           WALLIS
           D.
           D.
           &c.
           
        
         
           SInce
           my
           publishing
           Seven
           Letters
           ,
           and
           Three
           Sermons
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Sacred
           Trinity
           ;
           I
           have
           received
           ,
           on
           that
           occasion
           ,
           several
           Letters
           from
           divers
           Persons
           ,
           (
           some
           known
           ,
           some
           unknown
           ,
           )
           concerning
           that
           Subject
           .
           Mostly
           by
           way
           of
           Gratulation
           and
           Approbation
           of
           what
           I
           have
           done
           .
           And
           where
           some
           Expressions
           therein
           are
           not
           just
           the
           same
           with
           mine
           ;
           they
           are
           much
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           all
           contrary
           to
           what
           I
           undertook
           to
           maintain
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           them
           (
           from
           an
           unknown
           Person
           )
           subscribed
           A.
           B.
           was
           written
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           by
           a
           Countrey
           Gentleman
           ,
           not
           a
           professed
           Divine
           :
           Who
           though
           he
           do
           not
           pretend
           to
           be
           much
           versed
           in
           School-Divinity
           ;
           yet
           is
           ,
           I
           find
           ,
           not
           a
           Stranger
           to
           it
           .
           It
           was
           left
           for
           me
           at
           my
           Booksellers
           ,
           with
           an
           Intimation
           ,
           that
           the
           Author
           was
           willing
           to
           have
           it
           Printed
           .
           And
           I
           left
           it
           again
           with
           the
           Bookseller
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           though
           it
           hath
           been
           delayed
           hitherto
           .
           Which
           (
           because
           the
           Author
           did
           desire
           it
           )
           is
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
           
             
               
                 
                   A
                   Letter
                   to
                   the
                   Reverend
                   Doctor
                   Wallis
                   occasioned
                   by
                   his
                   several
                   Letters
                   touching
                   the
                   Doctrine
                   of
                   the
                   Trinity
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Reverend
                     Sir
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   'T
                   IS
                   gratitude
                   and
                   acknowledgement
                   directs
                   these
                   lines
                   to
                   you
                   .
                   I
                   have
                   been
                   so
                   fortunate
                   to
                   meet
                   with
                   your
                   several
                   Letters
                   in
                   affirmance
                   of
                   the
                   Doctrine
                   of
                   the
                   Blessed
                   Trinity
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   And
                   cannot
                   but
                   confess
                   my self
                   not
                   only
                   confirmed
                   ,
                   but
                   much
                   enlarged
                   in
                   my
                   notions
                   about
                   that
                   Doctrine
                   by
                   the
                   so
                   plain
                   and
                   pressing
                   reason
                   of
                   your
                   Discourses
                   .
                   But
                   lest
                   I
                   should
                   seem
                   fond
                   of
                   my
                   own
                   understanding
                   ,
                   and
                   fancy
                   to
                   my self
                   that
                   I
                   do
                   comprehend
                   more
                   touching
                   these
                   matters
                   than
                   I
                   indeed
                   do
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   humbly
                   offer
                   to
                   you
                   my
                   method
                   of
                   thoughts
                   ,
                   and
                   submit
                   the
                   same
                   to
                   your
                   Grave
                   Judgment
                   and
                   Allowance
                   .
                
                 
                   THE
                   Metaphysicians
                   I
                   remember
                   teach
                   us
                   that
                   one
                   way
                   to
                   know
                   the
                   Deity
                   is
                   by
                   way
                   of
                   Eminency
                   ,
                   Is
                   there
                   any
                   good
                   or
                   perfection
                   in
                   the
                   Creature
                   ?
                   Then
                   ,
                   say
                   they
                   ,
                   God
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   great
                   Author
                   and
                   Cause
                   of
                   all
                   things
                   ,
                   must
                   be
                   so
                   in
                   a
                   more
                   eminent
                   and
                   high
                   Degree
                   .
                   The
                   Attributes
                   of
                   God
                   are
                   Competent
                   to
                   man
                   (
                   whom
                   he
                   made
                   after
                   his
                   own
                   Image
                   )
                   in
                   some
                   measure
                   ,
                   but
                   in
                   God
                   they
                   are
                   in
                   the
                   highest
                   and
                   superlative
                   Degree
                   .
                
                 
                   NOW
                   besides
                   these
                   Eminences
                   and
                   Perfections
                   in
                   the
                   Deity
                   ,
                   there
                   are
                   three
                   more
                   particular
                   and
                   more
                   transcendent
                   Eminences
                   ,
                   wherein
                   and
                   whereby
                   God
                   hath
                   manifested
                   himself
                   to
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   good
                   of
                   Mankind
                   .
                
                 
                   GOD
                   Almighty
                   was
                   pleased
                   in
                   his
                   infinite
                   Mercy
                   to
                   determine
                   that
                   Mankind
                   should
                   be
                   rescued
                   from
                   that
                   state
                   of
                   Sin
                   ,
                   which
                   the
                   defection
                   of
                   our
                   first
                   Father
                   brought
                   us
                   into
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   brought
                   back
                   into
                   a
                   state
                   of
                   Salvation
                   .
                   But
                   how
                   he
                   should
                   bring
                   about
                   and
                   effect
                   this
                   great
                   work
                   ,
                   is
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   reach
                   of
                   Humane
                   contemplation
                   ,
                   and
                   can
                   no
                   otherwise
                   be
                   known
                   ,
                   than
                   as
                   God
                   himself
                   hath
                   been
                   pleased
                   to
                   reveal
                   and
                   discover
                   the
                   same
                   to
                   us
                   in
                   the
                   Scriptures
                   .
                
                 
                   NOW
                   the
                   Scriptures
                   intimate
                   to
                   us
                   three
                   several
                   Manifestations
                   of
                   the
                   Deity
                   in
                   this
                   great
                   work
                   of
                   our
                   Salvation
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   THE
                   first
                   is
                   that
                   of
                   a
                   Father
                   .
                   That
                   God
                   the
                   Father
                   of
                   Heaven
                   and
                   Earth
                   ,
                   who
                   created
                   the
                   World
                   by
                   his
                   Power
                   ,
                   and
                   preserveth
                   it
                   by
                   his
                   Providence
                   ,
                   so
                   loved
                   this
                   World
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   sent
                   his
                   only
                   begotten
                   Son
                   to
                   be
                   our
                   Saviour
                   and
                   mighty
                   Redeemer
                   .
                
                 
                   THE
                   second
                   is
                   that
                   of
                   a
                   Son.
                   That
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   the
                   only
                   begotten
                   Son
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   undertook
                   this
                   great
                   work
                   of
                   Man's
                   Redemption
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   that
                   purpose
                   came
                   into
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   and
                   became
                   Man
                   ,
                   a
                   second
                   Adam
                   ,
                   who
                   by
                   his
                   holy
                   life
                   ,
                   and
                   absolute
                   and
                   perfect
                   obedience
                   to
                   the
                   Will
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   did
                   expiate
                   and
                   make
                   atonement
                   for
                   the
                   disobedience
                   of
                   the
                   first
                   .
                
                 
                   THE
                   third
                   is
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   Holy
                   Ghost
                   ,
                   who
                   by
                   his
                   inward
                   operations
                   and
                   gracious
                   influences
                   ,
                   doth
                   incline
                   and
                   prevail
                   with
                   man
                   to
                   embrace
                   the
                   Redemption
                   purchased
                   for
                   him
                   upon
                   the
                   terms
                   of
                   the
                   Gospel
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   in
                   respect
                   of
                   these
                   three
                   several
                   manifestations
                   of
                   the
                   Deity
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   said
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Trinity
                   of
                   persons
                   in
                   the
                   Vnity
                   of
                   the
                   Godhead
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   same
                   God
                   in
                   respect
                   of
                   one
                   of
                   these
                   manifestations
                   of
                   himself
                   ,
                   is
                   called
                   God
                   the
                   Father
                   ;
                   in
                   respect
                   of
                   another
                   is
                   called
                   God
                   the
                   Son
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   respect
                   of
                   the
                   third
                   is
                   called
                   God
                   the
                   Holy
                   Ghost
                   .
                
                 
                   THAT
                   there
                   are
                   these
                   three
                   more
                   eminent
                   manifestations
                   of
                   the
                   Deity
                   ,
                   and
                   under
                   these
                   denominations
                   ,
                   of
                   Father
                   ,
                   Son
                   ,
                   and
                   Holy
                   Ghost
                   ,
                   is
                   most
                   plain
                   in
                   the
                   Scriptures
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   the
                   great
                   doubt
                   is
                   whether
                   these
                   be
                   three
                   Personalities
                   in
                   the
                   Deity
                   .
                   And
                   this
                   doubt
                   (
                   I
                   take
                   it
                   )
                   ariseth
                   from
                   a
                   misunderstanding
                   and
                   mistaking
                   the
                   true
                   sense
                   of
                   the
                   word
                   Persona
                   .
                
                 
                   FOR
                   this
                   word
                   Persona
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   the
                   Philosophers
                   are
                   short
                   in
                   their
                   definitions
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   Boethius
                   defines
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   
                     Naturae
                     Rationalis
                     individua
                     substantia
                  
                   .
                   This
                   other
                   Philosophers
                   dislike
                   as
                   too
                   scanty
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   is
                   applicable
                   to
                   man
                   only
                   ,
                   and
                   doth
                   not
                   include
                   Spiritual
                   Beings
                   .
                   And
                   therefore
                   They
                   to
                   inlarge
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   it
                   more
                   comprehensive
                   ,
                   call
                   it
                   
                     Substantia
                     particularis
                     ,
                     intelligens
                     &
                     incommunicabilis
                     ,
                  
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   for
                   my
                   part
                   I
                   cannot
                   but
                   like
                   Boethius
                   his
                   definition
                   best
                   ,
                   and
                   think
                   him
                   so
                   far
                   in
                   the
                   right
                   ,
                   in
                   that
                   he
                   makes
                   the
                   word
                   Persona
                   only
                   applicable
                   to
                   Man
                   ;
                   for
                   so
                   doubtless
                   it
                   is
                   in
                   its
                   true
                   and
                   proper
                   signification
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   is
                   applicable
                   to
                   Spirits
                   by
                   a
                   Metalepsis
                   only
                   and
                   Transumption
                   of
                   the
                   Word
                   .
                
