A Body of Divinity, Vol. 1 (of 4): Wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are explained and defended, being the substance of several lectures on the Assembly's Larger CatechismRidgley, Thomas
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A Body of Divinity, Vol. 1 (of 4): Wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are explained and defended, being the substance of several lectures on the Assembly's Larger Catechism
_Faithfulness of God_, _ibid_. _No impeachment hereof that some
threatenings have not been executed_ 188. _Nor that some promises have
not presently been performed_ 190
_How this perfection is to be improved_ 191
QUEST. VIII. Of the Unity of the Godhead.
_How God is styled the living God_ 194
_Unity of the Godhead proved_ _ibid_
_Abernethy on that subject, in a note_ 197
_Was not denied by the wiser Heathen_ 200
_Inferences from it_ 202
_How we should conceive of it_ 203
_Different modes used in speaking of the perfections of God_ 204
QUEST. IX, X, XI. Of the Doctrine of the Trinity.
_Calvin on the word Person, in a note_ 207
_The doctrine of the highest importance_ 209
_How to determine the importance of a doctrine_ 211
_What knowledge of it necessary to salvation_ 213
_It is a great mystery_, 214. _What a mystery is_, _ibid_.
_It is incomprehensible_ 216
_Dr. Bates on mysteries_, in a note 217
_Objections on this account answered_ 220
_Whether to receive it be to use words without ideas_ _ibid_
_Whether the revelation of it be unintelligible_ 221
_Whether that which is unintelligible be the object of faith_ 222
_How this doctrine promotes religion_ 223
_In what sense revelation is an improvement of the light of nature_
224
_Not contrary to reason, though above it_ 226
_When a doctrine is contrary to reason_ _ibid_
_It is not chargeable with Tritheism_ 227
_The use of reason in proving doctrines of pure revelation_ 229
_It cannot be known by the light of nature_ 230
_How it was made known to_ Adam _ibid_
_Whether the heathen knew it_ 231
_Whitaker on the word_ Logos _used by the Jews_, in a note 233
Trinity, _not to be illustrated by similitudes_ 235
_Rules for interpreting scriptures relating to it_ 236
_The word_ Trinity _explained_ 239
Person, _the word explained_ 239
_The difference between divine and human persons_ 242
_Sacred Three, in what respect One_ 243
_Dr. Jamieson on the Trinity_, in a note 243
_How their glory equal, how the same_ _ibid_
_Personality of the Son_, 248. _Of the Spirit_ 250
_Not metaphorically ascribed to either_ 252
_Eternal generation of the Son, how understood by many_ 259
_Another method of accounting for it_ 261
_This account thereof proved_ 264
_Scriptures relating to Christ’s sonship explained_ 274
_Christ’s sonship as Mediator, considered_ 276
_Another view of the subject_, in a note 279
_Procession of the Spirit, how understood by many_, 260. _What it is_
261
_The scripture doctrine of it_ 280
_Œconomy of the sacred Three explained_ 291
_How distinct works are ascribed to them_ 292
_The Deity of the Son proved_ _ibid_
_From his divine names_ 295
Jehovah _God’s incommunicable name_ 296
_Never given to creatures_ 297
_It is not applied to angels_ 301
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