A TKEATISE OF NOVATIAN. A ROMAN PRESBYTER. CONCERNING THE TRINITY. ARGUMENT. Novatiah'streatiseconcerningtheTrinityisdividedintothirty-one chapters.He firstof allconsidersthosewordsof theRuleofTruthor Faith(thatwe calltheCreed),whichbidusbelieveon God theFather andLord Almighty,theabsolutelyperfectCreatorofallthings,from chapterfirstto theeighth,whereinamong theotherdivineattributes hemoreoverascribesto Him, partlyfromreasonand partlyfromthe Holy Scriptures,immensity,eternity,unity,goodness,immutability, immortality,spirituality; and addsthatneitherpassionsnormembers canbeattributedtoGod,andthatthesethingsareonlyassertedofGod inScriptureanthropopathically.From theninthchaptertothetwenty- eighthhe entersuponthediffuseexplanationalsoofthosewordsof our creedwhich commend to us faithintheSon of God,JesusChrist,the LordourGod,theChristpromisedintheOldTestament,audprovesby theauthorityoftheoldand new covenantthatHe isveryman and veryGod. Inchaptereighteenthherefutestheerrorof theSabellians, andby theauthorityofthesacredwritingsheestablishesthedistinction oftheFatherandoftheSon,andrepliestotheobjectionsoftheabove- named heresiarchsandothers.In thetwenty-ninthchapterhe treatsof faithin the HolySpirit,sayingthatfinallytheauthorityof thefaith admonishesus,aftertheFatherandtheSon,tobelievealsoon theHoly Spirit,whoseoperationshe recountsandprovesfromtheScriptures.He thenlabourstoassociatetheunityof God withthematterspreviously contendedfor,andatlengthsetsforththesum of thedoctrinesabove explained. 187