"[T]he first person in the Trinity, is the God of Christ, as Christ is man and Mediator;
he chose and appointed him to be the Mediator, and made a covenant with him as such; he
formed and prepared an human nature for him, and anointed it with the Holy Ghost above
measure, and supported it under all his trials and sufferings, and at last glorified it: and Christ,
as man, prayed to him as his God, believed, hoped, and trusted in him as such, and loved him
as in such a relation to him, and cheerfully obeyed his commands. And the same is the Father
of Christ, as Christ is God; as such he is the Son of God; not by creation, as angels and Adam,
nor by adoption, as saints, but by natural generation; he being the only begotten of the Father,
his own proper Son, of the same nature and perfections with him, and equal to him. Now to
"bless" God is neither to invoke nor confer a blessing on him; for there is none greater than
he to be called upon; nor does he need anything, nor can he receive anything from his
creature; but it is either to congratulate his greatness and goodness, to ascribe blessing, glory,
and honor to him, or to give thanks unto him, both for temporal and spiritual mercies. – John
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