CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 835 . divinityis immense, in the Paraclete being found to be lessthan Christ,and taking from Him what He givesto others;seeingthat if Christ were only man, Christ would receivefrom the Paracletewhat He should say, not the Paracletereceivefrom Christwhat He should declare. If Christ was only man, wherefore did He lay down for us such a rule of believingas that in which He said,"And thisislifeeternal,thatthey shouldknow Thee, the only and true God, and Jesus Christ,whom Thou hastsent?"1 Had He not wished thatHe alsoshouldbe understoodto be God, why did He add, " And Jesus Christ,whom Thou hast sent,"exceptbecause He wished to be receivedas God also? Because if He had not wished to be understoodto be God, He would have added," And the man Jesus Christ,whom Thou hast sent;" but,in fact,He neitheradded this,nor did ChristdeliverHimself to us as man only,but associated Himself with God, as He wished to be understoodby this conjunctionto be God also,as He is. We must therefore believe,accordingto theruleprescribed,on the Lord, theone true God, and consequentlyon Him whom He has sent,Jesus Christ,who by no means, as we have said,would have linked Himself to the Father had He not wished to be understood to be God also: forHe would have separatedHimself from Him had He not wished to be understoodto be God. He would have placedHimself among men only,had He known Himself to be only man ; nor would He have linked Him self with God had He not known Himself to be God also. But in this case He is silentabout His being man, be cause no one doubts His being man, and with reason links Himself to God, that He might establishthe formula of His divinityfor those who should believe. If Christ was only man, how does He say,u And now glorifyme with the glory which I had with Thee beforethe world was?" * If, beforetheworld was,He had glorywith God, and maintained His glorywith the Father,He existedbefore the world,for He would not have had the gloryunless He Himself had existedbefore,soasto be ableto keep the glory. For no one 1Johnxvii.3. *Johnxvii.5.