This doctrine will still appear more plain, to my dear brother, by the _plural_ names of God. In the first verse of the Bible it is evident—_In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth_. That this name is _plural_, is plain by the work of the distinct Persons. _And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters_. And the third person is spoken of as the WORD, who said _Let there be light_. Thus the _three in one_ were concerned in creation. In Ephesians iii, 9, God is said to create all things by Jesus Christ—this is one Person—Christ is said to be creator too—_by the word of the Lord was the heavens made_, _and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth_. Here is the Word that was with God, and was God; and the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. _By his spirit he garnished the heavens_, _and his hand framed the crooked Serpent_. This is the Holy Trinity in Unity—the Persons who said, _Let_ US _make man in_ OUR _image_, _after_ OUR _likeness_. _Behold the man is become at one of_ US. _Go to_, _let_ US _go down_.—_Whom shall I send_, _and who will go for_ US? These words clearly prove a plurality of Persons. _If any man love me_, _my Father will love him_, _and_ WE _will come unto him_, _and make_ OUR _abode with him_. In the Epistle of John we read of Communion with the Father, and the Son; and Paul speaks of Communion with the Holy Ghost. The glorious Covenant of Grace shews a Plurality of Persons. Divine worship is to be given to the three Persons. Baptism is in their Names: sometimes one Person is mentioned before the other; _the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ_, _the love of God_, _and the communion of the Holy Ghost_; here Christ is first mentioned. _The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God_, _and into a patient waiting for Christ_. _The acknowledgement of God_, _and of the Father_, _and of Christ_—thus we see the Spirit is mentioned first. In the first chapter of Ephesians the Father is first introduced—Paul prays that the _Father of our Lord Jesus Christ would grant the spirit of wisdom in the knowledge of Christ_. These, and many other passages evidently prove that there are _Three_ in _One_ and _One_ in _Three_, God blessed for evermore; so the Scripture teaches, and so must we believe; to err in this subject is fatal. But the Spirit has engaged to lead us into all truth, nor can one humble follower of Jesus go down to the shades of death, opposing this glorious doctrine. How these are _one_, and how each Person subsists in the one Divine Essence, is not for us to know, nor is it of any importance, it is enough for me to know, that the terms of Father, Son, and Spirit, are not given to shew what the Trinity is in the divine Essence, as God; but what they are to the church in an everlasting Covenant; and this is life eternal to know the Father, that adopted me as his own—to know the Lord Jesus, in the greatness of his