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nature_n of_o christ_n be_v assume_v into_o the_o personal_a subsistence_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereupon_o the_o composition_n and_o constitution_n of_o a_o man_n will_v be_v a_o hypostatick_a union_n between_o soul_n and_o body_n which_o i_o suppose_v no_o body_n will_v be_v either_o so_o bold_a or_o absurd_a as_o to_o affirm_v all_o divine_n account_v a_o hypostatical_a union_n so_o peculiar_a to_o christ_n person_n as_o not_o to_o be_v admit_v in_o any_o other_o person_n or_o be_v whatsoever_o for_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n and_o a_o hypostatick_a composition_n viz._n such_o a_o one_o as_o make_v a_o compound_n hypostasis_fw-la be_v quite_o different_a thing_n and_o this_o author_n shall_v in_o due_a time_n be_v teach_v so_o much_o if_o he_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o object_n against_o it_o the_o compiler_n of_o the_o athanasian_n creed_n have_v in_o this_o speak_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n for_o as_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n and_o flesh_n be_v one_o man_n so_o god_n and_o man_n be_v one_o christ_n that_o be_v one_o not_o by_o confusion_n of_o substance_n but_o by_o unity_n of_o person_n i_o hope_v no_o true_a son_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n nor_o indeed_o candid_a lover_n of_o the_o article_n but_o will_v pardon_v my_o digression_n if_o it_o deserve_v to_o be_v call_v such_o to_o vindicate_v this_o similitude_n whereby_o the_o most_o learned_a father_n of_o the_o church_n have_v endeavour_v to_o illustrate_v and_o defend_v this_o article_n against_o all_o its_o heretical_a opponent_n the_o animadverter_n first_o object_n that_o then_o the_o constitution_n of_o a_o man_n will_v be_v a_o hypostatick_a union_n alas_o 1_o obj._n 1_o how_o extreme_o afraid_a be_v some_o person_n of_o have_v the_o article_n of_o their_o faith_n find_v agreeable_a to_o the_o common_a principle_n of_o reason_n if_o by_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n he_o mean_v that_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n of_o man_n only_o subsist_v by_o the_o same_o 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nature_n second_o 2._o obj._n 2._o if_o the_o constitution_n of_o a_o man_n be_v a_o hypostatick_a union_n than_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n and_o a_o hypostatick_a composition_n viz._n such_o a_o one_o as_o make_v a_o compound_n hypostasis_fw-la will_v not_o be_v quite_o different_a thing_n then_o the_o hypostatick_a union_n in_o christ_n will_v be_v also_o a_o hypostatick_a composition_n and_o then_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n will_v be_v a_o compound_n hypostasis_fw-la well_o and_o what_o follow_v from_o all_o this_o why_o nothing_o but_o a_o threaten_n of_o the_o animadverter_n that_o in_o due_a time_n we_o shall_v be_v teach_v the_o falsehood_n of_o all_o this_o but_o not_o to_o await_v his_o due_a time_n i_o answer_v that_o to_o say_v that_o the_o hypostatick_a union_n in_o christ_n be_v also_o a_o hypostatick_a composition_n or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o that_o christ_n be_v a_o compound_n hypostasis_fw-la be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v a_o paradox_n that_o it_o be_v the_o receive_a language_n not_o only_o of_o the_o greek_a father_n but_o of_o the_o council_n syn._n 5a._o constantin_n can._n 4._o sancti_fw-la patres_fw-la docuerunt_fw-la unitatem_fw-la dei_fw-la verbi_fw-la ad_fw-la carnem_fw-la animatam_fw-la anima_fw-la rationali_fw-la &_o intellectuali_fw-la secundum_fw-la compositionem_fw-la theodori_n autem_fw-la &_o nestorii_n sequaces_fw-la divisione_n gaudentes_fw-la affectualem_fw-la unitatem_fw-la introducunt_fw-la sancta_fw-la dei_fw-la verò_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la