{"number":6,"title":"How many Persons are there in the God-head?","part":null,"questions":[6],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"How many Persons are there in the God-head?","answer":"There are three Persons in the God-head, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.","segments":[{"text":"There are three Persons in the God-head, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"What is meant by the God-head?","answer":"The divine nature, or essence.","segments":[{"text":"The divine nature, or essence.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is the divine nature common to all three Persons?","answer":"The whole divine nature being indivisible, 1 Cor. 8. 6. is common to all three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Acts 4. 24. 2 Cor. 1. 3. Joh. 1. 1. Rom. 9. 5. Heb. 1. 8. Num. 12. 6, 7. with Acts 1. 16. 1 Pet 1. 10, 11. Heb 1. 1. Acts 4. 25 with 2 Pet. 1. 21.","segments":[{"text":"The whole divine nature being indivisible, 1 Cor. 8. 6. is common to all three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Acts 4. 24. 2 Cor. 1. 3. Joh. 1. 1. Rom. 9. 5. Heb. 1. 8. Num. 12. 6, 7. with Acts 1. 16. 1 Pet 1. 10, 11. Heb 1. 1. Acts 4. 25 with 2 Pet. 1. 21.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What followeth hence?","answer":"It followeth that whatsoever doth absolutely agree to the divine nature, or is spoken of the divine nature by relation unto the Creatures, that doth agree likewise to every Person in Trinity, Joh. 1. 1. Prov. 8. 22. Rev. 1. 8. Matth. 18. 20. Joh. 3. 13. Job 26. 13. and 33. 4. Joh. 14. 26. Luke 1. 35.","segments":[{"text":"It followeth that whatsoever doth absolutely agree to the divine nature, or is spoken of the divine nature by relation unto the Creatures, that doth agree likewise to every Person in Trinity, Joh. 1. 1. Prov. 8. 22. Rev. 1. 8. Matth. 18. 20. Joh. 3. 13. Job 26. 13. and 33. 4. Joh. 14. 26. Luke 1. 35.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is there any Scripture-proof for Persons in the God-head?","answer":"There is, Heb. 1. 3. who being the brightness of his Fathers Glory, and the express Image of his person.","segments":[{"text":"There is, Heb. 1. 3. who being the brightness of his Fathers Glory, and the express Image of his person.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Which are the three persons in the God-head?","answer":"The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost.","segments":[{"text":"The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost.","proofs":["Matthew 28:19","2 Corinthians 13:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 28:19","osis":["Matt.28.19"]},{"printed":"2 Corinthians 13:14","osis":["2Cor.13.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What is a Person in the God-head?","answer":"A Person in the God-head, is the God-head restrained, or distinguished by his personal or incommunicable property.","segments":[{"text":"A Person in the God-head, is the God-head restrained, or distinguished by his personal or incommunicable property.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What is the incommunicable [or personal] property of the Father?","answer":"To beget.","segments":[{"text":"To beget.","proofs":["Hebrews 1:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 1:5","osis":["Heb.1.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What is the personal property of the Son?","answer":"To be begotten.","segments":[{"text":"To be begotten.","proofs":["John 1:14, 18"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 1:14, 18","osis":["John.1.14","John.1.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What is the personal property of the Holy Ghost?","answer":"To proceed both from the Father and the Son.","segments":[{"text":"To proceed both from the Father and the Son.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How do the persons of the Trinity differ one from another?","answer":"They differ three waies: 1. In their incommunicable properties, as before explained. 2. In their order; The Father is the first Person in order; the Son as he is the Mediator between God and men, or the Daies-man that can lay his hand on us both, the second in order; and the Holy Ghost the third person. Hence Creation is properly attributed to the Father, because things take their original from him; Redemption to the Son, because he was made Man for us, and became our Redeemer; Sanctification inchoate and consummate to the Holy Ghost, because he begins and perfects the work of grace in the Elect of God. 3. In their operation. And look what order there is in the existing in the Trinity, the same order there is in working, viz. the Father is of none; the Son is of the Father alone; the Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son: In like manner, the Father works of himself by the Son and the Holy Ghost; the Son from the Father alone by the Holy Ghost; the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son by himself. In externals, although in respect of the things wrought, they are common to all the Persons; yet in respect of the manner of working, there is distinction of the Persons.","segments":[{"text":"They differ three waies: 1. In their incommunicable properties, as before explained. 