An Apology for the Doctrine of the Trinity : being a chronological view of what is recorded concerning, the person of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the blessed Trinity, whether in the sacred writings, or in Jewish, Heathen, and Christian authors .. . theHoly and Undivided Trinity arising from thewritings of the ancient Heathen, and the traditions andpractices of the modern nations. The momentum ofit appears to me very considerable, however erroneousseveral of their notions might be. It should seem fromhence, that the doctrine is not so in opposition to reasonas some of our modern philosophers w
An Apology for the Doctrine of the Trinity : being a chronological view of what is recorded concerning, the person of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the blessed Trinity, whether in the sacred writings, or in Jewish, Heathen, and Christian authors .. . theHoly and Undivided Trinity arising from thewritings of the ancient Heathen, and the traditions andpractices of the modern nations. The momentum ofit appears to me very considerable, however erroneousseveral of their notions might be. It should seem fromhence, that the doctrine is not so in opposition to reasonas some of our modern philosophers would persuade usit is. It is not only scriptural and primitive, but itis philosophical. The greatest geniuses of the worldhave entertained it, and entertained it too, on the strict-est principles of reason and nature. It v/ill be allowed, at least, that these testimonies arc DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY. j^i^ arc remarkable ; and from them it is evident a tra-dition concerning a triplicity in the Supreme Beinghad pervaded all time, and all nations. This is a cu-rious circumstance, and much to be observed in anenquiry of this nature. The Old and New Testamentsunravel the whole mystery. There alone^ ^he doctriocis revealed with proper ^. P P 49^ AN APOLOGY FOR THE PART SEVENTH. SECTION I. On the utility of the writings of the CHRISTIAN FATHERS in determininjthe question concerning the doctrine of the HOJ^Y TRINITY. LET us in the last place enquire in what mannerthe disciples and followers of the Apostles un-derstood the holy scriptures upon these persons who conversed with the Apostles, andwith the immediate followers of the Apostles, standthe fairest chance of knowing the true sense of theirwritings. * I do not mean hereby to put the writingsof the primitive Fathers upon the same footing as thecanonical books of the Old and New Testament, whichhave been received in all ages, by the great body ofChristians, as the undoubted word of God : but as theauthors of
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