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all_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o essential_o include_v in_o the_o conception_n of_o it_o thus_o for_o instance_n we_o may_v have_v a_o clear_a and_o distinct_a conception_n of_o entity_n and_o be_v and_o of_o unity_n too_o without_o entertain_v in_o our_o mind_n at_o the_o same_o time_n any_o notion_n or_o conception_n of_o knowledge_n at_o all_o and_o therefore_o the_o ratio_fw-la entitativa_n of_o any_o thing_n must_v needs_o in_o nature_n precede_v the_o ratio_fw-la cognitiva_fw-la as_o well_o as_o cognoscibilis_fw-la of_o the_o same_o consideration_n 3._o we_o must_v distinguish_v between_o the_o affection_n or_o modes_n of_o be_v as_o they_o be_v strict_o so_o call_v and_o between_o the_o attribute_n of_o it_o the_o first_o sort_n be_v reckon_v of_o the_o same_o order_n with_o be_v itself_o and_o so_o precede_v whatsoever_o be_v consequent_a upon_o it_o as_o the_o attribute_n of_o it_o be_v account_v to_o be_v which_o relate_v to_o the_o be_v or_o subject_a they_o belong_v to_o as_o thing_n in_o order_n of_o nature_n posterior_n to_o it_o according_o in_o the_o first_o rank_n be_v existence_n subsistence_n personality_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o second_o be_v all_o act_n issue_v from_o a_o nature_n or_o subject_a so_o subsist_v whether_o they_o be_v of_o knowledge_n volition_n power_n duration_n or_o the_o like_a the_o denomination_n derive_v from_o which_o be_v proper_o call_v attribute_n consideration_n 4._o though_o there_o can_v be_v no_o accident_n inhere_v in_o god_n yet_o there_o may_v be_v accidental_a predication_n belong_v to_o he_o and_o i_o call_v those_o accidental_a which_o be_v not_o necessary_a or_o essential_a such_o as_o be_v all_o extrinsical_a denomination_n of_o he_o found_v on_o such_o act_n of_o god_n as_o be_v perfect_o free_a for_o he_o to_o do_v or_o not_o to_o do_v nothing_o in_o the_o divine_a nature_n oblige_v he_o thereto_o of_o which_o number_n be_v the_o denomination_n or_o predicate_v of_o creator_n redeemer_n and_o 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not_o as_o divide_v from_o the_o divine_a person_n consideration_n 7._o that_o whatsoever_o be_v essential_o include_v in_o the_o divine_a nature_n thus_o consider_v be_v equal_o common_a and_o communicable_a to_o all_o the_o divine_a person_n consideration_n 8._o that_o whatsoever_o be_v the_o proper_a formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n be_v utter_o incommunicable_a to_o any_o thing_n or_o person_n beyond_o or_o beside_o the_o person_n to_o who_o it_o belong_v consideration_n 9_o that_o for_o any_o absolute_a perfection_n essential_o include_v or_o employ_v in_o the_o divine_a nature_n to_o be_v multiply_v in_o the_o three_o person_n belong_v to_o it_o be_v a_o manifest_a multiplication_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n itself_o in_o the_o say_a person_n by_o which_o we_o be_v give_v to_o understand_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o multiplication_n and_o the_o communication_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n to_o those_o person_n these_o rule_n i_o think_v fit_a to_o draw_v up_o and_o lay_v down_o beforehand_o in_o order_n to_o the_o use_n which_o we_o shall_v have_v of_o they_o in_o the_o ensue_a disputation_n and_o so_o i_o proceed_v to_o my_o argument_n against_o this_o author_n new_a notion_n of_o self-consciousness_n with_o reference_n to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n and_o the_o first_o be_v this_o argument_n i._n no_o personal_a act_n can_v be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n in_o the_o person_n who_o act_n it_o be_v but_o self-consciousness_n be_v a_o personal_a act_n and_o therefore_o self-consciousness_n can_v be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n in_o the_o person_n who_o act_n it_o be_v and_o to_o who_o personal_o it_o belong_v the_o minor_a i_o suppose_v neither_o our_o author_n himself_o nor_o any_o one_o else_o can_v deny_v for_o if_o self-consciousness_n be_v not_o a_o personal_a act_n let_v any_o one_o assign_v what_o else_o it_o be_v or_o what_o it_o ought_v to_o pass_v for_o it_o be_v certain_o a_o act_n of_o