2. In their order; The Father is the first Person in order; the Son as he is the Mediator between God and men,","proofs":["1 Timothy 2:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 2:5","osis":["1Tim.2.5"]}],"note":null},{"text":"or the Daies-man that can lay his hand on us both,","proofs":["Job 9:33"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 9:33","osis":["Job.9.33"]}],"note":null},{"text":"the second in order; and the Holy Ghost the third person. Hence","proofs":["1 Corinthians 8:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 8:6","osis":["1Cor.8.6"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Creation is properly attributed to the Father, because things take their original from him;","proofs":["Romans 3:24","Colossians 1:13–14","1 Timothy 2:5–6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:24","osis":["Rom.3.24"]},{"printed":"Colossians 1:13–14","osis":["Col.1.13-Col.1.14"]},{"printed":"1 Timothy 2:5–6","osis":["1Tim.2.5-1Tim.2.6"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Redemption to the Son, because he was made Man for us, and became our Redeemer; Sanctification inchoate and consummate to the Holy Ghost, because he begins and perfects the work of grace in the Elect of God.","proofs":["John 3:5","1 Corinthians 6:11","12:11","2 Thessalonians 2:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 3:5","osis":["John.3.5"]},{"printed":"1 Corinthians 6:11","osis":["1Cor.6.11"]},{"printed":"12:11","osis":["1Cor.12.11"]},{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 2:13","osis":["2Thess.2.13"]}],"note":null},{"text":"3. In their operation. And look what order there is in the existing in the Trinity, the same order there is in working, viz. the Father is of none;","proofs":["Isaiah 44:6–7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 44:6–7","osis":["Isa.44.6-Isa.44.7"]}],"note":null},{"text":"the Son is of the Father alone;","proofs":["John 13:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 13:3","osis":["John.13.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"the Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son:","proofs":["John 14:16–17","15:26","Romans 8:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 14:16–17","osis":["John.14.16-John.14.17"]},{"printed":"15:26","osis":["John.15.26"]},{"printed":"Romans 8:9","osis":["Rom.8.9"]}],"note":null},{"text":"In like manner, the Father works of himself by the Son and the Holy Ghost;","proofs":["1 Corinthians 8:6","Hebrews 1:2","John 1:2–3","Genesis 1:2","Job 26:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 8:6","osis":["1Cor.8.6"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 1:2","osis":["Heb.1.2"]},{"printed":"John 1:2–3","osis":["John.1.2-John.1.3"]},{"printed":"Genesis 1:2","osis":["Gen.1.2"]},{"printed":"Job 26:13","osis":["Job.26.13"]}],"note":null},{"text":"the Son from the Father alone by the Holy Ghost;","proofs":["Genesis 19:24","John 5:17, 23","16:13–15","Matthew 12:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 19:24","osis":["Gen.19.24"]},{"printed":"John 5:17, 23","osis":["John.5.17","John.5.23"]},{"printed":"16:13–15","osis":["John.16.13-John.16.15"]},{"printed":"Matthew 12:28","osis":["Matt.12.28"]}],"note":null},{"text":"the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son by himself.","proofs":["John 14:16–17","15:26","1 Corinthians 12:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 14:16–17","osis":["John.14.16-John.14.17"]},{"printed":"15:26","osis":["John.15.26"]},{"printed":"1 Corinthians 12:11","osis":["1Cor.12.11"]}],"note":null},{"text":"In externals, although in respect of the things wrought, they are common to all the Persons; yet in respect of the manner of working, there is distinction of the Persons.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"If the Father be God, and the Son God, and the Holy Ghost God; why then are there not three Gods, but one God?","answer":"Because they are the same in substance ▪ equal in power and glory.","segments":[{"text":"Because they are the same in substance","proofs":["1 John 5:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 5:7","osis":["1John.5.7"]}],"note":null},{"text":"▪ equal in power and","proofs":["John 10:30","Philippians 2:6","Acts 5:3–4","Matthew 1:20","Luke 1:32, 35","Mark 5:7","Psalm 18:13","29:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 10:30","osis":["John.10.30"]},{"printed":"Philippians 2:6","osis":["Phil.2.6"]},{"printed":"Acts 5:3–4","osis":["Acts.5.3-Acts.5.4"]},{"printed":"Matthew 1:20","osis":["Matt.1.20"]},{"printed":"Luke 1:32, 35","osis":["Luke.1.32","Luke.1.35"]},{"printed":"Mark 5:7","osis":["Mark.5.7"]},{"printed":"Psalm 18:13","osis":["Ps.18.13"]},{"printed":"29:3","osis":["Ps.29.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"glory.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}