utriusque_fw-la perfidioe_fw-la impietatem_fw-la ejiciens_fw-la unitionem_fw-la dei_fw-la verbi_fw-la ad_fw-la carnem_fw-la secundum_fw-la compositionem_fw-la confitetur_fw-la vide_fw-la can._n 7_o huius_fw-la concilii_fw-la 232._o lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr trin._n cap._n 3._o sect_n 12._o p._n 232._o hear_v petavius_n confession_n christi_fw-la domini_fw-la hypostasin_n sive_fw-la personam_fw-la à _fw-la plerisque_fw-la patribus_fw-la dici_fw-la compositam_fw-la ex_fw-la naturis_fw-la duabus_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la cyrillo_n damasceno_n maximo_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la to_o which_o add_v what_o the_o learned_a suarez_n have_v observe_v 193._o suarez_n de_fw-fr
incarn_n q._n 2._o disp_n 6._o sect_n 4._o p._n 194._o ibid._n p._n 193._o alii_fw-la patres_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la apertè_fw-la utantur_fw-la nomine_fw-la compositionis_fw-la aliis_fw-la tamen_fw-la quoe_v perinde_v esse_fw-la videntur_fw-la utuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la adunationis_fw-la copulationis_fw-la ex_fw-la duobus_fw-la conjunctionis_fw-la etc._n etc._n illa_fw-la vero_fw-la particula_fw-la ex_fw-la planè_fw-la designat_fw-la compositionem_fw-la the_o phrase_n of_o the_o hypostatick_a union_n be_v most_o opposite_a to_o the_o heresy_n of_o eutyches_n who_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v not_o a_o union_n of_o two_o nature_n but_o a_o confusion_n of_o one_o of_o they_o but_o the_o phrase_n of_o the_o hypostatick_a composition_n be_v most_o opposite_a to_o the_o nestorian_a heresy_n who_o assert_v a_o kind_n of_o hypostatic_a union_n that_o be_v a_o union_n of_o two_o person_n and_o deny_v that_o christ_n god_n and_o man_n be_v one_o person_n compound_v of_o two_o nature_n the_o 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this_o natural_a order_n of_o prius_fw-la and_o posterius_fw-la when_o he_o assert_n p._n 98._o that_o the_o father_n be_v formal_o constitute_v a_o person_n by_o his_o own_o personal_a act_n of_o generation_n p._n 249._o that_o personal_a property_n be_v proper_o personality_n p._n 250._o that_o the_o relation_n and_o mode_n of_o subsistence_n make_v but_o one_o single_a indivisible_a mode_n of_o be_v yet_o say_v the_o animadverter_n in_o the_o next_o immediate_a word_n according_a to_o the_o natural_a order_n of_o conceive_a thing_n we_o must_v conceive_v of_o the_o subsistence_n as_o precedent_n to_o the_o relation_n for_o as_o much_o as_o human_a reason_n consider_v thing_n simple_o as_o subsist_v before_o it_o can_v consider_v they_o as_o relate_v to_o one_o another_o the_o meaning_n of_o all_o this_o be_v that_o these_o be_v rule_n when_o he_o hope_n that_o he_o can_v confute_v the_o dean_n of_o st._n paul_n self-consciousness_n can_v be_v subsistence_n because_o according_a to_o 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personal_a act_n be_v a_o act_n proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o some_o
one_o divine_a person_n as_o generation_n be_v a_o personal_a act_n proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o father_n and_o distinguish_v the_o father_n from_o the_o son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n now_o self-consciousness_n be_v a_o absolute_a attribute_n and_o upon_o that_o account_n can_v be_v esteem_v personal_a by_o the_o schoolman_n self-consciousness_n be_v but_o one_o conception_n of_o omniscience_n and_o will_v the_o animadverter_n say_v that_o the_o father_n have_v a_o distinct_a personal_a omniscience_n if_o he_o do_v he_o multiply_v omniscience_n with_o the_o person_n that_o be_v he_o multiply_v the_o divine_a nature_n in_o such_o person_n self-consciousness_n as_o well_o as_o mutual_a consciousness_n to_o the_o schoolman_n be_v a_o essential_a act_n