CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 377 marks of Christ'sdivinitywhich are laid down in the Scriptures,thatwe may not,by corruptingthe authorityof the Scriptures,be held to have corruptedthe integrityof our holy faith. And letus thereforebelievethis,sinceit is most faithfulthatJesus Christthe Son of God isour Lord and God; because "in the beginning was the -Word,and the Word was with God, and God was the Word. The same was in the beginningwith God." 1 And, " The Word was made flesh,and dwelt in us."1 And, " My Lord and my God." 8 And, " Whose are the fathers,and of whom ac cording to the fleshChristcame, who isover all,God blessed for evermore."4 What, then,shallwe say? Does Scripture set beforeus two Gods ? How, then,doesitsay that" God isone? " Or isnot ChristGod also? How, then,isitsaid to Christ," My Lord and my God ? " Unless,therefore,we hold allthiswith fittingvenerationand lawfulargument, we shallreasonablybe thought to have furnisheda scandalto the heretics,not assuredlyby the fault of the heavenly Scriptures,which never deceive; but by the presumption of human error,whereby theyhave chosen to be heretics.And in the firstplace,we must turn the attack againstthem who undertake to make againstus the charge of sayingthatthere are two Gods. It iswritten,and they cannot deny it,that u thereisone Lord."s What, then,do theythinkof Christ? — thatHe isLord, or thatHe isnot Lord at all? But they do not doubt absolutelythat He isLord ; therefore,if their reasoningbe true,here are alreadytwo Lords. How, then, is it true according to the Scriptures,there is one Lord? And Christ is calledthe " one Master."0 Neverthelesswe read thatthe Apostle Paul alsoisa master.7 Then, accord ing to this,our Master isnot one,for from these thingswe conclude that therearetwo masters. How, then,according to the Scriptures,is" one our Master,even Christ?" In the Scripturesthereisone " calledgood,even God ;" but in the same ScripturesChristisalsoassertedto be good. There is not,then, if they rightlyconclude,one good,but even two 1 John i.1,2. * Johni.14. 3Johnxx.28. * Rom. ix.5.1 Dcut.vi.4. •Matt.xxiii.8-10. 7 hi£cx.uU(.