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ad_fw-la patrem_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereby_o as_o we_o have_v say_v sound_v personality_n in_o and_o upon_o something_o relative_n he_o sufficient_o prove_v that_o the_o same_o neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v place_v in_o self-consciousness_n this_o be_v a_o term_n in_o the_o import_n '_o of_o it_o perfect_o absolute_a and_o contain_v nothing_o relative_n in_o it_o at_o all_o next_o to_o st._n austin_n we_o will_v produce_v ruffinus_n a_o writer_n of_o the_o four_o century_n and_o flourish_v about_o the_o latter_a end_n ruffinus_n of_o it_o who_o in_o the_o short_a account_n he_o give_v we_o of_o what_o be_v do_v in_o the_o forementioned_a synod_n of_o alexandria_n for_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o close_n up_o the_o division_n between_o the_o greek_n and_o the_o latin_n about_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o chap._n 29._o of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o history_n tell_v we_o that_o although_o some_o thought_n 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viderentur_fw-la ne_fw-la suspicionem_fw-la daremus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la istius_fw-la fidei_fw-la sectatores_fw-la essemus_fw-la quae_fw-la trinitatem_fw-la in_o nominibus_fw-la tantùm_fw-la ac_fw-la non_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la ac_fw-la subsistentiis_fw-la confitetur_fw-la so_o that_o we_o see_v here_o a_o full_a and_o clear_a account_n both_o of_o the_o sense_n of_o this_o word_n and_o of_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o church_n think_v fit_a to_o establish_v the_o use_n of_o it_o with_o reference_n to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n another_o testimony_n shall_v be_v from_o beotius_n who_o flourish_v about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o 6_o century_n he_o in_o boetius_fw-la chap._n 2._o of_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr duabus_fw-la naturis_fw-la in_o unâ_fw-la personâ_fw-la christi_fw-la first_o give_v we_o this_o definition_n of_o a_o person_n that_o it_o be_v rationabilis_fw-la naturae_fw-la individua_fw-la subsistentia_fw-la according_a to_o which_o our_o author_n warr-horse_n be_v like_a to_o fall_v from_o his_o personal_a dignity_n and_o afterward_o have_v discourse_v about_o the_o difference_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o conclude_v the_o say_a chapter_n thus_o hoec_fw-la omne_fw-la idcirco_fw-la sunt_fw-la dicta_fw-la ut_fw-la differentiam_fw-la naturae_fw-la atque_fw-la personoe_n id_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d atque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d monstraremus_fw-la quo_fw-la verò_fw-la nomine_fw-la unumquodque_fw-la oporteat_fw-la appellari_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la sit_fw-la locutionis_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la ut_fw-la tamen_fw-la hoc_fw-la interim_n constet_fw-la quòd_fw-la inter_fw-la naturam_fw-la personámque_fw-la differre_fw-la praediximus_fw-la by_o all_o which_o he_o give_v we_o a_o very_a plain_n rational_a and_o scholastic_a account_n of_o this_o matter_n the_o next_o who_o i_o shall_v produce_v to_o vouch_v the_o same_o thing_n be_v rusticus_n diaconus_fw-la who_o live_v and_o 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st._n cyprian_n be_v as_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v descisceret_fw-la from_fw-la descisco_fw-la to_o fall_v off_o between_o which_o and_o the_o other_o word_n use_v by_o this_o author_n there_o be_v a_o wide_a difference_n descisceret_fw-la be_v a_o most_o proper_a latin_a word_n but_o discisserit_fw-la so_o far_o from_o proper_a that_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o latin_a and_o in_o page_n 187._o line_n the_o last_o we_o find_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o make_v the_o whole_a period_n neither_o sense_n nor_o greek_a again_o page_n 188._o line_n the_o last_o but_o one_o we_o have_v this_o passage_n videte_fw-la anon_o dicantur_fw-la martyr_n sed_fw-la aliquid_fw-la alium_n dici_fw-la mereantur_fw-la which_o be_v there_o put_v for_o aliud_fw-la be_v a_o downright_a solecism_n and_o last_o in_o page_n 198._o in_o the_o quotation_n in_o the_o margin_n we_o have_v