father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n according_a to_o the_o schoolman_n as_o they_o have_v but_o one_o singular_a divine_a nature_n so_o they_o have_v but_o one_o singular_a omniscience_n but_o one_o singular_a 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it_o be_v the_o objection_n of_o the_o animadvertor_n that_o a_o specific_a unity_n in_o the_o trinity_n will_v imply_v three_o singular_a divine_a nature_n in_o the_o three_o person_n of_o which_o afterward_o but_o be_v that_o so_o still_o the_o common_a divine_a essence_n will_v be_v numerical_o one_o that_o be_v the_o species_n of_o the_o divinity_n will_v be_v but_o one_o or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o the_o common_a divine_a nature_n will_v be_v a_o universal_a 14._o petau._n l._n 4._o de_fw-fr trin._n c._n 13_o 14._o this_o observation_n alone_o will_v answer_v the_o great_a part_n of_o two_o chapter_n wherein_o petavius_n have_v endeavour_v to_o impose_v upon_o his_o reader_n as_o if_o the_o nicene_n father_n have_v believe_v a_o singularity_n of_o the_o common_a divine_a essence_n whereas_o his_o proof_n be_v only_o concern_v a_o numerical_a unity_n of_o the_o common_a divine_a essence_n but_o there_o be_v a_o very_a good_a reason_n for_o the_o thing_n he_o be_v a_o jesuit_n and_o those_o of_o his_o own_o order_n and_o of_o his_o own_o church_n will_v never_o have_v suffer_v his_o elaborate_a work_n of_o the_o trinity_n to_o have_v be_v publish_v if_o he_o have_v not_o make_v a_o seem_a defence_n for_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o school_n the_o singularity_n of_o the_o common_a divine_a essence_n and_o that_o be_v impossible_a upon_o his_o principle_n viz._n the_o authority_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n he_o therefore_o shammed_a this_o of_o the_o numerical_a unity_n in_o the_o room_n of_o it_o st._n ambrose_n st._n augustin_n st._n hilary_n and_o other_o even_o of_o the_o latin_a father_n in_o express_a term_n reject_v the_o singularity_n of_o the_o divinity_n there_o be_v one_o single_a passage_n of_o maxentius_n which_o ascribe_v singularity_n to_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o another_o i_o have_v see_v quote_v from_o anselm_n tend_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o these_o two_o be_v all_o i_o have_v ever_o meet_v with_o which_o will_v have_v make_v a_o poor_a show_n have_v they_o stand_v alone_o whereas_o for_o the_o numerical_a unity_n of_o the_o common_a divine_a essence_n petavius_n may_v have_v transcribe_v half_a the_o father_n but_o this_o i_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o mention_v again_o the_o animadvertor_n next_o refuge_n be_v 5._o n._n 5._o p._n 175._o lin_v 5._o only_o his_o own_o positive_a ipse_fw-la dixit_fw-la that_o the_o father_n always_o mark_v that_o word_n always_o allege_a the_o example_n of_o three_o or_o more_o individual_a man_n agree_v in_o the_o same_o nature_n either_o by_o way_n of_o allusion_n or_o illustration_n as_o it_o be_v the_o near_a resemblance_n of_o and_o approach_v to_o this_o divine_a unity_n of_o any_o that_o can_v be_v find_v in_o create_a being_n or_o else_o à _fw-la minore_fw-la ad_fw-la majus_fw-la to_o which_o i_o reply_v first_o that_o these_o two_o way_n be_v real_o but_o one_o way_n what_o be_v only_o a_o near_a resemblance_n must_v in_o this_o debate_n be_v à _fw-la minore_fw-la ad_fw-la majus_fw-la second_o the_o animadvertor_n phrase_n be_v universal_a they_o always_o allege_v it_o thus_o which_o suppose_v that_o not_o one_o single_a father_n in_o any_o one_o single_a passage_n ever_o allege_v it_o otherways_o and_o that_o the_o animadvertor_n have_v examine_v every_o single_a passage_n and_o upon_o his_o own_o experience_n find_v it_o so_o three_o the_o unity_n of_o three_o humane_a person_n of_o three_o distinct_a proper_a being_n of_o three_o substance_n