                 
                   AND
                   herein
                   the
                   Philosophers
                   are
                   too
                   short
                   in
                   their
                   definitions
                   of
                   Persona
                   ,
                   that
                   while
                   they
                   done
                   so
                   much
                   upon
                   the
                   word
                   Substance
                   ,
                   they
                   forget
                   that
                   Accidents
                   are
                   a
                   more
                   necessary
                   ingredient
                   in
                   its
                   true
                   definition
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   word
                   Persona
                   in
                   relation
                   to
                   Man
                   ,
                   doth
                   not
                   only
                   signifie
                   Individuality
                   ,
                   and
                   denote
                   a
                   particular
                   or
                   single
                   man
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   doth
                   imply
                   those
                   Qualities
                   
                   also
                   whereby
                   one
                   Man
                   differeth
                   from
                   another
                   .
                   By
                   the
                   word
                   Quality
                   her
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   mean
                   the
                   single
                   Predicament
                   so
                   called
                   ,
                   but
                   all
                   the
                   other
                   Predicaments
                   except
                   that
                   of
                   Substanee
                   ,
                   it
                   being
                   those
                   whereby
                   the
                   
                     Naturae
                     Rationalis
                     Substantia
                  
                   is
                   individuated
                   .
                   'T
                   is
                   Quantity
                   that
                   differs
                   the
                   Person
                   of
                   taller
                   Stature
                   from
                   the
                   lower
                   .
                   'T
                   is
                   Quality
                   that
                   differs
                   the
                   Learned
                   from
                   the
                   Vnlearned
                   Person
                   .
                   'T
                   is
                   Relation
                   that
                   differs
                   the
                   Father
                   from
                   the
                   Son.
                   'T
                   is
                   the
                   Ubi
                   or
                   Locality
                   that
                   differs
                   John
                   of
                   Noke
                   from
                   John
                   at
                   Style
                   .
                   And
                   so
                   of
                   the
                   other
                   Predicaments
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   would
                   therefore
                   propose
                   the
                   adding
                   a
                   few
                   words
                   to
                   Boethius
                   his
                   definition
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   well
                   enough
                   .
                   Let
                   it
                   then
                   be
                   thus
                   ,
                   
                     viz.
                     Persona
                     est
                     Naturae
                     rationalis
                     individua
                     substantia
                     taliter
                     qualiter
                     ab
                     aliis
                     differens
                     .
                  
                   Thus
                   defined
                   it
                   relates
                   to
                   Man
                   only
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   to
                   one
                   Man
                   as
                   he
                   differeth
                   from
                   another
                   by
                   accidental
                   Individuation
                   .
                   For
                   though
                   't
                   be
                   true
                   that
                   every
                   Person
                   is
                   a
                   single
                   substance
                   ,
                   yet
                   't
                   is
                   as
                   true
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   accidents
                   that
                   do
                   determine
                   the
                   Personality
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   as
                   the
                   Specifick
                   differences
                   do
                   constitute
                   the
                   Species
                   ,
                   so
                   Predicamental
                   Accidents
                   do
                   constitute
                   the
                   Individual
                   .
                   Thus
                   Rationality
                   doth
                   constitute
                   the
                   Species
                   of
                   Man
                   ,
                   and
                   differs
                   it
                   from
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   Brute
                   .
                   And
                   thus
                   Wisdom
                   ,
                   Fortitude
                   ,
                   &c.
                   do
                   differ
                   this
                   particular
                   Man
                   from
                   another
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   him
                   to
                   be
                   this
                   Person
                   and
                   not
                   another
                   .
                   Nor
                   can
                   we
                   have
                   any
                   certain
                   notion
                   of
                   naked
                   substances
                   ,
                   or
                   otherwise
                   conceive
                   of
                   them
                   than
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   clothed
                   with
                   and
                   variegated
                   by
                   accidents
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   this
                   purpose
                   also
                   is
                   the
                   true
                   sense
                   and
                   meaning
                   of
                   the
                   Greek
                   word
                   
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                  
                   ,
                   which
                   strictly
                   Translated
                   is
                   in
                   Latine
                   Subsistentia
                   .
                   Now
                   Subsistentia
                   doth
                   not
                   only
                   import
                   the
                   Esse
                   of
                   the
                   substance
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   
                     Modus
                     Essendi
                  
                   :
                   And
                   what
                   is
                   that
                   doth
                   modifie
                   substance
                   but
                   qualities
                   and
                   accidents
                   ?
                
                 
                   The
                   Fundamental
                   mistake
                   therefore
                   in
                   this
                   great
                   point
                   hath
                   been
                   in
                   making
                   the
                   word
                   substance
                   so
                   more
                   than
                   necessary
                   in
                   the
                   definition
                   of
                   Persona
                   ,
                   and
                   concluding
                   from
                   thence
                   that
                   there
                   cannot
                   be
                   three
                   Persons
                   but
                   there
                   must
                   be
                   three
                   several
                   substances
                   .
                   Whereas
                   in
                   truth
                   there
                   may
                   be
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   one
                   particular
                   Man
                   ,
                   diversly
                   qualified
                   and
                   circumstanticated
                   ,
                   diverse
                   Personalities
                   .
                   Thus
                   in
                   the
                   Man
                   
                     Melchisedeck
                     .
                     Melchisedeck
                     King
                     of
                     Salem
                  
                   may
                   be
                   said
                   to
                   be
                   one
                   Person
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Melchisedeck
                     the
                     Priest
                     of
                     the
                     most
                     high
                     God
                  
                   another
                   .
                   So
                   in
                   David
                   ,
                   in
                   respect
                   of
                   his
                   double
                   qualification
                   of
                   a
                   King
                   and
                   a
                   Prophet
                   .
                
                 
                   Thus
                   much
                   for
                   what
                   I
                   conceive
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   true
                   Notion
                   of
                   Persona
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Now
                   to
                   consider
                   this
                   word
                   Persona
                   as
                   it
                   hath
                   been
                   applyed
                   to
                   the
                   Godhead
                   .
                   And
                   here
                   I
                   must
                   say
                   again
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   said
                   before
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   word
                   Persona
                   is
                   used
                   only
                   in
                   a
                   borrowed
                   sence
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   want
                   of
                   another
                   word
                   that
                   might
                   more
                   appositely
                   and
                   fully
                   signifie
                   what
                   is
                   intended
                   by
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   God
                   cannot
                   properly
                   be
                   said
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Person
                   .
                   There
                   are
                   no
                   accidents
                   in
                   him
                   .
                   All
                   his
                   Attributes
                   are
                   Essential
                   to
                   him
                   .
                   That
                   Wisdom
                   that
                   is
                   Finite
                   in
                   Man
                   and
                   Accidental
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   is
                   Infinite
                   in
                   God
                   and
                   Essential
                   to
                   him
                   .
                   And
                   so
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   other
                   Attributes
                   and
                   Perfections
                   of
                   the
                   Deity
                   ,
                   that
                   are
                   in
                   an
                   imperfect
                   and
                   low
                   degree
                   competent
                   to
                   Man.
                   
                
                 
                   In
                   this
                   borrowed
                   sence
                   therefore
                   it
                   is
                   that
                   this
                   word
                   Persona
                   is
                   applyed
                   to
                   the
                   Deity
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   respect
                   of
                   those
                   three
                   Eminent
                   manifestations
                   of
                   the
                   Deity
                   there
                   are
                   said
                   to
                   be
                   three
                   Persons
                   in
                   it
                   .
                   Not
                   that
                   the
                   word
                   Person
                   ,
                   and
                   distinction
                   of
                   Personalities
                   in
                   respect
                   of
                   Men
                   doth
                   bear
                   a
                   full
                   Analogy
                   to
                   the
                   difference
                   of
                   Personalities
                   in
                   the
                   Deity
                   ,
                   for
                   in
                   this
                   as
                   in
                   all
                   other
                   Contemplations
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   we
                   must
                   expect
                   to
                   fall
                   short
                   and
                   not
                   comprehend
                   .
                   But
                   that
                   the
                   consideration
                   of
                   the
                   different
                   Personalities
                   amongst
                   Men
                   may
                   help
                   us
                   in
                   some
                   imperfect
                   measure
                   to
                   conceive
                   of
                   that
                   Trinity
                   that
                   we
                   adore
                   in
                   the
                   Vnity
                   of
                   the
                   Godhead
                   .
                
                 
                   Object
                   .
                   But
                   here
                   I
                   expect
                   an
                   Objection
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   in
                   respect
                   of
                   these
                   three
                   manifestations
                   of
                   the
                   Deity
                   there
                   are
                   said
                   to
                   be
                   three
                   Persons
                   ,
                   why
                   are
                   there
                   not
                   said
                   to
                   be
                   more
                   Persons
                   in
                   the
                   Godhead
                   than
                   three
                   ,
                   even
                   as
                   many
                   as
                   there
                   are
                   Divine
                   Attributes
                   ,
                   for
                   so
                   many
                   are
                   the
                   manifestations
                   of
                   the
                   Deity
                   to
                   us
                   .
                
                 
                   Answ.
                   There
                   is
                   not
                   so
                   much
                   reason
                   to
                   imagine
                   more
                   Personalities
                   in
                   the
                   Godhead
                   than
                   these
                   three
                   ,
                   as
                   that
                   there
                   are
                   these
                   three
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   .
                   For
                   although
                   it
                   be
                   true
                   that
                   every
                   Attribute
                   doth
                   import
                   the
                   Deity
                   ,
                   and
                   can
                   be
                   Predicated
                   of
                   nothing
                   else
                   but
                   the
                   Deity
                   ,
                   yet
                   every
                   single
                   Attribute
                   doth
                   not
                   (
                   if
                   I
                   may
                   so
                   speak
                   )
                   import
                   the
                   whole
                   Deity
                   .
                   His
                   Infinite
                   Wisdom
                   doth
                   not
                   necessarily
                   import
                   or
                   administer
                   to
                   us
                   the
                   Notion
                   of
                   his
                   Infinite
                   Power
                   .
                   And
                   so
                   of
                   the
                   other
                   Attributes
                   .
                   But
                   these
                   three
                   several
                   manifestations
                   of
                   the
                   Godhead
                   ,
                   that
                   are
                   called
                   three
                   Persons
                   ,
                   are
                   such
                   wherein
                   the
                   whole
                   Deity
                   (
                   as
                   I
                   may
                   say
                   )
                   doth
                   exert
                   it self
                   ,
                   and
                   appear
                   in
                   all
                   its
                   Attributes
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   call
                   them
                   three
                   more
                   transcendent
                   Eminences
                   or
                   Manifestations
                   of
                   the
                   Deity
                   .
                
