the Sonne is everlastingly begotten, so the Father e∣verlastingly begets, so that the Sonne, must be a per∣son distinct from the Father, in Divinity, and also in Humanity, he is the Sonne of God; as God, he is the Sonne of God, begotten of his Father, and so of the same nature with the Father, and not a name, but a person: as man he is the sonne of God, God the Sonne, is joyned unto the humanity, and therefore Christ saith, I goe to my Father, and your Father; my Father by nature, your Father by adoption: therefore he must be a severall, and distinct person.
Vse 1. This teacheth us, to confute all Heretiques, as the Sabellian, who will have but one person, in the Divinity; and for divers respects called Father, Son, and holy Ghost, having no severall being, that the Sonne hath not the same Essence, with the Fa∣ther; nor the holy Ghost, the same Essence with them both: but by this ground you are taught to ab∣hor these, and the like Heresie.
Vse 2. It teaches those, that have heard this do∣ctrine, by faith, to conceive three persons, as they are delivered unto us: this surpasses the reason of men, and Angels, therefore every man ought to la∣bour to know this by faith; and not to rely on sense, and reason, but on the word of God: Saint Bernard saith, I shall speake this boldly, that which I doe not understand, I beleeve, that which I cannot conceive, yet I beleeve never the lesse: and so ought every one of us, to labour to beleeve, though we cannot tell how it should be: there is great necessity of belee∣ving this truth, no salvation can be, except a man do