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the_o hypostasis_n however_o for_o he_o propose_v the_o objection_n himself_o that_o by_o allow_v no_o difference_n in_o the_o divine_a nature_n the_o hypostasis_n will_v be_v confound_v to_o which_o he_o answer_v that_o he_o do_v not_o deny_v their_o difference_n which_o be_v found_v in_o the_o relation_n they_o have_v to_o one_o another_o which_o he_o there_o explain_v and_o that_o therein_o only_o consist_v the_o difference_n of_o the_o person_n 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o very_a considerable_a testimony_n to_o show_v that_o both_o petavius_n and_o curcellaeus_n mistake_v gregory_n nyssen'_n mean_v but_o there_o be_v other_o argument_n to_o prove_v it_o 2._o he_o assert_v such_o a_o difference_n between_o the_o divine_a and_o human_a person_n as_o be_v unanswerable_a viz._n the_o unity_n of_o operation_n for_o say_v he_o
among_o man_n if_o several_a go_v about_o the_o same_o work_n yet_o every_o particular_a person_n work_v by_o himself_o and_o therefore_o they_o may_v well_o be_v call_v many_o because_o every_o one_o be_v circumscribe_v but_o in_o the_o divine_a person_n he_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v quite_o otherwise_o for_o they_o all_o concur_v in_o the_o action_n towards_o we_o as_o he_o there_o show_v at_o large_a petavius_n be_v aware_a of_o this_o and_o therefore_o he_o say_v he_o quit_v it_o and_o return_v to_o the_o other_o whereas_o he_o only_o say_v if_o his_o adversary_n be_v displease_v with_o it_o he_o think_v the_o other_o sufficient_a which_o in_o short_a be_v that_o essence_n in_o itself_o be_v one_o and_o indivisible_a but_o among_o man_n it_o be_v divide_v according_a to_o the_o subject_n that_o the_o divine_a nature_n be_v capable_a of_o no_o division_n at_o all_o and_o therefore_o the_o difference_n of_o hypostasis_n must_v be_v from_o the_o different_a relation_n and_o manner_n of_o subsistence_n 3._o he_o express_v his_o meaning_n full_o in_o another_o place_n for_o in_o his_o catechetical_a oration_n p._n he_o say_v he_o look_v on_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n as_o a_o profound_a mystery_n which_o three_o individual_a person_n in_o one_o specific_a nature_n be_v far_o from_o but_o wherein_o lie_v it_o chief_o in_o this_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v number_n and_o no_o number_n different_a view_n and_o yet_o but_o one_o a_o distinction_n of_o hypostasis_n and_o yet_o no_o division_n in_o the_o subject_n for_o so_o his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v contrary_a to_o what_o he_o say_v of_o human_a hypostasis_n now_o what_o be_v the_o subject_a in_o this_o case_n according_a to_o curcellaeus_n his_o notion_n it_o must_v be_v a_o individual_a but_o since_o he_o assert_v there_o can_v be_v no_o division_n in_o the_o subject_n than_o he_o must_v overthrow_v any_o such_o individual_n as_o be_v among_o men._n these_o be_v the_o chief_a testimony_n out_o of_o the_o greek_a father_n who_o authority_n curcellaeus_n and_o other_o rely_v most_o upon_o as_o to_o this_o matter_n which_o i_o have_v therefore_o more_o particular_o examine_v but_o s._n jerom_n say_v curcellaeus_n 48._o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o damasus_n think_v three_o hypostasis_n imply_v three_o distinct_a substance_n and_o therefore_o when_o the_o campense_n will_v have_v he_o own_v they_o he_o refuse_v it_o and_o ask_v his_o advice_n then_o it_o be_v plain_a s._n jerom_n will_v not_o own_o three_o distinct_a substance_n and_o so_o can_v not_o be_v of_o curcellaeus_n his_o mind_n but_o say_v he_o s._n jerom_n mean_v by_o three_o substance_n three_o god_n different_a in_o kind_n 107._o as_o the_o arian_n do_v but_o how_o do_v that_o appear_v do_v he_o not_o say_v the_o arian_n bishop_n and_o the_o campense_n put_v he_o upon_o it_o but_o who_o be_v this_o arian_n bishop_n and_o these_o campense_n no_o other_o than_o the_o meletian_a party_n for_o meletius_n be_v bring_v in_o by_o the_o arian_n but_o he_o join_v against_o they_o with_o s._n basil_n and_o other_o who_o assert_v three_o hypostasis_n and_o the_o campense_n be_v his_o people_n who_o meet_v without_o the_o gate_n as_o the_o historian_n tell_v we_o but_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o s._n jerom_n that_o the_o latin_a church_n understand_v hypostasis_fw-la to_o be_v the_o same_o then_o with_o substance_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o they_o will_v not_o allow_v three_o hypostasis_n be_v because_o they_o will_v not_o assert_v three_o substance_n so_o that_o curcellaeus_n his_o hypothesis_n have_v very_o little_a colour_n for_o it_o among_o the_o latin_a father_n since_o s._n jerom_n there_o say_v it_o will_v be_v sacrilege_n to_o hold_v three_o substance_n and_o he_o free_o bestow_v a_o anathema_n upon_o any_o one_o that_o assert_v more_o than_o one_o but_o hilary_n say_v curcellaeus_n own_v a_o specific_a unity_n 89._o for_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr synodis_fw-la he_o show_v that_o by_o one_o substance_n they_o do_v not_o mean_a one_o individual_a substance_n but_o such_o as_o be_v in_o adam_n and_o seth_n that_o be_v of_o the_o same_o kind_n no_o man_n assert_n the_o unity_n and_o indiscrimination_n of_o the_o divine_a substance_n more_o full_o and_o frequent_o than_o he_o do_v and_o that_o without_o any_o difference_n or_o variation_n as_o to_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n and_o although_o against_o the_o arian_n he_o may_v use_v that_o for_o a_o illustration_n of_o adam_n and_o seth_n yet_o when_o he_o come_v to_o explain_v himself_o he_o declare_v it_o must_v be_v understand_v in_o a_o way_n agreeable_a to_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o he_o deny_v any_o division_n of_o the_o substance_n between_o father_n and_o son_n 67._o but_o he_o assert_v one_o and_o the_o same_o substance_n to_o be_v in_o both_o and_o although_o the_o person_n of_o the_o son_n remain_v distinct_a from_o the_o person_n of_o the_o father_n 6._o yet_o he_o subsist_v in_o that_o 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