of_o three_o nature_n can_v never_o be_v the_o near_a resemblance_n of_o and_o approach_v to_o the_o unity_n of_o one_o simple_a substance_n or_o be_v under_o three_o relation_n a_o unity_n that_o be_v bare_o notional_a can_v never_o be_v the_o near_a resemblance_n of_o a_o unity_n that_o be_v proper_o real_a there_o be_v a_o thousand_o instance_n in_o nature_n of_o one_o simple_a be_v under_o these_o relation_n the_o single_a person_n of_o adam_n have_v three_o relation_n the_o animadvertor_n p._n 167._o call_v it_o a_o jocular_a argument_n a_o argument_n fit_a to_o be_v answer_v by_o laughter_n only_o to_o argue_v from_o three_o humane_a person_n from_o peter_n james_n and_o john_n to_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n to_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n yet_o here_o to_o serve_v a_o turn_n he_o acknowledge_v it_o to_o be_v the_o near_a resemblance_n of_o and_o approach_v to_o the_o divine_a unity_n that_o can_v be_v find_v in_o create_a being_n i_o be_o sure_a upon_o the_o animadvertor_n principle_n i_o may_v well_o borrow_v the_o poet_n word_n risum_fw-la teneatis_fw-la amici_fw-la since_o it_o be_v in_o sense_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v that_o three_o substance_n be_v the_o near_a resemblance_n of_o and_o approach_v to_o one_o substance_n that_o can_v be_v find_v in_o create_a being_n four_o this_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v a_o argument_n à _fw-la minore_fw-la ad_fw-la majus_fw-la upon_o the_o animadvertor_n principle_n that_o it_o
except_o innascibility_n for_o the_o property_n of_o be_v unbegotten_a which_o notify_v not_o a_o difference_n of_o essence_n or_o a_o different_a essential_a dignity_n but_o a_o personal_a property_n even_o as_o adam_n be_v unbegotten_a for_o he_o be_v immediate_o form_v by_o god_n and_o seth_n beget_v for_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o adam_n and_o eve_n proceed_v out_o of_o the_o side_n of_o adam_n for_o she_o be_v not_o beget_v differ_v not_o in_o nature_n for_o they_o be_v all_o man_n or_o human_a person_n but_o in_o a_o distinct_a personal_a property_n these_o word_n need_v no_o comment_n seth_n birth_n and_o eve_n procession_n of_o the_o rib_n of_o adam_n be_v not_o their_o personality_n not_o their_o modes_n of_o subsistence_n but_o their_o personal_a property_n not_o that_o which_o constitute_v they_o person_n but_o that_o which_o distinguish_v they_o in_o our_o conception_n one_o from_o another_o that_o which_o constitute_v they_o distinct_a person_n one_o from_o another_o beside_o the_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o of_o itself_o capable_a of_o any_o other_o interpretation_n to_o be_v unbegotten_a a_o negation_n 10._o see_v ch._n 2._o n._n 10._o can_v never_o be_v the_o father_n mode_n of_o subsistence_n his_o personality_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o animadverter_n be_v a_o term_n not_o import_v in_o it_o any_o positive_a relation_n but_o only_o a_o mere_a negation_n of_o all_o producibility_n by_o any_o superior_a principle_n 248._o anim._n etc._n etc._n p._n 248._o this_o term_n therefore_o can_v signify_v causal_o and_o consequent_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v here_o style_v contrary_a to_o the_o animadverter_n observation_n i_o acknowledge_v to_o the_o animadverter_n that_o every_o person_n 251._o ibid_fw-la p._n 250_o 251._o and_o consequent_o the_o divine_a person_n be_v formal_o constitute_v such_o by_o a_o mode_n of_o subsistence_n or_o what_o we_o be_v oblige_v to_o conceive_v of_o as_o a_o mode_n of_o subsistence_n that_o be_v each_o distinct_a person_n have_v a_o distinct_a mode_n of_o subsistence_n and_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n have_v in_o our_o conception_n three_o distinct_a modes_n of_o subsistence_n nay_o i_o will_v add_v further_o that_o i_o