                 
                   Thus
                   I
                   do
                   conceive
                   this
                   Trinity
                   of
                   Persons
                   in
                   the
                   Godhead
                   in
                   some
                   sort
                   intelligible
                   ,
                   without
                   any
                   necessity
                   of
                   thinking
                   that
                   these
                   three
                   Persons
                   must
                   be
                   three
                   several
                   substances
                   ,
                   and
                   consequently
                   three
                   Gods.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   I
                   must
                   confess
                   I
                   cannot
                   but
                   think
                   this
                   great
                   dispute
                   a
                   meer
                   wrangling
                   business
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   contest
                   more
                   about
                   words
                   than
                   things
                   .
                   For
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   
                   time
                   that
                   our
                   Adversaries
                   are
                   so
                   fearful
                   of
                   multiplying
                   the
                   Deity
                   by
                   dividing
                   the
                   substance
                   ,
                   we
                   tell
                   them
                   that
                   we
                   believe
                   in
                   one
                   God
                   only
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   these
                   three
                   Persons
                   in
                   the
                   Godhead
                   are
                   but
                   one
                   God.
                   So
                   that
                   all
                   the
                   dispute
                   is
                   whether
                   to
                   say
                   there
                   are
                   three
                   Persons
                   in
                   the
                   Deity
                   doth
                   necessarity
                   imply
                   that
                   there
                   are
                   three
                   Substances
                   ,
                   which
                   we
                   declare
                   we
                   do
                   not
                   mean
                   nor
                   intend
                   by
                   it
                   .
                   And
                   for
                   my
                   part
                   if
                   they
                   will
                   as
                   fairly
                   declare
                   that
                   they
                   believe
                   these
                   three
                   several
                   manifestations
                   of
                   the
                   Deity
                   ,
                   viz.
                   of
                   God
                   the
                   Father
                   ,
                   God
                   the
                   Son
                   ,
                   and
                   God
                   the
                   Holy
                   Ghost
                   ,
                   as
                   held
                   forth
                   to
                   us
                   in
                   the
                   Scriptures
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   willingly
                   compound
                   with
                   them
                   for
                   the
                   word
                   Person
                   ,
                   and
                   comply
                   with
                   them
                   in
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   any
                   other
                   word
                   they
                   shall
                   find
                   out
                   that
                   may
                   better
                   or
                   as
                   well
                   express
                   what
                   we
                   mean
                   by
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   come
                   now
                   to
                   the
                   other
                   great
                   Objection
                   of
                   our
                   Adversaries
                   touching
                   the
                   Hypostatical
                   Vnion
                   .
                   How
                   the
                   Divine
                   and
                   Humane
                   Nature
                   could
                   be
                   united
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Person
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   Person
                   be
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   both
                   God
                   and
                   Man
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   without
                   multiplying
                   or
                   dividing
                   the
                   Deity
                   ,
                   or
                   without
                   confining
                   the
                   Omnipresent
                   to
                   the
                   scanty
                   Tenement
                   of
                   an
                   Humane
                   Body
                   .
                   How
                   this
                   God-Man
                   should
                   be
                   born
                   of
                   a
                   Virgin
                   by
                   the
                   overshadowing
                   of
                   the
                   Holy
                   Ghost
                   ,
                   and
                   Humane
                   Nature
                   Propagated
                   without
                   the
                   Natural
                   help
                   of
                   a
                   Man.
                   These
                   things
                   seem
                   so
                   utterly
                   impossible
                   to
                   these
                   men
                   of
                   great
                   reason
                   ,
                   that
                   therefore
                   they
                   must
                   not
                   ,
                   cannot
                   be
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Scriptures
                   themselves
                   must
                   rather
                   be
                   mistaken
                   or
                   false
                   ,
                   than
                   that
                   can
                   be
                   true
                   which
                   they
                   think
                   cannot
                   .
                
                 
                   BVT
                   when
                   they
                   argue
                   thus
                   from
                   Impossibility
                   ,
                   I
                   wonder
                   their
                   Curiosity
                   doth
                   not
                   question
                   the
                   Creation
                   it self
                   ,
                   how
                   it
                   was
                   possible
                   for
                   God
                   to
                   make
                   all
                   things
                   of
                   nothing
                   .
                   And
                   for
                   the
                   Hypostatical
                   Vnion
                   ,
                   methinks
                   before
                   they
                   question
                   that
                   so
                   strictly
                   ,
                   they
                   ought
                   to
                   give
                   a
                   better
                   account
                   than
                   yet
                   can
                   be
                   given
                   of
                   the
                   Vnion
                   of
                   the
                   Soul
                   of
                   Man
                   with
                   his
                   Body
                   .
                   And
                   when
                   they
                   question
                   the
                   being
                   born
                   of
                   a
                   Virgin
                   ,
                   may
                   they
                   not
                   as
                   well
                   question
                   how
                   the
                   first
                   Woman
                   was
                   made
                   of
                   the
                   Rib
                   of
                   a
                   Man
                   :
                   one
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   the
                   other
                   being
                   supposed
                   to
                   come
                   to
                   pass
                   by
                   the
                   Divine
                   Power
                   .
                
                 
                   BVT
                   because
                   I
                   am
                   apt
                   (
                   with
                   you
                   )
                   to
                   suspect
                   how
                   far
                   the
                   Scriptures
                   are
                   of
                   authority
                   amongst
                   these
                   reasoning
                   men
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   adventure
                   to
                   propose
                   to
                   them
                   one
                   consideration
                   touching
                   the
                   Hypostatical
                   Vnion
                   to
                   shew
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   so
                   inconceivable
                   a
                   thing
                   to
                   Humane
                   Reason
                   as
                   they
                   would
                   have
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   Let
                   them
                   but
                   consider
                   the
                   several
                   degrees
                   of
                   Beings
                   that
                   God
                   hath
                   made
                   in
                   the
                   World.
                   The
                   Trees
                   and
                   Plants
                   to
                   which
                   he
                   hath
                   given
                   Vegetation
                   .
                   The
                   Brutes
                   to
                   which
                   besides
                   Vegetation
                   ,
                   he
                   hath
                   given
                   Animal
                   life
                   ;
                   Senses
                   and
                   Appetites
                   to
                   discern
                   and
                   endeavour
                   after
                   what
                   is
                   necessary
                   
                   to
                   the
                   preservation
                   of
                   their
                   Beings
                   .
                   Then
                   to
                   step
                   further
                   and
                   consider
                   Man
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   ,
                   besides
                   all
                   these
                   ,
                   God
                   hath
                   given
                   a
                   Rational
                   Mind
                   and
                   Soul.
                   And
                   to
                   step
                   yet
                   further
                   ,
                   let
                   them
                   consider
                   those
                   higher
                   Beings
                   the
                   Angels
                   ,
                   what
                   pure
                   Intellectual
                   Beings
                   they
                   are
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   degrees
                   of
                   perfection
                   God
                   hath
                   given
                   them
                   ,
                   beyond
                   what
                   he
                   hath
                   given
                   to
                   Man.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   say
                   when
                   we
                   consider
                   these
                   ,
                   what
                   necessity
                   is
                   there
                   of
                   limiting
                   and
                   confining
                   God
                   Almighty
                   here
                   ?
                   May
                   we
                   not
                   as
                   reasonably
                   think
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   in
                   his
                   infinite
                   Wisdom
                   he
                   so
                   thought
                   fit
                   ,
                   he
                   might
                   as
                   well
                   make
                   a
                   Being
                   yet
                   more
                   perfect
                   ?
                   Why
                   is
                   it
                   not
                   as
                   conceiveable
                   ,
                   that
                   ,
                   (
                   to
                   bring
                   about
                   his
                   own
                   eternal
                   purposes
                   )
                   he
                   might
                   actuate
                   the
                   Humane
                   Nature
                   by
                   the
                   Divine
                   Power
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   a
                   Man
                   in
                   whom
                   even
                   the
                   perfections
                   of
                   the
                   Deity
                   should
                   reside
                   ?
                
                 
                   Is
                   the
                   principle
                   of
                   Essentiality
                   and
                   Vitality
                   any
                   whit
                   divided
                   in
                   or
                   from
                   the
                   Deity
                   by
                   giving
                   Life
                   and
                   Being
                   to
                   those
                   Creatures
                   ?
                
                 
                   Is
                   the
                   Eternal
                   Mind
                   any
                   whit
                   multiplied
                   or
                   divided
                   by
                   giving
                   a
                   Rational
                   Soul
                   or
                   Mind
                   to
                   Man
                   ?
                
                 
                   NOR
                   is
                   the
                   Infinite
                   and
                   Eternal
                   Spirit
                   of
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   multiplied
                   or
                   divided
                   by
                   creating
                   and
                   giving
                   Being
                   to
                   those
                   Glorious
                   Spirits
                   the
                   Angels
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   necessity
                   then
                   to
                   think
                   that
                   the
                   Godhead
                   must
                   be
                   either
                   multiplied
                   or
                   divided
                   ,
                   or
                   in
                   any
                   wise
                   varied
                   by
                   acting
                   the
                   Divinity
                   in
                   the
                   Humane
                   Nature
                   ?
                
                 
                   Oh
                   rebellious
                   Mankind
                   ,
                   that
                   hast
                   offended
                   thy
                   Creator
                   ;
                   but
                   more
                   ungrateful
                   ,
                   that
                   wilt
                   not
                   accept
                   his
                   Mercy
                   upon
                   his
                   own
                   terms
                   ,
                   and
                   believe
                   it
                   exhibited
                   in
                   that
                   manner
                   that
                   he
                   himself
                   has
                   revealed
                   it
                   !
                
                 
                   Is
                   it
                   not
                   that
                   God
                   ,
                   whose
                   Justice
                   is
                   infinite
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   offended
                   ?
                   Is
                   it
                   not
                   the
                   same
                   God
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   also
                   Infinite
                   in
                   Goodness
                   and
                   Mercy
                   that
                   is
                   appeased
                   ?
                   What
                   room
                   for
                   his
                   Mercy
                   ,
                   without
                   derogation
                   to
                   his
                   Justice
                   ,
                   unless
                   there
                   be
                   satisfaction
                   ?
                   And
                   what
                   satisfaction
                   can
                   be
                   competent
                   to
                   the
                   offended
                   Deity
                   ?
                   Were
                   Men
                   or
                   Angels
                   fit
                   to
                   mediate
                   ,
                   or
                   could
                   they
                   make
                   a
                   satisfaction
                   ?
                   Surely
                   not
                   .
                   'T
                   is
                   his
                   infinite
                   mercy
                   only
                   that
                   can
                   appease
                   his
                   Justice
                   .
                   
                     There
                     is
                     Mercy
                     with
                     him
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     may
                     be
                     feared
                     ,
                     yea
                     Mercy
                     rejoycing
                     over
                     Judgment
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   NOW
                   because
                   it
                   is
                   inconceivable
                   to
                   man
                   how
                   the
                   offended
                   Deity
                   should
                   make
                   a
                   satisfaction
                   to
                   it self
                   ,
                   God
                   Almighty
                   is
                   pleased
                   thus
                   far
                   to
                   condescend
                   to
                   the
                   Capacity
                   of
                   Humane
                   Nature
                   as
                   to
                   tell
                   us
                   in
                   what
                   manner
                   he
                   hath
                   done
                   it
                   .
                   viz.
                   That
                   he
                   hath
                   sent
                   his
                   only
                   begotten
                   Son
                   into
                   the
                   World
                   to
                   be
                   born
                   of
                   a
                   Woman
                   to
                   live
                   a
                   life
                   of
                   righteousness
                   for
                   our
                   instruction
                   
                   and
                   example
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   dye
                   the
                   Death
                   of
                   Sinners
                   to
                   satisfie
                   for
                   our
                   defection
                   .
                   And
                   further
                   ,
                   that
                   our
                   Original
                   Taint
                   might
                   not
                   prevail
                   over
                   and
                   misguide
                   us
                   into
                   actual
                   transgressions
                   ,
                   he
                   hath
                   sent
                   his
                   Holy
                   Spirit
                   amongst
                   us
                   to
                   lead
                   us
                   into
                   the
                   ways
                   of
                   Truth
                   and
                   Righteousness
                   .
                   This
                   he
                   was
                   pleased
                   to
                   promise
                   after
                   the
                   Fall
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Prophets
                   in
                   the
                   times
                   of
                   the
                   Old
                   Testament
                   ,
                   and
                   has
                   now
                   performed
                   it
                   to
                   us
                   in
                   the
                   times
                   of
                   the
                   New.
                   
