CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 333 Christisonly man, what isthatwhich He says," I and the Father areone ?"1 For how can itbe that" I and theFather are one,"ifHe isnotboth God and theSon?— who may there fore be calledone,seeingthatHe isof Himself,being both His Son, and being born of Him, being declaredto have proceededfrom Him, by which He isalsoGod ; which when the Jews thought to be hateful,and believedto be blasphe mous, for thatHe had shown Himself in these discoursesto be God, and thereforerushed at once to stoning,and set to work passionatelyto hurl stones,He stronglyrefuted His adversariesby the example and witness of the Scriptures. " If,"saidHe, " He calledthem gods to whom the words of God were given,and the Scripturescannot be broken,ye say of Him whom the Father sanctified,and sent intothis world, Thou blasphemest,becauseI said,I am the Son of God."2 By which words He did not deny Himself to be God, but rather He confirmed the assertionthat He was God. For because,undoubtedly,they are said to be gods unto whom the words of God were given,much more isHe God who isfound to be superiorto allthese. And never thelessHe refuted the calumny of blasphemy in a fitting manner with lawfulmanagement.* For He wishes that He should be thus understoodto be God, as the Son of God, and He would not wish to be understood to be the Father Him self. Thus He said that He was sent,and showed them that He had manifestedmany good works from the Father ; whence He desiredthatHe shouldnotbe understoodto be the Father, but the Son. And in the latterportionof His de fence He made mention of the Son,not the Father,when He said,"Ye say,Thou blasphemest,becauseI said,I am the Son of God." Thus, as faras pertainsto the guiltof blasphemy, He callsHimself the Son, not the Father ; but as pertain ing to His divinity,by saying," I and the Father are one," He proved thatHe was the Son of God. He isGod, there fore,but God in such a manner as to be the Son, not the Father. 1Johnx.30. 1 Johnx.35,36. 1 " Dispositione,"scil.oUouofitx.— Jackson.