believe_v that_o no_o man_n who_o understand_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o term_n hypostasis_fw-la and_o use_v it_o without_o aequivocation_n will_n or_o can_v deny_v any_o part_n of_o this_o the_o reverend_a dean_n express_o acknowledge_v this_o truth_n a_o beast_n be_v a_o suppositum_fw-la 262._o vind._n of_o the_o trinity_n p._n 262._o that_o be_v a_o distinct_a live_v subsist_v be_v by_o itself_o but_o i_o do_v here_o deny_v to_o the_o animadverter_n that_o the_o ancient_a father_n do_v ever_o assert_v that_o the_o divine_a relation_n be_v in_o this_o proper_a formal_a sense_n modes_n of_o subsistence_n or_o that_o that_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o apply_v to_o the_o divine_a relation_n and_o much_o more_o when_o apply_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o they_o understand_v in_o the_o proper_a formal_a sense_n of_o which_o we_o be_v now_o inquire_v second_o if_o the_o animadverter_n can_v get_v over_o the_o first_o difficulty_n 120._o anim._n etc._n etc._n p._n 120._o he_o will_v find_v a_o second_o behind_o how_o one_o simple_a be_v which_o be_v the_o animadverter_n hypothesis_n of_o the_o trinity_n can_v have_v three_o modes_n of_o subsistence_n the_o whole_a school_n of_o the_o thomist_n and_o scotist_n assert_v a_o absolute_a essential_a subsistence_n and_o consequent_o one_o subsistence_n of_o the_o whole_a trinity_n they_o esteem_v the_o three_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v unum_fw-la subsistens_fw-la unum_fw-la suppositum_fw-la aut_fw-la personam_fw-la incompletam_fw-la say_v cajetan_n one_o of_o the_o most_o famous_a commentator_n upon_o aquinas_n to_o which_o suarez_n only_o reply_v 285._o suarez_n de_fw-fr incar_n q_o 3._o act._n 1._o disp_n 11._o s._n 5._o p._n 285._o cavendus_fw-la est_fw-la hic_fw-la loquendi_fw-la modus_fw-la utpote_fw-la alienus_fw-la à _fw-la modo_fw-la loquendi_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la &_o theologorum_fw-la that_o be_v have_v a_o care_n lest_o heretic_n hear_v we_o and_o take_v advantage_n at_o such_o a_o novel_a expression_n otherwise_o suarez_n find_v no_o fault_n with_o the_o doctrine_n and_o indeed_o to_o say_v that_o existence_n or_o subsistence_n by_o itself_o be_v relative_n be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o the_o very_a phrase_n subsistence_n by_o itself_o deny_v all_o relation_n to_o any_o other_o so_o that_o according_a to_o the_o thomist_n and_o scotist_n the_o three_o personality_n be_v not_o three_o modes_n of_o subsistence_n not_o three_o subsistence_n but_o one_o essential_a absolute_a subsistence_n with_o three_o relation_n or_o three_o relative_a modes_n or_o three_o modes_n of_o incommunicability_n but_o of_o this_o i_o have_v already_o speak_v chap._n 1._o n._n 11_o 12_o 13._o three_o to_o allot_v three_o subsistence_n to_o the_o godhead_n be_v to_o contradict_v the_o ancient_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o property_n be_v not_o name_n of_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o godhead_n but_o of_o the_o person_n the_o god_n head_n do_v not_o proper_o subsist_v but_o the_o divine_a person_n subsist_v cajetan_n may_v inform_v the_o animadverter_n what_o be_v the_o consequence_n of_o ascribe_v subsistence_n to_o the_o godhead_n even_o the_o same_o with_o call_v it_o a_o suppositum_fw-la or_o incomplete_a person_n where_o the_o term_n incomplete_a be_v only_o add_v to_o avoid_v the_o grossness_n of_o the_o phrase_n otherwise_o they_o ascribe_v all_o the_o divine_a act_n to_o this_o unum_fw-la subsistens_fw-la unum_fw-la suppositum_fw-la and_o call_v they_o essential_a act_n whereas_o the_o notion_n of_o philosopher_n be_v that_o actiones_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sed_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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