                
                 
                   Now
                   ,
                   is
                   it
                   fit
                   for
                   us
                   to
                   object
                   against
                   this
                   manifestation
                   of
                   his
                   Mercy
                   to
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   glorious
                   contrivance
                   of
                   our
                   Redemption
                   ,
                   because
                   we
                   cannot
                   comprehend
                   the
                   mystery
                   of
                   it
                   ?
                   That
                   surely
                   was
                   ne're
                   meant
                   to
                   be
                   within
                   our
                   fathom
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   days
                   of
                   the
                   Old
                   Testament
                   when
                   God
                   was
                   pleased
                   to
                   command
                   the
                   adoration
                   and
                   duty
                   of
                   his
                   People
                   ,
                   he
                   manifested
                   himself
                   to
                   them
                   under
                   several
                   appellations
                   ,
                   whereby
                   he
                   put
                   them
                   in
                   mind
                   of
                   his
                   Mercies
                   to
                   them
                   and
                   their
                   duty
                   to
                   him
                   .
                   I
                   am
                   (
                   says
                   he
                   )
                   the
                   God
                   of
                   Abraham
                   ,
                   the
                   God
                   of
                   Isaac
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   God
                   of
                   Jacob.
                   And
                   so
                   in
                   the
                   Prologue
                   to
                   the
                   Decalogue
                   —
                   I
                   am
                   the
                   Lord
                   thy
                   God
                   which
                   brought
                   the
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Land
                   of
                   Egypt
                   ,
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Bondage
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   Intimating
                   thereby
                   to
                   them
                   the
                   great
                   mercies
                   he
                   had
                   shewn
                   in
                   his
                   Miraculous
                   preservation
                   of
                   the
                   Patriarchs
                   ,
                   and
                   People
                   of
                   Isreal
                   .
                
                 
                   So
                   now
                   in
                   the
                   days
                   of
                   the
                   New
                   Testament
                   God
                   Almighty
                   has
                   been
                   pleased
                   to
                   manisest
                   himself
                   to
                   us
                   under
                   other
                   denominations
                   and
                   appellations
                   ,
                   viz.
                   those
                   of
                   God
                   the
                   Father
                   ,
                   God
                   the
                   Son
                   ,
                   and
                   God
                   the
                   Holy
                   Ghost
                   ;
                   intimating
                   thereby
                   to
                   us
                   in
                   what
                   manner
                   be
                   hath
                   made
                   good
                   his
                   promised
                   Mercy
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   about
                   the
                   great
                   work
                   of
                   our
                   Redemption
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   under
                   those
                   appellations
                   and
                   manifestations
                   of
                   himself
                   he
                   will
                   now
                   be
                   worshipped
                   in
                   the
                   times
                   of
                   the
                   Gospel
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   for
                   us
                   to
                   understand
                   the
                   great
                   mysteries
                   of
                   our
                   Salvation
                   in
                   this
                   manner
                   offered
                   unto
                   us
                   ,
                   (
                   viz.
                   That
                   the
                   Trinity
                   in
                   the
                   Vnity
                   of
                   the
                   Godhead
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   Incarnation
                   of
                   our
                   Blessed
                   Saviour
                   ,
                   &c.
                   )
                   was
                   certainly
                   never
                   intended
                   by
                   God
                   Almighty
                   .
                   And
                   shall
                   we
                   doubt
                   what
                   God
                   himself
                   tells
                   us
                   because
                   we
                   cannot
                   comprehend
                   it
                   ?
                
                 
                   When
                   God
                   said
                   to
                   the
                   People
                   of
                   Israel
                   ;
                   I
                   am
                   the
                   Lord
                   thy
                   God
                   which
                   brought
                   thee
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Land
                   of
                   Egypt
                   ,
                   &c.
                   had
                   it
                   been
                   fit
                   for
                   them
                   to
                   have
                   enquired
                   how
                   he
                   brought
                   them
                   out
                   of
                   Egypt
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   have
                   ravelled
                   into
                   all
                   the
                   Miracles
                   he
                   wrought
                   for
                   that
                   purpose
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   have
                   brought
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   touch
                   of
                   their
                   understandings
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   have
                   doubted
                   the
                   truth
                   thereof
                   ,
                   
                   or
                   the
                   Power
                   of
                   God
                   that
                   did
                   them
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   could
                   not
                   reconcile
                   them
                   to
                   their
                   own
                   reason
                   ?
                
                 
                   Yet
                   thus
                   ill
                   certainly
                   do
                   they
                   use
                   God
                   Almighty
                   ,
                   who
                   will
                   doubt
                   the
                   Manner
                   of
                   our
                   Salvation
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   cannot
                   understand
                   the
                   Mystery
                   .
                
                 
                   Alas
                   ,
                   vain
                   Men
                   ,
                   that
                   will
                   not
                   believe
                   what
                   God
                   himself
                   has
                   Reveal'd
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   will
                   not
                   bear
                   the
                   Test
                   of
                   their
                   weak
                   reason
                   !
                   Do
                   they
                   think
                   the
                   Wisdom
                   and
                   Power
                   of
                   the
                   Almighty
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   bounded
                   by
                   the
                   Scanty
                   Limits
                   of
                   their
                   Vnderstanding
                   ?
                   That
                   were
                   for
                   what
                   is
                   Finite
                   to
                   comprehend
                   Infinity
                   .
                   God
                   were
                   not
                   God
                   if
                   that
                   were
                   so
                   .
                   And
                   these
                   very
                   Men
                   ,
                   who
                   value
                   themselves
                   so
                   much
                   upon
                   their
                   Reason
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   think
                   they
                   ought
                   to
                   understand
                   the
                   very
                   Arcana
                   of
                   Heaven
                   ,
                   would
                   ,
                   I
                   doubt
                   not
                   ,
                   be
                   ready
                   enough
                   by
                   the
                   same
                   strength
                   of
                   Reasonng
                   ,
                   to
                   disown
                   that
                   Deity
                   that
                   they
                   could
                   comprehend
                   .
                
                 
                   Thus
                   I
                   have
                   presumed
                   (
                   Reverend
                   Sir
                   )
                   to
                   trouble
                   you
                   with
                   this
                   Draught
                   of
                   my
                   Rude
                   Notions
                   about
                   this
                   matter
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   will
                   excuse
                   ,
                   they
                   coming
                   from
                   a
                   private
                   Countrey-Gentleman
                   ,
                   unread
                   in
                   Polemick
                   Divinity
                   ,
                   and
                   particularly
                   in
                   this
                   Dispute
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   whom
                   these
                   thoughts
                   were
                   occasioned
                   by
                   the
                   Perusal
                   of
                   your
                   late
                   Papers
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     
                       May
                       28th
                       ,
                       1691.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     Yours
                     most
                     Humbly
                     ,
                     
                       A.
                       B.
                    
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           THIS
           Letter
           being
           for
           substance
           ,
           much
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           with
           what
           I
           had
           undertaken
           to
           maintain
           ;
           and
           the
           expressions
           not
           much
           different
           ,
           and
           in
           nothing
           contrary
           to
           it
           :
           I
           shall
           not
           detain
           the
           Reader
           with
           any
           long
           discourse
           upon
           it
           ;
           because
           it
           speaks
           sufficiently
           for
           it self
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           been
           suggested
           to
           me
           by
           another
           Anonymous
           ;
           That
           ,
           we
           knowing
           so
           little
           of
           the
           Infinite
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           there
           may
           possibly
           be
           greater
           distinction
           between
           the
           Three
           (
           which
           we
           use
           to
           call
           )
           Hypostases
           ,
           or
           Persons
           ,
           than
           (
           what
           he
           calls
           )
           the
           
             Civil
             or
             Relative
          
           acceptation
           of
           the
           word
           Person
           ;
           (
           and
           we
           may
           as
           well
           Prejudice
           the
           Truth
           ,
           by
           affirming
           
             too
             little
          
           ,
           as
           by
           affirming
           
             too
             much
          
           .
           )
           And
           it
           is
           very
           true
           ;
           there
           may
           be
           ,
           for
           ought
           we
           know
           ,
           (
           and
           perhaps
           there
           is
           )
           more
           than
           so
           ,
           (
           nor
           have
           I
           any
           where
           denyed
           it
           :
           )
           But
           ,
           how
           much
           that
           more
           is
           ,
           we
           cannot
           tell
           .
           Sure
           we
           are
           ,
           not
           so
           as
           to
           be
           
             three
             Gods
          
           (
           or
           more
           Gods
           than
           one
           :
           )
           And
           I
           choose
           to
           say
           (
           with
           St.
           Austin
           )
           That
           
             these
             Three
             are
             One
             Spirit
             (
             as
             we
             say
             ,
             they
             are
             One
             God
             ,
             )
             not
             Three
             Spirits
             .
          
           The
           true
           ancient
           import
           of
           the
           Word
           Person
           (
           when
           first
           applied
           to
           the
           Trinity
           )
           implies
           no
           more
           than
           as
           I
           explained
           it
           :
           Which
           was
           a
           full
           Answer
           to
           the
           Anti-trinitarians
           Popular
           Argument
           (
           from
           the
           modern
           gross
           acceptation
           of
           the
           Word
           Person
           ,
           in
           English
           ,
           )
           as
           if
           
             three
             Divine
             Persons
          
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           
             three
             Gods
          
           ,
           because
           
             three
             Persons
          
           amongst
           Men
           doth
           sometimes
           (
           not
           always
           ,
           nor
           did
           it
           anciently
           so
           ,
           )
           imply
           
             three
             Men.
          
           And
           ,
           when
           we
           say
           ,
           these
           
             three
             Persons
          
           are
           but
           
             one
             God
          
           ;
           't
           is
           manifest
           that
           we
           use
           this
           Metaphor
           of
           Persons
           (
           when
           applyed
           to
           God
           ,
           )
           as
           borrowed
           from
           that
           sense
           of
           the
           Word
           Person
           ,
           wherein
           the
           same
           Man
           may
           sustain
           divers
           Persons
           ,
           or
           
             divers
             Persons
          
           be
           the
           
             same
             Man.
          
           I
           have
           seen
           ,
           more
           than
           once
           ,
           an
           Address
           From
           
             Edward
             Earl
             of
             Clarendon
             ,
             Chancellor
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             of
             Oxford
             ,
          
           To
           
             Edward
             Earl
             of
             Clarendon
             Lord
             High
             Chancellor
             of
             England
             ,
          
           (
           in
           a
           Claim
           of
           Privilege
           ,
           to
           remove
           a
           Cause
           from
           the
           Court
           of
           Chancery
           ,
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Vniversity
           .
           )
           Yet
           these
           
             two
             Chancellors
          
           were
           not
           
             two
             Men
          
           ,
           nor
           
             two
             Earls
             of
             Clarendon
          
           ;
           but
           one
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           sustaining
           
             two
             Persons
          
           ,
           (
           one
           addressing
           to
           the
           other
           .
           )
           And
           if
           this
           do
           sufficiently
           answer
           that
           
             Popular
             Cavil
          
           ;
           't
           is
           as
           much
           as
           't
           was
           brought
           for
           .
           If
           it
           do
           otherwise
           appear
           ,
           that
           the
           distinction
           between
           these
           Three
           Divine
           
           Persons
           be
           more
           than
           so
           ;
           (
           but
           yet
           more
           God's
           than
           One
           ;
           )
           that
           may
           well
           enough
           be
           ,
           though
           this
           Metaphor
           do
           not
           necessarily
           imply
           so
           much
           .
           'T
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           
             three
             Persons
          
           ,
           neither
           according
           to
           the
           true
           import
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           nor
           according
           to
           the
           intent
           of
           those
           who
           so
           speak
           ,
           doth
           not
           imply
           
             three
             Gods
          
           :
           But
           
             Three
             Persons
             which
             are
             One
             God
             ,
          
           or
           
             One
             God
             in
             Three
             Persons
          
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           also
           a
           Third
           Letter
           from
           
             W.
             I.
          
           much
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           with
           what
           he
           had
           Written
           in
           his
           two
           former
           .
           (
           And
           therefore
           I
           do
           not
           think
           it
           needful
           to
           insert
           it
           here
           ;
           nor
           do
           I
           see
           that
           he
           desires
           it
           .
           )
           
             It
             is
          
           ,
           he
           tells
           me
           ,
           
             to
             take
             his
             leave
             of
             me
             ,
          
           as
           not
           meaning
           to
           
             give
             me
             any
             farther
             trouble
             in
             this
             kind
             .
          
