XVII.
The seventeenth stumbling block, that doth many times lie in a Chri∣stians way, may be this about the Trinity. I having received satisfacti∣on, in all the former things, thought all was well with me, saith another Chri∣stian, but behold I see a greater moun∣tain lying in my way, then any of the former, and I have no hope either to get over it, or to have it removed; and that is, I doe not know God; and He will come in flaming fire, rendring vengeance on them that doe not know him, 1 Thess. 2. 8. Nay, it seems to be a paradox to me, that there should be three Gods, and yet but one God; nay, some of our Ministers do say, that there are three persons; and if so, there must be there distinct beings; others say again, that there is but one God, and the Scripture saith, O Israel, the Lo••d thy God, is one Lor••! and whom