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Excellent defense of the orthodox Trinity.

"The believer in all his religious exercises operates from this principle. Guided by the Holy Spirit he goes to the Son, and through the Son to the Father."

As the taxis descends in the economy of redemption (Father - Son - Spirit) so the believer ascends the taxis (Spirit - Son - Father). I first heard this in Sanders (Intro. to the Holy Spirit). Cool to see it here

Really good section on eternal generation. Ill be back to this in the future.

Finished chapter on God's essence. I find it intriguing that although he is open to natural theology and the "3 ways," he frames the attributes in thr classic Reformed "incommunicable" and "communicable." You can see him accenting some biblical assertions with natural theology as he goes. Seems like a good model of actually using philosophy as a handmaiden, not equal to or above Scriputre.

Eternity and Simplicitly. À Brakel is def a scholastic !

"Whoever wishes to know more concerning God's essence should join me in worship as we close our eyes before this unapproachable light."

"Such is our god, who not only is all-sufficient in Himself but who in His all-sufficiency can fill and saturate the soul to such an overflowing measure that it has need of nothing else but to have God as his portion."

Fascinating. He thinks the Sun rotates around the earth and makes it an issue of the Bibles authority.

"Do not be satisfied with only a natural knowledge which cannot lead you to a saving knowledge of God, but rather strive to behold God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ."

Reading A Brakel because Dolezal told me to lol. Beeke's bio of A Brakel is really good. So is A Brakels discussion of natural theology.