           'T
           is
           full
           of
           divers
           expressions
           of
           Respect
           ,
           Thanks
           ,
           and
           Approbation
           ;
           And
           he
           doth
           insist
           (
           as
           in
           his
           two
           former
           he
           had
           done
           )
           upon
           these
           two
           things
           ;
           
             Not
             to
             be
             too
             positive
          
           (
           in
           these
           matters
           )
           
             beyond
             what
             the
             Scripture
             tells
             us
          
           ;
           And
           ,
           
             Not
             to
             lay
             the
             like
             stress
             upon
             our
             Argumentations
             from
             thence
             ,
             as
             on
             what
             we
             find
             thore
             .
          
           In
           both
           which
           (
           as
           before
           I
           did
           )
           I
           do
           fully
           agree
           with
           him
           .
           Because
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           pure
           Revelation
           ,
           we
           know
           no
           more
           than
           what
           is
           Revealed
           :
           And
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           very
           sure
           ,
           that
           (
           even
           in
           Natural
           things
           )
           Men
           do
           oft
           mistake
           in
           their
           Argumentations
           ,
           from
           Principles
           which
           they
           think
           to
           be
           True
           and
           Clear
           ;
           (
           Else
           it
           could
           not
           be
           that
           divers
           Men
           ,
           from
           the
           same
           Principles
           ,
           should
           infer
           contrary
           Conclusions
           :
           )
           And
           because
           we
           find
           it
           difficult
           ,
           sometimes
           ,
           to
           reconcile
           some
           things
           ,
           which
           yet
           we
           cannot
           well
           deny
           to
           be
           true
           .
           And
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           even
           in
           Natural
           things
           :
           much
           more
           may
           it
           be
           so
           in
           things
           of
           an
           Infinite
           Nature
           .
           So
           that
           herein
           (
           I
           think
           )
           He
           and
           I
           do
           not
           disagree
           .
        
         
           Yet
           would
           I
           not
           infer
           from
           hence
           (
           nor
           doth
           he
           )
           that
           we
           must
           therefore
           be
           Scepticks
           in
           
             All
             things
          
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           possible
           that
           in
           
             Some
             things
          
           we
           may
           mis-take
           .
           For
           it
           is
           one
           thing
           
             to
             be
             Infallible
          
           ;
           another
           thing
           
             not
             to
             Err.
          
           A
           Man
           who
           is
           not
           Infallible
           ,
           may
           yet
           Argue
           Truly
           ;
           and
           where
           he
           doth
           so
           ,
           his
           Argument
           is
           Conclusive
           .
           And
           we
           may
           accordingly
           rest
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           insist
           upon
           it
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           degree
           of
           Evidence
           .
           For
           things
           equally
           True
           ,
           are
           not
           always
           equally
           Evident
           ;
           nor
           equally
           Necessary
           to
           be
           known
           .
           Where
           the
           Evidence
           is
           not
           clear
           (
           and
           the
           matter
           not
           needful
           for
           us
           to
           know
           )
           we
           are
           not
           to
           be
           too
           Positive
           in
           our
           Determinations
           ,
           (
           but
           rather
           be
           content
           to
           be
           ignorant
           farther
           than
           God
           
           is
           pleased
           to
           reveal
           :
           )
           But
           where
           it
           is
           ,
           (
           and
           the
           things
           be
           of
           Moment
           )
           we
           must
           
             hold
             fast
             that
             which
             is
             true
             ,
          
           and
           not
           suffer
           our selves
           to
           be
           easily
           wheedled
           out
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Which
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           is
           his
           Opinion
           as
           well
           as
           mine
           .
           For
           he
           seems
           to
           interpose
           this
           Caution
           (
           particularly
           )
           as
           to
           that
           Hypothesis
           ;
           to
           which
           (
           as
           before
           he
           had
           done
           )
           he
           doth
           suggest
           some
           new
           Difficulties
           :
           But
           ,
           wherein
           I
           am
           not
           concerned
           .
           That
           God
           is
           Trin-unus
           ,
           he
           doth
           profess
           .
           And
           the
           word
           Person
           he
           doth
           not
           dislike
           .
           But
           thinks
           it
           safe
           not
           to
           be
           too
           Positive
           in
           determining
           precisely
           how
           great
           that
           Distinction
           of
           Persons
           is
           .
           In
           all
           which
           ,
           I
           do
           concur
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           to
           the
           Word
           Person
           (
           though
           I
           am
           not
           fond
           of
           Words
           ,
           where
           the
           Sense
           is
           agreed
           ;
           )
           I
           am
           not
           willing
           to
           quit
           it
           ,
           because
           I
           do
           not
           know
           a
           better
           to
           put
           in
           the
           Room
           of
           it
           :
           And
           because
           ,
           if
           we
           quit
           the
           word
           ,
           which
           the
           Church
           hath
           with
           good
           reason
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           for
           so
           many
           Hundred
           years
           (
           without
           any
           just
           exception
           made
           to
           it
           :
           )
           those
           Anti-trinitarians
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           us
           quit
           the
           Word
           ,
           will
           pretend
           ,
           that
           ,
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           we
           quit
           the
           Doctrine
           too
           .
        
         
           That
           we
           do
           not
           ,
           by
           Person
           (
           when
           applyed
           to
           the
           Sacred
           Trinity
           )
           understand
           
             such
             a
          
           Person
           ,
           as
           when
           applyed
           to
           Men
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           by
           Three
           Divine
           Persons
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           mean
           Three
           Gods
           :
           hath
           been
           so
           often
           said
           ,
           and
           so
           fully
           ,
           by
           those
           who
           believe
           the
           Trinity
           ;
           that
           those
           who
           cavil
           at
           it
           ,
           cannot
           but
           know
           it
           :
           But
           by
           Person
           in
           the
           Deity
           ,
           we
           mean
           only
           what
           bears
           some
           Analogy
           ,
           with
           what
           amongst
           Men
           is
           said
           of
           several
           Persons
           (
           even
           without
           being
           so
           many
           several
           Men
           ;
           which
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           the
           word
           Person
           doth
           not
           import
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           often
           shewed
           :
           )
           as
           do
           the
           words
           ,
           
             Beget
             ,
             Begotten
             ,
             Sending
             ,
             Proceeding
          
           or
           Going-forth
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           ;
           which
           all
           are
           Metaphorical
           Expressions
           ,
           taken
           from
           what
           amongst
           Men
           is
           wont
           to
           be
           said
           of
           Persons
           ,
           (
           For
           ,
           of
           whom
           ,
           but
           Persons
           ,
           are
           such
           expressions
           used
           ?
           )
           And
           they
           who
           use
           to
           cavil
           at
           it
           ,
           may
           as
           well
           do
           it
           when
           we
           talk
           of
           the
           Foot
           of
           a
           Stool
           ,
           the
           Arm
           of
           a
           Chair
           ,
           or
           the
           Head
           of
           a
           Staff
           ;
           And
           perswade
           us
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           so
           speak
           ,
           we
           do
           believe
           a
           Stool
           ,
           a
           Chair
           ,
           a
           Staff
           ,
           to
           have
           Life
           and
           Sense
           ,
           because
           a
           Foot
           ,
           an
           Arm
           ,
           a
           Head
           (
           properly
           taken
           )
           have
           so
           
           And
           they
           may
           as
           well
           cavil
           at
           the
           word
           Sacrament
           (
           which
           is
           a
           Name
           that
           we
           have
           given
           to
           that
           of
           Baptism
           and
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ;
           )
           Attributes
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           a
           term
           we
           give
           to
           some
           of
           the
           Divine
           Perfections
           :
           )
           Creed
           ,
           (
           by
           which
           we
           mean
           an
           Abstract
           of
           some
           Principal
           things
           that
           we
           Believe
           :
           )
           And
           a
           great
           many
           such
           other
           words
           that
           we
           find
           occasion
           to
           make
           use
           of
           :
           Whereof
           yet
           there
           is
           no
           danger
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           defined
           and
           determined
           what
           by
           such
           word
           ,
           in
           such
           discourse
           ,
           we
           mean
           ;
           even
           though
           ,
           in
           some
           Other
           discourses
           ,
           such
           word
           may
           signifie
           otherwise
           .
           'T
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           a
           Cone
           in
           Euclide
           doth
           not
           signifie
           just
           the
           same
           as
           in
           Apollonius
           ;
           nor
           a
           Triangle
           in
           Euclide
           ,
           just
           the
           same
           as
           in
           Theodosius
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           Write
           of
           Sphericks
           :
           But
           when
           we
           meet
           with
           these
           words
           in
           Euclide
           ,
           we
           must
           there
           understand
           them
           as
           they
           are
           defin'd
           by
           Euclide
           ;
           and
           when
           in
           others
           ,
           so
           as
           they
           are
           defin'd
           by
           those
           others
           .
           And
           so
           when
           we
           speak
           of
           Persons
           in
           the
           Deity
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           so
           understood
           as
           we
           there
           define
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           somewhat
           Analogous
           ,
           but
           not
           just
           the
           same
           ,
           with
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           it
           ,
           when
           applyed
           to
           Men
           ;
           and
           ,
           particularly
           ,
           not
           so
           distinct
           as
           to
           be
           
             three
             Gods.
          