those_o remarkable_a word_n simiarum_fw-la more_fw-it qui_fw-la cum_fw-la homines_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la homines_fw-la tamen_fw-la imitantur_fw-la which_o be_v another_o solecism_n every_o whit_n as_o bad_a and_o scandalous_a as_o the_o former_a now_o all_o these_o word_n and_o passage_n i_o assure_v the_o reader_n as_o they_o stand_v in_o the_o author_n from_o whence_o they_o be_v quote_v carry_v a_o very_a different_a face_n from_o what_o this_o writer_n have_v give_v they_o which_o show_v that_o whensoever_o the_o word_n of_o the_o father_n be_v transcribe_v into_o any_o of_o his_o book_n they_o be_v quite_o out_o of_o their_o element_n for_o among_o they_o as_o they_o stand_v here_o there_o be_v some_o such_o vile_a fault_n or_o rather_o such_o clamorous_a sin_n in_o grammar_n that_o shall_v a_o schoolboy_n tender_v a_o exercise_n to_o his_o master_n with_o but_o two_o or_o three_o such_o in_o it_o he_o will_v soon_o find_v himself_o very_o roundly_o and_o severe_o take_v up_o for_o they_o and_o that_o perhaps_o more_o way_n than_o one_o but_o hand_n that_o can_v restore_v dispossess_v prince_n may_v write_v any_o thing_n and_o authorize_v what_o they_o have_v write_v by_o their_o very_a write_v it_o for_o otherwise_o the_o truth_n be_v the_o latin_a which_o the_o forecited_a passage_n be_v dress_v up_o in_o seem_v a_o sort_n of_o providential_a latin_a as_o be_v above_o all_o rule_n and_o law_n of_o speak_v and_o write_v whatsoever_o as_o for_o fault_n about_o accent_n such_o as_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vind._n p._n 102._o line_n 3._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d page_n 113._o line_n 2._o of_o the_o quotation_n in_o the_o margin_n and_o the_o like_a they_o be_v too_o numerous_a for_o i_o to_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o but_o this_o i_o desire_v he_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o upon_o the_o whole_a that_o have_v be_v produce_v by_o i_o that_o as_o none_o of_o the_o forementioned_a fault_n be_v in_o the_o table_n of_o the_o errata_fw-la so_o some_o of_o they_o in_o the_o first_o edition_n of_o his_o vind._n trin._n stand_v correct_v in_o the_o second_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d page_n 115._o line_n 1._o of_o the_o quotation_n in_o the_o margin_n of_o the_o first_o be_v correct_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o second_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d page_n 121._o line_n 21._o in_o the_o former_a be_v change_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o latter_a and_o therefore_o according_a to_o the_o old_a maxim_n that_o exceptio_fw-la firmat_n regulam_fw-la in_o non_fw-la exceptis_fw-la it_o be_v to_o i_o a_o sufficient_a proof_n that_o since_o this_o author_n correct_v some_o passage_n and_o not_o other_o which_o yet_o need_v correct_v as_o much_o if_o not_o more_o it_o be_v because_o his_o acuteness_n do_v not_o see_v that_o these_o last_o need_v any_o correction_n at_o all_o and_o in_o such_o a_o case_n some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o where_o the_o word_n escape_v it_o the_o author_n himself_o ought_v to_o have_v it_o but_o because_o some_o perhaps_o will_v hardly_o be_v satisfy_v with_o so_o general_a a_o charge_n without_o a_o allegation_n of_o more_o particular_n i_o shall_v here_o give_v the_o reader_n a_o catalogue_n of_o this_o author_n greek_a errata_fw-la in_o the_o second_o edition_n of_o his_o vindication_n of_o the_o trinity_n which_o shall_v in_o reason_n be_v think_v the_o most_o correct_v together_o with_o their_o correction_n confront_v they_o greek_z errata_fw-la correction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quotat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d punctum_fw-la interrogationis_fw-la post_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la semicol_n  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quotat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d punctum_fw-la interrogationis_fw-la post_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la semicol_n  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quotat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bis_fw-ge 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d