PRIZE DISSERTATION ON THE DOCTRINE OF FAITH IN THE HOLY TRINITY, READ IN THE DIVINITY SCHOOL, OXFORD, JUNE the 4th, 1840. BY THE REV. CHARLES BROOKSBANK, M.A. Of Christ Church, Oxford, and late Curate of Haresfield, Gloucestershire. "Keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain LONDON: T. G. F. & J. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD AND WATERLOO PLACE. M DCCC XL. 834. THE late Mrs. ELIZABETH DENNIS DENYER, by her last will, bequeathed a sum of money to the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, in order to found Two Prizes of Thirty Pounds each, for the two best Discourses in English on certain Theological subjects. By a decree of the High Court of Chancery, the dividends are paid in equal moieties to two members of the University, for two several Prize Dissertations in English, on two subjects to be selected yearly, and the Prizes in respect of such Dissertations to be adjudged by the Vice-Chancellor, the two Divinity Professors, and the two Proctors for the time being. The persons entitled to write for the Prizes to be in Deacon's Orders at least, and, on the last day appointed for the delivery of the compositions to the Registrar of the University, to have entered on the eighth, and not exceeded the tenth year from their matriculation. 1836. On the Doctrine of Faith in the Holy Trinity.-H. William Wilberforce, M.A., Oriel. : On the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for the Salvation of Man.— 1837. On the Divinity of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.—William Wellwood Stoddart, M.A., Fellow of St. John's. On Original or Birth Sin, and the Necessity of New Birth unto Life.— 1838 On the Divinity of the Holy Ghost.-Robert Scott, M.A., Fellow of Balliol. On the Influence of Practical Piety in promoting the Temporal and 1839. On the Justification of Man before God only by Christ, proving also that true Faith must be accompanied with good Works.-John Wilson, M.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi. On the Necessity of the Two Sacraments retained in the Church of England, and that they only are necessary to be retained.-(Not adjudged.) Oxford University Calendar. CONTENTS. The Doctrine of the Trinity in Unity stated according The Jews before the birth of Christ not wholly ignorant of the Doctrine of the Trinity, p. 10...their imperfect knowledge no proof that the Doctrine of the Trinity is not fully taught in the Old Testament, p. 11...the Doc- trine of the Trinity written in both Testaments, p. 12...and in an analo- gous manner, p. 12.-Both Testaments represent the Creator, p. 13... Redeemer, p. 15...and Guide of Israel as a Trinity in Unity, p. Personality of the Word.--The Word a Person, distinct from the Person of the Father, p. 22-Divinity of the Word.-The Word proved to be the Angel of the Lord, p. 20...Jehovah, p. 22...Jehovah upon Mount Sinai, p. 23...the God of Abram, p. 24...plain proofs of the divinity of the Word, p. 25...other proofs drawn from a comparison of the Old and New Testaments, p. 25...titles applied to the Word, p. 26. Personality of the Spirit.-Signification of TapákλnTos, p. 27...peculiar construction used with the word vεõμа, p. 28...contrast between the de- parture of Christ and the coming of the Spirit, p. 28...mental facul- ties of the Spirit, p. 29...The Spirit a person, p. 29, distinct from the Person of the Father and Son, p. 29...Divinity of the Spirit...divine attributes of the Spirit, p. 29...the Spirit the Counsellor of God, p. 30... Fountain of Holiness, Grace, &c. p. 30...executes His own will, p. 31... sin irremissible committed against Him, p. 31...his titles, p. 31. The Doctrine of the Trinity set forth in the Articles, Creeds, &c. of the Church of England, taught by the Fathers in all ages.-The Antenicenes agree with the Postnicenes in determining that the three Persons are of one Substance, i. e., Consubstantial, p. 33...and that the Substance is not of a specific but indivisible nature, p. 35.-The Antenicenes also agree with the Postnicenes in maintaining two distinct doctrines with respect to the Holy Trinity, i. e., one as regards the consubstantial nature of the Persons, p. 36...a second as regards the economy of the Persons, 1 |