           
        
         
           And
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           Reasons
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           the
           
             Athanasian
             Creed
          
           ;
           lest
           those
           who
           would
           have
           us
           so
           do
           ,
           should
           then
           say
           ,
           We
           have
           parted
           with
           the
           Doctrine
           also
           .
           They
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           ,
           that
           some
           expressions
           in
           it
           ,
           though
           True
           ,
           are
           not
           absolutely
           Fundamental
           ;
           would
           fain
           wheedle
           us
           out
           of
           all
           .
           They
           might
           as
           well
           say
           ,
           that
           ,
           because
           some
           words
           might
           be
           spared
           in
           what
           we
           call
           the
           Apostolick
           Creed
           ,
           or
           Nicene
           Creed
           ;
           or
           some
           other
           words
           put
           in
           ;
           therefore
           those
           Creeds
           should
           be
           laid
           aside
           also
           .
           And
           when
           they
           quarrel
           with
           the
           Preface
           of
           it
           ,
           
             (
             Whoever
             would
             be
             saved
             ,
             ought
             to
             hold
             the
             Catholick
             Faith
             ;
             and
             the
             Catholick
             Faith
             is
             this
             ;
             )
          
           as
           if
           it
           were
           intended
           thereby
           ,
           that
           every
           Syllable
           in
           it
           were
           so
           Fundamental
           ,
           as
           without
           knowing
           whereof
           ,
           a
           Man
           could
           not
           be
           saved
           :
           (
           which
           no
           Man
           can
           reasonably
           think
           to
           be
           so
           meant
           by
           the
           Penners
           of
           it
           ;
           since
           that
           Thousands
           were
           saved
           (
           even
           in
           their
           opinion
           )
           before
           that
           was
           Penned
           ;
           and
           others
           since
           ,
           that
           never
           heard
           of
           it
           ;
           )
           is
           mere
           Cavilling
           .
           For
           no
           more
           can
           reasonably
           be
           thought
           intended
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           this
           is
           found
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           ,
           
             for
             the
             Substance
          
           of
           it
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           believed
           by
           those
           who
           would
           be
           saved
           :
           Like
           as
           if
           I
           should
           say
           ,
           
             Who
             ever
             would
             be
             saved
             ,
             ought
             to
             believe
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           (
           pointing
           to
           our
           
           Bible
           ;
           )
           no
           Man
           (
           who
           is
           not
           mad
           )
           would
           think
           my
           meaning
           to
           be
           ,
           That
           no
           Man
           could
           be
           saved
           who
           did
           not
           know
           that
           one
           of
           
           Iob's
           Daughters
           was
           Named
           Iemimah
           ;
           or
           that
           Zeruiah
           was
           Mother
           (
           not
           Father
           )
           to
           those
           who
           are
           called
           
             the
             Sons
             of
             Zeruiah
          
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           that
           Question
           (
           which
           I
           meet
           with
           in
           some
           of
           the
           Letters
           )
           
             Why
             just
             Three
             Persons
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             :
          
           The
           Answer
           is
           short
           and
           easie
           ;
           Because
           the
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           of
           Three
           ,
           but
           of
           
             no
             more
          
           .
           (
           And
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           Scripture
           told
           it
           us
           ,
           we
           had
           not
           known
           of
           these
           Three
           .
           )
           We
           are
           Baptized
           into
           the
           Name
           of
           (
           and
           therefore
           into
           the
           Faith
           of
           )
           
             the
             Father
             ,
             Son
             and
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           ;
           (
           as
           if
           this
           were
           the
           
             First
             Christian
             Creed
             .
          
           )
           We
           are
           told
           ,
           
             There
             are
             Three
             that
             bear
             record
             in
             Heaven
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           
             these
             Three
             are
             One
          
           :
           (
           not
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           more
           such
           than
           Three
           :
           )
           And
           to
           
             these
             Three
          
           (
           somewhats
           )
           we
           give
           the
           Name
           of
           Persons
           ;
           meaning
           ,
           by
           the
           Word
           Persons
           ,
           these
           Three
           .
           And
           if
           by
           Persons
           in
           the
           Deity
           we
           mean
           but
           these
           Three
           ;
           then
           there
           are
           but
           Three
           in
           the
           Deity
           whom
           we
           call
           Persons
           ;
           or
           ,
           whom
           we
           mean
           by
           that
           Name
           .
        
         
           
             There
             is
             another
             Ingenious
             Person
             (
             a
             stranger
             to
             me
             )
             who
             hath
             Written
             to
             me
             divers
             Letters
             on
             this
             occasion
             ,
             (
             full
             of
             Gratulation
             ,
             Approbation
             and
             Applause
             :
             )
             but
             in
             one
             of
             them
             he
             moves
             a
             Question
             concerning
             a
             passage
             in
             one
             of
             mine
             ;
             where
             I
             say
             ,
          
           We
           have
           no
           Notions
           in
           our
           Mind
           ,
           other
           than
           what
           we
           derive
           ,
           Mediately
           or
           Immediately
           ,
           from
           Sensible
           Impressions
           of
           Finite
           Corporeal
           Beings
           :
           
             And
             tells
             me
          
           ,
           That
           it
           seems
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Notion
           of
           
             ONE
             INFINITE
             ESSENCE
          
           should
           be
           excepted
           .
           
             And
             that
             he
             hath
             formerly
          
           Vindicated
           
             Des
             Cartes
          
           against
           Mr.
           
             Hobs
             ,
             who
             had
             affirmed
          
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           no
           Conception
           in
           a
           Man's
           Mind
           ,
           which
           hath
           not
           at
           first
           totally
           ,
           or
           by
           parts
           ,
           been
           begotten
           upon
           the
           Organs
           of
           Sence
           :
           
             and
             again
          
           ,
           That
           a
           Man
           can
           have
           no
           Thought
           representing
           any
           thing
           not
           subject
           to
           Sense
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           in
           a
           following
           Letter
           ,
           he
           declares
           himself
           
             fully
             satisfied
          
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           
             my
             Sentiments
             do
             not
             really
             differ
             from
             his
             ,
          
           )
           when
           I
           had
           sent
           him
           this
           Answer
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             As
             to
             what
             you
             say
             of
             my
             affirming
             ,
             that
             
               we
               have
               no
               Notions
               in
               our
               Mind
               ,
               other
               than
               what
               we
               derive
               ,
               mediately
               or
               immediately
               ,
               
               from
               sensible
               Impressions
               of
               Finite
               Corporeal
               Beings
               :
            
             When
             you
             consider
             it
             again
             ,
             I
             believe
             you
             will
             be
             of
             my
             Mind
             .
             If
             you
             can
             suppose
             a
             Man
             in
             such
             circumstances
             ,
             as
             never
             to
             have
             Seen
             ,
             or
             Heard
             ,
             or
             Felt
             any
             thing
             :
             I
             doubt
             whether
             he
             would
             have
             any
             Thoughts
             of
             God
             ,
             more
             than
             an
             Embryo
             yet
             unborn
             ,
             (
             who
             hath
             the
             
               same
               Soul
            
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             after
             have
             ;
             but
             hath
             ,
             I
             doubt
             ,
             as
             yet
             ,
             no
             Notions
             of
             a
             God.
             )
             Sure
             I
             am
             that
             we
             attain
             it
             by
             other
             Steps
             .
             
               The
               Heavens
               declare
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               :
            
             But
             not
             without
             being
             Seen
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             Heard
             of
             ,
             or
             some
             way
             
               made
               known
            
             to
             us
             by
             
               Sensible
               Impressions
               .
               The
               Invisible
               things
               of
               him
               (
               even
               his
               Eternal
               Power
               and
               Godhead
               )
               are
               clearly
               seen
            
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             
               by
               the
               Creation
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               being
               understood
               by
               the
               things
               that
               are
               made
               .
            
             But
             if
             we
             neither
             See
             ,
             nor
             
               Hear
               of
            
             ,
             nor
             have
             any
             Notion
             of
             the
             
               things
               that
               are
               made
            
             ;
             how
             shall
             we
             thence
             derive
             the
             Notion
             of
             a
             God
             ?
             and
             there
             must
             be
             many
             Notions
             ,
             antecedent
             to
             that
             of
             
               One
               Infinite
               Essence
            
             ,
             (
             which
             must
             be
             derived
             from
             
               sensible
               Impressions
            
             of
             Corporeal
             Beings
             .
             )
             We
             must
             have
             the
             Notion
             or
             Conception
             of
             
               Ens
               ,
               Esse
               ,
               Finis
               ,
               Finitum
               ,
               Non-finitum
               ,
               Vnum
               ,
               Non-nullum
               ,
               Non-multa
            
             ;
             before
             we
             can
             have
             the
             Notion
             of
             
               One
               Infinite
               Essence
            
             .
             And
             those
             
               Antecedent
               Notions
            
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             we
             do
             derive
             (
             mediately
             or
             immediately
             )
             from
             what
             we
             See
             ,
             Hear
             ,
             Feel
             ,
             or
             some
             way
             apprehend
             by
             the
             help
             of
             our
             Sences
             .
             As
             to
             
               Des
               Cartes
            
             ;
             there
             must
             be
             a
             great
             many
             Notions
             ,
             or
             
               simple
               Apprehensions
            
             ,
             which
             he
             must
             presume
             ,
             before
             he
             can
             come
             to
             the
             
               Complex
               Notion
            
             of
             
               Deus
               Est.
            
             And
             a
             great
             many
             
               Illative
               Notions
            
             (
             from
             Natural
             Logick
             )
             before
             he
             can
             argue
             ,
             
               Cogito
               ,
               ergo
               sum
            
             .
             He
             must
             at
             least
             have
             a
             Notion
             ,
             or
             
               simple
               Apprehension
            
             ,
             of
             what
             is
             meant
             by
             Cogito
             ,
             and
             of
             what
             is
             meant
             by
             Sum
             ,
             and
             of
             what
             by
             Ego
             :
             And
             then
             a
             
               Complex
               Notion
            
             ,
             that
             
               what
               is
               not
               ,
               cannot
               Think
               :
            
             And
             then
             this
             
               Illative
               Notion
            
             (
             from
             Natural
             Logick
             .
             )
             But
             ,
             
               I
               Think
            
             ,
             Therefore
             
               I
               am
            
             .
             And
             ,
             I
             doubt
             ,
             he
             cannot
             come
             at
             all
             this
             ,
             without
             some
             use
             of
             his
             Senses
             .
             And
             ,
             even
             after
             all
             ,
             it
             seems
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             
               to
               Be
            
             is
             a
             Notion
             more
             simple
             (
             and
             therefore
             antecedent
             )
             than
             
               to
               Think
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             soone
             to
             be
             apprehended
             by
             it self
             ,
             than
             by
             consequence
             from
             that
             .
             But
             it
             is
             not
             now
             my
             business
             to
             Dispute
             against
             
               Des
               Cartes
            
             .
             Onely
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             Sensitive
             Notions
             are
             subservient
             to
             our
             Notions
             of
             a
             God
             ;
             and
             ,
             
             from
             These
             our
             Understandings
             do
             ,
             by
             steps
             ,
             ascend
             to
             These
             .
          
        
         
           Upon
           this
           Answer
           ,
           he
           owns
           
             my
             Sentiments
             to
             be
             the
             same
             with
             his
             ,
          
           &c.
           that
           
             (
             in
             a
             Natural
             way
             )
             the
             Humane
             Intellect
             hath
             no
             Operation
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             Occasioned
             ,
             or
             Suggested
             by
             Sensible
             Objects
             .
          
