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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 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dicamus_fw-la tres_fw-la substantioe_fw-la incommunicabiles_fw-la seu_fw-la relativoe_n 6._o lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr trin._n cap._n 6._o the_o learned_a suarez_n acknowledge_v the_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v tres_fw-la res_fw-la tria_fw-la entia_fw-la but_o he_o think_v it_o better_a to_o add_v tria_fw-la entia_fw-la relativa_fw-la to_o be_v tria_fw-la aliquid_fw-la no_o protestant_a writer_n can_v deny_v they_o to_o be_v tres_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la subsistentes_fw-la and_o in_o that_o sense_n tres_fw-fr substantias_fw-la indeed_o there_o never_o have_v be_v any_o scruple_n of_o this_o phrase_n have_v not_o this_o term_n substantia_fw-la be_v ambiguous_a and_o sometime_o signify_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d essence_n whence_o the_o warm_a st._n jerom_n quis_fw-la ore_fw-la sacrilego_fw-la tres_fw-la substantias_fw-la proedicabit_fw-la whence_o himself_n say_v that_o there_o be_v poison_n in_o the_o term_n hypostasis_fw-la whereas_o there_o be_v neither_o 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