"xliv. 24. it is very manifest to every man, that in him, "who is said to be alone, the Word of that alone is also "signified, in whom all things were made, and without "whom nothing was made. If therefore the heavens "were made by the Word, and yet God says, I alone; "and the Son, by whom the heavens were made, is un"derstood to have been with the alone God; for the same "reason also, if it be said, one God, and I alone, and I the "first, we are undoubtedly to understand, that in the one, " alone, and first, is comprehended the Word, as effulgency, áñаúуaσua, is implied in light." Athanasius's reasoning in this passage is so like 8 Tertullian's upon the same head, that one might think he had borrowed it from him. But indeed it is so entirely conformable to the true and genuine sentiments of the Catholics before him, that it may justly pass for the general sense of all.

To confirm what hath been said, I shall use one argument more, before I pass on to another query; such as, if carefully considered, may be sufficient to silence all farther doubt or scruple, with regard to the sense of the Ante-Nicene writers.

It is well known, that they ever looked upon the Son, as the God of the Jews, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Many particular testimonies may be cited in proof of the fact, which, for brevity sake, I pass over; and proceed to a more general proof drawn from their citing of texts out of the Old Testament, in which the God of the Jews is certainly spoken of; and applying them to the Person of Christ, the second Person of the ever blessed Trinity.

❝h They heard the voice of the Lord God walking in "the garden-And the Lord God called unto Adam," &c. Gen. iii. 8, 9.

"i The Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I

g Tertull. contr. Prax. c. 19.

h Theophil. Antioch. p. 129. ed. Ox. Tertullian, adv. Prax. c. 16.

i Clem. Alex. Pædag. lib. i. c. 7. p. 131. Euseb. Demonstr. Ev. l. v. c. 9. Eccl. Hist. 1. i. c. 2.

"am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou "perfect," Gen. xvii. 1, 2.

"k And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of "Mamre. The Lord said unto Abraham," &c. Gen. xviii. 1, 13.

"The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah "brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven," Gen. xix. 24.

"m And Abraham-stood before the Lord," &c. Gen. xix. 27.

❝n And God said unto Abraham," &c. Gen. xxi. 12.

"。 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I "am the Lord God of Abraham thy Father, and the God "of Isaac," Gen. xxviii. 13.

"p I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the "pillar," &c. Gen. xxxi. 13.

9 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, "and make there an altar to God, that appeared unto thee," &c. Gen. xxxv. 1.

"I God called unto him out of the bush. He said,"I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the "God of Jacob," &c. Exod. iii. 4, 6.

"s And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM.—

k Just. Mart. p. 213. Sylburg. ed. Novat. c. 26. Tertull. Prax. c. 16, 17. Euseb. Dem. E. 1. v. c. 9. Epist. Synod. Antioch. Labb. tom. i. p. 845. 1 Just. Mart. p. 215. Irenæus, l. iii. c. 6. p. 180. Tertull. Prax. c. 13. 16. Euseb. Eccl. Hist. 1. i. c. 2. Novat. c. 21. 26.

m Just. Mart. p. 216.

n Just. Mart. Dial. p. 162. ed. Jeb. Novat. c. 26.

• Just. Mart. p. 218. Clem. Alex. Pæd. 1. i. c. 7. p. 131.

P Just. Mart. 218. Clem. Alex. Pæd. 1. i. c. 7. p. 132. Novat. c. 27. Euseb. Demon. Ev. 1. v. c. 10. Epist. Synod. Antioch. Labb. tom. i. p. 848.

9 Just. Mart. 218. Cyprian. Test. 1. ii. c. 6. p. 35. ed. Oxon.

Just. Mart. p. 220. Irenæus, 1. iii. c. 6. p. 180. 1. iv. c. 12. p. 241. 1. iv. c. 5. p. 232. Tertull. Prax. c. 16. Epist. Synod. Antioch. Labb. tom. i. p. 348. Origen. in Joh. p. 32.

Irenæus, ubi supra. That is, he must of consequence understand this of Christ as well as ver. 4. 8. 19. (See True Scripture Doctrine continued, p. 159, 160.) Tertull. adv. Prax. c. 17. Just. Mart. Apol. i. p. 123. Ox. ed. Euseb. contr. Marcel. 1. ii. c. 20, 21.

"The Lord God of your Fathers, the God of Abraham, "of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared,” Exod. iii. 14, 16.

"I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto "Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name "Jehovah, was I not known unto them," Exod. vi. 3.

"I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out " of the land of Egypt," Exod. xx. 2.

"God of Israel," Exod. xxiv. 10.

❝y The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in "battle. The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory," Psalm xxiv. 8, 10.

"z Be still, and know that I am God: I will be ex"alted," &c. Psal. xlvi. 10.

❝a God is gone up with a shout, the Lord (Jehovah)" &c. Psalm xlvii. 5.

"b The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken— "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence," &c. Psal. 1. 1, 3.

❝c Let God arise, let his enemies," &c. "God, sing praises," &c. Psalm lxviii. 1, 4.

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Sing unto

❝d In Judah is God known," &c. Psalm lxxvi. 1.

❝e God standeth in the congregation of the mighty;

"he judgeth among gods," Ps. lxxxii. 1.

"f The Lord reigneth," Psalm xcix. 1.

❝g Behold, God is my salvation: I will trust, and not

t Just. Mart. p. 278. Sylbur. edit.

