Defensio Fidei Nicænæ

was not yet published. It is to me evident that if the Holy Ghost does not proceed through and from the Son as well as from the Father, then the Son is not the adequate substantial idea of the Father. But according to St. Paul, he is —

ergo, &c

. N.B. These "

ergos, &c

." in legitimate syllogisms, where the

major

and

minor

have been conceded, are binding on all human beings, with the single anomaly of the Quakers. For with them nothing is more common than to admit both