CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 369 my commandments ; and I willask the Father,and He will give you another Comforter."1 After which alsoHe adds this:"If any one lovethme, he shallkeep my word :and my Father willloveHim ; and we willcome unto him, and will make our abode with him."2 Moreover, also,He added this too: " But the Advocate,that Holy Spiritwhom the Father willsend,He willteach you, and bring allthings to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."* He utters,further,that passage when He shows Himself to be the Son, and reasonablysubjoins,and says,"If ye loved me, ye would rejoicebecauseI go unto the Father : for the Father is greaterthan I."4 But what [shallwe say]when He alsocontinuesin thesewords : " I am the true vine,and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruitHe taketh away ; and everybranch that beareth fruit He purgeth, that it may bring forth more fruit?"5 StillHe persists,and adds : " As the Father hath loved me, so alsohave I loved you : remain in my love. If ye have kept my commandments, ye shallremain in my love; even as I have kept the Father'scommandments, and remain in His love."6 Further,He saysin addition: " But I have calledyou friends; for allthingswhich I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you."7 Moreover, He adds to allthis: " But allthesethingswillthey do unto you for my name's sake,becausethey know not Him that sentme."8 These thingsthen,afterthe former,evidentlyattestingHim to be not the Father but the Son, theLord would never have added, if He had had it in mind, eitherthat He was the Father, or wished Himself to be understood as the Father, except that He might declarethis,that every man ought henceforth to consider,in seeing the image of God the Father through the Son,thatitwas as if he saw the Father ; since every one believingon the Son may be exercisedin the contemplationof the likeness,so that,being accustomed to seeing the divinityin likeness,he may go forward,and \ John xiv.15,16. 2Johnxiv.23. *Johnxiv.26. * Johnxiv.28. 5 Johnxv.1. 6Johnxv.9,10. 7Johnxv.15. 8Johnxv.21. OTP.— VOL. H. 2 A