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proper_a son_n of_o god_n but_o how_o why_o not_o only_o as_o he_o be_v eternal_o beget_v by_o he_o but_o also_o as_o he_o be_v miraculous_o conceive_v by_o the_o virgin_n mary_n that_o agree_v to_o none_o but_o only_o to_o he_o and_o therefore_o in_o this_o point_n upon_o their_o blending_a of_o these_o thing_n together_o they_o be_v judge_v by_o some_o 4._o some_o see_v peltius_n harm_n remonstr_n &_o socin_n art_n 4._o to_o socinianize_v now_o though_o this_o opinion_n do_v come_v incomparable_o short_a of_o that_o which_o absolute_o deny_v christ_n eternal_a generation_n provide_v that_o the_o abettor_n of_o it_o who_o seem_v to_o grant_v this_o generation_n do_v state_n it_o right_o that_o be_v that_o they_o hold_v christ_n to_o be_v beget_v in_o the_o very_a nature_n and_o essence_n of_o god_n and_o therein_o equal_a to_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o there_o be_v just_a matter_n of_o doubt_v as_o to_o the_o 32._o the_o instit_fw-la theol._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 32._o person_n name_v but_o now_o he_o make_v the_o son_n in_o the_o deity_n itself_o not_o coordinate_a but_o subordinate_a to_o the_o first_o person_n i_o say_v though_o this_o opinion_n thus_o state_v be_v nothing_o near_o so_o bad_a as_o the_o former_a yet_o etc._n yet_o censura_fw-la profess_v leid_n in_o c._n 3._o p._n 51._o trigland_n in_o exam._n apâ—log_fw-la cap._n 5._o alt_v theol._n elenc_n p._n 151._o etc._n etc._n et_fw-fr p._n 181._o etc._n etc._n divine_v of_o another_o persuasion_n can_v close_v with_o it_o or_o let_v it_o pass_v without_o some_o confutation_n the_o argument_n against_o it_o do_v very_o much_o fall_v in_o with_o those_o which_o have_v be_v insist_v upon_o already_o 1._o first_o if_o christ_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n as_o eternal_o beget_v with_o respect_n to_o his_o divine_a nature_n and_o also_o the_o son_n of_o god_n as_o conceive_v in_o time_n etc._n etc._n with_o respect_n to_o his_o humane_a nature_n than_o the_o scripture_n do_v groundless_o and_o needless_o distinguish_v betwixt_o his_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o one_o and_o his_o be_v the_o son_n of_o man_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o other_o nature_n why_o do_v it_o make_v he_o to_o be_v 4._o be_v rom._n 1.3_o 4._o god_n son_n according_a to_o the_o spirit_n of_o holiness_n i._n e._n his_o divine_a nature_n and_o the_o son_n of_o david_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n i._n e._n his_o humane_a nature_n if_o with_o respect_n to_o both_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n this_o be_v to_o confound_v those_o thing_n which_o the_o scripture_n make_v distinct_a and_o place_n under_o several_a reference_n christ_n sonship_n as_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o as_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v two_o very_a different_a thing_n and_o therefore_o they_o can_v have_v the_o same_o foundation_n it_o be_v true_a he_o who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v also_o the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o as_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o man_n or_o in_o what_o be_v proper_a to_o he_o as_o the_o son_n of_o man_n so_o he_o be_v not_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o it_o be_v true_a these_o two_o in_o concreto_fw-la may_v convertible_o be_v predicate_v each_o of_o the_o other_o thus_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o this_o be_v found_v not_o upon_o the_o oneness_n of_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o relation_n nor_o upon_o the_o oneness_n of_o the_o two_o nature_n but_o upon_o the_o 38._o the_o inficiamur_fw-la christum_fw-la esse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n quamvis_fw-la propter_fw-la naturam_fw-la humanam_fw-la personae_fw-la divinae_fw-la hypostaticè_fw-la unitam_fw-la dicamus_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o concreto_fw-la hunc_fw-la hominem_fw-la jefum_n deum_fw-la ac_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la unigenitum_fw-la esse_fw-la per_fw-la communicationem_fw-la idiomatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n cloppenb_n comp._n socin_n p._n 38._o communication_n of_o property_n and_o the_o union_n of_o the_o two_o nature_n in_o one_o person_n it_o come_v to_o this_o where_o the_o relation_n be_v distinct_a the_o ground_n of_o these_o relation_n must_v be_v distinct_a and_o therefore_o christ_n sonship_n as_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o as_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v distinct_a there_o can_v be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o ground_n of_o they_o 2._o if_o this_o be_v so_o that_o christ_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n conjunct_o upon_o his_o eternal_a generation_n and_o also_o upon_o his_o conception_n and_o advancement_n in_o time_n than_o he_o will_v strange_o differ_v in_o the_o same_o relation_n i_o do_v not_o contradict_v myself_o in_o what_o i_o say_v but_o now_o under_o the_o former_a head_n for_o there_o i_o speak_v of_o both_o the_o sonship_n of_o christ_n which_o differ_v very_o much_o and_o must_v not_o be_v confound_v but_o here_o i_o speak_v only_o of_o his_o single_a sonship_n as_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n which_o be_v but_o one_o and_o must_v not_o be_v 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