CHAPTER IV. Of God the Father. SECTION 1. THE first Person of the adorable Trinity is God the Father, having priority in respect of personal properties, but not of essential Attributes. § 2. To the Father is most frequently applied the abstract title, God, in a peculiar and pre-eminent manner, both in the Scriptures, and by the primitive writers of the Christian Church, as being the head and origin of all things, even of Divinity, and differing in this respect from the other two Persons of the Godhead, that, though they be no less perfectly and entirely God, the Son is begotten, and the Holy Ghost proceeding. § 3. God, the Father Almighty, is declared to be, more especially, with reference to his peculiar office, -the Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible,-the Preserver and Disposer,the Lord and Governour of all the created Universe. from Sa Ephes. i. 17. That the Sut o'er imam T Father of glory, may pie ma v C Zil come of myself, bas ie sa sex #I ME FIE 1 Cor. viii. 6. BE IT IN THE st de ing. te of whom are all things, aut w II BL God and Father of a vu sare al at and in you all. Mái Sp1 4. hath not one God weet TE bless we God en de Father Father hath life u izmeta ale zma have life in havi Ga 77.1 tu inalte 1 God hath sent forth tie Sport vť na bin ma crying, Abba, Fatie. Man vered unto me of my Fair: autant in los but the Father; pecher invrztá my nan Le Faber Son, and be to whommierer te bu vil ma 1 Cor. ii, 11. Even so de ding of but much but the Spirit of Gal. Am all. Sot nah hitler CHAPTER IV. Of God the Father. SECTION 1. THE first Person of the adorable Trinity is God the Father, having priority in respect of personal properties, but not of essential Attributes. § 2. To the Father is most frequently applied the abstract title, God, in a peculiar and pre-eminent manner, both in the Scriptures, and by the primitive writers of the Christian Church, as being the head and origin of all things, even of Divinity, and differing in this respect from the other two Persons of the Godhead, that, though they be no less perfectly and entirely God, the Son is begotten, and the Holy Ghost proceeding. § 3. God, the Father Almighty, is declared to be, more especially, with reference to his peculiar office, -the Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible,-the Preserver and Disposer,the Lord and Governour of all the created Universe. From Scripture. SECTION 1. Ephes. i. 17. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. John vii. 28, 29. Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath John xiv. 16. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. sent me. SECTION H. John v. 26. For as the 1 Cor. viii. 6. But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him. Ephes. iv. 6. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Mal. ii. 10. Have we not all one Father? hath not one God created us? James iii. 9. Therewith bless we God, even the Father. Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. Gal. iv. 6. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Matt. xi. 27. All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 1 Cor. ii. 11. Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Acts xiii. 33. God hath fulfilled the Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon Earth;.... CREED OF ST. ATHANASIUS. LITANY. O God the Father of heaven, have mercy upon us miserable sinners. PRAYER for all Conditions of Men. O God the Creator and Preserver of all Mankind. THANKSGIVING for restoring publick Peace at Home. O Eternal God and heavenly Father.... COLLECT for Christmas Day. COLLECT for Whitsunday. NICENE CREED. I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. COMMUNION. Exhortation. Wherefore it is our duty to render most humble and hearty thanks, to Almighty God our heavenly Father, for that he hath given his Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, not only to die for us, but also to be our spiritual food and sustenance on that Holy Sacrament. Confession. Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; ...... It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, everlasting God. PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS. I beseech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that of his bounteous mercy |