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icle, I would own that Christ and his Father were one, because he said so. They asked, if I would own that they were one God? I said, if they would turn me to a text where 'twas said so, I would own it; but I had over and over again declared, that I would subscribe no religious tests at all that were not expressed in scripture words. Mr. Hallet in like manner refused his assent. Mr. Lavington of course gave it without reserve. Mr. Withers offered them this explication in the words of Bishop Pearson: though the Father and the Son are two distinct persons, yet since the Son is of and from the Father as the fountain of deity, and intimately united with him, I conceive in this sense he may be said to be one God with the Father. But this was not accepted. After some further deliberation, they received a message from the gentlemen to this effect: If the ministers have nothing more to say to us, we have nothing to say to them. Case of the Ministers ejected at Exon, p. 12. The nex