Testimonia

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CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 3C3 persons. Moreover, thatHe saysone [neuter],has reference to the agreement,and to the identityof judgment, and to the loving associationitself,as reasonablythe Father and Son are one in agreement, in love,and in affection;and because He is of the Father, whatsoeverHe is,He is the Son ; the distinctionhowever remaining,thatHe is not the Father who isthe Son, becauseHe isnot the Son who isthe Father. For He would not have added " We are" ifHe had had it in His mind that He, the only and soleFather,had become the Son. In fine,the ApostlePaul alsoapprehended thisagreement of unity,with the distinctionof personsnot withstanding: for in writing to the Corinthianshe said, " I have planted,Apolloswatered,but God gave the increase. Therefore neitheris he thatplantethanything,nor he that •watereth,but God who gives the increase.Now he that plantethand he thatwaterethare one."1 And who does not perceivethat Apollos is one person and Paul another,and that Apollos and Paul are not one and the same person? Moreover, also,the officesmentioned of each one of them are different; for one is he who plants,and another he who waters. The ApostlePaul,however,put forward thesetwo not as being one [person],but as being one ; sothatalthough Apollos indeed is one,and Paul another,so far as respects the distinctionof persons,yet as far as respectstheiragree ment both are one. For when two personshave one judg ment, one truth,one faith,one and the same religion,one fear of God also,they are one even although they are two persons:they are the same,in that they have the same mind. Since thosewhom the considerationof person dividesfrom one another,these same again are brought togetheras one by the considerationof religion.And althoughthey are not actuallythe self-samepeople,yet in feelingthe same, they are the same ; and although they are two, are stillone, as having an associationin faith,even although they bear diversityin persons. Besides,when at these words of the Lord the Jewish ignorancehad been aroused,so that hastily they ran to take up stones,and said," For a good work we 1 1 Cor.iii.6,7,8 [sell.?»].

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