and we by him, `who is the image of the invisible God, the first
born of every creature' and of all ages, `for in him were all
things created that are in the heavens and that are upon the
earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers.' `All things were made
by him, and without him was not anything made that was made:' and
one Holy Ghost, in whom are all things, `the Lord and Giver of
life,' God and making God, the good Spirit, the right Spirit,
'the Spirit the Comforter,' `the Spirit of adoption.' Of these
each person, severally, is God. As the Father is, so also is the
Son, and as the Son, so also the Holy Ghost. And there is one
God in three, one nature, one kingdom, one power, one glory, one
substance, distinct in persons, and so only distinct. One is the
Father, whose property it is not to have been begotten; one is
the only-begotten Son, and his property it is to have been
begotten; and one is the Holy Ghost, and his property it is that
he proceedeth. Thus illuminated by that light, which is the
Father, with that light, which is the Son, in that light, which
is the Holy Ghost, we glorify one Godhead in three persons. And
he is one very and only God, known in the Trinity: for of him and
through him, and unto him are all things.

"By his grace also, I came to know thy ease, and was sent to
teach thee the lessons that I have learned and observed from my
youth even to these grey hairs. If then thou shalt believe and
be baptized, thou shalt be saved; but if thou believe not, thou
shalt be damned. All the things that thou seest to-day, wherein
thou gloriest, -- pomp, luxury, riches, and all the deceitfulness
of life, -- quickly pass away; and they shall cast thee hence
whether thou wilt or no. And thy body will be imprisoned in a