" Clem. Alex. Pædag. 1. i. c. 7. p. 131.

x Euseb. Demonstr. Ev. 1. v. c. 18.

y Just. Mart. Dial. p. 197. Cyprian. adv. Jud. 1. ii. c. 49. p. 49, 50. Orig.

in Mat. p. 438. Euseb. in loc.

z Cyprian. adv. Jud. 1. ii. c. 6. p. 35.

Just. Martyr. Dial. p. 197.

↳ Iren. 1. iii. c. 6. p. 180.

Euseb. in Psal. xxiii. p. 91.

Cyprian. adv. Jud. 1. ii. c. 28. p. 48.-it. de

Bono Patient. p. 220. Euseb. in Psal. p. 209.
Cyprian. adv. Jud. 1. ii. c. 6. c. 28. p. 35, 49.

d Irenæus, 1. iii. c. 9. p. 184. 1. iv. c. 33. p. 273.

Just. Mart. Dial. p. 277. Irenæus, 1. iii. c. 6. p. 180. Novat. de Trin.

c. 15. Cyprian. adv. Jud. 1. ii. c. 6. p. 35. Eus. in loc. f Just. Mart. p. 224. Iren. 1. iv. c. 33. p. 274.

Irenæus, l. iii. c. 10. p. 186.

"be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength," &c. Isa. xii. 2.

66 h Behold, your God will come with vengeance, even "God with a recompence; he will come and save you," Isa. xxxv. 4.

"i That stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain," &c. Isa. xl. 22.

❝k Thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, "and he that formed thee, O Israel," Isa. xliii. 1.

"Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his re"deemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the "last; and beside me there is no God," Isa. xliv. 6.

"m I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretch"eth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the "earth by myself," Isa. xliv. 24.

"n Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there " is no God. Verily thou art a God," &c. Isa. xlv. 14, 15. "I will save them by the Lord their God, and will "not save them by bow, nor by sword," Hosea i. 7.

"p The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his "voice from Jerusalem," Joel iii. 16. Amos i. 2.

"q Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth ini"quity" Mic. vii. 18.

"God came from Teman, and the Holy One from "mount Ephraim," Habakkuk iii. 3.*

Irenæus, 1. c. 20. p. 214. Novat. c. 12. Epist. Synod, Antioch. Labb. tom. i. p. 845. Tertull. adv. Jud. c. 9, 14.

i Hippolyt. contr. Noet. c. xviii. p. 19. wńžas ŵs naμágav tòv ¿gavóv.

k Eusebius in loc.

1 Lact. Inst. 1. iv. c. 9. p. 405.

m Euseb. in loc.

N. B. I cite Eusebius, only as agreeing with the rest, in his application of such texts to God the Son: not determining any thing as to his other principles.

" Tertull. Prax. c. 13. Cyprian. ad. Jud. 1. ii. c. 6. p. 34. Euseb. Dem. Ev. 1. v. c. 4. p. 224. Lactan. Epitom. c. xliv. p. 116. edit. Dav. Inst. p. 404. edit. Ox. Epist. Synod. Antioch. Labb. tom. i. p. 845.

• Novat. Trin. c. 12.

? Irenæus, 1. iii. c. 20. p. 214. l. iv. c. 33. p. 273.

↑ Irenæus, 1. iii. c. 20. p. 214. Tertull. contr. Marc. 1. iv. c. 10.

Irenæus, l. iii. c. 20. p. 214. l. xiv. c. 33. p. 273.

❝s I am God, and not man," Hosea xi. 9.

"I will strengthen them in the Lord saith the "Lord," Zech. x. 12.

"u This is our God, and there shall none other be "accounted of in comparison of him," Baruch iii. 35.

These several texts, besides others of like nature, the Ante-Nicene writers, in general, understood of Christ. And therefore it is exceeding clear, that, according to the doctrine of that time, the second Person of the Trinity is the "Lord;" the "Lord God;" the "Almighty God;" the "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;" the "Je"hovah," the "Lord of hosts ;" the "Mighty God;" the "Only God; and besides whom there is no God;" the "God of Israel," &c. All this, I say, Christ is, according to the doctrine of those early times: not exclusive of the Father, any more than the Father is such, exclusive of the Son; but together with the Father: that is, Father and Son both are the one Supreme God: not one in Person, as you frequently and groundlessly insinuate, but in substance, power, and perfection. I know you have an evasion, by which you hope to elude the force of all that has been urged. But when I have shown you how weak and insufficient your pretence is, I hope I shall hear no more of it.

* In another part of your book, (p. 20.) you pretend that Christ spake only in the Person of the Father; and that when he said, for instance, "I am the God of Bethel," (Gen. xxxi. 13.) the meaning is no more than this; Jehovah whom I represent and in whose name I speak, is the God of Bethel. Had you given it only as your own interpretation of this and the like texts, it might be very excusable but having told us what you mean by speaking" in the Person of God the Father," you afterwards add,

Cypr. Testim. 1. ii. c. 6. p. 35. Euseb. Dem. Ev. 1. v. c. 22. p. 249. Epist. Synod. Antioch. Labb. tom. i. p. 845.

Cyprian. Test. 1. ii. c. 6. p. 35.

u Cyprian. Test. 1. ii. c. 6. p. 35.

Eus. Dem. Ev. 1. v. c. 26. p. 251.

Lactant. Epit. p. 116. ed. Dav.

* See also Clarke's Scripture Doctrine, p. 102. alias p. 94.