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A20770 A treatise of the true nature and definition of justifying faith together with a defence of the same, against the answere of N. Baxter. By Iohn Downe B. in Divinity, and sometime fellow of Emanuel C. in Cambridge.; Selections Downe, John, 1570?-1631.; Baxter, Nathaniel, fl. 1606.; Bayly, Mr., fl. 1635.; Muret, Marc-Antoine, 1526-1585. Institutio puerilis. English. 1635 (1635) STC 7153; ESTC S109816 240,136 421

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not_o god_n or_o because_o the_o humanity_n be_v the_o subject_n of_o conception_n and_o birth_n before_o it_o be_v assumpt_v by_o the_o word_n or_o last_o because_o the_o humanity_n be_v never_o assumpt_v into_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o same_o person_n but_o remain_v a_o distinct_a person_n by_o itself_o all_o which_o be_v the_o damnable_a blasphemy_n and_o heresy_n of_o arius_n photinus_n and_o nestorius_n the_o first_o of_o arius_n the_o second_o of_o photinus_n the_o three_o of_o nestorius_n therefore_o contrariwise_o i_o argue_v thus_o if_o christ_n be_v god_n and_o the_o humanity_n be_v at_o the_o first_o creation_n thereof_o prevent_v from_o subsist_v in_o itself_o and_o never_o have_v subsistence_n but_o in_o the_o word_n so_o as_o both_o nature_n constitute_v one_o only_a hypostasis_fw-la or_o