           But
           he
           thinks
           ,
           I
           perceive
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           do
           I
           ,
           )
           that
           from
           these
           Notions
           occasioned
           or
           suggested
           by
           Sensible
           Objects
           ,
           our
           Intellect
           ,
           or
           Reason
           improved
           ,
           may
           ascend
           ,
           by
           steps
           ,
           to
           a
           Discovery
           of
           something
           concerning
           God
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           Corporeal
           Objects
           it
           cannot
           find
           ;
           In
           which
           we
           both
           agree
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           best
           means
           we
           have
           for
           the
           forming
           of
           such
           Notions
           concerning
           God
           ,
           is
           chiefly
           by
           one
           of
           these
           two
           ways
           ;
           that
           of
           Eminency
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Negation
           .
           Whatever
           of
           Good
           ,
           or
           Excellency
           ,
           we
           find
           in
           the
           Creature
           ,
           we
           conclude
           that
           in
           God
           (
           who
           is
           the
           fountain
           of
           all
           Excellency
           )
           there
           is
           somewhat
           Analogous
           thereunto
           ,
           but
           
             much
             more
          
           Eminent
           .
           And
           whatever
           of
           Imperfection
           we
           find
           in
           the
           Creature
           ,
           we
           conclude
           ,
           that
           in
           God
           (
           who
           is
           Infinitely
           Perfect
           )
           there
           is
           nothing
           of
           this
           Imperfection
           .
           And
           ,
           from
           both
           ,
           we
           conceive
           a
           Notion
           of
           somewhat
           in
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           
             more
             Great
          
           than
           is
           possible
           for
           us
           fully
           to
           comprehend
           :
           But
           ,
           what
           that
           somewhat
           is
           ,
           we
           cannot
           fully
           understand
           ,
           Now
           ,
           these
           being
           the
           Steps
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           form
           these
           Notions
           ;
           we
           know
           no
           better
           way
           to
           express
           these
           Conceptions
           ,
           than
           by
           Metaphors
           taken
           from
           such
           Objects
           ,
           from
           whence
           these
           Notions
           take
           their
           Rise
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           Figurative
           Expressions
           .
           (
           And
           it
           was
           with
           this
           Prospect
           that
           I
           mention'd
           that
           Observation
           .
           )
           And
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           way
           ,
           God
           is
           pleased
           (
           in
           Scripture
           )
           to
           express
           himself
           to
           us
           ;
           by
           somewhat
           Analogous
           (
           not
           just
           the
           same
           )
           with
           what
           we
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           Creature
           ;
           As
           when
           it
           speaks
           of
           God's
           
             Eyes
             ,
             Ears
             ,
             Hands
             ,
             Feet
             ,
          
           &c.
           of
           his
           
             Seeing
             ,
             Hearing
             ,
             Striking
             ,
             Going
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           So
           when
           the
           Father
           is
           said
           to
           Beget
           ;
           the
           Son
           to
           be
           Begotten
           ;
           and
           both
           these
           to
           
             send
             out
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           to
           Proceed
           ,
           or
           
             Go
             forth
          
           from
           them
           .
           All
           which
           expressions
           are
           such
           ,
           as
           we
           commonly
           apply
           to
           what
           we
           call
           Persons
           .
           And
           in
           what
           sense
           those
           are
           to
           be
           understood
           concerning
           God
           ;
           in
           such
           sense
           they
           are
           fitly
           called
           three
           Persons
           .
           And
           those
           who
           in
           such
           sense
           cavil
           at
           the
           word
           Person
           ;
           would
           no
           doubt
           (
           if
           there
           were
           not
           somewhat
           else
           in
           the
           Wind
           )
           as
           well
           cavil
           at
           those
           
           other
           words
           .
           But
           because
           ,
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           were
           directly
           to
           affront
           the
           Scripture
           (
           whose
           words
           they
           are
           )
           they
           do
           not
           think
           fit
           so
           to
           speak
           out
           ,
           whatever
           they
           think
           .
           When
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           of
           himself
           and
           the
           Father
           ,
           
             John
             16.
             28.
             
             I
             Came
             forth
             from
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             am
             Come
             into
             the
             World
             ;
             again
             ,
             I
             Leave
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             Go
             to
             the
             Father
             :
          
           Of
           Himself
           and
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           
             ver
             .
             7
             ,
             8.
             
             If
             I
             Go
             not
             away
             ,
             the
             Comforter
             will
             not
             Come
             unto
             you
             ;
             but
             if
             I
             Depart
             ,
             I
             will
             Send
             Him
             unto
             you
             ;
             and
             when
             He
             is
             Come
             ,
             He
             will
             Reprove
             the
             World
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Of
           himself
           and
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           Iohn
           14.
           26.
           and
           15.
           26.
           
           
             The
             Comforter
             which
             is
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             whom
             the
             Father
             will
             Send
             in
             My
             Name
             ,
             He
             shall
             Teach
             you
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             Bring
             all
             things
             to
             your
             Remembrance
             whatsoever
             I
             have
             Said
             unto
             you
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
             When
             the
             Comforter
             is
             Come
             ,
             whom
             I
             will
             Send
             you
             From
             the
             Father
             ,
             even
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             which
             Proceedeth
             from
             the
             Father
             ,
             He
             shall
             Testifie
             of
             Me
             :
          
           What
           could
           be
           said
           ,
           as
           of
           Three
           Persons
           ,
           more
           distinctly
           ?
           And
           if
           the
           Scripture
           speak
           of
           them
           as
           
             Three
             Persons
          
           ;
           why
           should
           we
           scruple
           to
           call
           them
           so
           ?
           But
           these
           
             Three
             Persons
          
           are
           but
           
             One
             God.
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           These
           Three
           are
           
             One
             ;
             Vnum
          
           (
           not
           
             unus
             )
             One
             Thing
             ,
             1
             Iohn
          
           5.
           7.
           
           And
           
             John
             10.
             30.
             
             I
             and
             the
             Father
             are
             One
          
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             (
             unum
             sumus
          
           )
           we
           are
           One
           and
           the
           same
           Thing
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
             One
             God.
          
           And
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           
             no
             other
             God
             but
             One
          
           ,
           is
           known
           to
           be
           so
           often
           said
           that
           I
           need
           not
           repeat
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           't
           is
           not
           so
           much
           the
           word
           Person
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Deity
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           which
           these
           Men
           are
           offended
           at
           ;
           and
           all
           their
           Cavils
           at
           the
           word
           Person
           ,
           (
           and
           the
           
             Athanasian
             Creed
          
           ,
           )
           are
           but
           to
           undermine
           our
           Saviours
           Deity
           .
           Of
           this
           I
           have
           said
           enough
           elsewhere
           ,
           and
           need
           not
           here
           repeat
           it
           .
           
             The
             LORD
             our
             God
             is
             One
             LORD
             ,
             Deut.
          
           6.
           4.
           
           That
           is
           ,
           The
           Lord
           God
           of
           Israel
           is
           One
           Lord
           ;
           or
           Iehovah
           the
           God
           of
           Israel
           is
           One
           Iehovah
           .
           There
           are
           not
           more
           
           Iehovah's
           than
           One
           :
           And
           this
           One
           Iehovah
           is
           
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
          
           Israel
           .
           And
           Isa.
           45.
           3
           ,
           5.
           
           I
           
             the
             LORD
          
           (
           Jehovah
           )
           
             am
             the
             God
             of
          
           Israel
           :
           
             I
             am
             the
             LORD
          
           (
           Jehovah
           )
           
             and
             there
             is
             none
             else
             .
             There
             is
             no
             God
             beside
             Me
             :
          
           (
           No
           God
           beside
           the
           Lord
           God
           of
           Israel
           .
           )
           So
           in
           2
           Kings
           19.
           15.
           and
           many
           other
           places
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
           Now
           our
           Christ
           ,
           is
           this
           
             Lord
             God
             of
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             Luke
             1.
             16
             ,
             17.
             
             Many
             of
             the
             Children
             of
          
           Israel
           
             shall
             He
             (
             Iohn
          
           the
           Baptist
           )
           
             turn
             to
             the
             Lord
             THEIR
             God
             ,
          
           (
           to
           the
           Lord
           God
           of
           
             Israel
             ;
             )
             and
             he
             (
             John
             Baptist
             )
             shall
             go
             before
             Him
             ,
          
           (
           this
           Lord
           God
           of
           
             Israel
             )
             in
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Power
             of
          
           Elias
           .
           Now
           no
           Man
           
           doubts
           but
           that
           it
           is
           our
           Christ
           ,
           whose
           
             Fore-runner
             John
             Baptist
          
           was
           ;
           and
           before
           whom
           he
           was
           to
           
             go
             in
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Power
             of
          
           Elias
           .
           Therefore
           our
           Christ
           is
           this
           
             Lord
             God
             of
          
           Israel
           :
           This
           
             One
             IEHOVAH
          
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           that
           the
           Greek
           
           Septuagint's
           Translation
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           doth
           not
           retain
           that
           word
           ,
           but
           doth
           every
           where
           wave
           the
           word
           Iehovah
           ,
           and
           puts
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           instead
           of
           it
           .
           And
           accordingly
           ,
           the
           New
           Testament
           (
           which
           mostly
           follows
           the
           Language
           of
           that
           ,
           the
           only
           Greek
           Translation
           then
           in
           use
           )
           doth
           so
           too
           .
           But
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           (
           which
           they
           substitute
           for
           Iehovah
           )
           is
           so
           oft
           applied
           to
           Christ
           (
           even
           in
           those
           places
           cited
           out
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           wherein
           Iehovah
           is
           used
           )
           that
           none
           can
           be
           ignorant
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           we
           have
           not
           there
           the
           word
           Iehovah
           ,
           yet
           we
           have
           as
           full
           a
           Periphrasis
           of
           it
           as
           can
           be
           desired
           .
           'T
           is
           well
           known
           (
           and
           owned
           by
           all
           )
           that
           the
           two
           Proper
           Names
           of
           God
           ,
           Iah
           and
           Iehovah
           ,
           are
           derivatives
           from
           the
           Verb
           Hajah
           or
           Havah
           which
           signifieth
           
             to
             Be
          
           ,
           (
           which
           whether
           we
           take
           for
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Root
           ,
           or
           Two
           Roots
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           signification
           ,
           is
           not
           material
           ;
           the
           Letter
           Iod
           and
           Vau
           in
           Hebrew
           being
           so
           oft
           used
           promiscuously
           ,
           or
           one
           changed
           for
           the
           other
           :
           )
           And
           therefore
           the
           Noun
           Verbal
           must
           needs
           import
           
             a
             Being
          
           .
           And
           it
           hath
           been
           further
           observed
           long
           since
           by
           Hebricians
           ,
           that
           the
           Name
           Iehovah
           hath
           moreover
           the
           peculiar
           Characteristicks
           of
           the
           Three
           Times
           ,
           (
           past
           ,
           present
           ,
           and
           future
           ,
           )
           Ie
           the
           Characteristick
           of
           the
           Future
           Tense
           ;
           Ho
           ,
           of
           the
           Present
           Tense
           or
           Participle
           ;
           and
           Va
           of
           the
           Preter
           Tense
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           did
           forbear
           to
           mention
           formerly
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           throw
           it
           off
           as
           a
           Criticism
           ;
           till
           I
           had
           a
           fresh
           Voucher
           for
           it
           ,
           so
           good
           as
           Dr.
           Pocock
           in
           his
           late
           Commentary
           on
           Ioel.
           Chap.
           1.
           19.
           )
           And
           we
           have
           all
           this
           in
           that
           Character
           of
           God
           (
           indefinitely
           )
           Rev.
           1.
           4.
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             from
             that
             Being
             ,
             who
             Is
             and
             Hath
             been
             ,
             and
             Shall
             be
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             .
          
           And
           it
           is
           particularly
           applied
           to
           Christ
           ,
           at
           ver
           .
           8.
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           
             I
             am
          
           Alpha
           and
           Omega
           ,
           
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
          
           (
           Jehovah
           Elohim
           )
           
             which
             Is
             ,
             which
             Was
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             to
             Come
             ,
             the
             Almighty
             .
          
           Which
           is
           a
           full
           Account
           of
           the
           Name
           Iehovah
           (
           here
           Translated
           ,
           as
           elsewhere
           ,
           by
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           with
           a
           discant
           upon
           it
           ,
           importing
           his
           Being
           ,
           with
           the
           three
           diversities
           of
           
             Times
             ,
             (
             past
             ,
             present
             ,
             and
             future
             ,
          
           )
           and
           his
           Omnipotence
           superadded
           .
           
             That
             
             Being
             which
             now
             Is
             ,
             which
             ever
             Was
             ,
             and
             which
             ever
             Shall
             be
             ,
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             Almighty
             .
          
