quem ipfi (quà † Filius est, & ex Deo Patre trahit originem,] deferimus; ad Patrem redundare, in ipfumq; ut any deτNTOS, ultimò referri. Defens Sell. 2, c. 9, § 15.

fee more above, in § 44. Intelligentes fcilicet, per Filium Patris gloriam manifeftari; omnemq; Filii gloriam ad Patrem, ut Fontem Divinitatis, redundare. Sect. 2, c. 3, §6.

Quòd omnis Filii bonos in Deum Patrem, qui ipfum genuit, redundet. Sect. 4, c. 4, § s.

§ XLVI.

For, the Great Oeconomy, or the Whole Difpenfation of God towards Mankind in Christ, confifts and terminates in This; that as all Authority and Power is originally in the Father, and from him derived to the Son, and exercised according to the Will of the

Father

Father by the Operation of the Son and by the Energy of the Holy Spirit; and all Communications from God to the Creature, are conveyed through the Interceffion of the Son, and by the Inspiration and Sanctification of the Holy Spirit: So on the contrary, All Returns from the Creature, of Prayers and Praises, of Reconciliation and Obedience, of Honour and Duty to God; are made in and by the Guidance and Affiftance of the Holy Spirit, through the Mediation of the Son, to the Supreme Father and Author of All things.

See the Texts, No 756 —

1197.

995, and 1148

See above, § 37, 39, 44, 45; and beneath, § 52.

Notes on $46.

For by the Son, and in the Spirit, (faith Athanafius) did God at first make, and still preferves all things.

Again: There is One God, even the Father; wbo may be confidered either in bis own Perfon, as being Above All; or manifefting bin elf in bis Son, as being Through All; or in his Spirit, as

Δια γδ ᾧδ κὶ ἐν πνεύματι τὰ πάντα ὁ θεὸς καὶ σωεςήσατο και owéxwv Siaquaárle. contr. Sabell.

Εις Θεός ὁ πατὴρ, ἐφ' ἑαυτῷ To 'Exì xávτav év Tas ÿ ̈ paróμu☺, x? To Aià távtwv Sinner y ́ở πνεύματι 5, καὶ τὸ Ἐν ἅπασι διὰ τὸ λόγο ἐν αὐτῷ ἐνεργεῖν. contr. Arian. Orat. 3.

working In All through his Word and by bis Spirit.

And again: In the Di

ftribution of Gifts, (faith

Ἐν γδ τῇ τέτων διαιρέσει, ὡς Kowdios yeÁQH, Tò OUTò #Vď′

he,) as the Apoftle writes to the Corinthians ; it is the fame Spirit, and the fame Lord, and the fame God, which worketh all in all. For the Father himfelf worketh and giveth All, through his Word and in or by his Spirit.

a, jó autós xícC, xjö αὐτὸς Θεὸς ὅσιν ὁ ἐνεργῶν τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν· αὐτὸς γδ ὁπαTip do Tõ λógs in tus midpars VERY i Sidwal To Tavra. Epift. ad Serap. 1, de Spir. Sancto.

Ἐπὶ πάσι τε οἷς προσφερο μεθα, ευλογεμήν * ποιητού τ Távtwv, die F ÿã autÿ 'Inat Xes, & Sia #vdμATC Tõ ayir. Apol. 2.

On the other fide In all the Offerings which we make, (faith Juftin Martyr,) we return Thanks To the Creator of all things, through his Son Fefus Chrift, and through the Holy Spirit. And again The Prieft ( fays he receiving the Oblations, returns Praise and Glory To the Father of all things, through the Name of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

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Καὶ τῷ λαβών, αἶνον καὶ δόξαν της πατεὶ ν ὅλων, δια ivóμar© Tỡ ýõ ýìý F πvd'ματ * ἁγίο, ἀναπέμπει. Id.ibid.

Hanc effe adordinationem & difpofitionem co rum qui falvantur, dicunt Presbyteri Apoftolorum difcipuli; & per hujufmodi gradus proficere; & per Spiritum quidem ad Filium, per Filium autem afcendere ad Patrem. lib.5.c.36.

$ And Irenæus : The
Presbyters, (faith he,) the
difciples of the Apoftles,
teach that the Order and
Method, by which men are
brought to Salvation, is ac-
cording to the following de-
grees; viz. that by the Spi-
rit [the affiftance of the
Spirit, they afcend to the
Son [to the Knowledge of
the Son,] and by the Son to the Father.

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The Son, before his Incarnation, was with God, was in the Form of God, and had Glory with the Father.

See the Texts, No 567, 574, 584, 586, 588, $91, 607, 612, 616, 617, 618, 638.

Yet He had not Then diftinct Worship paid to him in his Own Perfon, but appeared only as the [Shecinab or] Habitation of the Glory of the Father; in which, the Name of God was: The Diftinctness and Dignity of his Perfon, and the True Nature of his Authori ty and Kingdom, not being yet revealed. 4895 See the Texts N° 616, 617, 618, 934, 958.

At his Incarnation He emptied Himfelf

[ ἐκένωσεν ἑαυτὸν ] of That Glory, which he bad with God before the World was, and by virtue of which He is defcribed as having been in the Form of God: And in this State of Humiliation, fuffered and died for the Sins of the World.

See the Text, No 934.

S L.

After the Accomplishment of which Difpenfation, He is defcribed in Scripture as invefted with diftinct Worship in his Own Perfon; his original glory and Dignity being at the fame time revealed, and his Exaltation in the Human Nature to his Mediatorial Kingdom declared: Himself sitting upon his Fathers Throne, at the right hand of the Majefty of God; and receiving Prayers and Thanksgivings from his Church. See the Texts, No 638, 652.

And those which represent him fitting on the Throne of God, N° 633, 647, 652, 659, 660, 661, 664, 673, 676, 684, 685.

And thofe which mention his Difciples worshipping bim, N. 688, 751, 752, 753.

Honouring Him, as well as the Father, No 689. Baptizing in his Name, No 687.

Angels worshipping him, No.743.

Every knee bowing at his Name, No 716.

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