CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 323 CHAPTER XIL Argument. — That Christis God, isproved by theauthority of theOld TestamentScriptures. Why, then,should we hesitateto say what Scripturedoes not shrink from declaring? Why shallthe truth of faith hesitatein thatwherein the authorityof Scripturehas never hesitated? For, hehold,Hosea the prophet says in the person of the Father : " I willnot now save them by bow, nor by horses,nor by horsemen ; but I willsave them by the Lord theirGod." 1 If God saysthat He saves by God, stillGod doesnot saveexceptby Christ. Why, then,should man hesitateto callChristGod, when he observesthat He isdeclaredto be God by the Father accordingto the Scrip tures? Yea, if God the Father does not save except by God, no one can be saved by God the Father unlesshe shall have confessedChrist to be God, in whom and by whom the Father promisesthatHe willgivehim salvation:so that, reasonably,whoever acknowledges Him to be God, may find salvationin ChristGod; whoever doesnot acknowledge Him to be God, would losesalvationwhich he couldnot findelse where than in ChristGod. For in the same way as Isaiah says,"Behold, a virginshallconceiveand bear a son,and ye shallcallHis name Emmanuel, which is,interpreted,God with us;"2 so Christ Himself says,"Lo, I am with you, even to the consummation of the world."8 Therefore He is " God with us;" yea,and much rather,He is[God] in us. Christ iswith us,thereforeitisHe whose name isGod with us, because He alsoiswith us ; or isHe not with us ? How then does He say thatHe iswith us ? He, then,iswith us. But because He iswith us He was calledEmmanuel, that is, God with us. God, therefore,because He is with us, was calledGod with us. The same prophet says: " Be ye strengthened,ye relaxed hands, and ye feeble knees; be consoled,ye thatare cowardly in heart; be strong; fearnot. 1 Hos.i.7. 2 Isa.vii.14. 8 Matt.xxviii.20.