           (
           So
           Rev.
           4.
           8.
           and
           Rev.
           11.
           17.
           )
           And
           in
           Rev.
           16.
           5.
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           (
           so
           Beza
           ,
           and
           so
           Dr.
           Pocock
           reads
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           ours
           Translate
           it
           .
           )
           And
           much
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           is
           that
           
             Rev.
             1.
             11
             ,
             17
             ,
             18.
             
             Rev.
          
           2.
           8.
           
           (
           and
           elsewhere
           )
           
             I
             am
          
           Alpha
           and
           Omega
           ,
           
             the
             beginning
             and
             the
             end
             ,
             the
             first
             and
             the
             last
             ;
             he
             that
             liveth
             and
             was
             dead
             ,
             and
             behold
             I
             live
             for
             evermore
             .
          
           So
           
             Rev.
             4.
             9
             ,
             11.
             
             Rev.
             5.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             Who
             liveth
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
          
           Which
           fully
           answers
           that
           Title
           ,
           
             The
             Living
             God
          
           ,
           whereby
           the
           
             True
             God
          
           doth
           so
           oft
           distinguish
           himself
           from
           other
           Gods
           ;
           as
           Ier.
           10.
           10.
           and
           elsewhere
           frequently
           .
           But
           I
           have
           said
           so
           much
           formerly
           to
           this
           point
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           now
           add
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           I
           had
           almost
           forgotten
           one
           piece
           ,
           (
           wherein
           I
           find
           my self
           mentioned
           )
           Intituled
           ,
           
             A
             suit
             for
             forbearance
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           It
           aims
           chiefly
           at
           two
           things
           .
           One
           is
           against
           
             arging
             (
             on
             others
             )
             too
             strict
             an
             Vnion
             ,
             wherein
             Christianity
             ,
             as
             delivered
             by
             our
             Lord
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             hath
             left
             a
             Latitude
             and
             Simplicity
             :
          
           But
           herein
           I
           think
           ,
           he
           hath
           no
           cause
           to
           blame
           me
           (
           nor
           do
           I
           see
           that
           he
           doth
           )
           He
           doth
           not
           find
           me
           to
           trouble
           him
           with
           
             cramping
             Scholastick
             Terms
          
           .
           I
           know
           not
           how
           I
           could
           speak
           more
           tenderly
           than
           to
           say
           
             these
             Three
          
           are
           three
           Somewhats
           ,
           (
           not
           three
           Nothings
           ;
           )
           and
           if
           he
           please
           to
           sport
           himself
           with
           that
           ,
           he
           may
           .
           And
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           convenient
           ,
           to
           these
           Somewhats
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           Name
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           no
           better
           Name
           than
           Persons
           ;
           And
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           still
           say
           (
           as
           we
           were
           wont
           to
           do
           )
           
             three
             Persons
             and
             one
             God
          
           ;
           even
           though
           by
           Person
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           require
           Men
           to
           fancy
           just
           such
           a
           Person
           ,
           as
           what
           we
           so
           call
           amongst
           Men.
           Like
           as
           by
           
             Father
             ,
             Son
             ,
             Beget
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           do
           not
           understand
           (
           in
           God
           )
           
             just
             such
          
           as
           what
           these
           words
           signifie
           amongst
           Men.
           And
           I
           do
           not
           know
           how
           he
           could
           wish
           me
           to
           speak
           more
           tenderly
           ,
           or
           more
           agreeing
           to
           the
           
             Christian
             Simplicity
             ,
             wherein
             it
             is
             delivered
             by
             our
             Lord
             and
             his
             Apostles
             .
          
        
         
           The
           other
           is
           ;
           He
           thinks
           it
           not
           Adviseable
           in
           things
           
             sufficiently
             setled
             by
             just
             Authority
             (
             as
             is
             that
             of
             the
             Trinity
             )
             to
             revive
             a
             Controversie
             long
             since
             determined
             ,
             and
             draw
             the
             Disputatious
             Saw
             :
             Because
             ,
             to
             litigate
             about
             a
             Fundamental
             ,
             is
             to
             turn
             it
             into
             a
             Controversie
             .
          
           And
           herein
           ,
           I
           am
           so
           much
           of
           his
           Mind
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           not
           have
           advised
           to
           start
           the
           Controversie
           ,
           about
           what
           we
           have
           been
           
             in
             quiet
             possession
             of
          
           ,
           for
           so
           long
           a
           time
           .
           And
           I
           am
           ready
           to
           own
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           an
           Art
           
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           the
           Papists
           ,
           to
           perswade
           the
           World
           that
           we
           have
           no
           better
           ground
           for
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           than
           they
           have
           for
           Transubstantiation
           ;
           (
           for
           they
           care
           not
           what
           they
           overthrow
           ,
           if
           thereby
           they
           may
           advance
           their
           own
           ends
           :
           )
           And
           ,
           That
           
             Atheistical
             and
             Irreligious
             Men
          
           will
           be
           glad
           of
           any
           opportunity
           to
           Ridicule
           Religion
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           others
           will
           make
           it
           their
           business
           to
           
             run
             down
             Religion
          
           ;
           and
           profess
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           but
           
             Authority
             to
             define
             it
          
           (
           which
           they
           despise
           ;
           )
           and
           no
           Reason
           or
           Scripture
           for
           it
           ,
           more
           than
           for
           Transubstantiation
           :
           I
           think
           we
           are
           not
           obliged
           to
           stand
           (
           all
           of
           us
           )
           so
           silent
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           had
           nothing
           to
           say
           for
           it
           ,
           or
           yielded
           up
           the
           cause
           .
           There
           is
           a
           middle
           way
           (
           for
           the
           promoting
           what
           he
           calls
           
             a
             Purer
             and
             more
             Scriptural
             Divinity
             .
          
           )
           between
           a
           rigorous
           imposing
           all
           the
           
             Scholastick
             Cramping
             Terms
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           a
           giving
           up
           the
           Cause
           .
           A
           modest
           defence
           of
           what
           the
           Scripture
           teacheth
           us
           ,
           (
           without
           Excursions
           into
           a
           rigorous
           pressing
           of
           Extravagant
           Niceties
           of
           our
           own
           Inventions
           )
           may
           be
           of
           good
           subserviency
           ,
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           our
           Religion
           are
           not
           inconsistent
           with
           
             right
             Reason
          
           .
        
         
           
             What
             he
             tells
             us
             of
             some
             body
             who
             had
             been
             heretofore
          
           Master
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           
             that
             did
             express
             himself
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
          
           The
           Substance
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           this
           Property
           ,
           To
           be
           of
           none
           ,
           doth
           make
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           Father
           ;
           The
           very
           self
           same
           Substance
           in
           number
           ,
           with
           this
           Property
           ,
           To
           be
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           maketh
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           Son.
           The
           same
           Substance
           having
           added
           to
           it
           the
           Property
           of
           Proceeding
           from
           the
           other
           Two
           ,
           maketh
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           in
           every
           Person
           ,
           there
           is
           implyed
           ,
           both
           the
           Substance
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           One
           ,
           and
           also
           that
           Property
           which
           causeth
           the
           same
           Person
           really
           and
           truely
           to
           differ
           from
           the
           other
           Two.
           
             This
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             would
             pass
             with
             me
             well
             enough
             .
             And
             if
             he
             please
             so
             to
             express
             himself
             ,
             I
             should
             not
             quarel
             with
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Again
           ;
           If
           I
           should
           express
           it
           thus
           ,
           That
           God
           considered
           as
           the
           Original
           or
           Fountain
           of
           Being
           (
           who
           himself
           Is
           and
           gives
           Being
           to
           all
           things
           else
           )
           may
           be
           called
           
             God
             the
             Father
          
           ,
           (
           or
           
             The
             God
             and
             Father
             of
             all
             :
          
           )
           And
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Fountain
           of
           Wisdom
           or
           Knowledge
           ;
           be
           called
           
             God
             the
             Son
          
           ,
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           the
           
             Word
             ,
             Wisdom
          
           or
           
             Reason
             ;
             The
             true
             Light
             ,
             that
             lighteth
             every
             Man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             )
             Gods
             Wisdom
          
           resulting
           from
           his
           Essence
           or
           Being
           :
           And
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Fountain
           of
           
             Power
             ,
             Might
          
           or
           Action
           ;
           be
           called
           
           
             God
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           ;
           (
           Gods
           power
           of
           Acting
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           his
           Essence
           and
           Wisdom
           also
           :
           )
           And
           this
           
             Eternal
             ,
             All-wise
          
           ,
           and
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           is
           
             One
             God
          
           :
           Perhaps
           he
           would
           not
           much
           mislike
           this
           .
           Or
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           ;
           I
           would
           not
           quarel
           with
           him
           on
           that
           account
           ;
           or
           be
           Positive
           that
           it
           must
           just
           be
           so
           .
           We
           know
           that
           Christ
           is
           called
           
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             God
          
           ;
           the
           
             Son
             of
             God
          
           ;
           the
           
             Son
             of
             the
             Highest
          
           :
           And
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           is
           called
           the
           
             Power
             of
             the
             Highest
          
           .
           And
           we
           know
           that
           ,
           amongst
           our selves
           ,
           Knowledge
           results
           from
           the
           Essence
           of
           our
           Soul
           ;
           and
           Action
           proceeds
           from
           Both.
           'T
           is
           said
           also
           ,
           that
           
             in
             Him
             we
             Live
             ,
             and
             Move
             ,
             and
             have
             our
             Being
             .
          
           (
           From
           God
           we
           have
           our
           Being
           ,
           our
           Rational
           Life
           ,
           and
           our
           Motion
           :
           In
           whose
           Image
           and
           Likeness
           we
           are
           Created
           .
           )
           Yet
           would
           I
           not
           be
           positive
           (
           much
           less
           would
           I
           require
           every
           one
           to
           be
           of
           that
           Opinion
           )
           that
           the
           Personalities
           in
           God
           must
           needs
           be
           These
           .
           I
           am
           content
           to
           rest
           here
           ,
           That
           These
           Three
           ,
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           (
           whatever
           Name
           you
           call
           them
           by
           )
           
             differ
             in
             somewhat
          
           (
           more
           than
           what
           we
           commonly
           call
           the
           Divine
           Attributes
           )
           
             yet
             not
             so
             as
             to
             be
             Three
             Gods
          
           (
           or
           more
           Gods
           than
           One
           ;
           )
           
             but
             are
             One
             and
             the
             same
             God.
          
           And
           so
           far
           we
           be
           safe
           .
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           danger
           (
           that
           I
           can
           see
           )
           in
           giving
           the
           Name
           of
           Persons
           to
           these
           Three
           :
           Nor
           know
           I
           a
           fitter
           Name
           to
           give
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           as
           need
           be
           said
           ,
           as
           to
           all
           those
           Letters
           ,
           which
           ,
           on
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           have
           come
           to
           my
           Hand
           ,
           since
           the
           Publishing
           of
           those
           already
           Printed
           .
           There
           being
           nothing
           in
           all
           these
           which
           is
           contrary
           to
           what
           I
           therein
           undertook
           to
           defend
           .
           (
           Nor
           should
           I
           have
           said
           thus
           much
           ,
           if
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Letter
           here
           inserted
           had
           not
           desired
           to
           have
           it
           Published
           .
           )
           And
           now
           I
           hope
           to
           trouble
           the
           Press
           no
           more
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           
             
               Novemb.
               23.
               1691.
               
            
          
           
             Yours
             ,
             John
             Wallis
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .