you_o no_o further_o trouble_v have_v with_o all_o the_o respect_n and_o reverence_n due_a to_o such_o great_a and_o renown_a body_n give_v you_o a_o account_n of_o the_o occasion_n of_o this_o address_n to_o you_o as_o a_o thing_n well_o deserve_v your_o most_o serious_a thought_n and_o represent_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o venerable_a old_a religion_n now_o at_o stake_n as_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v i_o humble_o leave_v the_o whole_a matter_n before_o you_o and_o remain_v as_o by_o duty_n and_o inclination_n equal_o bind_v honour_v sir_n your_o most_o faithful_a and_o devote_a servant_n a._n a._n a_o collection_n of_o several_a choice_n new_a theological_a term_n make_v use_v of_o in_o two_o book_n one_o entitle_v a_o vindication_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o holy_a and_o ever_o bless_a trinity_n etc._n etc._n the_o other_o a_o defense_n of_o dr._n sherlock_n be_v notion_n of_o the_o trinity_n etc._n etc._n and_o first_o introduce_v by_o the_o say_a doctor_n for_o give_v the_o 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divine_a nature_n repeat_v in_o its_o image_n without_o multiplication_n def._n p._n 37._o l._n 1._o the_o same_o substance_n repeat_v in_o three_o distinct_a subsistence_n def._n p._n 91._o l._n 8._o the_o same_o individual_a nature_n repeat_v in_o its_o live_a image_n def._n p._n 70._o l._n 4._o one_o eternal_a infinite_a mind_n repeat_v in_o three_o subsistence_n def._n p._n 94._o l._n 6_o etc._n etc._n which_o term_n with_o some_o other_o like-them_a be_v to_o be_v substitute_v in_o the_o room_n of_o nature_n essence_n substance_n subsistence_n suppositum_fw-la person_n hypostasis_fw-la and_o relation_n all_o which_o though_o constant_o use_v hitherto_o both_o by_o father_n and_o council_n yet_o serve_v only_o as_o this_o author_n affirm_v to_o pervert_v and_o confound_v man_n notion_n and_o discourse_n about_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o person_n ought_v utter_o to_o be_v explode_v and_o lay_v aside_o as_o mere_a gibberish_n and_o gipsy_n cant_n especial_o by_o such_o as_o 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distinct_a from_o all_o other_o be_v self-consciousness_n and_o nothing_o else_o vind._n p._n 67._o lin_v 11._o p._n 68_o lin_v 5._o &_o 13._o &_o 74._o lin_v 15_o etc._n etc._n 4._o a_o natural_a self-consciousness_n make_v a_o natural_a person_n def._n p._n 8._o lin_v 7._o 5._o if_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n be_v that_o which_o make_v a_o mind_n or_o person_n which_o with_o this_o author_n be_v always_o term_n convertible_a one_o with_o itself_o and_o distinguish_v it_o from_o all_o other_o than_o self-consciousness_n be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n def._n p._n 37._o l._n 8_o 9_o 10_o etc._n etc._n 6._o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v that_o which_o formal_o unite_v the_o divine_a person_n in_o nature_n or_o essence_n and_o make_v they_o all_o essential_o and_o numerical_o one_o god_n vind._n p._n 68_o l._n 6_o 7_o 8._o and_o p._n 84_o l._n 29_o and_o elsewhere_o frequent_o 7._o there_o be_v no_o other_o mutual_a in-being_a or_o indwelling_a of_o the_o father_n in_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o son_n in_o the_o father_n call_v by_o the_o father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conceivable_a or_o possible_a but_o by_o mutual_a consciousness_n def._n p._n 9_o l._n 15_o 16_o etc._n etc._n 8._o the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v in_o the_o father_n as_o in_o their_o cause_n vind._n p._n 69._o l._n 29._o which_o term_n divine_v general_o decline_v the_o use_n of_o use_v the_o word_n principle_n instead_o thereof_o however_o this_o overthrow_v the_o forego_v proposition_n viz._n that_o the_o son_n can_v be_v no_o otherwise_o in_o the_o father_n than_o by_o mutual_a consciousness_n 9_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d use_v with_o reference_n to_o the_o divine_a person_n by_o the_o nicene_n father_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o prove_v a_o numerical_a unity_n of_o nature_n or_o essence_n in_o the_o say_a person_n def._n p._n 69._o l._n 1_o 2_o etc._n etc._n 10._o the_o unity_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n in_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v partly_o specific_a partly_o numerical_a def._n p._n 17._o l._n 27._o 11._o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o conceive_v a_o more_o close_a and_o intimate_a union_n in_o nature_n than_o mutual_a consciousness_n def._n p._n 35._o l._n 22._o whereas_o a_o union_n in_o one_o numerical_a essence_n or_o nature_n be_v and_o must_v be_v in_o the_o very_a conception_n or_o notion_n of_o it_o great_a and_o more_o intimate_a as_o be_v the_o ground_n the_o reason_n and_o foundation_n of_o the_o other_o 12._o the_o very_a nature_n and_o subsistence_n of_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v whole_o relative_n def._n p._n 27._o l._n 21._o and_o for_o their_o subsistence_n i_o grant_v it_o to_o be_v so_o but_o if_o their_o nature_n be_v whole_o relative_n too_o i_o be_o sure_a there_o be_v nothing_o absolute_a belong_v to_o the_o deity_n 13._o the_o case_n of_o a_o man_n and_o his_o live_a image_n though_o even_o by_o this_o author_n be_v own_o confession_n a_o mere_a fiction_n or_o supposition_n be_v a_o plain_a account_n of_o the_o essential_a unity_n between_o god_n the_o father_n and_o god_n the_o son_n def._n p._n 21._o l._n 10._o that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o a_o romance_n we_o have_v a_o clear_a explication_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n and_o in_o two_o who_o be_v actual_o separate_v and_o loco-distant_a from_o one_o another_o we_o have_v a_o plain_a account_n of_o the_o union_n of_o two_o who_o both_o in_o their_o essence_n and_o person_n be_v actual_o and_o absolute_o inseparable_a 14._o if_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v consider_v as_o three_o infinite_a mind_n distinguish_v from_o each_o other_o by_o a_o self-consciousness_n of_o their_o own_o and_o essential_o unite_v to_o each_o other_o by_o a_o mutual_a consciousness_n which_o be_v the_o only_a way_n of_o distinguish_v and_o unite_n mind_n than_o a_o trinity_n
in_o unity_n be_v a_o very_a plain_a and_o intelligible_a notion_n vind._n p._n 73._o l._n 17._o from_o whence_o follow_v another_o proposition_n viz._n the_o 15._o that_o the_o divine_a person_n have_v no_o other_o distinction_n but_o what_o they_o have_v by_o self-consciousness_n and_o no_o other_o union_n but_o what_o they_o have_v by_o mutual_a consciousness_n and_o consequent_o that_o the_o trinity_n thus_o state_v real_o amount_v to_o no_o more_o than_o a_o council_n or_o cabal_n of_o god_n and_o that_o it_o be_v in_o no_o degree_n so_o much_o profaneness_n for_o the_o socinian_o to_o call_v it_o so_o as_o for_o this_o man_n by_o his_o three_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n to_o make_v it_o so_o 16._o the_o three_o divine_a person_n in_o the_o godhead_n be_v not_o only_o modal_o distinguish_v vind._n p._n 83._o l._n last_o but_o general_o all_o the_o divine_n in_o christendom_n hold_v they_o to_o be_v so_o distinguish_v and_o no_o otherwise_o 17._o there_o be_v no_o modes_n no_o more_o than_o there_o be_v quality_n and_o accident_n in_o the_o deity_n vind._n p._n 84._o l._n first_o 18._o person_n distinct_a yet_o not_o separate_v but_o essential_o one_o by_o mutual_a consciousness_n do_v not_o act_v upon_o each_o other_o def._n p._n 73._o l._n 23._o 19_o the_o divine_a nature_n or_o essence_n be_v not_o a_o single_a or_o singular_a nature_n def._n p._n 18._o l._n 13._o 20._o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o say_v that_o the_o one_o divine_a nature_n of_o the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v incarnate_a and_o yet_o none_o but_o the_o son_n incarnate_a def._n p._n 18._o l._n last_o and_o p._n 19_o l._n first_o 21._o one_o single_a essence_n can_v subsist_v but_o once_o or_o have_v but_o one_o subsistence_n def._n p._n 19_o l._n 23._o and_o p._n 24._o l._n 29._o and_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o it_o follow_v 22._o one_o eternal_a infinite_a mind_n be_v repeat_v in_o three_o subsistence_n def._n p._n 94._o l._n 6._o 23._o there_o be_v no_o distinction_n between_o the_o divine_a essence_n and_o a_o divine_a person_n def._n p._n 91._o l._n 28._o and_o yet_o all_o divine_n speak_v of_o the_o divine_a essence_n as_o communicable_a or_o common_a to_o the_o person_n and_o account_v of_o the_o former_a as_o absolute_a and_o of_o the_o latter_a as_o relative_n and_o that_o sure_o import_v distinction_n 24._o the_o divine_a essence_n make_v the_o person_n ibid._n 25._o the_o divine_a essence_n must_v be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v a_o person_n def._n p._n 92._o l._n 19_o 26._o no_o man_n have_v a_o idea_n of_o a_o intelligent_a nature_n or_o essence_n distinguish_v from_o a_o person_n def._n p._n 92._o l._n 10._o 27._o infinite_a mind_n and_o infinite_a intelligent_a person_n be_v term_n as_o equipollent_a and_o convertible_a as_o god_n and_o infinite_a mind_n def._n p._n 81._o l._n 23_o etc._n etc._n 28._o there_o be_v in_o god_n act_v of_o sensation_n of_o a_o different_a kind_n and_o species_n from_o act_n of_o knowledge_n and_o self-consciousness_n and_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v of_o the_o former_a sort_n def._n p._n 77._o l._n 10_o etc._n etc._n 29._o it_o be_v the_o soul_n only_o that_o can_v be_v happy_a or_o miserable_a reward_v or_o punish_v in_o or_o out_o of_o the_o body_n def._n 54._o l._n 31._o and_o if_o so_o what_o need_n say_v i_o can_v there_o be_v of_o a_o resurrection_n such_o doctrine_n certain_o back_v with_o licence_n and_o authority_n may_v come_v to_o something_o in_o time_n 30._o we_o can_v frame_v no_o idea_n of_o substance_n but_o what_o we_o have_v from_o matter_n vind._n p._n 69._o l._n first_o 31._o we_o can_v imagine_v how_o any_o substance_n shall_v be_v without_o a_o beginning_n vind._n p._n 70._o l._n 6._o and_o if_o that_o be_v true_a than_o i_o affirm_v that_o nothing_o can_v be_v imagine_v to_o be_v so_o 32._o the_o nature_n of_o a_o spirit_n consist_v in_o vital_a internal_a sensation_n def._n p._n 7._o l._n 11._o 33._o the_o unity_n of_o a_o spirit_n consist_v in_o continuity_n of_o sensation_n def._n ibid._n 34._o one_o numerical_a nature_n whether_o finite_a or_o infinite_a may_v be_v repeat_v without_o be_v multiply_v of_o the_o first_o whereof_o he_o often_o give_v we_o a_o instance_n in_o a_o man_n and_o his_o live_a image_n def._n p._n 91._o l._n 10._o and_o of_o the_o other_o in_o the_o divine_a nature_n itself_o def._n p._n 31._o l._n first_o 35._o a_o man_n and_o his_o live_a image_n be_v two_o distinct_a man_n though_o the_o image_n be_v not_o another_o man_n def._n p._n 31._o l._n 19_o &_o 21._o 36._o a_o image_n be_v whole_o and_o entire_o the_o same_o with_o the_o prototype_n def._n p._n 28._o l._n 16._o 37._o the_o soul_n be_v the_o person_n and_o the_o body_n only_o the_o organ_n or_o instrument_n of_o it_o def._n p._n 51._o l._n 2._o p._n 57_o l._n 11._o and_o p._n 58._o l._n 16._o 38._o the_o whole_a entire_a personality_n be_v in_o the_o soul_n def._n p._n 50._o l._n 20._o 39_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o person_n and_o the_o body_n be_v take_v into_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o say_a person_n def._n p._n 60._o l._n 22._o 40._o the_o soul_n be_v not_o proper_o part_v of_o the_o person_n def_n p._n 61._o l._n 3._o 41._o the_o body_n be_v not_o a_o part_n of_o the_o person_n def._n p._n 60._o l._n 23._o 42._o the_o soul_n be_v a_o complete_a be_v def._n p._n 49._o l._n 30._o 43._o the_o soul_n may_v be_v a_o complete_a and_o perfect_a person_n and_o yet_o not_o a_o perfect_a man_n def._n p._n 49._o l._n 28_o whereas_o a_o person_n imply_v all_o the_o essential_a perfection_n of_o a_o man_n and_o something_o more_o 44._o a_o man_n with_o a_o body_n blind_a deaf_a and_o lame_a be_v not_o a_o perfect_a man_n viz._n upon_o a_o natural_a and_o essential_a account_n not_o so_o def._n p._n 50._o l._n 10._o 45._o all_o union_n between_o nature_n be_v a_o natural_a union_n def._n p._n 49._o l._n 16._o 46._o the_o soul_n be_v as_o much_o the_o same_o with_o or_o without_o the_o body_n as_o the_o body_n with_o or_o without_o its_o clothes_n def._n p._n 60._o l._n 29._o 47._o unless_o there_o be_v two_o personality_n as_o well_o as_o two_o nature_n viz._n soul_n and_o body_n the_o two_o nature_n can_v be_v two_o part_n of_o one_o human_a personality_n as_o they_o be_v part_n of_o a_o man_n def._n 45._o l._n 25._o now_o what_o gross_a ignorance_n be_v this_o for_o a_o human_a personality_n no_o less_o than_o a_o particular_a humanity_n essential_o and_o metaphysical_o imply_v and_o connote_v part_n though_o only_o the_o person_n and_o man_n himself_o in_o the_o concrete_a be_v actual_o and_o physical_o compound_v of_o they_o to_o which_o i_o add_v that_o two_o personality_n can_v never_o be_v two_o part_n of_o any_o essential_a compound_n whatsoever_o but_o two_o nature_n may_v and_o in_o the_o present_a instance_n certain_o be_v see_v this_o further_o explain_v p._n 115_o 116._o these_o proposition_n with_o several_a other_o like_o they_o be_v his_o new_a dogmata_fw-la in_o divinity_n and_o philosophy_n which_o as_o they_o be_v most_o absurd_a and_o false_a in_o themselves_o so_o the_o consequence_n of_o many_o of_o they_o with_o reference_n to_o the_o incarnation_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n i_o leave_v to_o the_o think_v and_o judicious_a reader_n himself_o to_o draw_v out_o and_o to_o the_o church_n â—oâ—_n judge_n of_o and_o possible_o some_o time_n or_o other_o foreigner_n also_o may_v be_v present_v with_o a_o view_n of_o they_o in_o a_o language_n which_o they_o understand_v better_a than_o they_o do_v we_o the_o content_n humble_o present_v to_o the_o reader_n be_v perusal_n before_o he_o proceed_v to_o read_v the_o follow_a book_n a_o account_n of_o the_o civil_a language_n bestow_v by_o the_o defender_n upon_o the_o animadverter_n and_o animadversion_n pag._n 2_o 3_o the_o objection_n about_o the_o word_n mystery_n prove_v only_o the_o blunder_n of_o the_o objector_n 4._o the_o defender_n weary_v the_o reader_n with_o a_o nauseous_a repetition_n of_o his_o old_a confute_v hypothesis_n without_o any_o new_a argument_n to_o enforce_v it_o 7_o he_o begin_v it_o with_o a_o gross_a untruth_n 7_o 8_o 9_o he_o add_v another_o as_o gross_a 9_o 10_o etc._n etc._n he_o do_v not_o as_o he_o false_o affirm_v concur_v perfect_o with_o the_o schoolman_n in_o state_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o godhead_n 11_o the_o vnconceivableness_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o trinity_n never_o account_v by_o the_o christian_a church_n any_o objection_n against_o it_o at_o all_o 12_o the_o father_n way_n of_o explain_v the_o trinity_n wrongful_o slight_v and_o reflect_v upon_o by_o this_o author_n 12_o 13_o 14_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o spiritual_a sensation_n it_o be_v no_o better_a than_o a_o contradiction_n in_o adjecto_fw-la 15_o 16_o etc._n etc._n the_o
between_o three_o infinite_a person_n and_o three_o infinite_a mind_n 228_o a_o syllogism_n very_o learned_o form_v by_o this_o defender_n for_o his_o old_a friend_n the_o socinian_o with_o two_o term_n and_o no_o more_o 229_o the_o nature_n import_n and_o force_v of_o the_o equipollency_n of_o term_n declare_v 234_o 235_o 236_o the_o assertion_n of_o three_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n inevitable_o infer_v a_o plurality_n of_o god_n but_o the_o assertion_n of_o three_o distinct_a infinite_a person_n do_v not_o so_o and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o difference_n plain_o show_v 237_o 238_o 239_o etc._n etc._n the_o defender_n confute_v by_o his_o own_o express_a concession_n 244_o his_o new-coined_a and_o never_o before_o hear_v of_o expression_n viz._n that_o the_o divine_a nature_n be_v repeat_v in_o three_o subsistence_n ought_v by_o no_o mean_n to_o be_v endure_v but_o utter_o reject_v as_o absurd_a both_o in_o philosophy_n and_o theology_n 242_o item_n 260_o etc._n etc._n this_o 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overthrow_v p._n 263_o to_o 267_o a_o notable_a passage_n out_o of_o faustinus_n against_o the_o admission_n of_o three_o individual_a substance_n in_o the_o godhead_n 268_o the_o animadverter_n three_o argument_n against_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v three_o distinct_a mind_n vindicate_v and_o the_o force_n of_o it_o prove_v to_o be_v found_v not_o in_o the_o mere_a opposition_n of_o the_o numeral_a term_n one_o and_o three_o but_o in_o the_o peculiar_a nature_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o subject_n which_o they_o be_v here_o apply_v to_o 270_o 271_o three_o infinite_a mind_n can_v no_o more_o be_v essential_o one_o infinite_a mind_n than_o three_o person_n can_v upon_o any_o account_n whatsoever_o be_v natural_o one_o person_n 272_o for_o three_o to_o be_v one_o and_o one_o to_o be_v three_o in_o respect_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o unity_n or_o diversity_n be_v impossible_a ibid._n a_o ridiculous_a cavil_v of_o the_o defender_n proceed_v from_o his_o gross_a ignorance_n of_o the_o sense_n and_o use_v of_o the_o word_n attribute_n as_o apply_v to_o god_n 275_o the_o defender_n perpetual_a blunder_n in_o conclude_v each_o of_o the_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v a_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n because_o infinite_a mind_n belong_v distinct_o to_o each_o of_o they_o p._n 277_o to_o 280_o to_o assert_v the_o three_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v three_o infinite_a mind_n utter_o irreconcilable_a to_o the_o form_n of_o the_o athanasian_n creed_n ibid._n the_o same_o individual_a divine_a nature_n belong_v in_o common_a to_o all_o the_o divine_a person_n but_o upon_o the_o same_o account_n on_o which_o it_o be_v common_a to_o they_o all_o it_o do_v not_o belong_v distinct_o to_o each_o or_o any_o of_o they_o 279_o a_o notable_a passage_n out_o of_o a_o latin_a tract_n insert_v into_o athanasius_n work_n express_o deny_v the_o three_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v three_o spirit_n 281_o the_o blasphemy_n charge_v upon_o the_o passage_n extract_v out_o 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spirit_n consist_v in_o self-consciousness_n and_o that_o it_o be_v nothing_o else_o which_o make_v a_o spirit_n one_o and_o distinguish_v it_o from_o all_o other_o spirit_n likewise_o in_o this_o defence_n p._n 7._o he_o tell_v we_o express_o that_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o spirit_n consist_v in_o sensation_n which_o with_o he_o be_v only_o another_o word_n for_o self-consciousness_n nay_o and_o to_o go_v no_o further_o than_o the_o very_a next_o page_n to_o that_o in_o which_o he_o here_o so_o positive_o declare_v that_o he_o no_o where_o make_v self-consciousness_n the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n viz._n defence_n p._n 43._o he_o roundly_o affirm_v that_o self-consciousness_n make_v a_o mind_n or_o spirit_n one_o with_o itself_o and_o distinguish_v or_o separate_v it_o from_o all_o other_o mind_n or_o spirit_n and_o that_o such_o a_o distinct_a and_o separate_a self-conscious_a mind_n be_v a_o natural_a person_n now_o i_o will_v have_v this_o man_n in_o the_o first_o 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eternal_a word_n and_o all_o this_o with_o full_a accord_n to_o the_o strict_a principle_n of_o reason_n without_o the_o least_o necessity_n of_o make_v two_o person_n in_o our_o saviour_n whereas_o according_a to_o this_o author_n hypothesis_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o all_o the_o reason_n of_o minkind_a to_o keep_v off_o a_o humane_a person_n as_o well_o as_o a_o divine_a from_o belong_v to_o our_o saviour_n by_o his_o incarnation_n or_o assumption_n of_o the_o humane_a nature_n as_o for_o his_o take_a shelter_n in_o boetius_n definition_n of_o a_o person_n that_o will_v not_o help_v he_o neither_o since_o the_o utmost_a that_o can_v be_v prove_v against_o it_o be_v that_o boetius_fw-la be_v under_o a_o mistake_n and_o one_o man_n mistake_n certain_o can_v make_v another_o in_o the_o right_a for_o all_o both_o schoolman_n and_o other_o divine_n agree_v that_o this_o definition_n strict_o take_v be_v defective_a and_o that_o instead_o of_o substantia_fw-la individua_fw-la alone_a it_o shall_v be_v substantia_fw-la individua_fw-la completa_fw-la &_o incommunicabilis_fw-la or_o something_o equivalent_a to_o the_o two_o last_o term_n for_o otherwise_o this_o definition_n also_o will_v infer_v two_o person_n in_o christ_n since_o there_o be_v two_o individual_a substance_n belong_v to_o he_o viz._n a_o humane_a and_o a_o divine_a but_o after_o all_o we_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o believe_v that_o boetius_fw-la here_o use_v the_o word_n substantia_fw-la for_o subsistentia_fw-la as_o several_a of_o the_o ancient_a father_n of_o great_a note_n do_v and_o particular_o st._n hilary_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o trinity_n very_o often_o and_o st._n austin_n sometime_o and_o then_o the_o boetian_a definition_n be_v perfect_a and_o good_a and_o no_o such_o consequence_n of_o a_o double_a personality_n in_o our_o saviour_n can_v be_v draw_v from_o thence_o for_o as_o much_o as_o the_o son_n of_o god_n take_v our_o humane_a nature_n without_o its_o proper_a subsistence_n 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it_o viz._n by_o say_v that_o it_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n but_o do_v he_o know_v what_o be_v and_o what_o be_v not_o a_o argument_n and_o what_o be_v to_o confute_v a_o assertion_n or_o position_n and_o what_o be_v not_o let_v he_o know_v then_o that_o to_o confute_v a_o argument_n be_v proper_o to_o conclude_v the_o contradictory_n proposition_n of_o that_o which_o be_v hold_v by_o the_o respondent_fw-la or_o defendant_n and_o be_v call_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o by_o the_o latin_n redargutio_fw-la and_o here_o i_o will_v have_v this_o hardy_a ignoramus_n own_o before_o the_o world_n if_o he_o dare_v that_o one_o negative_a instance_n do_v not_o overthrow_v a_o universal_a affirmative_a as_o real_o and_o effectual_o as_o ten_o thousand_o but_o possible_o one_o who_o can_v be_v of_o all_o side_n may_v be_v for_o both_o side_n of_o the_o contradiction_n too_o and_o hold_v that_o self-consciousness_n be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o 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thing_n forasmuch_o as_o the_o first_o and_o original_a principle_n of_o all_o act_n be_v the_o nature_n and_o essence_n of_o the_o thing_n to_o which_o the_o say_a act_n belong_v but_o then_o the_o bare_a essence_n or_o nature_n of_o a_o thing_n whether_o create_v or_o uncreate_v can_v never_o of_o itself_o make_v or_o constitute_v that_o thing_n a_o person_n but_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o say_a nature_n by_o its_o proper_a and_o complete_a subsistence_n must_v do_v that_o according_o in_o the_o subject_a here_o before_o we_o the_o principle_n of_o self-consciousness_n be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o divine_a nature_n as_o it_o be_v a_o infinite_a omniscient_a mind_n which_o absolute_o consider_v both_o as_o to_o its_o be_v and_o act_n be_v the_o same_o in_o all_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n can_v never_o constitute_v they_o person_n nor_o original_o distinguish_v they_o and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o distinction_n in_o this_o infinite_a omniscient_a mind_n either_o as_o to_o the_o manner_n of_o its_o subsist_v or_o act_v for_o in_o that_o must_v lie_v all_o the_o distinction_n that_o it_o be_v capable_a of_o it_o must_v be_v from_o the_o personal_a property_n determine_v and_o distinguish_v both_o and_o consequent_o since_o this_o omniscient_a principle_n and_o its_o act_n receive_v all_o their_o distinction_n antecedent_o from_o the_o say_v personal_a property_n or_o personality_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o these_o property_n or_o personality_n shall_v receive_v their_o distinction_n from_o they_o in_o short_a the_o bare_a principle_n of_o self-consciousness_n be_v the_o divine_a intellect_n or_o the_o divine_a nature_n as_o omniscient_a which_o of_o itself_o neither_o be_v the_o person_n nor_o constitute_v the_o person_n and_o the_o actual_a exercise_n of_o this_o principle_n belong_v to_o the_o person_n himself_o who_o alone_o can_v be_v proper_o say_v to_o act_n and_o therefore_o must_v be_v a_o person_n antecedent_o to_o his_o act_n all_o personal_a act_n proceed_v from_o a_o suppositum_fw-la from_o both_o which_o it_o follow_v that_o self-consciousness_n neither_o in_o the_o actual_a exercise_n nor_o yet_o in_o the_o principle_n thereof_o do_v or_o can_v constitute_v the_o divine_a person_n or_o be_v the_o proper_a formal_a reason_n of_o their_o personal_a be_v unity_n and_o distinction_n and_o whereas_o he_o tell_v we_o again_o that_o every_o act_n of_o self-consciousness_n prove_v a_o distinct_a person_n pag._n 66._o lin_v 6_o 7._o this_o be_v a_o old_a story_n and_o so_o often_o repeat_v that_o it_o be_v almost_o come_v to_o the_o cuckoo_n be_v note_n but_o he_o have_v be_v frequent_o tell_v in_o answer_n to_o it_o and_o must_v be_v so_o tell_v again_o that_o the_o question_n be_v not_o what_o prove_v a_o person_n distinct_a but_o what_o make_v it_o so_o and_o that_o not_o by_o any_o sort_n of_o distinction_n but_o only_o by_o a_o primary_n and_o original_a and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o i_o shall_v abide_v by_o and_o be_o resolve_v to_o hold_v he_o to_o notwithstanding_o all_o his_o wriggling_n and_o turn_n to_o get_v rid_v of_o it_o but_o it_o be_v now_o high_a time_n to_o remark_n upon_o some_o more_o of_o his_o absurd_a untheological_a and_o indeed_o scandalous_a assertion_n which_o be_v these_o three_o as_o we_o find_v they_o p._n 67._o l._n 10._o viz._n that_o there_o be_v no_o modes_n in_o the_o divine_a nature_n nor_o second_o any_o affection_n in_o it_o nor_o three_o that_o it_o admit_v of_o any_o priority_n so_o much_o as_o in_o our_o conception_n of_o it_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v 1._o that_o if_o there_o be_v no_o modes_n in_o the_o divine_a nature_n there_o be_v no_o person_n in_o it_o neither_o for_o a_o person_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o godhead_n determine_v by_o a_o peculiar_a incommunicable_a mode_n of_o subsistence_n to_o the_o second_o i_o answer_v that_o these_o prime_a and_o transcendental_a affection_n of_o be_v viz._n unity_n verity_n and_o bonity_n do_v and_o must_v of_o necessity_n belong_v to_o the_o divine_a nature_n if_o we_o own_v it_o for_o a_o real_a be_v as_o i_o hope_v this_o man_n do_v though_o i_o be_o not_o sure_a of_o it_o and_o then_o three_o if_o no_o priority_n of_o conception_n be_v to_o be_v allow_v in_o our_o discourse_n about_o the_o divine_a nature_n as_o be_v uncapable_a of_o any_o we_o can_v never_o discourse_v of_o it_o as_o of_o a_o be_v which_o have_v attribute_n belong_v to_o it_o or_o immanent_a act_n flow_v from_o it_o and_o rest_v in_o it_o for_o there_o be_v no_o conceive_n of_o the_o former_a but_o per_fw-la modum_fw-la subjecti_fw-la &_o adjuncti_fw-la nor_o of_o the_o latter_a but_o per_fw-la modum_fw-la principii_fw-la &_o actionis_fw-la in_o both_o of_o which_o there_o be_v necessary_o employ_v a_o priority_n and_o posteriority_n of_o conception_n and_o i_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o of_o this_o man_n here_o but_o that_o in_o these_o assertion_n he_o oppose_v himself_o to_o all_o the_o orthodox_n divine_v in_o christendom_n but_o that_o be_v the_o less_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o if_o we_o consider_v also_o the_o profaneness_n of_o some_o of_o his_o expression_n here_o for_o the_o animadverter_n have_v urge_v that_o self-complacency_n may_v be_v as_o well_o allege_v for_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o divine_a personality_n as_o self-consciousness_n this_o man_n blasphemous_o subjoin_v p._n 65._o l._n 29._o yes_o and_o he_o may_v as_o well_o have_v add_v self-displeasure_n and_o self-condemnation_n and_o as_o many_o more_o such_o self_n as_o he_o can_v think_v of_o now_o have_v the_o discourse_n here_o be_v of_o man_n that_o be_v of_o weak_a sinful_a mortal_n he_o may_v well_o enough_o have_v mention_v such_o kind_n of_o self_n as_o self-displeasure_n and_o self-condemnation_n and_o the_o like_a provide_v that_o the_o omit_v not_o the_o prime_a self_n of_o all_o and_o most_o peculiarly_a his_o own_o which_o be_v self-contradiction_n but_o when_o the_o discourse_n here_o be_v whole_o of_o the_o three_o sacred_a person_n of_o the_o trinity_n each_o and_o every_o one_o of_o which_o be_v god_n bless_v for_o ever_o for_o he_o to_o affirm_v self-condemnation_n every_o whit_n as_o applicable_a to_o they_o as_o self-complacency_n when_o self-condemnation_n on_o the_o one_o hand_n must_v suppose_v sin_n or_o folly_n as_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o and_o self-complacency_n on_o the_o other_o be_v as_o essential_a to_o and_o inseparable_a from_o all_o and_o each_o of_o the_o divine_a person_n as_o any_o other_o divine_a perfection_n can_v be_v this_o let_v i_o tell_v he_o be_v downright_a blasphemy_n and_o therefore_o in_o requital_n of_o that_o scurrilous_a character_n of_o a_o ingenious_a blunderer_n which_o he_o have_v so_o insolent_o reproach_v the_o animadverter_n with_o i_o must_v and_o do_v here_o return_v upon_o he_o the_o just_a charge_n of_o a_o impious_a blasphemer_n and_o that_o upon_o more_o account_n than_o this_o one_o tell_v he_o withal_o that_o have_v he_o live_v in_o the_o former_a time_n of_o our_o church_n his_o gown_n will_v have_v be_v strip_v off_o his_o back_n for_o his_o detestable_a blasphemy_n and_o heresy_n and_o some_o other_o place_n find_v out_o for_o he_o to_o perch_v in_o than_o the_o top_n of_o st._n paul_n where_o at_o present_a he_o be_v place_v like_o a_o church_n weathercock_n as_o he_o be_v notable_a for_o nothing_o so_o much_o as_o stand_v high_a and_o turn_v round_o and_o now_o if_o he_o like_v not_o this_o kind_n of_o treatment_n let_v he_o thank_v his_o own_o virulence_n for_o it_o in_o pass_v such_o base_a reflection_n upon_o one_o among_o many_o more_o who_o he_o may_v be_v sure_a will_v repay_v he_o and_o certain_o will_v though_o he_o have_v not_o yet_o clear_v the_o debt_n and_o thus_o have_v show_v that_o the_o animadverter_n argument_n against_o self-consciousness_n be_v not_o to_o be_v shake_v by_o any_o of_o this_o author_n be_v pitiful_a cavil_n we_o will_v now_o pass_v to_o the_o examination_n of_o what_o he_o oppose_v to_o the_o argument_n bring_v by_o the_o animadverter_n against_o his_o muâ—â—â—l_a consciousness_n also_o of_o which_o the_o first_o be_v this_o â—_o no_o act_n of_o knowledge_n can_v be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o a_o unity_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n but_o a_o act_n of_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v but_o a_o act_n of_o knowledge_n etc._n etc._n and_o what_o answer_n do_v he_o give_v to_o this_o why_o the_o old_a one_o viz._n that_o he_o no_o where_o assert_n that_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o this_o unity_n but_o only_o that_o the_o three_o person_n who_o be_v thus_o mutual_o conscious_a â—o_o each_o other_o must_v be_v essential_o one_o p._n 68_o l._n 5._o to_o this_o he_o have_v be_v still_o answer_v that_o though_o he_o use_v not_o the_o term_n yet_o he_o assert_v the_o thing_n and_o whether_o he_o do_v not_o so_o
mind_n and_o there_o be_v three_o infinite_a mind_n it_o must_v follow_v that_o each_o of_o these_o infinite_a mind_n distinct_o and_o by_o himself_o consider_v be_v god_n not_o that_o these_o be_v three_o distinct_a god_n but_o one_o god_n p._n 84._o l._n 7._o but_o i_o affirm_v that_o it_o must_v follow_v not_o only_o that_o each_o of_o they_o distinct_o be_v god_n but_o that_o each_o of_o they_o be_v a_o distinct_a god_n for_o since_o he_o grant_v god_n and_o infinite_a mind_n to_o be_v term_n equipollent_a and_o since_o term_n equipollent_a must_v have_v the_o same_o predicate_v and_o consequent_n if_o the_o term_n distinct_a be_v ascribe_v to_o and_o predicate_v of_o infinite_a mind_n it_o must_v be_v predicate_v of_o and_o ascribe_v to_o the_o term_n god_n as_o to_o the_o other_o equipollent_a and_o so_o one_o must_v be_v as_o distinct_a as_o the_o other_o and_o then_o if_o each_o infinite_a mind_n be_v â—_o distinct_a god_n three_o infinite_a mind_n must_v be_v three_o distinct_a god_n if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o consequence_n in_o the_o world_n in_o a_o word_n distinction_n and_o multiplication_n be_v according_a to_o this_o author_n predicate_v belong_v to_o infinite_a mind_n and_o therefore_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o equipollency_n of_o the_o term_n they_o must_v equal_o belong_v to_o god_n too_o but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o that_o follow_v from_o this_o man_n assertion_n for_o as_o he_o grant_v here_o that_o the_o term_n infinite_a mind_n and_o god_n be_v equipollent_a so_o he_o affirm_v p._n 82._o l._n 24._o that_o god_n and_o infinite_a intelligent_a person_n be_v term_n equipollent_a also_o whereupon_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o equipollency_n if_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n there_o can_v be_v but_o one_o infinite_a intelligent_a person_n likewise_o for_o as_o much_o as_o both_o equipollent_n must_v have_v the_o same_o predicate_v and_o consequent_n belong_v to_o they_o which_o certain_o represent_v this_o author_n 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more_o but_o leave_v it_o to_o the_o learned_a and_o impartial_a reader_n to_o judge_v of_o the_o disparity_n of_o the_o case_n for_o nothing_o can_v prove_v a_o parallel_n in_o the_o two_o forecited_a instance_n or_o in_o the_o consequence_n of_o they_o but_o that_o which_o prove_v three_o absolute_a entire_a being_n or_o essence_n and_o three_o relative_n subsistence_n of_o one_o numerical_a be_v or_o essence_n to_o be_v the_o same_o and_o that_o one_o and_o the_o same_o numericall_a attribute_n may_v as_o well_o belong_v to_o three_o such_o absolute_a entire_a being_n or_o essence_n as_o to_o one_o numerical_a absolute_a be_v under_o three_o distinct_a modes_n or_o relation_n and_o by_o this_o we_o may_v judge_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o defender_n follow_v word_n viz._n that_o the_o adimadverter_n be_v aware_a that_o the_o objection_n of_o three_o god_n will_v lie_v against_o three_o person_n as_o well_o as_o against_o three_o mind_n p._n 85._o l._n 13._o to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o animadverter_n never_o judge_v so_o but_o yet_o judge_v it_o the_o part_n of_o a_o disputant_n to_o answer_v any_o seem_a objection_n against_o the_o truth_n defend_v by_o he_o and_o according_o he_o produce_v and_o answer_v this_o as_o such_o a_o one_o and_o no_o better_o but_o how_o do_v he_o answer_v it_o why_o by_o show_v that_o there_o be_v this_o difference_n between_o they_o viz._n that_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o person_n in_o the_o godhead_n essential_o import_v a_o absolute_a be_v under_o a_o certain_a relation_n afford_v something_o for_o the_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v distinguish_v by_o and_o something_o for_o they_o to_o agree_v in_o but_o that_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o mind_n or_o spirit_n import_v nothing_o but_o a_o bare_a absolute_a simple_a be_v without_o any_o such_o relation_n three_o infinite_a mind_n or_o spirit_n can_v not_o be_v otherwise_o distinguish_v from_o one_o another_o but_o by_o that_o whole_a absolute_a be_v or_o nature_n and_o 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a_o total_a distinction_n this_o argument_n the_o defender_n repeat_v add_v withal_o that_o the_o sum_n of_o it_o amount_v to_o no_o more_o but_o this_o viz._n that_o three_o distinct_a mind_n be_v three_o distinct_a god_n because_o they_o be_v distinguish_v l._n 20._o but_o will_v this_o shameless_a falsificator_n say_v so_o and_o affirm_v that_o for_o several_a being_n or_o essence_n to_o be_v distinguish_v by_o the_o whole_a of_o what_o they_o be_v be_v no_o more_o than_o bare_o to_o be_v distinguish_v for_o be_v there_o not_o partial_a distinction_n and_o modal_a distinction_n and_o accidental_a distinction_n of_o some_o thing_n and_o will_v this_o ignoramus_n say_v that_o thing_n thus_o distinguish_v be_v distinguish_v by_o the_o whole_a of_o what_o they_o be_v but_o say_v he_o again_o if_o notwithstanding_o this_o distinction_n they_o be_v essential_o and_o inseparable_o one_o they_o be_v not_o three_o distinct_a god_n p._n 85._o l._n 22._o and_o no_o doubt_n they_o be_v not_o 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distinct_a relation_n and_o consequent_o differ_v from_o one_o another_o not_o whole_o and_o by_o all_o that_o be_v in_o they_o but_o only_o by_o some_o mode_n or_o respect_n peculiar_a to_o each_o and_o upon_o that_o account_n cause_v their_o distinction_n thus_o the_o animadverter_n and_o what_o say_v sir_n scorn_n and_o ignorance_n to_o this_o why_o that_o it_o be_v all_o perfect_a gibberish_n that_o be_v in_o other_o word_n that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o answer_v or_o refute_v one_o tittle_n of_o it_o for_o let_v i_o tell_v his_o emptiness_n that_o such_o gibberish_n as_o it_o be_v it_o be_v the_o language_n use_v by_o all_o the_o divinity-school_n in_o christendom_n in_o the_o explication_n and_o account_n they_o give_v of_o this_o great_a point_n of_o divinity_n and_o according_o i_o have_v transcribe_v the_o whole_a passage_n as_o avow_v every_o syllable_n of_o it_o against_o this_o ignorant_a assumer_n and_o desire_v the_o learned_a reader_n to_o pass_v his_o strict_a examination_n and_o his_o severe_a censure_n upon_o it_o but_o let_v we_o see_v what_o follow_v and_o here_o he_o ask_v the_o question_n what_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n in_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n be_v three_o relation_n three_o modes_n three_o respect_n without_o some_o be_v p._n 86._o l._n 17._o i_o answer_v that_o they_o be_v neither_o three_o bare_a modes_n nor_o relation_n or_o respect_n but_o three_o relative_n subsistence_n or_o subsist_v relation_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o infinite_a divine_a nature_n essence_n or_o mind_n include_v in_o and_o belong_v to_o all_o and_o each_o of_o the_o say_a subsistence_n this_o be_v the_o account_n which_o i_o have_v give_v and_o still_o give_v of_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n and_o which_o as_o i_o tell_v he_o before_o i_o shall_v firm_o abide_v by_o and_o therefore_o without_o ask_v any_o more_o such_o silly_a question_n let_v he_o reckon_v upon_o it_o and_o set_v himself_o to_o confute_v it_o and_o prove_v that_o it_o make_v the_o divine_a person_n three_o mere_a modes_n or_o relation_n if_o he_o can_v and_o whereas_o he_o say_v that_o three_o relative_n be_v not_o three_o relation_n but_o three_o thing_n relate_v to_o each_o other_o p._n 85._o l._n 15._o i_o answer_v that_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o assertion_n viz._n that_o three_o relative_n be_v not_o three_o relation_n be_v a_o mere_a childish_a cavil_v for_o both_o person_n and_o relation_n be_v sometime_o take_v in_o a_o abstract_n and_o sometime_o in_o a_o concrete_a sense_n and_o no_o body_n say_v that_o person_n be_v proper_o call_v relation_n but_o thus_o concrete_o take_v and_o as_o relation_n imply_v the_o essence_n conjoin_v with_o it_o though_o yet_o to_o help_v we_o to_o a_o better_a and_o more_o distinct_a conception_n of_o these_o thing_n we_o be_v sometime_o force_v to_o conceive_v and_o speak_v of_o one_o as_o abstract_v from_o the_o other_o but_o still_o as_o the_o school_n observe_v relative_n and_o relation_n in_o divinis_fw-la be_v not_o real_o distinct_a thing_n but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n under_o several_a way_n of_o conception_n and_o expression_n but_o it_o be_v the_o latter_a part_n of_o his_o assertion_n in_o which_o we_o be_v most_o concern_v viz._n that_o three_o relative_n be_v three_o thing_n relate_v to_o each_o other_o where_o if_o he_o understand_v the_o word_n thing_n in_o a_o strict_a metaphysical_a sense_n for_o three_o distinct_a entire_a being_n or_o essence_n i_o deny_v that_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v in_o this_o sense_n three_o thing_n relate_v to_o each_o other_o but_o one_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o say_v one_o entire_a be_v or_o essence_n under_o three_o distinct_a relation_n or_o relative_n subsistence_n mutual_o respect_v or_o refer_v to_o one_o another_o and_o this_o indeed_o be_v the_o point_n which_o this_o man_n have_v be_v drive_v at_o all_o along_o viz._n that_o each_o of_o the_o divine_a person_n have_v a_o distinct_a entire_a be_v or_o essence_n of_o its_o own_o belong_v to_o it_o and_o that_o as_o real_o distinct_a from_o the_o being_n or_o essence_n of_o the_o other_o two_o as_o one_o be_v or_o essence_n can_v be_v distinguish_v from_o another_o which_o i_o affirm_v to_o be_v perfect_a rank_a downright_a tritheism_n whereupon_o he_o tell_v we_o again_o with_o his_o usual_a confidence_n and_o no_o proof_n that_o though_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n may_v with_o respect_n to_o their_o three_o real_a subsistence_n be_v call_v three_o infinite_a eternal_a mind_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o three_o absolute_a simple_a being_n or_o essence_n p._n 87._o l._n 19_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v first_o that_o the_o term_n mind_n be_v a_o term_n proper_o import_v nature_n not_o subsistence_n and_o consequent_o that_o the_o divine_a person_n can_v never_o be_v call_v three_o distinct_a mind_n bare_o from_o their_o be_v three_o distinct_a subsistence_n since_o all_o these_o subsistence_n may_v be_v in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o infinite_a mind_n but_o from_o their_o be_v three_o distinct_a nature_n or_o essence_n which_o because_o they_o can_v never_o be_v neither_o can_v they_o be_v call_v three_o distinct_a mind_n second_o i_o affirm_v that_o the_o term_n mind_n universal_o signify_v a_o absolute_a be_v and_o that_o to_o talk_v of_o a_o mind_n that_o be_v not_o a_o absolute_a be_v be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o talk_v of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v not_o a_o animal_n rationale_n and_o so_o well_o be_o i_o assure_v of_o this_o that_o i_o do_v here_o challenge_v this_o man_n to_o produce_v i_o so_o much_o as_o one_o classic_a one_o scholastic_a or_o theological_a writer_n or_o christian_a council_n that_o ever_o use_v the_o word_n mind_n of_o mind_n in_o any_o other_o signification_n than_o that_o of_o a_o absolute_a be_v or_o essence_n and_o therefore_o when_o he_o shall_v have_v prove_v that_o three_o mind_n be_v not_o
three_o absolute_a being_n or_o essence_n or_o that_o three_o absolute_a entire_a being_n can_v be_v three_o relative_n subsistence_n or_o modification_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o infinite_a mind_n or_o be_v than_o i_o will_v grant_v that_o he_o have_v defend_v his_o assertion_n against_o the_o animadverter_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o that_o he_o have_v full_a power_n also_o by_o a_o theological_a use_n of_o his_o own_o make_n to_o alter_v the_o sense_n and_o signification_n of_o all_o word_n in_o spite_n of_o the_o world_n and_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o same_o may_v if_o he_o please_v call_v the_o deanery_n of_o paul_n the_o archbishopric_n of_o canterbury_n and_o behave_v himself_o according_o but_o it_o be_v very_o pleasant_a to_o see_v he_o here_o twice_o in_o p._n 87._o prove_v his_o three_o infinite_a mind_n to_o be_v three_o personal_a subsistence_n by_o that_o explode_a chimaera_n of_o a_o man_n and_o his_o live_a image_n which_o have_v be_v so_o full_o baffle_v and_o 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36_o 37_o his_o vain_a endeavour_n to_o justify_v his_o hypothesis_n of_o three_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n from_o the_o allusion_n use_v by_o the_o father_n about_o the_o trinity_n 38_o 39_o a_o extraordinary_a discovery_n make_v by_o this_o author_n of_o resemblance_n without_o likeness_n 40_o 41_o his_o gross_a mistake_v and_o precarious_a assertion_n concern_v the_o sense_n and_o use_n of_o the_o term_n person_n from_o p._n 41_o to_o 50_o his_o ridiculous_a plead_n theological_n use_n for_o the_o word_n mind_n as_o import_v the_o same_o with_o person_n while_o none_o can_v be_v prove_v to_o use_v it_o so_o but_o himself_o and_o some_o few_o heretic_n beside_o 46_o 47_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o sufficient_a proof_n of_o a_o numerical_a unity_n of_o nature_n or_o essence_n in_o the_o divine_a person_n 51_o all_o specific_a unity_n of_o nature_n or_o any_o thing_n analogous_a to_o it_o in_o the_o divine_a person_n prove_v absurd_a and_o impossible_a 52_o 53_o the_o divine_a nature_n prove_v against_o this_o author_n to_o be_v a_o single_a or_o singular_a nature_n together_o with_o a_o refutation_n of_o some_o other_o of_o his_o false_a and_o heretical_a assertion_n from_o p._n 54_o to_o 60_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n in_o the_o three_o person_n prove_v not_o to_o be_v as_o this_o defender_n will_v have_v it_o partly_o specifical_a and_o partly_o numerical_a 55_o 56_o the_o testimony_n of_o victorinus_n afer_n of_o little_a or_o no_o authority_n with_o reference_n to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n 60_o 61_o two_o other_o of_o this_o defender_n scandalous_a assertion_n refute_v 61_o 62_o his_o romance_n of_o a_o man_n and_o his_o live_a image_n so_o absurd_o and_o profane_o bring_v by_o he_o as_o a_o explication_n of_o the_o essential_a union_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n examine_v and_o explode_v from_o p._n 63_o to_o 80_o his_o gross_a ignorance_n of_o the_o sense_n and_o import_n of_o the_o term_n emanation_n 73_o the_o proper_a and_o true_a sense_n of_o it_o explain_v ibid._n a_o account_n both_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o image_n in_o general_n and_o of_o a_o image_n by_o reflection_n in_o particular_a 65_o 66_o the_o animadverter_n objection_n that_o dr._n sherlock_n have_v state_v a_o trinity_n in_o unity_n so_o as_o utter_o to_o overthrow_v the_o mysteriousness_n of_o it_o enforce_v and_o make_v good_a 81_o 82_o the_o mysteriousness_n of_o the_o same_o deny_v also_o by_o le-clerk_n in_o his_o theological_a epistle_n under_o the_o name_n of_o liberius_n de_fw-fr sancto_fw-la amore_fw-la where_o the_o reader_n may_v find_v the_o material_n of_o this_o author_n be_v new_a hypothesis_n and_o where_o this_o author_n himself_o may_v be_v suppose_v also_o to_o have_v find_v they_o before_o from_o p._n 82_o to_o 85_o the_o school-term_n defend_v and_o the_o use_v of_o they_o assert_v against_o this_o illiterate_a innovator_n 86_o 87_o the_o term_n formal_a reason_n of_o a_o thing_n further_o explain_v and_o insist_v upon_o 89_o 90_o the_o true_a state_n of_o the_o point_n in_o dispute_n between_o dr._n sherlock_n and_o the_o animadverter_n full_o and_o particular_o represent_v from_o p._n 91_o to_o 99_o his_o blunder_n about_o convertibility_n and_o proprium_fw-la quarto_fw-la modo_fw-la 99_o 100_o etc._n etc._n his_o fly_v from_o the_o act_n of_o self-consciousness_n to_o the_o principle_n thereof_o prove_v a_o mere_a shift_n and_o a_o utter_a change_n of_o the_o question_n 101_o 102_o etc._n etc._n the_o animadverter_n first_o argument_n prove_v self-consciousness_n neither_o act_n nor_o principle_n to_o be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n in_o create_a being_n enforce_v from_o p._n 101_o to_o 108_o the_o second_o argument_n vindicate_v and_o the_o defect_n of_o the_o boetian_a definition_n of_o a_o person_n note_v from_o p._n 108_o to_o 112_o the_o three_o argument_n for_o the_o same_o confirm_v also_o 112_o 113_o etc._n etc._n the_o dispute_n concern_v the_o personality_n of_o the_o soul_n both_o in_o and_o out_o of_o the_o body_n resume_v and_o carry_v on_o against_o this_o author_n and_o all_o his_o heterodox_n vnphilosophical_a assertion_n concern_v it_o thorough_o canvas_v and_o confute_v from_o p._n 114_o to_o 151_o every_o man_n constitute_v such_o according_a to_o this_o author_n be_v avow_a principle_n not_o by_o a_o essential_a composition_n but_o by_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o the_o body_n from_o p._n 147_o to_o 150_o the_o defender_n pretend_a answer_n to_o the_o four_o chapter_n of_o the_o animadversion_n prove_v self-consciousness_n not_o to_o be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n in_o the_o divine_a person_n examine_v and_o the_o several_a argument_n there_o produce_v against_o it_o make_v good_a from_o p._n 152_o to_o 171_o he_o manifest_o give_v up_o the_o point_n in_o dispute_n between_o he_o and_o his_o adversary_n and_o that_o in_o several_a place_n viz._n 153_o 154._o item_n 160_o 161._o and_o 168._o and_o 204_o etc._n etc._n his_o blasphemy_n 170_o the_o animadverter_n argument_n bring_v to_o prove_v that_o mutual_a consciousness_n can_v be_v that_o which_o make_v as_o this_o author_n affirm_v the_o three_o divine_a person_n essential_o one_o god_n in_o like_a manner_n confirm_v and_o enforce_v from_o p._n 171_o to_o 183_o etc._n etc._n his_o shift_a pretence_n that_o by_o mutual_a consciousness_n he_o mean_v the_o principle_n not_o the_o act_n thereof_o irrefragable_o overthrow_v from_o his_o own_o repeat_v expression_n and_o assertion_n p._n 172_o to_o 178_o the_o thing_n itself_o effectual_o disprove_v by_o reason_n and_o argument_n p._n 178_o to_o 182_o how_o the_o divine_a knowledge_n be_v diversify_v 190_o 191_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n with_o one-another_o assert_v and_o prove_v not_o to_o be_v formal_o the_o same_o with_o the_o union_n of_o the_o say_a person_n 193_o 194_o a_o downright_a shameless_a unconscionable_a lie_n affirm_v by_o this_o defender_n 195_o 196_o his_o silly_a cavil_n about_o union_n of_o nature_n and_o about_o personality_n answer_v 156_o 157_o 158_o no_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o mutual_a indwel_n of_o mind_n in_o one_o another_o 199_o this_o author_n be_v great_a ignorance_n in_o explode_v all_o priority_n and_o posteriority_n from_o our_o conception_n and_o discourse_n of_o god_n expose_v and_o lay_v open_a and_o the_o necessity_n of_o admit_v the_o same_o unanswerable_o prove_v against_o he_o p._n 199_o to_o 203_o his_o pretence_n of_o not_o dispute_v about_o the_o essence_n of_o thing_n show_v impertinent_a to_o the_o purpose_n he_o allege_v it_o for_o and_o withal_o gross_o contradictious_a to_o what_o he_o himself_o have_v positive_o affirm_v elsewhere_o 204_o 205_o how_o knowledge_n and_o how_o all_o art_n and_o science_n be_v distinguish_v and_o denominate_v from_o their_o respective_a object_n which_o this_o author_n be_v utter_o ignorant_a of_o show_v and_o explain_v 207_o 208_o sensation_n in_o god_n as_o whole_o differ_v according_a to_o this_o author_n in_o kind_a from_o the_o divine_a knowledge_n disprove_v and_o explode_v p._n 208_o to_o 213_o his_o scandalous_a falsification_n in_o quite_o change_v the_o state_n of_o the_o present_a question_n contrary_a to_o his_o own_o positive_a frequent_a and_o express_v assertion_n throughout_o the_o vindication_n etc._n etc._n p._n 214_o to_o 218_o the_o same_o make_v yet_o more_o manifest_a by_o collate_v what_o he_o say_v here_o with_o what_o he_o have_v affirm_v there_o ibid._n the_o true_a state_n of_o the_o question_n substitute_v in_o the_o room_n of_o the_o precede_a false_a one_o 219_o his_o vain_a endeavour_n to_o rescue_v his_o hypothesis_n of_o three_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n or_o spirit_n from_o the_o charge_n of_o tritheism_n 220_o his_o assertion_n of_o the_o equipollency_n of_o the_o term_n infinite_a mind_n and_o infinite_a intelligent_a person_n prove_v intolerable_o false_a and_o absurd_a 223_o 224_o etc._n etc._n the_o difference_n
the_o resemblance_n reach_v the_o conception_n form_v thereupon_o may_v reach_v too_o the_o first_o indeed_o be_v but_o imperfect_a and_o consequent_o the_o other_o can_v be_v but_o proportionable_a but_o if_o he_o mean_v that_o the_o say_v resemblance_n can_v not_o help_v we_o to_o a_o full_a and_o perfect_a conception_n of_o this_o union_n i_o must_v tell_v he_o that_o neither_o do_v the_o father_n than_o pretend_v to_o it_o nor_o the_o church_n to_o this_o day_n need_v it_o and_o i_o demand_v of_o he_o whether_o he_o or_o any_o man_n live_v can_v frame_v in_o his_o mind_n such_o a_o conception_n of_o it_o or_o can_v inform_v we_o how_o and_o by_o what_o particular_a way_n this_o substantial_a union_n pass_v through_o all_o the_o divine_a person_n so_o that_o with_o full_a reserve_n of_o their_o personal_a incommunicable_a distinction_n they_o shall_v yet_o become_v one_o in_o and_o by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o numerical_a divine_a nature_n common_a to_o they_o all_o no_o the_o 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and_o according_o he_o here_o declare_v that_o the_o dean_n that_o be_v himself_o be_v certain_o in_o the_o right_n as_o he_o always_o be_v if_o you_o will_v take_v his_o own_o word_n for_o it_o in_o search_v for_o some_o image_n or_o resemblance_n of_o this_o mysterious_a union_n in_o the_o unity_n of_o a_o spirit_n give_v we_o this_o reason_n for_o it_o that_o god_n be_v a_o spirit_n and_o that_o a_o mind_n or_o spirit_n be_v the_o true_a image_n of_o god_n that_o be_v in_o nature_n page_n 6._o lin_v 21._o and_o this_o may_v be_v allow_v he_o for_o a_o good_a reason_n provide_v it_o be_v join_v with_o another_o without_o which_o it_o be_v no_o reason_n at_o all_o and_o that_o be_v that_o he_o himself_o know_v or_o in_o the_o language_n of_o des_fw-fr cartes_n from_o who_o he_o be_v now_o borrow_a have_v a_o clear_a and_o distinct_a perception_n what_o a_o spirit_n and_o what_o the_o unity_n of_o a_o spirit_n be_v and_o wherein_o it_o consist_v for_o otherwise_o he_o go_v about_o to_o 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to_o look_v upon_o as_o the_o cornerstone_n in_o the_o new_a structure_n he_o intend_v we_o of_o a_o cartesian_a trinity_n after_o which_o he_o advance_v two_o other_o proposition_n p._n 7._o 1._o that_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o a_o spirit_n consist_v in_o internal_a or_o vital_a sensation_n 2._o that_o the_o unity_n of_o a_o spirit_n consist_v in_o the_o continuity_n of_o its_o sensation_n both_o which_o proposition_n must_v be_v examine_v and_o here_o in_o the_o first_o place_n i_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o sensation_n whether_o internal_a or_o external_n belong_v to_o spirit_n not_o vital_o unite_v to_o organise_v body_n for_o sensation_n be_v proper_o the_o perception_n of_o a_o sensible_a object_n by_o a_o sensible_a species_n of_o it_o imprint_v upon_o and_o receive_v into_o the_o proper_a organ_n by_o which_o each_o sensitive_a faculty_n operate_v and_o exert_v itself_o this_o i_o say_v be_v sensation_n and_o according_o as_o it_o be_v external_n 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do_v not_o full_o perceive_v by_o the_o say_a act_n of_o cogitation_n or_o intellection_n so_o that_o if_o there_o real_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o this_o sensation_n it_o can_v be_v of_o no_o use_n at_o all_o to_o a_o spirit_n to_o perceive_v any_o thing_n by_o whether_o without_o or_o within_o itself_o and_o therefore_o i_o will_v have_v this_o author_n take_v notice_n that_o i_o both_o deny_v the_o thing_n and_o challenge_v he_o in_o his_o next_o defence_n to_o prove_v by_o argument_n that_o there_o be_v in_o spirit_n not_o vital_o unite_v to_o body_n any_o such_o thing_n as_o act_n of_o spiritual_a sensation_n distinct_a from_o act_n of_o cogitation_n or_o intellection_n for_o all_o sensation_n in_o the_o very_a essential_a notion_n of_o it_o import_v a_o dependence_n upon_o matter_n and_o it_o be_v not_o this_o author_n be_v get_v a_o cartesian_a mis-applied_n word_n by_o the_o end_n that_o can_v over-rule_v the_o sense_n which_o both_o philosopher_n and_o divine_n have_v universal_o hitherto_o understand_v and_o use_v it_o in_o in_o the_o 2_o d._n place_n i_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v the_o great_a absurdity_n and_o paradox_n in_o the_o world_n to_o hold_v that_o the_o nature_n of_o any_o thing_n consist_v in_o any_o act_n proceed_v from_o that_o thing_n and_o consequent_o i_o deny_v that_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o spirit_n do_v or_o can_v consist_v in_o sensation_n allow_v the_o word_n here_o for_o disputation_n sake_n forasmuch_o as_o this_o sensation_n still_o suppose_v such_o a_o thing_n in_o a_o spirit_n must_v proceed_v and_o flow_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o that_o spirit_n and_o upon_o that_o account_n be_v postnate_a to_o it_o can_v be_v that_o wherein_o the_o say_a nature_n do_v consist_v this_o i_o know_v to_o be_v in_o effect_n the_o same_o argument_n with_o the_o first_o bring_v by_o the_o animadverter_n to_o
suppose_v that_o three_o divine_a person_n can_v be_v more_o unite_v than_o three_o spirit_n or_o that_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v the_o great_a union_n that_o three_o person_n be_v capable_a of_o both_o which_o be_v utter_o false_a and_o the_o very_a thing_n now_o under_o dispute_n and_o we_o shall_v present_o show_v the_o vast_a disparity_n between_o person_n and_o spirit_n with_o reference_n to_o the_o union_n which_o each_o of_o they_o may_v admit_v but_o our_o author_n go_v on_o thus_o if_o say_v he_o a_o natural_a self-conscious_a sensation_n make_v a_o spirit_n one_o with_o itself_o why_o shall_v not_o a_o mutual_a conscious_a sensation_n unite_v three_o into_o one_o for_o if_o natural_a unity_n extend_v as_o far_o as_o conscious_a sensation_n then_o if_o conscious_a sensation_n extend_v to_o three_o why_o shall_v not_o these_o three_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v natural_o one_o p._n 8._o l._n 1._o to_o which_o i_o answer_v first_o that_o it_o have_v be_v already_o show_v that_o although_o this_o conscious_a sensation_n be_v that_o whereby_o a_o spirit_n know_v itself_o to_o be_v one_o and_o distinct_a from_o all_o other_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o that_o which_o make_v it_o so_o and_o the_o suppose_n of_o this_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o run_v through_o this_o man_n whole_a hypothesis_n and_o consequent_o whatsoever_o be_v argue_v from_o this_o supposition_n towards_o the_o prove_v the_o same_o of_o mutual_a consciousness_n with_o reference_n to_o three_o spirit_n which_o have_v be_v assert_v of_o self-consciousness_n with_o reference_n to_o one_o must_v fall_v to_o the_o ground_n with_o it_o but_o second_o because_o he_o ask_v a_o reason_n why_o mutual_a consciousness_n may_v not_o give_v natural_a unity_n to_o three_o spirit_n as_o well_o as_o self-consciousness_n do_v to_o one_o though_o the_o former_a be_v the_o great_a absurdity_n of_o the_o two_o yet_o since_o both_o assertion_n be_v equal_o false_a i_o shall_v give_v this_o one_o reason_n against_o both_o viz._n because_o consciousness_n or_o sensation_n be_v not_o proper_o nature_n but_o a_o affection_n of_o nature_n or_o a_o act_n spring_v from_o it_o and_o therefore_o unity_n of_o consciousness_n or_o sensation_n can_v be_v proper_o unity_n of_o nature_n nor_o consequent_o can_v it_o constitute_v the_o subject_n it_o belong_v to_o naturally_n one._n and_o whereas_o according_a to_o his_o sophistical_a way_n he_o call_v it_o a_o natural_a self-conscious_a sensation_n p._n 7._o l._n 30._o if_o by_o natural_a he_o mean_v that_o wherein_o nature_n do_v consist_v or_o which_o give_v be_v and_o unity_n to_o a_o thing_n in_o that_o sense_n as_o it_o have_v be_v prove_v all_o along_o self-consciousness_n can_v be_v term_v natural_a but_o if_o by_o natural_a he_o mean_v that_o which_o proceed_v from_o nature_n that_o be_v true_a but_o come_v not_o up_o to_o his_o purpose_n well_o but_o suppose_v that_o consciousness_n or_o sensation_n be_v indeed_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n conscious_a or_o in_o other_o word_n that_o wherein_o the_o be_v of_o the_o say_a thing_n do_v consist_v and_o consequent_o that_o unity_n of_o consciousness_n be_v unity_n of_o nature_n too_o as_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o neither_o of_o they_o be_v yet_o for_o that_o very_a cause_n i_o deny_v that_o this_o consciousness_n and_o unity_n of_o consciousness_n can_v belong_v in_o common_a to_o three_o distinct_a absolute_a being_n for_o as_o much_o as_o every_o absolute_a be_v be_v constitute_v such_o by_o a_o particular_a proper_a and_o distinct_a nature_n of_o its_o own_o belong_v to_o it_o and_o include_v in_o it_o and_o distinguish_v it_o from_o every_o other_o absolute_a be_v beside_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o any_o particular_a nature_n numerical_o one_o to_o be_v in_o any_o more_o absolute_a being_n than_o in_o one_o alone_a in_o three_o several_a person_n indeed_o who_o several_a personality_n and_o personal_a distinction_n consist_v proper_o in_o three_o distinct_a relation_n nothing_o hinder_v but_o that_o the_o same_o numerical_a nature_n if_o infinite_a may_v be_v in_o they_o all_o for_o as_o much_o as_o the_o same_o numerical_a nature_n may_v sustain_v all_o these_o three_o distinct_a relation_n and_o herein_o consist_v the_o great_a disparity_n between_o spirit_n which_o be_v absolute_a being_n and_o the_o divine_a person_n which_o be_v not_o so_o and_o this_o be_v true_a reason_n and_o consequence_n and_o proof_n against_o all_o that_o this_o novellist_n can_v allege_v against_o it_o but_o after_o all_o in_o the_o three_o and_o last_o place_n the_o very_a ground_n upon_o which_o this_o man_n build_v from_o first_o to_o last_o in_o prove_v that_o mutual-consciousness_n or_o sensation_n give_v natural_a unity_n to_o three_o distinct_a spirit_n be_v false_a and_o sink_v under_o he_o for_o he_o suppose_v all_o along_o that_o this_o mutual-consciousness_n be_v one_o numerical_a natural_a act_n which_o upon_o his_o principle_n viz._n that_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v three_o infinite_a spirit_n i_o utter_o deny_v and_o on_o the_o contrary_n affirm_v it_o to_o be_v only_o a_o complex_fw-la and_o collective_a unity_n consist_v of_o and_o contain_v in_o it_o three_o distinct_a act_n of_o consciousness_n whereof_o one_o belong_v to_o each_o of_o his_o three_o spirit_n and_o be_v that_o whereby_o each_o spirit_n know_v or_o feel_v let_v he_o call_v it_o which_o he_o will_v all_o that_o be_v in_o or_o be_v know_v or_o feel_v by_o the_o other_o two_o spirit_n this_o i_o affirm_v and_o challenge_v this_o author_n when_o he_o enter_v upon_o this_o dispute_n again_o to_o disprove_v for_o whatsoever_o be_v the_o act_n of_o a_o absolute_a distinct_a be_v must_v itself_o be_v as_o distinct_a as_o that_o be_v be_v and_o so_o his_o principal_a notion_n of_o three_o distinct_a spirit_n be_v natural_o one_o by_o one_o mutual_a consciousness_n extend_v to_o they_o all_o fall_v to_o nothing_o for_o sure_o three_o distinct_a consciousness_n or_o act_n of_o consciousness_n which_o this_o mutual_a consciousness_n consist_v of_o can_v never_o make_v three_o spirit_n natural_o one_o since_o these_o three_o act_n be_v not_o natural_o but_o only_o collective_o one_o themselves_o and_o according_o under_o that_o unity_n and_o no_o other_o can_v they_o be_v express_v by_o that_o one_o denomination_n mutual_a consciousness_n but_o he_o proceed_v and_o to_o show_v the_o world_n what_o a_o iron-necessity_n or_o rather_o what_o a_o cruel_a bondage_n one_o imperious_a absurdity_n will_v bring_v the_o maintainer_n of_o it_o under_o he_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o 8_o the_o page_n that_o it_o be_v this_o viz._n his_o notion_n of_o self-consciousness_n and_o mutual-consciousness_n that_o force_v the_o dean_n as_o no_o absurdity_n affect_v mr._n dean_n privilege_n of_o stand_v alone_o by_o itself_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o three_o infinite_a and_o eternal_a person_n in_o the_o godhead_n under_o the_o character_n of_o three_o infinite_a and_o eternal_a mind_n for_o this_o conscious_a sensation_n whether_o self-consciousness_n or_o mutual-consciousness_n can_v belong_v only_o to_o mind_n which_o latter_a i_o here_o absolute_o deny_v and_o in_o this_o one_o word_n mind_n plural_o use_v by_o he_o he_o manifest_o beg_v the_o question_n again_o and_o suppose_v the_o chief_a thing_n to_o be_v prove_v viz._n that_o there_o be_v a_o plurality_n of_o infinite_a mind_n to_o which_o this_o self-consciousness_n and_o mutual-consciousness_n must_v belong_v for_o what_o mind_n else_o can_v he_o here_o mean_a not_o finite_a or_o create_v mind_n for_o he_o himself_o in_o the_o 67_o the_o page_n of_o his_o vindication_n deny_v that_o this_o mutual-consciousness_n can_v belong_v to_o any_o create_a mind_n or_o spirit_n so_o that_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o he_o here_o speak_v of_o infinite_a mind_n which_o as_o i_o say_v be_v the_o thing_n chief_o dispute_v aught_o to_o have_v be_v prove_v by_o he_o before_o presume_v and_o consequent_o that_o he_o speak_v also_o of_o such_o a_o self-consciousness_n and_o such_o a_o mutual-consciousness_n as_o import_v infinite_a knowledge_n and_o since_o they_o do_v so_o i_o deny_v that_o they_o can_v belong_v to_o any_o more_o mind_n than_o one_o i_o say_v than_o to_o one_o eternal_a infinite_a mind_n which_o be_v god_n bless_v for_o ever_o for_o be_v act_n of_o knowledge_n they_o follow_v and_o flow_v from_o the_o divine_a essence_n and_o nature_n common_a to_o the_o three_o person_n and_o be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o divine_a omniscience_n terminate_a upon_o all_o and_o each_o of_o the_o person_n as_o so_o many_o particular_a object_n contain_v within_o its_o adequate_a object_n which_o be_v all_o thing_n knowable_a admit_v therefore_o that_o this_o self-consciousness_n and_o mutual-consciousness_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o divine_a omniscience_n thus_o diverse_o terminate_v may_v infer_v a_o plurality_n of_o person_n knowable_a in_o the_o godhead_n yet_o i_o utter_o deny_v that_o they_o
not_o proper_o and_o formal_o make_v he_o to_o be_v god_n nor_o be_v that_o wherein_o his_o godhead_n do_v precise_o consist_v though_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o person_n include_v in_o he_o the_o nature_n it_o do_v indeed_o imply_v and_o suppose_v he_o to_o be_v god_n and_o thus_o all_o the_o ancient_a orthodox_n divine_v and_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n distinguish_v in_o each_o person_n two_o thing_n though_o intimate_o and_o inseparable_o unite_v viz._n the_o godhead_n or_o divine_a nature_n and_o the_o personal_a distinguish_a relation_n so_o that_o what_o agree_v to_o the_o person_n upon_o one_o account_n do_v not_o proper_o belong_v to_o he_o upon_o the_o other_o and_o consequent_o to_o make_v the_o personal_a distinction_n the_o proper_a reason_n of_o any_o essential_a predication_n be_v utter_o false_a and_o illogical_a and_o according_o to_o say_v that_o infinite_a eternal_a mind_n which_o be_v a_o essential_a attribute_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n as_o such_o belong_v to_o any_o one_o person_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o personal_a distinction_n be_v false_a forasmuch_o as_o this_o will_v infer_v it_o to_o belong_v to_o that_o person_n only_o since_o his_o personal_a distinction_n belong_v only_o to_o himself_o it_o belong_v indeed_o to_o he_o though_o distinct_a but_o not_o because_o distinct_a but_o whole_o because_o of_o his_o divine_a nature_n which_o belong_v equal_o to_o all_o the_o divine_a person_n all_o the_o essential_a attribute_n of_o the_o say_a nature_n must_v equal_o belong_v to_o all_o the_o three_o person_n too_o from_o all_o which_o it_o follow_v that_o since_o infinite_a eternal_a mind_n be_v a_o attribute_v not_o spring_v from_o personal_a distinction_n even_o in_o distinct_a person_n nor_o agree_v to_o the_o say_a person_n upon_o that_o account_n but_o spring_v whole_o from_o that_o one_o divine_a nature_n which_o be_v common_a to_o they_o all_o it_o can_v never_o infer_v the_o three_o person_n though_o distinct_a to_o be_v three_o infinite_a eternal_a mind_n since_o as_o i_o show_v before_o the_o connexion_n between_o a_o distinct_a person_n as_o the_o subject_a and_o between_o infinite_a mind_n as_o the_o predicate_v not_o be_v causal_n the_o multiplication_n of_o the_o subject_n can_v never_o infer_v the_o multiplication_n of_o the_o predicate_a and_o this_o i_o affirm_v to_o be_v a_o full_a and_o true_a account_n of_o this_o matter_n and_o a_o clear_a solution_n of_o the_o fallacy_n which_o this_o man_n be_v whole_a argument_n depend_v upon_o and_o consequent_o that_o his_o tritheistical_a hypothesis_n that_o the_o three_o distinct_a divine_a person_n must_v be_v therefore_o three_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n or_o spirit_n be_v even_o by_o his_o own_o confession_n will_v he_o stand_v to_o it_o at_o a_o end_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v there_o be_v nothing_o in_o his_o whole_a book_n but_o pitiful_a wretched_a fallacy_n join_v with_o gross_a ignorance_n of_o the_o subject_a he_o write_v of_o from_o first_o to_o last_o and_o yet_o after_o all_o this_o he_o make_v his_o hypothesis_n the_o only_a rule_n to_o understand_v most_o of_o the_o scripture_n by_o which_o represent_v to_o we_o the_o union_n between_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n and_o particular_o that_o about_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d express_v john_n 14._o v_o 11._o by_o the_o son_n be_v be_v in_o the_o father_n and_o the_o father_n in_o the_o son_n for_o say_v he_o that_o the_o father_n shall_v be_v in_o the_o son_n and_o the_o son_n in_o the_o father_n so_o as_o perfect_o to_o comprehend_v and_o be_v comprehend_v with_o several_a like_o expression_n be_v make_v very_o possible_a and_o intelligible_a by_o a_o mutual_a conscious_a sensation_n but_o nothing_o else_o will_v afford_v we_o any_o conception_n of_o it_o def._n p._n 9_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v what_o if_o it_o do_v not_o and_o what_o christian_a be_v concern_v to_o have_v any_o such_o conception_n for_o do_v the_o catholic_n church_n ever_o pretend_v to_o any_o beyond_o the_o bare_a knowledge_n of_o the_o signification_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o term_n in_o which_o it_o be_v reveal_v and_o do_v not_o the_o bare_a revelation_n of_o it_o sufficient_o make_v out_o the_o possibility_n of_o it_o to_o we_o without_o any_o further_a explication_n what_o do_v this_o profane_a man_n mean_v thus_o to_o state_n the_o very_a possibility_n of_o a_o thing_n express_o reveal_v in_o scripture_n upon_o his_o new-found_a exposition_n of_o it_o so_o that_o unless_o this_o be_v admit_v we_o must_v even_o in_o spite_n of_o revelation_n look_v upon_o it_o as_o impossible_a good_a god_n whither_o be_v we_o run_v but_o to_o show_v moreover_o that_o his_o exposition_n be_v as_o force_v as_o new_a our_o saviour_n express_v this_o circumincession_n by_o word_n import_v mutual_a inexistence_n but_o say_v this_o man_n a_o man_n make_v it_o seem_v to_o correct_a revelation_n itself_o by_o put_v it_o into_o proper_a word_n that_o such_o a_o mutual_a inexistence_n can_v be_v conceive_v possible_a unless_o we_o understand_v it_o of_o mutual_a consciousness_n that_o be_v of_o quite_o another_o thing_n from_o what_o the_o word_n signify_v for_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o mutual_a inexistence_n be_v not_o mutual_a consciousness_n nor_o can_v mutual_a consciousness_n be_v mutual_a inexistence_n but_o in_o short_a will_v this_o man_n say_v that_o the_o mutual_a inexistence_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n understand_v according_o to_o the_o very_a letter_n imply_v in_o it_o a_o contradiction_n i_o question_v whether_o he_o will_v dare_v say_v so_o whatsoever_o the_o thing_n assert_v by_o he_o may_v infer_v for_o as_o for_o that_o pitiful_a objection_n against_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v comprehend_v another_o thing_n and_o be_v comprehend_v by_o it_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o mere_a toy_n found_v only_o in_o that_o old_a maxim_n omne_fw-la continens_fw-la est_fw-la majus_fw-la contento_fw-mi drawn_z off_o from_o material_a quantitative_a being_n and_o so_o not_o applicable_a to_o immaterial_a and_o spiritual_a as_o have_v be_v full_o show_v in_o the_o 9_o the_o chapter_n of_o the_o animadversion_n p._n 299_o and_o 300._o but_o if_o this_o author_n will_v not_o venture_v to_o say_v that_o such_o a_o mutual_a inexistence_n understand_v according_o to_o the_o letter_n imply_v in_o it_o a_o contradiction_n then_o let_v he_o give_v the_o church_n a_o satisfactory_a reason_n why_o our_o saviour_n word_n shall_v not_o be_v understand_v in_o their_o own_o natural_a proper_a sense_n but_o in_o this_o man_n be_v new_a sense_n which_o be_v both_o improper_a and_o figurative_a and_o never_o hear_v of_o before_o but_o with_o a_o bold_a front_n he_o say_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o speak_v of_o be_v not_o otherwise_o possible_a and_o intelligible_a which_o two_o word_n he_o be_v perpetual_o jumble_v together_o as_o if_o there_o may_v not_o be_v many_o thing_n possible_a and_o yet_o by_o humane_a reason_n not_o intelligible_a but_o i_o must_v here_o tell_v he_o what_o i_o dare_v say_v he_o know_v not_o before_o viz._n that_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n positive_o to_o apprehend_v and_o know_v a_o thing_n not_o to_o be_v possible_a which_o i_o defy_v he_o to_o prove_v this_o mutual_a inexistence_n even_o understand_v literal_o not_o to_o be_v and_o another_o thing_n not_o to_o apprehend_v or_o know_v how_o or_o by_o what_o way_n a_o thing_n be_v possible_a and_o this_o latter_a i_o affirm_v aught_o never_o to_o supersede_n our_o assent_n to_o any_o thing_n if_o reveal_v to_o we_o nor_o to_o make_v we_o doubt_v of_o the_o revelation_n nor_o be_v we_o at_o all_o concern_v about_o any_o further_a explication_n of_o the_o thing_n so_o reveal_v nor_o whether_o we_o ever_o know_v any_o more_o of_o it_o or_o no_o and_o this_o be_v my_o opinion_n may_v serve_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n which_o be_v but_o another_o word_n for_o a_o theological_a quack_n a_o great_a deal_n of_o 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which_o we_o observe_v in_o man_n and_o since_o the_o perfection_n of_o generation_n in_o they_o be_v for_o a_o father_n to_o produce_v his_o like_a shall_v man_n generate_v other_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o themselves_o and_o shall_v god_n generate_v one_o of_o quite_o another_o nature_n from_o his_o own_o as_o a_o finite_a nature_n must_v necessary_o be_v this_o be_v the_o force_n of_o their_o argument_n and_o it_o be_v direct_v against_o the_o arian_n but_o never_o be_v these_o explication_n allege_v as_o adequate_a representation_n of_o the_o same_o unity_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o divine_a person_n that_o be_v in_o men._n but_o as_o it_o be_v intimate_v before_o in_o the_o animadversion_n no_o doubt_n this_o author_n have_v be_v all_o along_o pursue_v this_o tritheistical_a whimsy_n of_o a_o specific_a unity_n only_o in_o order_n to_o the_o provide_v a_o unity_n of_o nature_n for_o his_o three_o infinite_a mind_n or_o spirit_n which_o by_o all_o the_o wit_n of_o man_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o except_v against_o the_o term_n single_n and_o singular_a as_o apply_v to_o the_o divine_a nature_n but_o he_o first_o draw_v they_o off_o from_o their_o proper_a and_o receive_a signification_n according_a to_o which_o all_o divine_n whether_o schoolman_n or_o other_o have_v in_o treat_v of_o the_o divine_a nature_n general_o use_v they_o express_v the_o say_a nature_n by_o no_o word_n more_o common_o than_o by_o singularis_fw-la essentia_fw-la &_o singularis_fw-la natura_fw-la and_o do_v this_o man_n now_o think_v to_o take_v this_o word_n by_o a_o wrong_n exotic_a signification_n of_o which_o more_o present_o and_o in_o the_o strength_n of_o that_o to_o run_v down_o and_o cashier_v the_o true_a and_o genuine_a sense_n of_o it_o which_o beside_o the_o confusion_n it_o must_v needs_o bring_v upon_o all_o discourse_n about_o the_o godhead_n and_o the_o divine_a person_n will_v not_o fail_v also_o to_o give_v mighty_a scandal_n to_o all_o sober_a and_o learned_a 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internal_a sensation_n and_o self-sensation_a be_v still_o with_o this_o author_n the_o same_o with_o self-consciousness_n defence_n p._n 7._o l._n 29._o a_o natural_a self-consciousness_n make_v one_o natural_a person_n defence_n p._n 8._o l._n 7._o and_o self-consciousness_n make_v a_o mind_n or_o spirit_n one_o with_o itself_o and_o distinguish_v or_o separate_v it_o from_o all_o other_o mind_n or_o spirit_n defence_n p._n 43._o l._n 1_o 2_o 3._o and_o last_o of_o all_o more_o plain_o if_o this_o be_v what_o he_o the_o animadverter_n mean_v by_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n viz._n that_o which_o make_v a_o mind_n spirit_n or_o person_n one_o and_o either_o distinguish_v or_o separate_v it_o from_o all_o other_o mind_n spirit_n or_o person_n i_o do_v affirm_v that_o self-consciousness_n be_v this_o formal_a reason_n defence_n p._n 38._o l._n 7_o 8_o 9_o etc._n etc._n i_o think_v it_o extreme_o needless_a to_o cite_v any_o more_o passage_n upon_o this_o head_n these_o 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self-consciousness_n of_o every_o person_n to_o itself_o viz._n of_o every_o person_n in_o the_o godhead_n make_v the_o three_o distinct_a person_n so_o the_o mutual_a consciousness_n of_o all_o three_o divine_a person_n make_v they_o all_o but_o one_o infinite_a god_n vind._n p._n 68_o l._n 5._o mutual_a consciousness_n make_v all_o three_o person_n numerical_o one_o divine_a essence_n or_o one_o god_n vind._n p._n 84._o l._n 29._o the_o three_o pâ—rsons_n be_v essential_o one_o god_n by_o a_o mutual_a self-consciousness_n vind._n p._n 88_o l._n 32_o 33._o the_o three_o mind_n viz._n the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v all_o mutual_o conscious_a to_o each_o other_o and_o therefore_o as_o essential_o one_o as_o the_o same_o mind_n be_v one_o with_o itself_o by_o a_o self-consciousness_n vin._n p._n 91._o l._n 8._o from_o all_o which_o it_o follow_v that_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o the_o essential_a unity_n of_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o divine_a nature_n or_o in_o other_o word_n that_o which_o proper_o make_v they_o one_o in_o nature_n on_o last_o that_o wherein_o the_o unity_n and_o identity_n of_o their_o nature_n do_v formal_o and_o proper_o consist_v this_o i_o say_v undeniable_o follow_v from_o the_o forementioned_a passage_n cite_v out_o of_o this_o author_n and_o so_o i_o pass_v to_o the_o three_o and_o last_o head_n in_o dispute_n viz._n whether_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v three_o distinct_a mind_n or_o spirit_n which_o this_o author_n positive_o affirm_v as_o appear_v from_o the_o follow_a passage_n the_o three_o divine_a person_n say_v he_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v three_o infinite_a mind_n real_o distinct_a from_o each_o other_o vind._n p._n 50._o line_n at_o the_o end_n and_o they_o be_v three_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n p._n 51._o l._n 5._o again_o the_o person_n be_v perfect_o distinct_a for_o they_o be_v three_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n and_o therefore_o three_o distinct_a infinite_a person_n and_o to_o say_v they_o be_v three_o divine_a person_n and_o not_o three_o distinct_a mind_n be_v both_o heresy_n and_o nonsense_n vind._n p._n 66._o l._n 26._o the_o three_o person_n be_v three_o mind_n and_o therefore_o as_o distinct_a as_o three_o mind_n vind._n p._n 91._o l._n 5._o and_o again_o speak_v of_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n i_o grant_v say_v he_o that_o they_o be_v three_o holy_a spirit_n vind._n p._n 258._o l._n 28._o and_o to_o add_v the_o crown_n and_o confirm_v passage_n of_o all_o if_o say_v he_o every_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n consider_v as_o a_o distinct_a person_n be_v not_o a_o distinct_a infinite_a and_o eternal_a mind_n there_o be_v i_o confess_v a_o end_n of_o the_o dean_n notion_n but_o then_o i_o doubt_v there_o will_v be_v a_o end_n of_o a_o trinity_n of_o person_n also_o etc._n etc._n defence_n p._n 8._o l._n 24._o 25_o etc._n etc._n all_o which_o be_v the_o positive_a assertion_n of_o this_o author_n and_o in_o all_o of_o they_o the_o thing_n assert_v by_o he_o be_v as_o positive_o deny_v by_o the_o animadverter_n and_o i_o think_v it_o high_o necessary_a thus_o to_o draw_v they_o all_o together_o and_o lay_v they_o before_o the_o reader_n that_o so_o he_o may_v with_o one_o easy_a turn_n of_o his_o eye_n be_v able_a at_o any_o time_n to_o have_v a_o full_a view_n of_o this_o author_n be_v whole_a hypothesis_n and_o thereby_o to_o tract_n he_o in_o all_o his_o sophistical_a wind_n and_o shift_n in_o which_o he_o shall_v find_v he_o sometime_o deny_v what_o he_o have_v before_o express_o affirm_v and_o sometime_o quite_o change_v the_o state_n of_o the_o whole_a matter_n which_o i_o assure_v he_o be_v the_o whole_a design_n and_o artifice_n such_o as_o it_o be_v of_o this_o book_n and_o according_o that_o i_o may_v from_o the_o premise_n give_v a_o brief_a state_n of_o the_o three_o forementioned_a head_n the_o dispute_n here_o in_o the_o first_o place_n between_o this_o author_n and_o the_o animadverter_n be_v not_o whether_o self-consciousness_n prove_v infer_v or_o declare_v personality_n and_o personal_a unity_n as_o a_o sign_n or_o effect_v of_o it_o or_o a_o consequent_a from_o it_o for_o this_o be_v not_o the_o question_n but_o whether_o it_o be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o it_o or_o in_o other_o word_n that_o wherein_o the_o say_a personality_n and_o personal_a unity_n proper_o do_v consist_v which_o this_o author_n have_v and_o that_o in_o term_n signify_v only_a à _fw-fr priore_n over_o and_o over_o affirm_v and_o the_o animadverter_n as_o positive_o deny_v and_o disprove_v and_o therefore_o if_o this_o author_n shall_v at_o any_o time_n take_v up_o with_o the_o former_a and_o say_v that_o it_o be_v all_o one_o to_o he_o if_o we_o allow_v self-consciousness_n to_o infer_v and_o prove_v personality_n and_o personal_a unity_n as_o the_o sign_n effect_v or_o consequent_a thereof_o or_o affirm_v it_o in_o a_o causal_n sense_n to_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o same_o this_o i_o say_v be_v manifest_o tâ—_n change_v the_o question_n and_o to_o give_v up_o the_o thing_n in_o controversy_n between_o he_o and_o his_o adversary_n in_o like_a manner_n for_o mutual_a consciousness_n since_o it_o be_v allow_v on_o both_o side_n that_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v one_o in_o nature_n and_o essence_n the_o question_n be_v whether_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v that_o wherein_o this_o unity_n of_o nature_n or_o essence_n do_v consist_v so_o that_o by_o reason_n hereof_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v formal_o one_o in_o nature_n or_o essence_n and_o not_o whether_o this_o mutual_a consciousness_n prove_v infer_v or_o declare_v they_o to_o be_v thus_o one_o for_o this_o come_v not_o up_o to_o the_o point_n and_o consequent_o if_o this_o author_n say_v that_o he_o look_v no_o further_o and_o mean_v no_o more_o than_o this_o as_o his_o mean_v be_v still_o a_o bottomless_a pit_n he_o evident_o abandon_v his_o own_o positive_a assertion_n and_o effectual_o give_v up_o the_o whole_a matter_n in_o dispute_n for_o sure_o the_o antecedent_n reason_n of_o any_o thing_n and_o the_o bare_a sign_n proof_n or_o consequent_a of_o the_o same_o can_v never_o hold_v the_o same_o place_n in_o argument_n nor_o produce_v the_o same_o conclusion_n and_o so_o likewise_o in_o the_o three_o and_o last_o place_n the_o question_n be_v not_o whether_o the_o trinity_n be_v three_o distinct_a intelligent_a person_n which_o in_o a_o right_o state_v sense_n be_v true_a but_o whether_o these_o person_n be_v three_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n or_o spirit_n that_o be_v to_o say_v three_o distinct_a absolute_a being_n essence_n or_o substance_n which_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o they_o in_o any_o sense_n to_o be_v and_o consequent_o for_o this_o man_n to_o change_v the_o term_n mind_n into_o that_o of_o intelligent_a person_n be_v quite_o to_o alter_v the_o question_n and_o so_o to_o
compound_n viz._n the_o whole_a man_n or_o person_n as_o the_o subjectum_fw-la ultimum_fw-la and_o principium_fw-la quod_fw-la and_o as_o that_o which_o receive_v the_o whole_a denomination_n from_o what_o belong_v immediate_o to_o any_o part_n of_o it_o for_o it_o be_v the_o whole_a man_n or_o person_n who_o be_v proper_o say_v to_o be_v a_o live_n reasonable_a sensible_a creature_n though_o it_o be_v by_o virtue_n of_o his_o soul_n as_o the_o principium_fw-la quo_fw-la that_o he_o be_v so_o after_o this_o come_v another_o absurdity_n where_o he_o tell_v we_o p._n 48._o l._n 2._o that_o a_o hypostatical_a union_n be_v the_o swallow_v up_o of_o a_o natural_a personality_n in_o its_o union_n with_o a_o superior_a person_n which_o if_o it_o be_v so_o then_o say_v i_o where_o be_v the_o hypostatical_a union_n of_o christ_n person_n with_o the_o humane_a nature_n for_o the_o humane_a nature_n which_o be_v unite_v to_o his_o divine_a person_n have_v no_o personality_n of_o its_o own_o to_o be_v swallow_v up_o for_o christ_n assume_v it_o without_o any_o subsistence_n or_o personality_n belong_v to_o it_o which_o it_o neither_o have_v nor_o ever_o have_v and_o consequent_o can_v never_o be_v say_v to_o be_v lose_v or_o swallow_v up_o by_o this_o union_n so_o that_o we_o have_v a_o new_a sort_n of_o heresy_n start_v viz._n that_o as_o eutyches_n heretofore_o affirm_v christ_n humane_a nature_n to_o have_v be_v swallow_v up_o by_o his_o divine_a so_o this_o author_n hold_v a_o humane_a personality_n to_o have_v belong_v to_o this_o humane_a nature_n which_o in_o like_a manner_n be_v swallow_v up_o by_o the_o superior_a person_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o where_o these_o vile_a heterodoxy_n will_v stop_v god_n only_o know_v for_o i_o can_v see_v but_o this_o innovator_n may_v free_o and_o uncontrollable_o vent_v as_o many_o of_o they_o as_o he_o please_v and_o no_o doubt_n he_o have_v a_o great_a many_o more_o such_o in_o reserve_n and_o will_v in_o due_a time_n produce_v they_o but_o the_o animadverter_n have_v argue_v against_o the_o personality_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o body_n thus_o if_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o composition_n of_o a_o man_n person_n be_v a_o entire_a person_n itself_o and_o as_o such_o concur_v with_o the_o body_n towards_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o man_n than_o the_o man_n will_v be_v a_o imperfect_a accidental_a and_o not_o a_o perfect_a natural_a compound_v he_o will_v be_v that_o which_o philosophy_n call_v unum_n per_fw-la accidens_fw-la that_o be_v a_o thing_n make_v up_o of_o such_o being_n as_n can_v perfect_o coalesce_v and_o unite_v into_o one_o animadvers_fw-la p._n 75._o and_o what_o say_v he_o to_o this_o why_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o body_n be_v vital_o unite_v and_o that_o the_o animadverter_n own_o belove_a philosophy_n never_o call_v thing_n vital_o unite_v unum_n per_fw-la accidens_fw-la to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o no_o create_a person_n ever_o be_v or_o can_v be_v vital_o unite_v to_o any_o be_v distinct_a from_o itself_o and_o therefore_o since_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o soul_n be_v vital_o unite_v to_o the_o body_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o the_o soul_n shall_v be_v a_o person_n for_o this_o belove_a philosophy_n teach_v i_o that_o in_o create_a being_n there_n can_v be_v no_o vital_a union_n but_o between_o part_n and_o consequent_o that_o since_o there_o be_v a_o vital_a union_n between_o soul_n and_o body_n this_o soul_n and_o body_n must_v be_v unite_v as_o concurrent_a part_n of_o the_o same_o compound_v and_o this_o by_o this_o author_n favour_n must_v utter_o destroy_v his_o senseless_a notion_n of_o the_o personality_n of_o the_o soul_n since_o that_o which_o be_v a_o part_n can_v be_v a_o suppositum_fw-la or_o complete_o subsist_v nature_n and_o whatsoever_o be_v not_o so_o can_v never_o be_v a_o person_n so_o that_o the_o animadverter_n argument_n stand_v good_a viz._n that_o in_o create_a being_n a_n entire_a person_n unite_v to_o a_o body_n will_v make_v a_o unum_n per_fw-la accidens_fw-la and_o consequent_o that_o a_o vital_a union_n between_o they_o will_v be_v impossible_a yet_o nevertheless_o since_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o there_o be_v actual_o such_o a_o vital_a union_n between_o soul_n and_o body_n it_o be_v upon_o the_o same_o account_n also_o as_o certain_a that_o the_o soul_n which_o must_v be_v one_o of_o the_o term_n of_o that_o union_n and_o by_o consequence_n a_o part_n can_v be_v a_o person_n so_o that_o all_o this_o be_v but_o a_o mere_a petitio_fw-la principii_fw-la first_o to_o suppose_v the_o soul_n a_o person_n which_o be_v the_o principal_a thing_n in_o dispute_n and_o then_o to_o say_v that_o its_o be_v vital_o unite_v to_o the_o body_n keep_v it_o from_o make_v a_o man_n that_o which_o we_o call_v vnum_fw-la per_fw-la accideâ—s_fw-la whereas_o it_o be_v affirm_v and_o argue_v against_o he_o that_o this_o very_a vital_a union_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o the_o body_n overthrow_v the_o soul_n personality_n as_o a_o thing_n which_o this_o union_n be_v utter_o inconsistent_a with_o in_o short_a the_o soul_n be_v be_v a_o person_n if_o it_o be_v so_o can_v never_o prove_v it_o vital_o unite_a to_o the_o body_n but_o its_o be_v vital_o so_o unite_v irrefragable_o prove_v it_o to_o be_v no_o person_n but_o he_o be_v now_o for_o confound_v the_o animadverter_n with_o two_o question_n but_o still_o in_o pursuit_n of_o the_o same_o point_n first_o whether_o the_o eternal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o the_o incarnation_n be_v a_o complete_a be_v which_o be_v ready_o answer_v in_o the_o affirmative_a that_o he_o be_v second_o whether_o the_o humane_a nature_n assume_v by_o he_o be_v a_o complete_a or_o incomplete_a be_v i_o answer_v that_o though_o it_o be_v a_o perfect_a nature_n yet_o since_o it_o be_v without_o a_o proper_a natural_a subsistence_n of_o its_o own_o it_o be_v upon_o that_o account_n a_o incomplete_a be_v but_o then_o i_o add_v that_o this_o be_v a_o peculiar_a and_o a_o supernatural_a case_n there_o be_v no_o other_o particular_a humane_a nature_n in_o the_o world_n without_o its_o particular_a proper_a subsistence_n but_o this_o alone_a which_o subsist_v whole_o by_o a_o borrow_a subsistence_n as_o be_v assume_v into_o that_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o now_o what_o be_v all_o this_o to_o the_o union_n between_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n which_o be_v vital_o unite_v as_o essential_a part_n of_o the_o whole_a humane_a person_n but_o the_o person_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o vital_o unite_v to_o the_o humane_a nature_n as_o to_o a_o part_n of_o it_o and_o though_o as_o i_o note_v before_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o a_o finite_a person_n to_o be_v vital_o unite_v to_o any_o other_o be_v distinct_a from_o itself_o yet_o a_o infinite_a person_n as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o person_n of_o our_o saviour_n may_v be_v unite_v to_o another_o distinct_a be_v or_o nature_n for_o this_o be_v neither_o a_o composition_n nor_o yet_o a_o natural_a union_n but_o to_o this_o our_o author_n very_o learned_o except_v and_o affirm_v the_o union_n between_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o humane_a nature_n to_o be_v a_o natural_a union_n and_o give_v this_o as_o a_o reason_n for_o it_o because_o it_o be_v a_o union_n of_o nature_n and_o that_o a_o union_n of_o nature_n be_v a_o natural_a union_n by_o whatsoever_o power_n it_o be_v do_v p._n 49._o in_o answer_n to_o which_o though_o i_o may_v say_v that_o this_o be_v not_o proper_o at_o least_o not_o immediate_o a_o union_n of_o nature_n but_o of_o the_o divine_a person_n of_o christ_n to_o the_o humane_a nature_n which_o by_o and_o through_o the_o person_n come_v to_o be_v unite_v to_o the_o divine_a nature_n yet_o to_o let_v that_o pass_v i_o absolute_o deny_v both_o his_o proposition_n viz._n that_o the_o union_n between_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o humane_a nature_n be_v a_o natural_a union_n and_o that_o all_o union_n of_o nature_n must_v be_v a_o natural_a union_n by_o what_o power_n soever_o it_o be_v wrought_v both_o which_o be_v absolute_o false_a forasmuch_o as_o a_o natural_a union_n be_v only_o that_o which_o be_v wrought_v by_o a_o natural_a cause_n or_o principle_n act_v according_a to_o the_o ordinary_a course_n and_o measure_n of_o nature_n which_o a_o union_n between_o two_o nature_n so_o vast_o disproportion_v as_o a_o finite_a and_o a_o infinite_a can_v never_o be_v effect_v by_o for_o will_v this_o man_n affirm_v that_o god_n by_o the_o ordinary_a exercise_n of_o that_o power_n by_o which_o he_o carry_v on_o the_o daily_a production_n of_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n and_o which_o be_v proper_o call_v nature_n unite_v the_o divine_a person_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d
so_o of_o the_o ignorance_n of_o he_o who_o think_v that_o it_o can_v prove_v any_o thing_n else_o but_o the_o weakness_n of_o he_o who_o use_v it_o for_o i_o appeal_v to_o the_o whole_a world_n to_o judge_v what_o a_o consequence_n this_o be_v viz._n that_o because_o every_o person_n feel_v himself_o by_o self-consciousness_n to_o be_v himself_o and_o not_o to_o be_v another_o therefore_o this_o self-consciousness_n be_v that_o which_o distinguish_v he_o from_o all_o other_o for_o can_v a_o person_n be_v perceive_v his_o own_o distinction_n proper_o make_v or_o give_v he_o this_o distinction_n upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n i_o must_v declare_v that_o i_o can_v think_v any_o one_o who_o look_v upon_o this_o as_o serious_a argue_n worth_n argue_v against_o and_o whereas_o he_o say_v that_o this_o first_o argument_n of_o the_o animadverter_n have_v be_v sufficient_o expose_v already_o i_o shall_v secure_o venture_v it_o upon_o the_o bottom_n upon_o which_o it_o stand_v without_o any_o fear_n of_o its_o be_v expose_v any_o more_o than_o answer_v especial_o by_o one_o who_o never_o yet_o expose_v any_o thing_n or_o person_n but_o himself_o and_o so_o i_o pass_v to_o the_o animadverter_n 2._o second_o argument_n which_o proceed_v thus_o nothing_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o absolute_a and_o irrelative_a can_v be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n but_o self-consciousness_n be_v a_o thing_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o absolute_a and_o irrelative_a and_o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v the_o reason_n of_o personality_n in_o any_o of_o the_o say_a person_n in_o reply_n to_o which_o argument_n thus_o fair_o formal_o and_o syllogistical_o propose_v why_o do_v not_o this_o author_n as_o in_o all_o regular_a disputation_n it_o ought_v and_o use_n to_o be_v do_v apply_v a_o answer_n either_o by_o deny_v one_o of_o the_o two_o proposition_n or_o by_o distinguish_v one_o or_o more_o of_o the_o term_n but_o this_o not_o be_v to_o be_v do_v without_o logic_n our_o author_n must_v be_v so_o far_o excuse_v and_o therefore_o he_o very_o prudent_o wrap_v himself_o up_o in_o such_o a_o cloud_n of_o insignificant_a word_n as_o may_v enable_v he_o to_o escape_v his_o adversary_n without_o encounter_v he_o for_o one_o of_o these_o two_o thing_n he_o must_v of_o necessity_n disprove_v viz._n either_o first_o that_o the_o divine_a person_n and_o personality_n be_v perfect_o and_o whole_o relative_n or_o second_o that_o self-consciousness_n be_v a_o thing_n whole_o absolute_a and_o irrelative_a as_o to_o the_o first_o of_o which_o he_o himself_o elsewhere_o acknowledge_v and_o affirm_v that_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v three_o relative_n subsistence_n and_o let_v i_o tell_v he_o further_o that_o they_o be_v so_o entire_o relative_n that_o their_o very_a subsistere_fw-la be_v referri_fw-la and_o their_o referri_fw-la not_o only_o consequent_a upon_o and_o supervenient_a to_o their_o subsistence_n as_o it_o be_v in_o create_v person_n but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o with_o it_o so_o that_o by_o virtue_n thereof_o they_o be_v indifferent_o term_v by_o all_o schoolman_n and_o divine_n either_o relative_n subsistence_n or_o subsist_v relation_n the_o concrete_a and_o the_o abstract_a term_n in_o the_o divine_a person_n be_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o peculiar_a condition_n of_o their_o personality_n as_o well_o as_o the_o absolute_a transcendent_a simplicity_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n only_o different_a way_n of_o express_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o therefore_o whereas_o this_o author_n say_v p._n 63._o l._n 8._o do_v that_o which_o make_v john_n a_o person_n make_v he_o a_o father_n i_o answer_v no_o but_o affirm_v also_o that_o that_o which_o make_v the_o first_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n a_o person_n make_v he_o a_o father_n and_o convertible_o that_o that_o which_o make_v he_o a_o father_n and_o that_o only_a make_v he_o also_o a_o person_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o difference_n here_o be_v not_o as_o this_o ignorant_a man_n allege_n because_o every_o humane_a person_n have_v a_o absolute_a nature_n belong_v to_o he_o as_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o relation_n for_o each_o of_o the_o divine_a person_n have_v a_o absolute_a nature_n distinct_o belong_v to_o he_o though_o not_o a_o distinct_a absolute_a nature_n but_o the_o difference_n lie_v in_o this_o that_o a_o humane_a person_n have_v not_o only_o a_o absolute_a nature_n to_o be_v the_o remote_a subject_n of_o the_o relation_n but_o also_o a_o absolute_a personality_n as_o the_o immediate_a subject_n of_o the_o same_o by_o virtue_n whereof_o the_o person_n of_o john_n continue_v after_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o father_n cease_v but_o in_o the_o trinity_n every_o person_n and_o personality_n be_v whole_o relative_n forasmuch_o as_o the_o very_a subsistence_n of_o each_o of_o they_o be_v so_o so_o that_o the_o eternal_a father_n be_v and_o subsist_v as_o a_o father_n by_o have_v a_o son_n and_o not_o by_o know_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o father_n and_o by_o communicate_v his_o essence_n to_o another_o not_o by_o a_o act_n pass_v upon_o and_o whole_o terminate_v in_o his_o own_o person_n no_o this_o be_v postnate_a to_o the_o former_a as_o all_o other_o personal_a act_n whatsoever_o be_v and_o must_v be_v and_o therefore_o the_o godhead_n or_o divine_a nature_n which_o be_v absolute_a be_v not_o as_o this_o man_n precarious_o pretend_v original_o distinguish_v by_o three_o self-consciousnesses_a p._n 63._o l._n 24._o but_o by_o three_o original_a relative_n property_n viz._n the_o innascibility_n and_o paternity_n of_o the_o first_o person_n which_o make_v one_o personal_a property_n and_o the_o two_o distinct_a origination_n of_o the_o other_o two_o person_n whereby_o they_o be_v both_o mutual_o distinguish_v from_o and_o oppose_v to_o one_o another_o as_o all_o relative_n be_v but_o this_o man_n offering_n here_o at_o a_o explication_n of_o these_o divine_a relation_n by_o that_o explode_a figment_n of_o a_o man_n and_o his_o live_a image_n p._n 63._o l._n 21._o be_v a_o unsufferable_a profaneness_n as_o well_o as_o a_o arrant_a petitio_fw-la principii_fw-la for_o will_v he_o pretend_v to_o explain_v a_o thing_n in_o itself_o obscure_a by_o another_o that_o be_v more_o obscure_a and_o which_o be_v worse_o impossible_a beside_o let_v he_o for_o the_o future_a learn_v that_o no_o man_n who_o understand_v what_o argue_v be_v aught_o to_o bring_v that_o as_o a_o medium_n either_o of_o explication_n or_o probation_n which_o he_o know_v to_o be_v doubtful_a or_o have_v just_a cause_n to_o suspect_v that_o his_o adversary_n may_v reject_v as_o absurd_a and_o unreasonable_a but_o in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o show_v whether_o self-consciousness_n be_v a_o thing_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o perfect_o absolute_a and_o irrelative_a and_o consequent_o unable_a to_o give_v such_o a_o subsistence_n and_o personality_n to_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n as_o shall_v be_v whole_o relative_n there_o needs_o only_o a_o repetition_n of_o what_o be_v say_v to_o this_o purpose_n in_o the_o animadversion_n and_o which_o this_o author_n have_v very_o discreet_o say_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o word_n to_o viz._n that_o self-consciousness_n be_v a_o thing_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o absolute_a and_o irrelative_a as_o be_v that_o act_n by_o which_o each_o person_n intimate_o know_v and_o be_v conscious_a to_o himself_o of_o his_o own_o be_v act_n motion_n and_o every_o thing_n personal_o belong_v to_o he_o so_o that_o as_o such_o it_o terminate_v within_o and_o look_v no_o further_a than_o that_o one_o person_n who_o it_o be_v a_o entire_a survey_n and_o comprehension_n of_o and_o as_o it_o be_v a_o absolute_a and_o irrelative_a term_n so_o it_o may_v be_v conceive_v distinct_o and_o full_o without_o conceive_v or_o imply_v the_o conception_n of_o any_o thing_n or_o person_n beside_o and_o now_o what_o relation_n do_v or_o can_v such_o a_o act_n of_o self-consciousness_n imply_v in_o it_o it_o be_v indeed_o on_o the_o contrary_a a_o direct_a contradiction_n to_o all_o that_o be_v relative_n for_o it_o enclose_v the_o person_n whole_o within_o himself_o neither_o point_v nor_o look_v further_o nor_o refer_v to_o any_o one_o else_o anim._n p._n 99_o all_o which_o be_v so_o very_o plain_a and_o full_a that_o i_o defy_v this_o author_n or_o any_o man_n alive_a to_o prove_v either_o that_o this_o be_v not_o a_o true_a account_n of_o self-consciousness_n as_o to_o the_o absolute_a and_o irrelative_a nature_n of_o it_o or_o if_o it_o be_v that_o it_o can_v give_v a_o subsistence_n pure_o relative_n to_o the_o person_n which_o it_o shall_v belong_v to_o but_o to_o make_v short_a work_n with_o this_o man_n of_o word_n without_o sense_n there_o be_v in_o every_o relation_n these_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o relation_n both_o remote_a and_o immediate_a the_o foundation_n of_o
spiration_n and_o procession_n according_o there_o be_v three_o and_o but_o three_o personality_n found_v upon_o the_o say_a opposition_n as_o be_v clear_o show_v in_o the_o eight_o chapter_n of_o the_o anim._n p._n 244._o but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n since_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o self-consciousness_n to_o determine_v it_o to_o any_o certain_a number_n of_o self-consciousnesses_a it_o must_v follow_v that_o neither_o can_v any_o certain_a number_n of_o personality_n be_v derive_v from_o thence_o in_o short_a if_o the_o divine_a nature_n or_o essence_n thus_o abstract_o take_v on_o the_o one_o hand_n can_v be_v suppose_v to_o communicate_v or_o determine_v itself_o and_o the_o personality_n on_o the_o other_o which_o alone_o shall_v and_o can_v determine_v it_o be_v of_o that_o condition_n as_o not_o to_o imply_v any_o certain_a number_n in_o themselves_o but_o be_v indifferent_a to_o any_o that_o can_v be_v assign_v than_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o the_o say_a personality_n to_o determine_v the_o divine_a nature_n to_o three_o personal_a subsistence_n and_o no_o more_o and_o this_o i_o account_v a_o full_a and_o sufficient_a proof_n that_o the_o fix_a ternary_a number_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n can_v never_o be_v state_v upon_o self-consciousness_n but_o so_o far_o as_o the_o influence_n of_o that_o reach_n may_v be_v multiply_v into_o any_o number_n whatsoever_o but_o say_v our_o author_n that_o which_o natural_o distinguish_v three_o person_n from_o each_o other_o will_v distinguish_v three_o thousand_o if_o there_o be_v so_o many_o but_o do_v not_o prove_v that_o there_o may_v be_v so_o many_o p._n 65._o l._n 11._o to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o distinction_n all_o along_o insist_v upon_o hitherto_o be_v not_o such_o a_o one_o as_o suppose_n or_o follow_v but_o such_o a_o one_o as_o constitute_v or_o make_v the_o person_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v ridiculous_a to_o argue_v that_o suppose_v there_o be_v so_o many_o person_n they_o may_v all_o be_v distinguish_v by_o so_o many_o self-consciousnesses_a for_o that_o be_v not_o the_o point_n here_o but_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o self-consciousness_n render_v it_o uncapable_a of_o such_o a_o multiplication_n or_o no_o and_o if_o there_o be_v not_o than_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o suppose_v there_o may_v be_v so_o many_o self-consciousnesses_a there_o may_v and_o will_v be_v also_o so_o many_o person_n for_o as_o much_o as_o that_o which_o original_o and_o principal_o distinguish_v any_o thing_n must_v of_o necessity_n constitute_v it_o too_o but_o he_o go_v on_o and_o tell_v we_o that_o though_o there_o may_v be_v no_o repugnancy_n to_o such_o a_o multiplication_n on_o the_o part_n of_o self-consciousness_n yet_o on_o the_o part_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n there_o may_v and_o therefore_o that_o the_o argument_n do_v not_o conclude_v l._n 15._o ibid._n to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o divine_a nature_n as_o this_o author_n consider_v it_o actual_o determine_v by_o its_o respective_a personality_n must_v needs_o have_v a_o repugnancy_n to_o any_o other_o or_o great_a multiplication_n of_o the_o same_o but_o as_o the_o animadverter_n here_o consider_v it_o entire_o abstract_v from_o all_o personal_a determination_n i_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o prove_v a_o repugnancy_n in_o it_o so_o consider_v to_o subsist_v in_o 3000._o self-conscious_a spirit_n any_o more_o than_o in_o three_o and_o therefore_o i_o will_v have_v this_o author_n take_v notice_n that_o the_o animadverter_n be_v not_o concern_v to_o conclude_v that_o absolute_o there_o may_v be_v so_o many_o person_n in_o the_o godhead_n but_o that_o so_o far_o as_o this_o man_n hypothesis_n reach_v and_o for_o aught_o that_o can_v be_v determine_v from_o thence_o about_o the_o number_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n this_o may_v be_v so_o and_o withal_o that_o nothing_o yet_o appear_v on_o the_o part_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n so_o abstract_v to_o prove_v that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v so_o and_o as_o this_o be_v the_o utmost_a that_o the_o animadverter_n undertake_v by_o this_o argument_n so_o it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o he_o to_o prove_v thereby_o the_o absurdity_n of_o this_o author_n be_v new_a hypothesis_n compare_v with_o the_o old_a receive_v one_o of_o the_o church_n which_o make_v it_o utter_o impossible_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o more_o than_o three_o person_n in_o the_o godhead_n and_o that_o from_o the_o peculiar_a condition_n of_o the_o person_n themselves_o necessary_o determine_v they_o to_o the_o fix_a number_n of_o three_o and_o no_o more_o which_o this_o man_n hypothesis_n of_o three_o personal_a self-consciousnesses_a from_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o the_o thing_n as_o we_o have_v show_v can_v never_o do_v and_o this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o animadverter_n argument_n which_o this_o man_n with_o such_o a_o magisterial_a ignorance_n pronounce_v a_o mere_a non_fw-la sequitur_fw-la if_o we_o may_v take_v his_o word_n for_o a_o sequitur_n or_o non_fw-la sequitur_fw-la who_o have_v more_o logic_n a_o great_a deal_n to_o distinguish_v good_a money_n from_o bad_a than_o a_o true_a consequence_n from_o a_o false_a and_o so_o we_o be_v come_v at_o length_n to_o see_v upon_o what_o term_n the_o animadverter_n four_o argument_n stand_v with_o this_o defender_n four_o argument_n 4._o if_o three_o distinct_a self-consciousnesses_a formal_o constitute_v three_o distinct_a personality_n than_o three_o distinct_a self-complacencies_a will_v constitute_v three_o distinct_a personality_n too_o but_o our_o author_n i_o suppose_v will_v not_o allow_v of_o the_o latter_a and_o therefore_o neither_o aught_o he_o to_o assert_v the_o former_a this_o be_v the_o animadverter_n four_o argument_n upon_o the_o head_n of_o self-consciousness_n with_o reference_n to_o the_o divine_a person_n and_o he_o first_o declare_v that_o he_o produce_v and_o look_v upon_o it_o only_o as_o a_o argument_n ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la there_o be_v as_o much_o reason_n to_o state_n the_o formal_a constitution_n of_o a_o person_n upon_o one_o as_o upon_o the_o other_o though_o in_o truth_n upon_o neither_o for_o all_o that_o can_v or_o can_v be_v allege_v for_o self-consciousness_n upon_o this_o account_n be_v that_o it_o be_v essential_a to_o each_o of_o the_o divine_a person_n and_o inseparable_a from_o they_o and_o so_o much_o i_o affirm_v be_v allegeable_a for_o self-complacency_n beside_o that_o if_o this_o author_n plead_v no_o more_o for_o self-consciousness_n than_o that_o it_o bare_o distinguish_v the_o divine_a person_n from_o one_o another_o as_o in_o this_o whole_a defence_n by_o way_n of_o subterfuge_n he_o pretend_v to_o no_o more_o and_o that_o also_o without_o prove_v it_o their_o principal_a distinction_n i_o challenge_v he_o to_o prove_v that_o self-complacency_n do_v not_o distinguish_v the_o say_v person_n from_o one_o another_o as_o much_o as_o self-consciousness_n do_v or_o can_v do_v to_o which_o we_o may_v add_v that_o self-complacency_n be_v the_o noble_a act_n of_o the_o two_o and_o a_o step_n beyond_o the_o former_a and_o for_o that_o reason_n the_o fit_a to_o give_v the_o perfect_a state_n of_o be_v which_o be_v personality_n if_o personality_n can_v depend_v upon_o or_o be_v derive_v from_o any_o personal_a act_n as_o the_o animadverter_n have_v all_o along_o contend_v that_o it_o can_v but_o say_v our_o author_n the_o animadverter_n proceed_v all_o along_o upon_o a_o mistake_n viz._n that_o by_o self-consciousness_n he_o understand_v the_o act_n of_o self-consciousness_n p._n 66._o the_o end_n whereas_o our_o author_n understand_v only_o the_o principle_n of_o it_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v as_o i_o have_v do_v several_a time_n before_o first_o that_o by_o self-consciousness_n which_o this_o very_a man_n over_o and_o over_o express_v by_o self-feeling_a or_o sensation_n nothing_o can_v proper_o be_v signify_v but_o a_o act_n and_o that_o we_o may_v as_o well_o say_v that_o see_v hear_v taste_v and_o smell_a signify_v the_o principle_n of_o these_o respective_a act_n and_o not_o the_o act_n themselves_o as_o that_o this_o self-conscious_a feel_n and_o sensation_n do_v so_o and_o this_o i_o shall_v immovable_o insist_v upon_o as_o the_o genuine_a proper_a signification_n of_o the_o term_n without_o the_o least_o regard_n have_v to_o this_o man_n be_v mean_v which_o in_o no_o disputation_n ought_v to_o supersede_n or_o take_v place_n of_o the_o proper_a universal_o receive_v sense_n of_o his_o word_n for_o his_o mean_v be_v to_o himself_o his_o word_n to_o the_o world_n nevertheless_o since_o like_o one_o beat_v off_o from_o his_o hold_n he_o fly_v from_o the_o act_n to_o the_o principle_n i_o do_v here_o in_o the_o second_o place_n deny_v also_o that_o the_o principle_n of_o self-consciousness_n do_v or_o can_v constitute_v the_o person_n or_o give_v personal_a unity_n or_o distinction_n to_o it_o which_o i_o reckon_v to_o be_v all_o but_o the_o same_o
nature_n but_o to_o the_o unity_n in_o trinity_n p._n 69._o l._n 29._o and_o will_v this_o man_n say_v that_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v essential_a to_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o one_o which_o be_v not_o as_o essential_a to_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o other_o for_o though_o we_o frequent_o use_v the_o word_n union_n of_o person_n yet_o strict_o speak_v it_o be_v improper_a since_o it_o be_v not_o a_o union_n which_o be_v but_o another_o word_n for_o vnition_n but_o a_o unity_n of_o person_n in_o nature_n or_o a_o unity_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o person_n which_o be_v the_o proper_a expression_n and_o therefore_o we_o neither_o say_v a_o union_n in_o trinity_n nor_o a_o trinity_n in_o union_n but_o always_o apply_v the_o word_n unity_n to_o both_o but_o our_o author_n close_v this_o paragraph_n with_o these_o word_n p._n 69._o at_o the_o end_n that_o if_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v essential_a to_o this_o unity_n of_o nature_n so_o that_o the_o three_o person_n be_v thus_o unite_v and_o can_v be_v one_o without_o it_o he_o will_v contend_v no_o further_o and_o so_o far_o i_o think_v he_o do_v discreet_o but_o too_o late_a for_o whether_o he_o will_v contend_v further_o or_o no_o his_o adversary_n both_o do_v and_o will_v for_o as_o much_o as_o this_o author_n have_v assert_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o than_o what_o this_o concession_n amount_v to_o and_o if_o he_o do_v not_o prove_v all_o that_o he_o have_v assert_v he_o be_v a_o baffle_a person_n for_o he_o have_v positive_o assert_v as_o we_o have_v show_v from_o his_o own_o word_n that_o mutual_a consciousness_n make_v the_o three_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v natural_o one_o p._n 66._o def._n 26._o and_o to_o be_v essential_o one_o god_n vind._n p._n 68_o l._n 6._o and_o this_o by_o his_o favour_n be_v quite_o another_o thing_n from_o only_o assert_v that_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v essential_a to_o that_o unity_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v in_o the_o three_o person_n for_o that_o it_o may_v be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o essential_a consequent_a of_o the_o say_a unity_n of_o nature_n and_o no_o more_o as_o also_o from_o assert_v as_o he_o here_o do_v p._n 69._o l._n the_o last_o that_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n can_v be_v one_o without_o it_o for_o sure_o that_o which_o be_v only_o a_o conditio_fw-la sine_fw-la quâ_fw-la non_fw-la and_o without_o which_o the_o say_v divine_a person_n can_v be_v one_o in_o nature_n and_o that_o which_o formal_o make_v they_o so_o or_o wherein_o their_o unity_n do_v consist_v be_v whole_o different_a thing_n and_o therefore_o since_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o this_o man_n have_v no_o logic_n i_o hearty_o wish_v that_o he_o have_v some_o shame_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n he_o be_v for_o show_v as_o well_o as_o he_o can_v how_o the_o animadverter_n mistake_v the_o whole_a matter_n in_o these_o word_n quote_v from_o he_o anim._n p._n 108._o l._n 14._o the_o divine_a nature_n or_o essence_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o in_o all_o the_o three_o person_n there_o be_v upon_o this_o account_n one_o and_o the_o same_o knowledge_n in_o they_o also_o and_o they_o be_v not_o one_o in_o nature_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o mutual_a consciousness_n but_o they_o be_v therefore_o mutual_o conscious_a because_o the_o perfect_a unity_n and_o identity_n of_o their_o nature_n make_v they_o so_o thus_o the_o animadverter_n and_o where_o be_v now_o the_o mistake_n why_o our_o author_n tell_v we_o that_o three_o person_n who_o have_v the_o same_o nature_n may_v know_v the_o same_o thing_n without_o feel_v one_o another_o thought_n and_o knowledge_n in_o themselves_o p._n 70._o l._n 22._o to_o which_o i_o answer_v first_o that_o the_o foundation_n of_o this_o reply_n be_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o feel_v in_o god_n distinct_a from_o knowledge_n which_o be_v the_o height_n of_o nonsense_n and_o absurdity_n as_o shall_v be_v declare_v before_o we_o pass_v from_o this_o head_n of_o mutual_a consciousness_n second_o i_o utter_o deny_v that_o person_n who_o have_v the_o same_o divine_a nature_n can_v know_v the_o same_o thing_n i_o mean_v all_o the_o same_o thing_n for_o that_o only_a here_o can_v be_v insist_v upon_o without_o know_v each_o other_o thought_n and_o knowledge_n in_o themselves_o for_o as_o much_o as_o whatsoever_o each_o of_o these_o divine_a person_n know_v he_o do_v and_o must_v know_v by_o a_o infinite_a act_n of_o knowledge_n comprehend_v both_o himself_o and_o the_o other_o two_o person_n and_o all_o that_o be_v knowable_a in_o the_o world_n beside_o and_o how_o each_o of_o the_o divine_a person_n can_v know_v all_o this_o without_o mutual_o know_v one_o another_o i_o desire_v this_o man_n to_o show_v but_o he_o argue_v further_a that_o if_o by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o knowledge_n the_o animadverter_n mean_v that_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n in_o the_o three_o person_n be_v but_o one_o individual_a act_n as_o the_o knowledge_n of_o one_o single_a person_n be_v this_o destroy_v the_o distinction_n of_o person_n which_o can_v be_v distinct_a without_o distinct_a personal_a act_n as_o mutual_a knowledge_n be_v and_o destroy_v mutual_a consciousness_n for_o there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o mutual_a consciousness_n or_o mutual_a knowledge_n where_o there_o be_v but_o one_o single_a act_n of_o knowledge_n p._n 70._o l._n 24._o in_o answer_n to_o which_o i_o observe_v these_o two_o notable_a instance_n of_o his_o great_a ignorance_n first_o his_o suppose_n and_o take_v for_o grant_v the_o very_a thing_n in_o dispute_n between_o he_o and_o his_o adversary_n viz._n that_o the_o distinction_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n depend_v upon_o certain_a distinct_a act_n of_o knowledge_n as_o the_o cause_n or_o antecedent_n reason_n of_o that_o distinction_n whereas_o his_o adversary_n on_o the_o contrary_n affirm_v all_o distinction_n of_o divine_a knowledge_n as_o well_o as_o all_o diversification_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n itself_o to_o be_v from_o the_o distinction_n or_o distinct_a subsistence_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n as_o the_o prime_n and_o original_a reason_n of_o it_o and_o whereas_o this_o author_n say_v again_o that_o the_o divine_a person_n can_v be_v distinct_a without_o distinct_a personal_a act_n as_o mutual_a knowledge_n be_v it_o be_v true_a that_o they_o can_v be_v without_o they_o as_o inseparable_o consequent_a upon_o their_o personal_a distinction_n but_o not_o as_o constituent_v of_o it_o second_o the_o other_o instance_n of_o his_o ignorance_n here_o be_v his_o affirm_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o place_n for_o mutual_a consciousness_n or_o knowledge_n where_o there_o be_v but_o one_o single_a or_o individual_a act_n of_o knowledge_n which_o i_o utter_o deny_v as_o false_a and_o in_o order_n to_o the_o prove_v it_o so_o i_o do_v here_o observe_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o single_a act_n of_o knowledge_n in_o all_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n that_o be_v to_o say_v single_a as_o to_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o act_n though_o diversify_v by_o the_o several_a modification_n which_o it_o receive_v from_o the_o person_n who_o it_o proceed_v from_o and_o from_o the_o several_a respect_n it_o bear_v to_o the_o several_a object_n it_o terminate_v upon_o which_o different_a modification_n and_o respect_n do_v by_o no_o mean_n infer_v diverse_a or_o distinct_a act_n of_o knowledge_n but_o only_o various_o modify_v determine_v and_o distinguish_v one_o and_o the_o same_o act._n according_o in_o the_o present_a case_n i_o do_v here_o affirm_v to_o this_o author_n that_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o act_n of_o divine_a knowledge_n different_o modify_v as_o it_o proceed_v several_o and_o after_o a_o different_a manner_n from_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n as_o the_o person_n know_v and_o joint_o terminate_v in_o they_o all_o as_o the_o object_n know_v as_o on_o the_o other_o side_n self-consciousness_n be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o one_o and_o the_o same_o act_n of_o knowledge_n as_o it_o issue_v only_o from_o one_o of_o the_o person_n and_o terminate_v upon_o the_o same_o too_o though_o i_o confess_v if_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v three_o distinct_a mind_n or_o spirit_n mutual_a consciousness_n can_v not_o be_v one_o act_n only_o but_o must_v be_v three_o this_o i_o hold_v concern_v the_o divine_a knowledge_n and_o the_o respective_a distinction_n of_o it_o and_o i_o leave_v this_o author_n to_o try_v his_o best_a skill_n in_o divinity_n and_o philosophy_n to_o confute_v it_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n he_o give_v we_o one_o absurdity_n more_o out_o of_o his_o inexhaustible_a stock_n viz._n that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ascribe_v by_o the_o father_n to_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v that_o very_a mutual_a consciousness_n which_o the_o dean_n mean_v for_o these_o be_v his_o word_n p._n 7._o
and_o the_o seven_o first_o line_n so_o that_o according_a to_o he_o a_o act_n of_o volition_n and_o a_o act_n of_o consciousness_n or_o knowledge_n be_v formal_o and_o proper_o one_o and_o the_o same_o act._n in_o the_o last_o place_n as_o to_o his_o affirm_v that_o three_o distinct_a subsistence_n of_o the_o same_o individual_a nature_n be_v by_o mutual_a consciousness_n essential_o one_o p._n 71._o l._n 9_o i_o answer_v that_o if_o he_o mean_v hereby_o that_o they_o be_v by_o mutual_a consciousness_n make_v essential_o one_o as_o by_o the_o cause_n or_o antecedent_n reason_n of_o that_o unity_n i_o deny_v it_o but_o if_o he_o mean_v that_o they_o be_v thereby_o prove_v essential_o one_o as_o by_o a_o essential_a consequent_a of_o the_o say_a unity_n i_o grant_v it_o but_o this_o will_v do_v he_o but_o little_a service_n for_o his_o hypothesis_n require_v more_o and_o so_o leave_v this_o second_o argument_n in_o its_o full_a force_n against_o he_o i_o proceed_v to_o the_o three_o argument_n 3._o which_o be_v this_o to_o affirm_v mutual_a consciousness_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n in_o the_o same_o nature_n be_v to_o confound_v the_o union_n and_o communion_n of_o the_o say_a person_n together_o which_o confusion_n ought_v by_o no_o mean_n to_o be_v allow_v to_o which_o he_o answer_v that_o to_o affirm_v that_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v essential_o one_o by_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v not_o to_o affirm_v that_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o union_n p._n 71._o l._n 18._o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a i_o affirm_v that_o if_o for_o one_o thing_n to_o be_v so_o or_o so_o by_o another_o do_v and_o must_v signify_v causal_o then_o to_o say_v that_o thing_n or_o person_n be_v one_o by_o mutual_a consciousness_n and_o yet_o that_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n or_o antecedent_n reason_n of_o their_o be_v one_o be_v a_o direct_a contradiction_n in_o the_o term_n and_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o imagine_v how_o a_o man_n in_o his_o sense_n can_v think_v otherwise_o in_o the_o next_o place_n he_o pass_v impertinent_o from_o the_o union_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n to_o their_o mutual_a indwel_n in_o each_o other_o which_o be_v very_o different_a thing_n affirm_v withal_o that_o his_o mutual_a indwel_n be_v their_o mutual_a consciousness_n though_o this_o have_v be_v and_o still_o be_v peremptory_o deny_v he_o and_o the_o reader_n for_o the_o confutation_n of_o it_o refer_v to_o the_o two_o forecited_a chapter_n of_o the_o animadversion_n which_o this_o author_n neither_o do_v nor_o can_v say_v one_o word_n in_o answer_n to_o well_o but_o how_o do_v he_o prove_v the_o mutual_a inexistence_n or_o indwell_v of_o the_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v mutual_a consciousness_n why_o because_o forsooth_o they_o be_v in_o one_o another_o as_o mind_n not_o as_o body_n p._n 71._o l._n 30._o but_o here_o beside_o that_o we_o deny_v his_o very_a supposition_n viz._n that_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v three_o mind_n we_o deny_v also_o that_o three_o distinct_a mind_n can_v be_v make_v identical_o one_o in_o nature_n by_o any_o consciousness_n or_o mutual_a consciousness_n whatsoever_o and_o in_o the_o divine_a person_n who_o be_v neither_o mind_n nor_o body_n it_o be_v the_o unity_n and_o identity_n of_o their_o essence_n by_o which_o alone_o they_o be_v mutual_o in_o one_o another_o as_o the_o sole_a proper_a reason_n of_o their_o be_v so_o for_o there_o neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o distinct_a mind_n essence_n or_o nature_n in_o one_o another_o but_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o in_o the_o divine_a person_n union_n and_o communion_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n p._n 72._o l._n 15._o but_o if_o he_o mean_v that_o they_o be_v formal_o and_o in_o all_o respect_v the_o same_o i_o deny_v it_o affirm_v withal_o that_o they_o be_v as_o much_o distinguish_v as_o the_o very_a divine_a essence_n and_o personality_n themselves_o be_v and_o consequent_o that_o the_o union_n of_o the_o person_n consist_v in_o their_o identification_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o essence_n or_o nature_n and_o their_o communion_n consist_v in_o those_o mutual_a act_n towards_o each_o other_o respective_o issue_v from_o and_o belong_v to_o they_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o personal_a property_n but_o the_o animadverter_n he_o tell_v we_o false_o represent_v both_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n with_o each_o other_o and_o their_o mutual_a consciousness_n too_o in_o these_o word_n cite_v from_o he_o p._n 72._o l._n 27._o viz._n that_o all_o act_n of_o several_a person_n upon_o each_o other_o as_o all_o that_o be_v mutual_a must_v be_v be_v proper_o act_v of_o communion_n by_o which_o the_o say_a person_n have_v a_o intercourse_n among_o themselves_o as_o act_v interchangeable_o upon_o one_o another_o to_o which_o word_n of_o the_o animadverter_n this_o author_n reply_v first_o that_o this_o may_v be_v true_a in_o person_n separate_v but_o that_o person_n only_o distinct_a and_o not_o separate_v do_v not_o act_n upon_o one_o another_o for_o that_o such_o act_v must_v as_o he_o say_v signify_v a_o external_n impression_n make_v by_o one_o person_n upon_o another_o p._n 72._o at_o the_o end_n and_o p._n 73._o at_o the_o beginning_n but_o will_v this_o man_n here_o abide_v by_o this_o false_a and_o profane_a assertion_n for_o do_v not_o the_o divine_a person_n mutual_o know_v and_o mutual_o love_v one_o another_o and_o do_v not_o these_o act_n of_o knowledge_n and_o love_n both_o mutual_o proceed_v from_o they_o and_o mutual_o terminate_v in_o they_o too_o or_o will_v he_o say_v that_o those_o act_n pass_v mutual_o between_o they_o by_o a_o external_n impression_n upon_o each_o other_o or_o last_o that_o the_o divine_a person_n be_v any_o more_o than_o only_o distinct_a certain_o such_o proposition_n as_o this_o audacious_a man_n vent_v the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v never_o accustom_v to_o hear_v or_o endure_v before_o but_o in_o the_o next_o place_n after_o he_o have_v say_v that_o the_o animadverter_n assertion_n may_v hold_v true_a in_o person_n separate_v but_o not_o in_o person_n only_o distinct_a which_o we_o have_v confute_v he_o say_v also_o p._n 72._o at_o the_o end_n that_o it_o hold_v true_a of_o all_o other_o mutual_a act_n except_v mutual_a consciousness_n which_o be_v a_o fulsome_a and_o ridiculous_a beg_n of_o the_o question_n by_o presume_v a_o exception_n where_o he_o shall_v first_o prove_v it_o and_o be_v as_o arrant_a a_o petitio_fw-la principii_fw-la as_o ever_o appear_v in_o argumentation_n and_o i_o challenge_v he_o to_o prove_v how_o the_o exception_n hold_v in_o mutual_a consciousness_n more_o than_o in_o mutual_a complacency_n though_o indeed_o in_o neither_o but_o he_o be_v now_o for_o call_v the_o animadverter_n to_o a_o account_n for_o that_o unwary_a and_o improper_a expression_n as_o he_o represent_v it_o that_o all_o act_n of_o several_a person_n upon_o one_o another_o be_v act_n of_o communion_n which_o say_v he_o in_o the_o gravel-lane_n dialect_n make_v boy_n in_o a_o state_n of_o communion_n with_o each_o other_o at_o box_v and_o a_o match_n at_o scold_v for_o it_o seem_v he_o can_v yet_o rid_v his_o head_n of_o billingsgate_n another_o state_n of_o communion_n to_o which_o my_o answer_n in_o the_o first_o place_n be_v that_o i_o be_o sorry_a to_o find_v his_o ill_a breed_n get_v so_o far_o into_o his_o religion_n as_o to_o dare_v to_o mingle_v such_o sacred_a matter_n with_o such_o dirty_a and_o profane_a comparison_n in_o the_o next_o place_n i_o will_v have_v he_o know_v that_o the_o animadverter_n abide_v by_o what_o he_o have_v say_v and_o according_o will_v have_v this_o man_n learn_v that_o word_n in_o discourse_n though_o never_o so_o general_a and_o indefinite_a be_v yet_o to_o be_v limit_v and_o determine_v in_o their_o sense_n by_o the_o subject_n profess_o treat_v of_o and_o this_o in_o the_o present_a case_n be_v such_o a_o act_n only_o as_o suppose_a person_n in_o a_o state_n of_o agreement_n and_o proceed_v from_o they_o and_o pass_v between_o they_o consider_v only_o as_o such_o and_o i_o must_v tell_v he_o further_o that_o though_o the_o common_a use_n of_o the_o world_n have_v restrain_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n communion_n and_o communication_n ad_fw-la benigniorem_fw-la partem_fw-la yet_o the_o literal_a sense_n of_o it_o import_v no_o more_o than_o a_o bare_a interchange_n of_o act_n or_o office_n whether_o friendly_a or_o hostile_a and_o there_o may_v be_v as_o real_a and_o as_o proper_a a_o communication_n of_o ill_n turn_v as_o of_o good_a and_o sometime_o of_o ill_a for_o good_a as_o this_o author_n very_o well_o know_v but_o as_o for_o those_o word_n which_o he_o conclude_v this_o
his_o criticism_n with_o that_o have_v the_o deaâ—_n be_v please_v to_o have_v return_v mutual_a act_n he_o and_o the_o animadverter_n may_v have_v be_v long_o since_o in_o a_o very_a strict_a communion_n with_o each_o other_o p._n 73._o l._n 16._o i_o shall_v only_o return_v he_o this_o one_o short_a word_n that_o though_o all_o this_o may_v be_v perfect_a riddle_n to_o the_o reader_n yet_o i_o understand_v he_o very_o well_o and_o can_v easy_o give_v he_o such_o a_o answer_n as_o shall_v make_v he_o understand_v himself_o too_o but_o to_o let_v the_o reader_n see_v that_o he_o be_v a_o foul_a a_o disputant_n as_o he_o can_v be_v a_o speaker_n and_o a_o foul_a upon_o both_o account_v the_o world_n never_o have_v with_o a_o frontless_a impudence_n he_o declare_v here_o p._n 73._o l._n 23._o that_o the_o animadverter_n grant_v all_o that_o he_o say_v about_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o trinity_n in_o unity_n and_o in_o particular_a that_o every_o individual_a person_n have_v a_o 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and_o set_v it_o right_n he_o tell_v we_o therefore_o p._n 80_o 81._o of_o this_o defence_n that_o by_o three_o infinite_a mind_n he_o mean_v three_o infinite_a intelligent_a person_n affirm_v moreover_o p._n 80._o l._n 13._o that_o a_o mind_n be_v a_o intelligent_a person_n and_o every_o intelligent_a person_n a_o mind_n both_o which_o proposition_n if_o mind_n be_v universal_o take_v in_o the_o first_o as_o by_o the_o whole_a tenor_n of_o his_o discourse_n here_o it_o must_v be_v be_v manifest_o false_a for_o a_o man_n be_v a_o intelligent_a person_n and_o not_o a_o mind_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n on_o the_o other_o side_n be_v a_o mind_n but_o not_o a_o person_n and_o the_o divine_a nature_n or_o essence_n likewise_o absolute_o consider_v be_v a_o mind_n but_o not_o a_o person_n and_o consequent_o neither_o of_o
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this_o paragraph_n p._n 90._o as_o if_o he_o be_v to_o be_v teach_v by_o this_o man_n to_o construe_v the_o father_n for_o that_o and_o sundry_a other_o of_o his_o scurrility_n i_o will_v not_o fail_v to_o reckon_v with_o he_o in_o due_a place_n but_o after_o the_o several_a testimony_n produce_v by_o the_o animadverter_n against_o a_o plurality_n of_o substance_n in_o the_o godhead_n he_o proceed_v to_o argue_v against_o the_o same_o from_o reason_n and_o what_o do_v the_o defender_n reply_n upon_o this_o topick_n why_o say_v he_o whereas_o the_o animadverter_n will_v prove_v that_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n can_v be_v three_o distinct_a mind_n because_o they_o be_v not_o three_o distinct_a substance_n the_o dean_n may_v safe_o deny_v the_o consequence_n p._n 90._o at_o the_o latter_a end_n and_o may_v he_o so_o i_o must_v tell_v he_o that_o if_o the_o denial_n of_o the_o genus_fw-la do_v and_o must_v infer_v a_o denial_n of_o the_o species_n as_o that_o which_o be_v not_o a_o 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person_n be_v commensurate_a and_o convertible_a it_o will_v follow_v that_o if_o there_o be_v but_o one_o essence_n there_o can_v be_v but_o one_o person_n and_o that_o if_o there_o be_v a_o plurality_n of_o person_n there_o must_v be_v a_o plurality_n of_o essence_n too_o for_o the_o multiplication_n of_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o any_o thing_n must_v of_o necessity_n multiply_v the_o thing_n itself_o of_o which_o it_o be_v so_o and_o here_o i_o must_v tell_v this_o author_n that_o as_o much_o as_o he_o disclaim_v the_o use_n of_o the_o term_n formal_a reason_n yet_o this_o very_a expression_n of_o he_o that_o the_o essence_n make_v the_o person_n true_o and_o proper_o neither_o do_v nor_o can_v import_v any_o thing_n else_o than_o that_o the_o essence_n be_v the_o formal_a reason_n thereof_o and_o if_o so_o let_v he_o upon_o this_o assertion_n keep_v off_o the_o forementioned_a consequence_n viz._n that_o either_o there_o be_v three_o essence_n or_o but_o one_o person_n if_o he_o 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nature_n or_o substance_n be_v matter_n of_o much_o great_a amazement_n and_o abhorrence_n too_o to_o all_o that_o be_v concern_v for_o the_o faith_n which_o they_o be_v baptize_v into_o and_o moreover_o for_o any_o one_o to_o assert_v three_o infinitâ—_n mind_n and_o yet_o to_o pretend_v not_o to_o assert_v three_o god_n be_v yet_o more_o amaze_a than_o the_o former_a and_o last_o for_o such_o scandalous_a assertion_n to_o wear_v the_o stamp_n of_o public_a licence_n and_o authority_n and_o the_o shameless_a author_n of_o they_o to_o be_v endure_v and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o to_o be_v also_o under_o such_o circumstance_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v to_o all_o sober_a and_o pious_a mind_n more_o amaze_a monstrous_a and_o astonish_v than_o all_o his_o detestable_a heresy_n put_v together_o but_o to_o draw_v to_o a_o close_a of_o this_o argument_n against_o his_o three_o infinite_a mind_n from_o a_o necessity_n of_o assert_v three_o substance_n in_o the_o godhead_n as_o unavoidable_o consequent_a thereupon_o i_o find_v this_o author_n utter_o at_o a_o loss_n where_o to_o fix_v and_o by_o no_o mean_n consistent_a with_o himself_o as_o sometime_o deny_v and_o sometime_o allow_v his_o three_o mind_n to_o be_v three_o substance_n his_o denial_n of_o it_o appear_v in_o these_o word_n let_v the_o animadverter_n say_v he_o bring_v off_o three_o person_n from_o be_v three_o substance_n and_o the_o dâ—â—â—_n will_v undertake_v to_o bring_v off_o his_o three_o mind_n from_o be_v so_o as_o well_o p._n 89._o l._n 15._o on_o the_o contrary_a if_o this_o author_n do_v not_o allow_v of_o three_o substance_n in_o the_o trinity_n why_o do_v he_o interpret_v the_o place_n allege_v by_o the_o animadverteâ—_n out_o of_o the_o father_n for_o a_o unity_n of_o substance_n in_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o person_n only_o of_o a_o specific_a unity_n of_o substance_n for_o that_o all_o know_v
can_v be_v one_o person_n for_o in_o either_o of_o these_o instance_n the_o unity_n and_o diversity_n be_v in_o eodem_fw-la genere_fw-la viz._n in_o genere_fw-la mentis_fw-la in_o the_o former_a in_o genere_fw-la personae_fw-la in_o the_o latter_a and_o consequent_o in_o both_o impossible_a and_o therefore_o as_o for_o that_o inference_n upon_o which_o his_o whole_a answer_n rely_v viz._n that_o if_o it_o be_v no_o contradiction_n for_o three_o to_o be_v one_o in_o several_a respect_n than_o it_o be_v no_o contradiction_n for_o three_o infinite_a mind_n to_o be_v one_o mind_n p._n 93._o l._n 18._o i_o must_v tell_v this_o anti-logician_n that_o he_o conclude_v from_o a_o particular_a proposition_n instead_o of_o a_o universal_a and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o from_o a_o particular_a instance_n of_o one_o kind_n to_o a_o particular_a instance_n of_o another_o his_o argument_n amount_v to_o no_o more_o than_o this_o that_o because_o it_o be_v no_o contradiction_n for_o three_o to_o be_v one_o upon_o different_a account_n in_o some_o case_n therefore_o neither_o be_v it_o so_o in_o the_o case_n of_o three_o mind_n but_o this_o by_o his_o favour_n will_v never_o follow_v for_o though_o it_o be_v no_o contradiction_n in_o some_o instance_n as_o particular_o in_o that_o of_o three_o subsistence_n in_o one_o essence_n or_o of_o three_o relation_n or_o respect_n so_o concur_v in_o any_o one_o thing_n as_o to_o be_v all_o predicable_a of_o it_o yet_o this_o do_v not_o hold_v in_o all_o instance_n nor_o in_o any_o indifferent_o nor_o particular_o in_o this_o of_o three_o mind_n for_o as_o much_o as_o no_o respect_n whatsoever_o can_v make_v three_o mind_n to_o be_v essential_o one_o mind_n nor_o three_o spirit_n to_o be_v one_o spirit_n nor_o three_o substance_n one_o substance_n and_o the_o like_a and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o contradiction_n for_o they_o so_o to_o be_v but_o according_a to_o this_o author_n hypothesis_n we_o have_v here_o a_o trinity_n and_o unity_n of_o 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eo_fw-la sinè_fw-la revelatione_fw-la novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la nunquam_fw-la homines_fw-la cogitâssent_fw-la p._n 10._o again_o in_o this_o three_o epistle_n bear_v this_o title_n in_o quâ_fw-la s._n trinitatis_fw-la mysterium_fw-la explicatur_fw-la after_o he_o have_v congratulate_v the_o present_a age_n that_o among_o the_o many_o advantage_n accrue_v to_o it_o from_o the_o cartesian_a philosopher_n they_o have_v make_v those_o thing_n plain_a easy_a and_o obvious_a to_o the_o world_n which_o our_o ancestor_n have_v represent_v as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i.e._n unsearchable_a and_o unintelligible_a he_o proceed_v to_o these_o passage_n with_o reference_n to_o the_o trinity_n mysterium_fw-la illuâ—_fw-la quod_fw-la hactenus_fw-la theologis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la crucem_fw-la fixit_fw-la facile_fw-la explicatu_fw-la esse_fw-la modò_fw-la recta_fw-la ineatur_fw-la via_fw-la contendimus_fw-la p._n 96._o and_o that_o he_o himself_o take_v this_o right_a way_n of_o explain_v it_o 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the_o like_a case_n this_o be_v the_o account_n which_o i_o give_v of_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o term_n formal_a reason_n as_o it_o occur_v in_o the_o animadversion_n viz._n that_o it_o be_v that_o internal_a principle_n which_o make_v a_o thing_n to_o be_v what_o it_o be_v to_o be_v one_o in_o itself_o and_o distinct_a from_o all_o other_o thing_n which_o it_o be_v not_o and_o last_o be_v the_o natural_a and_o proper_a answer_v to_o all_o inquiry_n à _fw-fr priore_n why_o or_o how_o a_o thing_n come_v to_o be_v essential_o such_o or_o such_o according_a to_o its_o respective_a denomination_n of_o all_o which_o this_o author_n be_v whole_o ignorant_a he_o think_v he_o have_v so_o entire_o clear_v himself_o of_o this_o term_n and_o whatsoever_o have_v be_v argue_v against_o he_o under_o it_o that_o he_o declare_v with_o triumph_n p._n 78._o l._n 10._o that_o if_o the_o animadverter_n think_v fit_a to_o try_v his_o skill_n again_o upon_o this_o argument_n he_o believe_v he_o shall_v hear_v no_o more_o of_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n and_o union_n nor_o of_o other_o such_o like_a termâ—_n but_o this_o poor_a man_n shall_v remember_v how_o unhappy_a he_o have_v be_v in_o his_o prophecy_n for_o so_o he_o have_v say_v before_o both_o of_o the_o socinian_o and_o of_o the_o most_o learned_a answerer_n of_o the_o vindication_n of_o his_o case_n etc._n etc._n viz._n that_o he_o believe_v that_o he_o shall_v hear_v from_o they_o no_o more_o when_o yet_o he_o have_v hear_v from_o they_o both_o and_o that_o in_o a_o strain_n so_o much_o above_o his_o low_a talon_n that_o few_o believe_v that_o either_o of_o they_o will_v ever_o hear_v more_o from_o he_o and_o if_o â—s_v they_o say_v sâ—â—ing_n be_v believe_v so_o fâ—â—ling_v be_v belâ—â—ving_v too_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o by_o this_o time_n he_o himself_o also_o be_v oâ—_n the_o same_o opinion_n and_o according_o i_o do_v here_o assure_v this_o man_n of_o presumption_n that_o i_o shall_v produce_v this_o and_o the_o like_a term_n in_o all_o dispute_n with_o he_o again_o and_o again_o have_v herein_o the_o company_n of_o all_o the_o eminent_a scholastic_a writer_n both_o in_o philosophy_n and_o divinity_n constant_o use_v and_o avow_v the_o use_n of_o they_o and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o in_o the_o strength_n of_o they_o to_o break_v through_o all_o the_o coâ—â—â—b_a argumentation_n of_o this_o his_o sophistical_a and_o slight_a discourse_n and_o so_o i_o go_v on_o but_o before_o i_o come_v particular_o to_o examine_v his_o shift_a answer_n to_o the_o animadverter_n argument_n i_o think_v fit_a to_o lay_v before_o the_o reader_n the_o plain_a and_o true_a state_n of_o the_o point_n between_o this_o author_n and_o he_o as_o the_o most_o unexceptionable_a rule_n whereby_o the_o reader_n be_v desire_v to_o judge_v between_o they_o both_o now_o the_o chief_a head_n of_o dispute_n between_o they_o be_v these_o three_o first_o concern_v self-consciousness_n and_o what_o dependence_n the_o personality_n and_o personal_a unity_n of_o person_n both_o create_v and_o uncreate_v have_v upon_o it_o second_o touch_v mutual_a consciousness_n and_o how_o far_o the_o essential_a unity_n of_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o numerical_a divine_a nature_n depend_v upon_o it_o and_o three_o whether_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v three_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n or_o spirit_n or_o no._n concern_v all_o which_o several_o the_o reader_n be_v in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o observe_v that_o this_o author_n make_v self-consciousness_n both_o in_o being_n create_v and_o uncreate_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n and_o personal_a unity_n viz._n that_o which_o make_v a_o person_n to_o be_v formal_o a_o person_n and_o formal_o one_o in_o himself_o or_o in_o other_o word_n that_o wherein_o his_o personal_a be_v unity_n and_o original_a distinction_n from_o other_o thing_n do_v consist_v and_o so_o in_o the_o next_o place_n for_o mutual_a consciousness_n he_o make_v the_o essential_a unity_n of_o nature_n or_o essence_n belong_v to_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n to_o consist_v formal_o in_o their_o mutual_a consciousness_n so_o that_o it_o be_v this_o which_o render_v they_o formal_o one_o in_o nature_n or_o essence_n and_o last_o he_o positive_o affirm_v that_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n in_o the_o godhead_n be_v three_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n or_o spirit_n and_o that_o it_o be_v heresy_n and_o nonsense_n to_o affirm_v otherwise_o vind._n p._n 66._o l._n 25._o thus_o he_o hold_v and_o assert_n concern_v these_o three_o dispute_v point_n as_o will_v appear_v from_o the_o follow_a passage_n in_o his_o book_n concern_v each_o of_o they_o and_o 1._o for_o self-consciousness_n the_o self-vnity_n of_o a_o spirit_n say_v he_o universal_o by_o the_o way_n reckon_v a_o spirit_n a_o person_n can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o self-consciousness_n viz._n that_o it_o be_v conscious_a to_o its_o own_o thought_n reason_n passion_n which_o no_o other_o spirit_n be_v conscious_a to_o but_o itself_o vind._n p._n 48._o l._n 32._o this_o make_v a_o spirit_n numerical_o one_o vind._n p._n 49._o l._n 2._o the_o self-consciousness_n of_o every_o person_n to_o itself_o viz._n of_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n make_v they_o three_o distinct_a person_n vind._n p._n 68_o l._n 5._o and_o we_o know_v no_o other_o unity_n of_o a_o mind_n or_o spirit_n but_o consciousness_n ibid._n the_o essential_a unity_n of_o a_o spirit_n consist_v in_o self-consciousness_n and_o it_o be_v nothing_o else_o which_o make_v a_o spirit_n one_o and_o distinguish_v it_o from_o all_o other_o spirit_n vind._n p._n 47._o l._n 15._o the_o very_a nature_n of_o a_o spirit_n consist_v in_o internal_a vital_a sensation_n defence_n p._n 7._o l._n 11._o the_o unity_n of_o a_o single_a mind_n or_o spirit_n consist_v in_o a_o natural_a self-conscious_a sensation_n
declare_v that_o i_o can_v find_v nothing_o invincible_a in_o all_o his_o argument_n but_o that_o and_o i_o hope_v the_o reader_n will_v take_v a_o true_a measure_n of_o his_o logical_a talon_n from_o his_o discourse_n about_o proprium_fw-la quarto_fw-la modo_fw-la which_o way_n of_o discourse_v though_o i_o shall_v not_o ascribe_v to_o he_o as_o his_o property_n yet_o it_o have_v so_o much_o of_o a_o property_n that_o he_o be_v like_a to_o be_v know_v by_o it_o and_o so_o have_v make_v good_a what_o have_v be_v assert_v by_o the_o animadverter_n concern_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n i_o leave_v self-consciousness_n to_o shift_v for_o itself_o and_o proceed_v to_o vindicate_v the_o animadverter_n first_o argument_n against_o it_o 1._o which_o be_v this_o viz._n that_o self-consciousness_n presuppose_v personality_n in_o the_o thing_n to_o which_o it_o belong_v and_o therefore_o can_v be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o it_o forasmuch_o as_o nothing_o can_v be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o that_o which_o be_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o it_o this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o argument_n and_o what_o say_v this_o defender_n to_o it_o why_o he_o shift_v the_o term_n and_o from_o self-consciousness_n understand_v as_o all_o the_o world_n understand_v it_o for_o a_o act_n pass_v to_o the_o principle_n of_o self-consciousness_n affirm_v that_o although_o indeed_o he_o speak_v only_o of_o the_o act_n yet_o that_o by_o a_o unfathomable_a mean_v still_o he_o intend_v only_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o say_a act_n as_o that_o alone_a which_o make_v a_o person_n or_o give_v personality_n and_o according_o he_o discourse_v as_o follow_v suppose_v say_v he_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v reason_v thus_o actual_a knowledge_n presuppose_v a_o mind_n and_o therefore_o knowledge_n in_o its_o principle_n be_v not_o and_o can_v be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o a_o mind_n def._n p._n 39_o l._n 13._o to_o which_o i_o answer_v 1._o that_o the_o dispute_v here_o be_v not_o conâ—â—â—ning_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o a_o mind_n but_o of_o a_o person_n and_o 2._o that_o he_o who_o reason_n in_o this_o manner_n quite_o alter_v the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n which_o proceed_v not_o upon_o the_o principle_n but_o the_o act_n of_o self-consciousness_n and_o so_o the_o true_a reason_v must_v be_v this_o actual_a knowledge_n presuppose_v a_o mind_n and_o therefore_o actual_a knowledge_n neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o that_o mind_n this_o sir_n be_v the_o true_a argue_n upon_o the_o point_n according_a to_o the_o term_n which_o on_o both_o side_n it_o have_v still_o be_v express_v by_o and_o in_o which_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o mention_n of_o the_o principle_n of_o self-consciousness_n which_o be_v new_o and_o postliminious_o thrust_v in_o and_o be_v quite_o another_o thing_n from_o self-consciousness_n itself_o and_o this_o be_v evident_a not_o only_o from_o the_o proper_a unforced_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n import_v no_o more_o than_o a_o act_n in_o conjunction_n with_o its_o object_n viz._n a_o act_n of_o knowledge_n terminate_v upon_o self_n but_o also_o from_o this_o author_n be_v own_o explication_n of_o it_o as_o still_o set_v in_o forth_o by_o word_n import_v bare_a action_n such_o as_o be_v a_o person_n be_v know_v himself_o and_o all_o his_o internal_a motion_n as_o likewise_o his_o actual_a feel_n or_o sensation_n of_o the_o same_o these_o i_o say_v be_v the_o word_n which_o he_o always_o express_v self-consciousness_n by_o and_o will_v this_o man_n now_o persuade_v the_o world_n that_o act_n of_o knowledge_n and_o act_n of_o feel_v or_o sensation_n signify_v the_o principle_n of_o these_o several_a act_n this_o be_v so_o gross_a a_o change_v the_o very_a subject_n of_o the_o dispute_n that_o i_o need_v not_o make_v one_o step_n further_o towards_o the_o confutation_n of_o it_o for_o have_v beat_v he_o off_o from_o his_o own_o term_n which_o he_o himself_o propose_v and_o declare_v his_o hypothesis_n by_o the_o argument_n stand_v good_a against_o he_o and_o have_v disprove_v what_o he_o have_v argue_v from_o the_o act_n of_o self-consciousness_n i_o be_o not_o conâ—â—â—â—ed_v about_o the_o new_a medium_fw-la he_o bring_v from_o the_o principle_n since_o the_o act_n be_v the_o only_a thing_n so_o far_o as_o word_n can_v express_v thing_n which_o he_o have_v all_o along_o mention_v and_o insist_v upon_o nevertheless_o to_o pursue_v he_o through_o his_o shift_n i_o will_v consider_v his_o self-consciousness_n even_o in_o the_o principle_n of_o it_o too_o and_o in_o order_n to_o this_o i_o shall_v observe_v that_o in_o every_o suppositum_fw-la or_o complete_o subsist_v be_v and_o consequent_o in_o every_o person_n which_o be_v only_o a_o rational_a suppositum_fw-la consider_v as_o a_o agent_n these_o three_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o first_o the_o form_n or_o essence_n second_o the_o power_n of_o faculty_n and_o three_o the_o act_n proceed_v immediate_o from_o these_o power_n but_o mediate_o from_o the_o essence_n or_o form_n it_o â—elf_n operate_n by_o they_o and_o now_o let_v we_o see_v whether_o any_o of_o all_o these_o as_o they_o belong_v to_o a_o person_n give_v personality_n or_o personal_a individuation_n to_o that_o person_n where_o in_o the_o first_o place_n i_o affirm_v that_o neither_o can_v the_o act_n themselves_o nor_o the_o power_n from_o with_o they_o flow_v reckon_v the_o act_n and_o power_n of_o self-consciousness_n among_o the_o rest_n give_v personality_n or_o personal_a subsistence_n to_o the_o nature_n to_o which_o they_o belong_v and_o that_o as_o for_o other_o reason_n so_o particular_o for_o this_o that_o both_o act_n and_o power_n be_v accident_n and_o that_o no_o accident_n can_v give_v personality_n or_o be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o a_o person_n because_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o any_o thing_n must_v be_v always_o of_o the_o same_o kind_a or_o rank_a of_o be_v with_o the_o thing_n itself_o which_o be_v formal_o constitute_v by_o it_o but_o a_o person_n be_v a_o intelligent_a substance_n complete_v by_o its_o proper_a subsistence_n as_o by_o its_o substantial_a mode_n and_o nothing_o substantial_a whether_o it_o be_v a_o substance_n itself_o or_o but_o a_o mode_n of_o substance_n which_o be_v always_o reduce_v to_o it_o be_v or_o can_v be_v of_o the_o same_o kind_a with_o any_o accident_n since_o these_o two_o make_v the_o two_o grand_a different_a order_n or_o rank_n of_o be_v and_o consequent_o no_o power_n or_o faculty_n nor_o action_n proceed_v from_o it_o can_v constitute_v the_o nature_n they_o belong_v to_o a_o person_n by_o be_v the_o formal_a reason_n thereof_o to_o which_o we_o may_v add_v this_o further_a consideration_n that_o no_o accident_n can_v give_v so_o much_o as_o a_o natural_a individuation_n to_o its_o subject_a and_o therefore_o much_o less_o can_v it_o give_v personality_n or_o personal_a subsistence_n to_o the_o same_o this_o be_v a_o degree_n of_o perfection_n in_o the_o way_n of_o existence_n beyond_o that_o of_o bare_a individuation_n and_o consequent_o neither_o upon_o this_o account_n can_v any_o action_n or_o power_n or_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n constitute_v a_o humane_a or_o intelligent_a nature_n a_o person_n in_o the_o next_o place_n therefore_o have_v thus_o show_v that_o neither_o the_o act_n nor_o the_o power_n of_o self-consciousness_n can_v give_v personality_n let_v we_o see_v whether_o it_o can_v be_v derive_v from_o a_o high_a principle_n of_o action_n viz._n the_o form_n of_o the_o self-conscious_a be_v which_o be_v the_o rational_a soul_n now_o this_o we_o shall_v find_v sustain_v the_o capacity_n of_o a_o double_a principle_n viz._n of_o a_o constituent_a as_o it_o concur_v with_o the_o body_n inform_v by_o it_o towards_o the_o constitution_n of_o a_o humane_a nature_n and_o second_o of_o a_o efficient_a and_o that_o both_o emanative_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o power_n and_o faculty_n belong_v to_o it_o and_o proper_o effective_a in_o respect_n of_o all_o the_o act_n whether_o intellection_n or_o volition_n etc._n etc._n produce_v by_o the_o instrumental_a mediation_n of_o the_o say_a faculty_n but_o now_o under_o which_o of_o these_o capacity_n be_v it_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o a_o person_n why_o under_o neither_o for_o as_o much_o as_o in_o the_o humane_a nature_n of_o christ_n it_o sustain_v both_o of_o they_o viz._n of_o a_o principal_a part_n concur_v to_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o say_a nature_n both_o as_o to_o its_o be_v and_o unity_n and_o of_o a_o efficient_a principle_n give_v it_o all_o the_o power_n and_o act_n proper_o issue_v from_o that_o nature_n but_o for_o all_o that_o we_o know_v that_o it_o make_v not_o that_o nature_n a_o person_n by_o give_v it_o a_o proper_a humane_a subsistence_n since_o the_o humanity_n of_o christ_n have_v no_o such_o subsistence_n but_o subsist_v by_o that_o of_o the_o eternal_a
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o show_v that_o the_o say_a subsistence_n have_v no_o such_o necessary_a connexion_n with_o nature_n absolute_o consider_v but_o that_o so_o consider_v as_o in_o the_o present_a case_n nature_n may_v be_v without_o it_o for_o if_o it_o be_v necessary_o include_v in_o nature_n as_o personality_n and_o the_o formal_a reason_n thereof_o mutual_o and_o essential_o imply_v and_o infer_v one_o another_o the_o humane_a nature_n of_o christ_n can_v neither_o natural_o nor_o supernatural_o be_v without_o its_o proper_a humane_a subsistence_n any_o more_o than_o without_o its_o essence_n for_o still_o we_o speak_v here_o not_o of_o such_o a_o subsistence_n as_o be_v oppose_v to_o inhesion_n in_o a_o subject_a and_o so_o make_v a_o substance_n but_o of_o such_o a_o one_o as_o be_v oppose_v to_o all_o dependence_n upon_o another_o as_o upon_o a_o suppositum_fw-la and_o so_o make_v a_o substance_n complete_a and_o incommunicable_a by_o give_v it_o its_o ultimate_a and_o most_o perfect_a manner_n of_o exist_v but_o of_o this_o more_o again_o present_o in_o my_o examination_n of_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o animadverter_n next_o argument_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o sum_n of_o what_o have_v be_v argue_v be_v this_o that_o if_o self-consciousness_n neither_o in_o the_o act_n nor_o in_o the_o faculty_n or_o power_n nor_o yet_o in_o its_o high_a principle_n viz._n the_o form_n or_o essence_n from_o which_o it_o flow_v can_v formal_o give_v personality_n or_o personal_a individuation_n to_o the_o nature_n to_o which_o it_o belong_v than_o self-consciousness_n in_o no_o respect_n whatsoever_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o a_o person_n but_o you_o will_v say_v what_o be_v it_o then_o that_o formal_o constitute_v a_o person_n in_o answer_n to_o which_o though_o it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o i_o to_o have_v overthrow_v my_o adversary_n assertion_n yet_o that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v only_o upon_o the_o negative_a i_o affirm_v that_o that_o which_o formal_o give_v personality_n or_o constitute_v a_o person_n be_v a_o intelligent_a nature_n ultimate_o complete_v by_o its_o proper_a subsistence_n this_o i_o say_v i_o hold_v and_o let_v this_o man_n of_o arrogance_n and_o ignorance_n overthrow_v it_o if_o he_o can_v as_o for_o what_o he_o say_v p._n 40._o l._n 3._o of_o self-consciousness_n in_o the_o abstract_n viz._n that_o it_o be_v as_o capable_a of_o be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o a_o person_n as_o rationality_n be_v of_o be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o a_o rational_a nature_n it_o need_v no_o other_o answer_n than_o that_o it_o be_v precarious_o and_o false_o say_v for_o the_o true_a parallel_n between_o these_o two_o reach_n no_o further_o than_o this_o that_o as_o rationality_n constitute_v and_o denominate_v its_o concrete_a rational_a so_o self-consciousness_n constitute_v and_o denominate_v its_o concrete_a self-conscious_a and_o what_o then_o a_o person_n be_v not_o the_o proper_a 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a_o intelligent_a nature_n which_o make_v a_o person_n i_o have_v no_o more_o to_o say_v to_o he_o upon_o this_o head_n but_o that_o upon_o a_o review_n of_o the_o confirmation_n which_o i_o have_v now_o give_v the_o forementioned_a argument_n viz._n that_o self-consciousness_n can_v be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n because_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n it_o follow_v and_o presuppose_v it_o i_o shall_v not_o stick_v in_o spite_n of_o this_o man_n ignorance_n to_o affirm_v it_o again_o and_o again_o a_o demonstration_n of_o the_o point_n against_o he_o and_o therefore_o those_o word_n of_o the_o defender_n upon_o this_o occasion_n be_v very_o pleasant_a i_o can_v say_v he_o but_o think_v how_o this_o animadverter_n must_v look_v when_o he_o read_v over_o this_o argument_n again_o with_o its_o triumphant_a conclusion_n p._n 41._o l._n 26._o in_o answer_n to_o which_o he_o must_v give_v i_o leave_v to_o tell_v he_o that_o thanks_o be_v to_o god_n the_o animadverter_n look_n be_v not_o quite_o so_o bad_a yet_o as_o to_o put_v he_o in_o any_o danger_n of_o be_v mistake_v for_o this_o author_n be_v live_v image_n and_o as_o for_o his_o other_o scoff_n that_o this_o argument_n be_v worth_a its_o weight_n in_o gold_n though_o he_o fear_v it_o will_v not_o much_o enrich_v the_o buyer_n p._n 39_o l._n 9_o what_o be_v that_o to_o he_o let_v he_o mind_v his_o own_o market_n who_o never_o write_v to_o enrich_v the_o buyer_n but_o the_o seller_n and_o that_o seller_n be_v himself_o and_o since_o he_o be_v so_o well_o be_v it_o for_o his_o book_n and_o his_o bookseller_n too_o that_o man_n general_o buy_v before_o they_o read_v the_o animadverter_n for_o his_o part_n affect_v not_o the_o reputation_n of_o a_o scribbler_n and_o much_o less_o of_o a_o huckster_n but_o pass_v we_o now_o to_o the_o consideration_n and_o vindication_n of_o the_o animadverter_n second_o argument_n against_o self-consciousness_n which_o proceed_v thus_o 2._o the_o humanity_n or_o humane_a nature_n of_o christ_n be_v perfect_o conscious_a to_o itself_o of_o all_o the_o internal_a act_n whether_o of_o knowledge_n volition_n or_o desire_n etc._n etc._n that_o pass_n in_o it_o or_o belong_v to_o it_o and_o yet_o the_o humanity_n or_o humane_a nature_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o a_o person_n and_o therefore_o self-consciousness_n do_v not_o proper_o and_o formal_o give_v personality_n for_o as_o much_o as_o it_o may_v be_v in_o that_o which_o be_v not_o a_o person_n thus_o the_o animadverter_n and_o what_o say_v our_o author_n to_o the_o contrary_a why_o in_o the_o first_o place_n according_a to_o his_o constant_a custom_n of_o deny_v what_o he_o have_v before_o affirm_v he_o say_v p._n 40._o l._n 10._o that_o he_o never_o express_o teach_v that_o self-consciousness_n be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n and_o again_o l._n 27._o that_o he_o no_o where_o make_v self-consciousness_n the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n but_o as_o it_o be_v very_o possible_a for_o a_o man_n not_o always_o to_o understand_v his_o own_o word_n so_o i_o will_v have_v this_o good_a man_n know_v that_o he_o have_v over_o and_o over_o make_v self-consciousness_n the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n whether_o he_o understand_v so_o much_o or_o no._n for_o if_o by_o his_o forementioned_a denial_n of_o it_o he_o mean_v no_o more_o than_o that_o he_o never_o make_v use_n of_o the_o term_n formal_a reason_n this_o be_v ready_o grant_v he_o but_o than_o it_o be_v arrant_a trifle_n since_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o he_o have_v teach_v and_o assert_v the_o thing_n signify_v by_o this_o term_n as_o effectual_o and_o plain_o as_o if_o he_o have_v use_v the_o very_a term_n itself_o for_o to_o tell_v he_o again_o what_o i_o have_v tell_v he_o before_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o a_o thing_n be_v that_o which_o constitute_v it_o such_o a_o be_v give_v it_o withal_o its_o proper_a unity_n and_o distinction_n whether_o natural_a or_o personal_n
and_o moreover_o prove_v their_o rationality_n from_o their_o self-consciousness_n so_o that_o we_o see_v here_o of_o what_o virtue_n this_o self-consciousness_n be_v that_o it_o can_v extend_v even_o to_o beast_n themselves_o and_o make_v they_o rational_a for_o have_v say_v that_o a_o beast_n be_v self-conscious_a p._n 46._o l._n 21._o he_o add_v that_o wheresoever_o there_o be_v a_o conscious_a life_n there_o be_v some_o degree_n of_o reason_n and_o be_v not_o this_o think_v we_o a_o bless_a assertion_n both_o in_o philosophy_n and_o divinity_n for_o according_a to_o what_o he_o have_v here_o assert_v a_o beast_n may_v be_v proper_o define_v animal_n rationale_n and_o which_o be_v more_o a_o beast_n be_v not_o a_o different_a species_n from_o a_o man_n for_o rationality_n be_v the_o specific_a difference_n of_o a_o man_n and_o if_o a_o beast_n have_v reason_n to_o a_o certain_a degree_n as_o he_o affirm_v it_o have_v than_o the_o difference_n between_o a_o man_n and_o a_o beast_n the_o grin_a race_n itself_o not_o except_v be_v only_o gradual_a and_o consequent_o neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v specifical_a i_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o upon_o this_o subject_n but_o leave_v the_o whole_a world_n to_o consider_v what_o this_o man_n be_v and_o what_o fit_a proposition_n these_o be_v to_o be_v license_v by_o authority_n however_o i_o will_v have_v the_o reader_n observe_v that_o this_o poor_a creature_n who_o explode_v part_n in_o personality_n which_o his_o adversary_n in_o a_o strict_a and_o proper_a sense_n never_o do_v nor_o do_v assert_v yet_o admit_v and_o hold_v degree_n in_o personality_n p._n 46._o l._n 22._o for_o say_v he_o wheresoever_o there_o be_v a_o conscious_a life_n there_o must_v be_v some_o degree_n of_o reason_n and_o that_o entitle_v they_o viz._n beast_n to_o as_o much_o share_n in_o personality_n as_o they_o have_v in_o reason_n but_o let_v i_o tell_v this_o utter_a stranger_n to_o all_o philosophy_n that_o as_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o magis_fw-la and_o minus_fw-la in_o substance_n so_o neither_o be_v there_o in_o substantial_a mode_n of_o which_o personality_n be_v one_o and_o the_o principal_a one_o too_o but_o he_o go_v on_o and_o tell_v we_o that_o no_o man_n will_v pretend_v that_o a_o humanâ—_n body_n though_o unite_v to_o a_o reasonable_a soul_n have_v any_o reason_n or_o sense_n either_o p._n 46._o l._n 27._o and_o yet_o this_o very_a man_n say_v vind._n p._n 269._o l._n 18_o 19_o that_o the_o body_n be_v conscious_a to_o all_o the_o command_v of_o the_o will._n which_o how_o it_o can_v be_v without_o any_o thing_n of_o sense_n belong_v to_o it_o i_o must_v profess_v surpass_v all_o the_o sense_n that_o i_o be_o master_n of_o to_o conceive_v and_o i_o can_v but_o declare_v withal_o that_o if_o a_o thing_n may_v be_v conscious_a and_o yet_o have_v no_o sense_n at_o all_o in_o it_o i_o shall_v have_v a_o worse_o and_o a_o mean_a opinion_n of_o self-consciousness_n than_o ever_o i_o have_v 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enough_o to_o pass_v for_o the_o circumference_n but_o let_v we_o see_v some_o more_o of_o his_o monstrous_a assertion_n the_o body_n say_v he_o be_v part_n of_o the_o man_n and_o so_o part_v of_o the_o person_n but_o it_o do_v not_o make_v the_o person_n but_o be_v take_v into_o the_o person_n by_o a_o vital_a union_n p._n 47._o l._n 7._o to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o for_o the_o body_n to_o be_v actual_o a_o part_n of_o the_o person_n and_o yet_o while_o it_o be_v so_o not_o to_o go_v to_o the_o make_n of_o the_o person_n as_o a_o part_n to_o the_o make_n of_o the_o whole_a be_v a_o direct_a contradiction_n and_o whereas_o he_o talk_v of_o its_o be_v take_v into_o the_o person_n by_o a_o vital_a union_n let_v i_o tell_v he_o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o vital_a union_n in_o create_a being_n which_o be_v not_o also_o a_o composition_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o concurrence_n of_o part_n to_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o whole_a and_o let_v he_o show_v i_o in_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o humane_a nature_n together_o if_o this_o be_v not_o a_o supernatural_a effect_n and_o consequent_o no_o natural_a union_n let_v this_o man_n assign_v i_o any_o one_o that_o ever_o be_v or_o can_v be_v repute_v such_o and_o therefore_o let_v he_o take_v notice_n for_o the_o future_a that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o bare_a term_n or_o extreme_n of_o a_o union_n as_o that_o it_o be_v between_o two_o nature_n that_o can_v make_v it_o natural_a but_o a_o agent_n act_v and_o join_v those_o nature_n together_o according_a to_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n which_o must_v make_v it_o formal_o so_o and_o which_o can_v never_o be_v wrought_v by_o any_o agent_n so_o work_v where_o one_o of_o the_o nature_n to_o be_v unite_v be_v finite_a and_o the_o other_o infinite_a but_o as_o i_o say_v before_o what_o be_v all_o this_o to_o this_o present_a argument_n which_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o the_o hypostatick_a union_n but_o only_o with_o that_o way_n or_o kind_n of_o union_n by_o which_o create_a being_n be_v unite_v together_o and_o will_v this_o man_n argue_v from_o one_o sort_n of_o union_n to_o another_o between_o which_o there_o be_v no_o cognation_n at_o all_o wherefore_o let_v the_o charge_v not_o only_o of_o boldness_n but_o profaneness_n too_o rest_n upon_o he_o who_o dare_v make_v the_o common_a way_n of_o natural_a union_n the_o measure_n of_o a_o supernatural_a and_o that_o such_o a_o one_o as_o exceed_v all_o the_o miracle_n that_o omnipotence_n itself_o ever_o yet_o wrought_v in_o the_o world_n but_o now_o as_o he_o tell_v we_o he_o be_v for_o quit_v the_o school-term_n which_o he_o never_o understand_v and_o for_o speak_v so_o as_o all_o may_v understand_v he_o and_o here_o the_o first_o oracle_n thus_o deliver_v by_o he_o be_v this_o viz._n that_o the_o soul_n may_v be_v a_o complete_a and_o perfect_a person_n but_o not_o a_o perfect_a man_n p._n 49._o l._n 28._o to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o a_o perfect_a man_n be_v essential_o a_o compound_v nature_n or_o be_v and_o that_o a_o humane_a person_n be_v essential_o so_o too_o and_o that_o therefore_o the_o soul_n be_v as_o essential_o a_o simple_a uncompounded_a be_v can_v neither_o be_v a_o perfect_a man_n nor_o a_o perfect_a person_n but_o this_o be_v such_o a_o proposition_n that_o i_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o of_o it_o but_o leave_v it_o whole_o to_o the_o reader_n be_v admiration_n nevertheless_o to_o dis-encumb_a he_o from_o such_o stuff_n as_o this_o man_n ignorance_n be_v still_o throw_v in_o his_o way_n i_o think_v fit_a here_o to_o note_v the_o difference_n between_o a_o perfect_a and_o a_o complete_a be_v now_o a_o thing_n be_v say_v to_o be_v perfect_a in_o respect_n of_o its_o essence_n as_o want_v nothing_o that_o be_v essential_a to_o it_o but_o it_o be_v call_v complete_a in_o respect_n of_o its_o subsistence_n as_o subsist_v so_o by_o itself_o as_o to_o be_v neither_o a_o part_n nor_o adjunct_n of_o another_o thing_n according_o the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v the_o perfection_n of_o a_o man_n consider_v bare_o as_o a_o man_n as_o a_o animal_n rationale_n compound_v of_o soul_n and_o body_n but_o the_o other_o be_v the_o perfection_n of_o a_o person_n or_o of_o a_o man_n consider_v not_o only_o as_o a_o rational_a nature_n but_o as_o a_o rational_a nature_n complete_o subsist_v from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o neither_o do_v the_o perfection_n of_o a_o man_n nor_o the_o perfection_n of_o a_o person_n depend_v upon_o the_o perfection_n or_o operation_n belong_v to_o he_o as_o be_v neither_o essential_a to_o he_o as_o a_o man_n or_o as_o a_o person_n and_o consequent_o though_o they_o be_v never_o so_o defective_a yet_o he_o who_o have_v the_o essence_n or_o essential_o of_o a_o man_n be_v a_o perfect_a man_n and_o he_o who_o have_v this_o essence_n or_o nature_n of_o a_o man_n complete_v with_o the_o proper_a subsistence_n of_o the_o same_o be_v a_o perfect_a person_n but_o our_o author_n be_v for_o explain_v this_o matter_n to_o we_o further_o by_o a_o instance_n let_v we_o say_v he_o consider_v a_o soul_n vital_o unite_v to_o a_o body_n with_o organ_n so_o indispose_v for_o sensation_n that_o a_o man_n can_v neither_o see_v nor_o hear_v nor_o taste_v nor_o smell_v but_o only_o just_a life_n and_o breath_n you_o will_v not_o say_v this_o be_v a_o perfect_a man_n p._n 50._o l._n 8._o yes_o good_a sir_n i_o both_o will_n and_o do_v say_v so_o for_o he_o who_o have_v the_o perfect_a essence_n of_o a_o man_n be_v a_o perfect_a man_n whether_o halt_n or_o blind_a or_o deaf_a and_o as_o defective_a in_o the_o actual_a exercise_n of_o his_o faculty_n as_o of_o his_o limb_n but_o you_o will_v say_v do_v not_o all_o these_o great_a defect_n render_v a_o man_n more_o imperfect_a than_o he_o will_v be_v otherwise_o yes_o as_o to_o his_o state_n or_o condition_n they_o do_v but_o not_o as_o to_o his_o nature_n or_o essence_n and_o therefore_o this_o author_n may_v take_v notice_n that_o there_o be_v a_o twofold_a perfection_n belong_v to_o a_o man_n the_o first_o essential_a which_o we_o have_v be_v hitherto_o speak_v of_o and_o proper_o consist_v in_o that_o perfection_n of_o nature_n or_o essence_n without_o which_o he_o can_v not_o be_v a_o man_n the_o other_o be_v extraessential_a and_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o former_a accidental_a and_o may_v as_o we_o have_v note_v be_v call_v a_o perfection_n of_o state_n or_o condition_n and_o consist_v proper_o in_o a_o integrity_n of_o part_n and_o a_o right_a disposition_n of_o the_o faculty_n enable_v a_o man_n to_o exert_v all_o the_o operation_n belong_v to_o he_o and_o i_o do_v here_o according_a to_o all_o the_o principle_n of_o philosophy_n and_o the_o concurrent_a sense_n of_o philosopher_n affirm_v that_o notwithstanding_o a_o universal_a failure_n of_o all_o those_o accidental_a perfection_n a_o man_n be_v as_o perfect_o a_o man_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o bare_a essence_n and_o as_o perfect_o a_o person_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o complete_a subsistence_n as_o if_o he_o have_v they_o all_o in_o their_o high_a pitch_n but_o our_o author_n go_v on_o if_o say_v he_o a_o complete_a person_n may_v not_o be_v a_o complete_a and_o perfect_a man_n than_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n and_o the_o natural_a perfection_n of_o a_o man_n be_v two_o thing_n p._n 50._o l._n 15._o i_o grant_v they_o be_v so_o but_o utter_o deny_v that_o a_o complete_a person_n can_v be_v otherwise_o than_o a_o perfect_a man_n though_o there_o may_v be_v a_o perfect_a man_n who_o be_v not_o a_o person_n for_o every_o person_n include_v in_o it_o a_o nature_n rationalis_fw-la which_o make_v a_o perfect_a man_n and_o beside_o that_o a_o complete_a subsistence_n of_o the_o same_o which_o make_v the_o person_n and_o whereas_o he_o say_v that_o the_o whole_a personality_n must_v be_v in_o the_o soul_n if_o a_o man_n be_v a_o perfect_a man_n who_o be_v unite_v to_o a_o body_n which_o be_v worse_o than_o none_o p._n 50._o l._n 20._o i_o must_v tell_v he_o first_o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o man_n be_v unite_v to_o a_o body_n for_o though_o the_o soul_n be_v unite_v to_o a_o body_n yet_o the_o man_n be_v not_o but_o contain_v both_o body_n and_o soul_n unite_v to_o one_o another_o and_o i_o must_v tell_v he_o further_o that_o the_o soul_n be_v be_v unite_v to_o a_o body_n which_o be_v worse_o than_o none_o do_v not_o make_v that_o body_n less_o an_o essential_a part_n of_o the_o man_n and_o of_o the_o person_n than_o if_o it_o be_v the_o most_o accomplish_a body_n in_o the_o world_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o must_v desire_v the_o reader_n to_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o intolerable_a absurdity_n of_o this_o author_n be_v affirm_v a_o man_n to_o be_v unite_v to_o a_o body_n and_o that_o his_o own_o body_n too_o for_o at_o this_o rate_n the_o man_n must_v be_v one_o term_n of_o the_o union_n and_o his_o body_n the_o other_o but_o still_o he_o go_v bold_o on_o and_o tell_v we_o p._n 51._o l._n 2_o 3._o that_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o person_n and_o the_o body_n only_o the_o instrument_n or_o organ_n of_o it_o in_o answer_n to_o which_o i_o must_v tell_v he_o that_o not_o the_o soul_n but_o the_o whole_a compositum_fw-la be_v the_o person_n and_o that_o the_o body_n be_v not_o the_o instrument_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o of_o the_o principal_a agent_n but_o of_o the_o whole_a compositum_fw-la and_o moreover_o that_o the_o soul_n be_v as_o much_o the_o instrument_n of_o the_o say_v compositum_fw-la as_o the_o body_n be_v or_o can_v be_v and_o last_o that_o both_o of_o they_o be_v such_o instrument_n as_o be_v also_o vital_a essential_a part_n of_o the_o compound_v
to_o this_o man_n be_v and_o must_v be_v even_o when_o unite_v to_o the_o body_n the_o whole_a person_n add_v to_o this_o that_o he_o affirm_v the_o soul_n thus_o unite_v to_o be_v the_o only_a seat_n of_o personality_n p._n 60._o l._n 7._o and_o if_o this_o man_n will_v deny_v that_o to_o be_v the_o whole_a person_n in_o which_o the_o whole_a personality_n be_v he_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v explode_v than_o dispute_v with_o but_o most_o remarkable_a be_v those_o wretched_a assertion_n of_o he_o by_o which_o he_o direct_o and_o inevitable_o make_v the_o constitution_n of_o every_o man_n live_v to_o consist_v in_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n and_o incarnation_n for_o the_o prove_v of_o which_o i_o shall_v first_o give_v this_o account_n of_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n viz._n that_o it_o be_v that_o whereby_o a_o person_n or_o complete_o subsist_v intelligent_a be_v assume_v another_o be_v or_o nature_n into_o the_o unity_n of_o its_o own_o subsistence_n so_o that_o by_o virtue_n thereof_o the_o person_n assume_v and_o the_o nature_n assume_v be_v both_o but_o one_o person_n yet_o so_o that_o the_o nature_n assume_v be_v not_o part_n of_o the_o say_a person_n this_o i_o affirm_v to_o be_v a_o hypostatick_a union_n and_o i_o gather_v it_o both_o from_o what_o scripture_n and_o reason_n discourse_v upon_o scripture_n teach_v we_o concern_v the_o oeconomy_n of_o christ_n person_n which_o according_a to_o the_o unanimous_a judgement_n of_o all_o divine_n hitherto_o be_v the_o only_a instance_n of_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n in_o the_o world_n but_o now_o let_v we_o see_v what_o a_o parallel_n this_o heady_a venturous_a man_n to_o say_v no_o worse_o make_v between_o this_o and_o the_o union_n of_o a_o humane_a soul_n and_o body_n in_o these_o follow_a proposition_n the_o eternal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o person_n the_o eternal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d assume_v the_o humane_a nature_n into_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o same_o person_n the_o eternal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v vital_o unite_v to_o the_o humane_a nature_n assume_v by_o it_o the_o eternal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o humane_a nature_n thus_o assume_v by_o it_o and_o unite_v to_o it_o be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o person_n the_o eternal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o humane_a nature_n assume_v by_o it_o be_v so_o one_o person_n that_o the_o nature_n assume_v be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o say_a person_n the_o humane_a soul_n be_v a_o person_n the_o humane_a soul_n receive_v the_o body_n into_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o same_o person_n p._n 60._o l._n 22._o the_o humane_a soul_n as_o a_o person_n be_v vital_o unite_v to_o the_o body_n p._n 60._o l._n 21._o the_o body_n be_v unite_v to_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v the_o person_n become_v together_o with_o the_o soul_n one_o and_o the_o same_o person_n p._n 60._o l._n 19_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o body_n unite_v to_o the_o soul_n as_o to_o the_o person_n so_o become_v one_o person_n that_o the_o body_n be_v yet_o no_o part_n of_o the_o person_n p._n 60._o l._n 23._o i_o know_v there_o be_v some_o disparity_n as_o to_o finite_a and_o infinite_a eternal_a and_o not_o eternal_a etc._n etc._n between_o the_o respective_a subject_n of_o the_o union_n here_o represent_v but_o as_o to_o the_o union_n itself_o and_o the_o kind_a of_o it_o i_o free_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o learned_a reader_n to_o judge_v whether_o those_o condition_n which_o divine_v peculiar_o assign_v and_o ascribe_v to_o that_o supernatural_a hypostatick_a union_n be_v not_o here_o ascribe_v by_o this_o author_n to_o the_o natural_a union_n between_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o indeed_o what_o other_o kind_a of_o union_n can_v it_o be_v for_o the_o constitution_n of_o a_o human_a person_n must_v be_v either_o by_o such_o a_o union_n as_o this_o or_o by_o a_o essential_a concurrence_n of_o part_n compound_v it_o but_o this_o though_o maintain_v by_o all_o the_o world_n beside_o this_o author_n utter_o explode_v as_o absurd_a p._n 48._o l._n 10._o and_o the_o truth_n be_v if_o neither_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o person_n nor_o the_o body_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o person_n as_o he_o deny_v both_o of_o they_o to_o be_v how_o can_v the_o person_n be_v such_o by_o a_o essential_a composition_n where_o there_o be_v no_o essential_a part_n to_o make_v the_o composition_n or_o what_o can_v be_v the_o essential_a part_n if_o the_o body_n and_o soul_n be_v not_o so_o nay_o and_o as_o a_o further_a proof_n of_o what_o he_o hold_v in_o this_o matter_n in_o the_o 268_o 269_o 270_o 271_o page_n of_o his_o vindication_n he_o explain_v the_o union_n between_o the_o second_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n and_o the_o humane_a nature_n and_o the_o union_n between_o a_o humane_a soul_n and_o body_n by_o one_o another_o and_o that_o in_o many_o more_o particular_n than_o that_o mention_v in_o the_o athanasian_n creed_n but_o in_o the_o next_o place_n touch_v the_o incarnation_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n which_o i_o likewise_o charge_v this_o author_n opinion_n with_o as_o the_o direct_a result_n of_o it_o beside_o that_o it_o must_v necessary_o follow_v from_o such_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o the_o body_n as_o have_v be_v describe_v he_o himself_o to_o give_v he_o his_o due_n in_o plain_a and_o express_v term_n own_v so_o much_o by_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o embody_v person_n p._n 60._o l._n 26._o and_o that_o be_v manifest_o only_o another_o word_n for_o a_o incarnate_a person_n for_o the_o eternal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o be_o sure_a may_v be_v true_o say_v to_o be_v a_o embody_v person_n by_o his_o incarnation_n so_o that_o the_o parallel_n we_o see_v still_o hold_v from_o all_o which_o new_a cartesian_a divinity_n therefore_o it_o do_v and_o must_v follow_v that_o so_o many_o man_n as_o there_o be_v in_o the_o world_n so_o many_o hypostatick_a union_n and_o incarnation_n there_o be_v also_o and_o that_o a_o man_n be_v proper_o constitute_v a_o man_n by_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o the_o body_n and_o by_o a_o embodyment_n or_o incarnation_n of_o it_o in_o the_o body_n so_o that_o hereafter_o if_o any_o one_o will_v express_v or_o define_v a_o humane_a person_n proper_o and_o exact_o he_o must_v not_o say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o intelligent_a be_v compound_v of_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o complete_o subsist_v for_o that_o be_v the_o gibberish_n of_o the_o school_n but_o he_o must_v say_v that_o a_o humane_a person_n be_v a_o soul_n incarnate_a for_o our_o oracle_n have_v declare_v it_o so_o and_o therefore_o in_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o rest_v and_o now_o have_v not_o this_o author_n think_v we_o show_v himself_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n indeed_o for_o be_v there_o ever_o a_o more_o glorious_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d either_o in_o philosophy_n or_o theology_n than_o this_o of_o a_o new_a hypostatick_a union_n and_o incarnation_n which_o have_v be_v so_o happy_o discover_v and_o so_o authentical_o vouch_v possible_o when_o the_o alterer_n of_o our_o liturgy_n shall_v fall_v to_o work_v again_o to_o alter_v what_o they_o can_v mend_v it_o may_v be_v bring_v into_o our_o creed_n too_o but_o after_o all_o there_o be_v three_o question_n propose_v in_o the_o animadversion_n p._n 83_o 84._o mention_v indeed_o here_o but_o not_o reply_v to_o and_o since_o they_o be_v not_o i_o do_v here_o challenge_v this_o author_n to_o answer_v they_o and_o i_o do_v it_o with_o more_o scorn_n and_o triumph_n than_o the_o animadverter_n as_o he_o pretend_v at_o first_o propound_v they_o the_o design_n of_o which_o question_n be_v to_o show_v that_o according_a to_o this_o author_n assertion_n the_o soul_n in_o every_o man_n and_o the_o man_n himself_o be_v and_o must_v be_v two_o distinct_a person_n and_o they_o have_v show_v it_o with_o that_o force_n and_o clearness_n that_o they_o stand_v not_o only_o unanswered_a but_o against_o he_o 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animadversion_n but_o before_o i_o enter_v upon_o it_o it_o may_v be_v pleasant_a to_o observe_v how_o at_o the_o close_a of_o the_o precede_a dispute_n he_o beg_v his_o friend_n pardon_n for_o his_o long_a excursion_n upon_o this_o subject_a p._n 61._o l._n 14._o whereas_o before_o at_o his_o entrance_n upon_o the_o same_o he_o have_v declare_v that_o he_o will_v only_o make_v some_o short_a reflection_n upon_o it_o p._n 44._o l._n 26._o and_o now_o how_o short_a reflection_n can_v pass_v for_o a_o long_a excursion_n or_o a_o long_a excursion_n be_v true_o call_v short_a reflection_n i_o must_v confess_v i_o do_v not_o understand_v but_o catch_v this_o man_n out_o of_o a_o self-contradiction_n and_o you_o may_v as_o well_o expect_v to_o catch_v he_o out_o of_o himself_o but_o let_v we_o see_v what_o he_o say_v to_o the_o animadverter_n four_o chapter_n why_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o answer_n to_o itself_o though_o i_o hope_v not_o in_o this_o author_n way_n by_o contradict_v 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self-consciousness_n vindic._n pag._n 48._o again_o do_v he_o not_o affirm_v that_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o spirit_n consist_v in_o a_o internal_a self-sensation_a which_o he_o use_v only_o as_o another_o word_n for_o self-consciousness_n defence_n p._n 7._o nay_o and_o do_v he_o not_o repeat_v the_o same_o in_o several_a place_n of_o both_o his_o book_n as_o we_o have_v from_o several_a passage_n cite_v out_o of_o they_o before_o demonstrate_v and_o now_o what_o i_o pray_v do_v the_o animadverter_n or_o any_o one_o else_o pretend_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o a_o thing_n to_o be_v but_o that_o which_o make_v it_o original_o and_o essential_o one_o with_o itself_o and_o distinct_a from_o all_o other_o thing_n or_o in_o other_o term_n that_o wherein_o the_o say_a unity_n and_o distinction_n do_v consist_v well_o but_o have_v thus_o see_v what_o this_o author_n have_v unsay_v let_v we_o see_v what_o it_o be_v that_o he_o do_v say_v why_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o question_n be_v only_o this_o whether_o three_o self-consciousnesses_a do_v not_o prove_v three_o person_n each_o of_o which_o be_v self-conscious_a to_o be_v real_o distinct_a from_o one_o another_o p._n 61._o l._n 28._o in_o answer_n to_o which_o i_o do_v earnest_o desire_v the_o observe_a reader_n to_o note_n first_o how_o shameless_o he_o falsify_v in_o this_o matter_n contradict_v his_o own_o most_o positive_a and_o frequent_o repeat_v assertion_n and_o then_o how_o utter_o he_o change_v the_o whole_a question_n for_o the_o question_n have_v be_v all_o along_o as_o appear_v from_o what_o have_v be_v so_o faithful_o quote_v and_o set_v down_o not_o what_o prove_v the_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v thus_o distinct_a but_o what_o make_v they_o so_o and_o will_v this_o man_n say_v that_o the_o prove_v of_o a_o thing_n to_o be_v thus_o and_o thus_o and_o the_o make_v it_o to_o be_v so_o be_v the_o same_o and_o beside_o suppose_v that_o self-consciousness_n may_v prove_v the_o divine_a person_n distinct_a yet_o it_o can_v prove_v they_o so_o only_o as_o a_o consequent_a note_n or_o sign_n not_o as_o the_o original_a cause_n or_o reason_n of_o that_o distinction_n or_o as_o a_o effect_n prove_v its_o cause_n not_o as_o a_o cause_n prove_v its_o effect_n for_o the_o person_n be_v original_o distinguish_v by_o its_o personal_a subsistence_n which_o subsistence_n be_v not_o owe_v to_o any_o act_n or_o principle_n of_o self-consciousness_n as_o shall_v be_v full_o prove_v against_o he_o in_o the_o vindication_n of_o the_o four_o argument_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o do_v here_o refer_v it_o to_o every_o man_n of_o sense_n to_o judge_v whether_o by_o this_o utter_a change_n of_o the_o question_n this_o author_n do_v not_o plain_o give_v up_o the_o whole_a thing_n here_o in_o dispute_n between_o he_o and_o his_o adversary_n and_o according_o we_o shall_v see_v how_o by_o the_o help_n of_o this_o and_o the_o like_a wretched_a evasion_n he_o endeavour_v to_o slink_v away_o from_o the_o animadverter_n 1._o first_o argument_n which_o be_v this_o no_o personal_a act_n can_v be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n in_o the_o person_n who_o act_n it_o be_v but_o self-consciousness_n be_v a_o personal_a act_n and_o therefore_o can_v be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n this_o be_v the_o argument_n and_o what_o be_v the_o defender_n or_o rather_o the_o dean_n answer_n to_o it_o why_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o neither_o do_v he_o consider_v self-consciousness_n as_o a_o personal_a act_n nor_o assign_v it_o as_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n to_o the_o first_o of_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o it_o be_v as_o manifest_v and_o barefaced_a a_o falsehood_n as_o any_o that_o he_o have_v utter_v and_o that_o if_o knowledge_n self-conscious_a feeling_n or_o sensation_n be_v act_n and_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v by_o word_n than_o self-consciousness_n which_o he_o have_v constant_o express_v by_o the_o forementioned_a word_n be_v as_o true_o real_o and_o proper_o a_o act_n and_o nothing_o else_o as_o knowledge_n feel_v or_o sensation_n be_v or_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v acts._n and_o as_o for_o the_o other_o part_n of_o his_o answer_n viz._n that_o he_o do_v not_o assign_v self-consciousness_n for_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n we_o have_v superabundant_o prove_v that_o he_o have_v plain_o and_o full_o assert_v the_o thing_n and_o we_o must_v pardon_v the_o poor_a untaught_a man_n for_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o word_n nevertheless_o he_o add_v that_o if_o we_o consider_v self-consciousness_n as_o a_o personal_a act_n though_o it_o can_v make_v the_o person_n yet_o it_o distinguish_v one_o person_n from_o another_o p._n 62._o l._n 21._o to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o nothing_o but_o that_o which_o make_v the_o person_n can_v original_o distinguish_v the_o person_n and_o consequent_o that_o self-consciousness_n distinguish_v one_o person_n from_o another_o only_a by_o a_o secondary_a or_o consequent_a distinction_n and_o for_o that_o reason_n can_v no_o more_o original_o distinguish_v than_o it_o can_v make_v the_o person_n as_o for_o instance_n a_o man_n bodily_a stature_n and_o dimension_n with_o a_o concurrence_n of_o all_o other_o accident_n belong_v to_o he_o do_v real_o distinguish_v he_o from_o other_o man_n but_o for_o all_o that_o they_o do_v not_o original_o distinguish_v he_o for_o it_o be_v only_o his_o individual_a numerical_a nature_n which_o do_v or_o can_v do_v that_o but_o it_o be_v worth_a observe_n how_o this_o ignorant_a man_n pursue_v his_o point_n viz._n that_o self-consciousness_n be_v that_o which_o give_v personal_a unity_n and_o distinction_n for_o say_v he_o by_o this_o actual_a self-consciousness_n every_o person_n feel_v himself_o to_o be_v himself_o and_o not_o to_o be_v another_o p._n 62._o l._n 23._o and_o be_v not_o this_o think_v we_o a_o demonstration_n yes_o no_o doubt_n it_o be_v
the_o relation_n the_o correlate_n or_o term_n of_o the_o relation_n and_o last_o the_o relation_n itself_o according_o to_o give_v a_o instance_n of_o this_o in_o the_o paternal_a relation_n of_o the_o first_o person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n the_o remote_a subject_n of_o it_o be_v the_o divine_a nature_n the_o immediate_a subject_n be_v the_o person_n of_o the_o father_n the_o foundation_n of_o it_o be_v that_o eternal_a act_n by_o which_o the_o father_n communicate_v his_o nature_n to_o the_o son_n and_o the_o correlate_n or_o term_n of_o the_o relation_n be_v the_o son_n and_o last_o the_o relation_n itself_o be_v that_o mutual_a respect_n result_v from_o the_o forementioned_a act_n which_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n reciprocal_o hear_v to_o one_o another_o and_o here_o i_o confess_v that_o in_o the_o divine_a relation_n there_o be_v a_o real_a identity_n between_o the_o subject_n the_o foundation_n and_o the_o relation_n itself_o contrary_a to_o what_o it_o be_v in_o create_v person_n in_o who_o they_o be_v real_o distinguish_v upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n then_o let_v this_o man_n in_o the_o present_a instance_n of_o the_o eternal_a person_n of_o the_o father_n show_v that_o self-consciousness_n be_v either_o the_o subject_n the_o foundation_n the_o correlate_n or_o term_n of_o the_o relation_n or_o last_o the_o relation_n itself_o and_o then_o let_v he_o make_v it_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o a_o relative_n personality_n in_o that_o or_o in_o any_o other_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n if_o he_o can_v and_o if_o he_o can_v i_o think_v a_o little_a less_o confidence_n with_o a_o little_a more_o knowledge_n will_v do_v well_o but_o in_o the_o last_o place_n quit_v all_o that_o he_o have_v so_o peremptory_o contend_v for_o before_o he_o tell_v we_o in_o plain_a term_n p._n 64._o l._n 5._o that_o if_o each_o of_o the_o divine_a person_n have_v a_o self-consciousness_n of_o its_o own_o this_o distinguish_v the_o divine_a person_n and_o prove_v they_o to_o be_v real_o distinct_a which_o be_v all_o that_o the_o dean_n desire_v now_o what_o mr._n dean_n desire_v more_o than_o what_o dean_n general_o do_v i_o can_v tell_v but_o what_o he_o have_v declare_v be_v this_o viz._n that_o self-consciousness_n make_v each_o of_o the_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v one_o in_o himself_o and_o distinct_a from_o all_o other_o and_o be_v that_o wherein_o the_o say_a unity_n and_o distinction_n proper_o and_o formal_o do_v consist_v and_o now_o for_o self-consciousness_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n and_o reason_n of_o all_o this_o and_o for_o it_o only_o to_o prove_v this_o i_o must_v tell_v he_o in_o the_o name_n of_o sense_n and_o logic_n be_v quite_o different_a thing_n and_o the_o first_o of_o they_o as_o appear_v from_o the_o fore-alleaged_n passage_n he_o have_v assert_v hitherto_o and_o the_o latter_a he_o fallacious_o sneak_n into_o now_o but_o to_o the_o same_o repeat_v assertion_n i_o must_v still_o give_v the_o same_o answer_n viz._n that_o self-consciousness_n can_v distinguish_v the_o divine_a person_n only_o by_o a_o secondary_a distinction_n not_o by_o a_o primary_n and_o original_a since_o nothing_o can_v original_o distinguish_v as_o i_o have_v show_v but_o that_o which_o also_o constitute_v for_o still_o philosophy_n will_v have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o principle_n both_o constitutive_a and_o distinctive_a too_o so_o that_o this_o be_v manifest_o and_o fair_o another_o deliver_v up_o and_o quit_v of_o the_o point_n which_o he_o have_v all_o along_o in_o his_o vindication_n assert_v and_o dispute_v for_o for_o there_o he_o have_v assert_v that_o self-consciousness_n give_v original_a self-vnity_n and_o distinction_n to_o each_o of_o the_o divine_a person_n and_o here_o he_o declare_v himself_o content_a if_o we_o allow_v self-consciousness_n but_o to_o prove_v the_o same_o though_o we_o have_v tell_v he_o that_o this_o be_v whole_o another_o case_n and_o it_o have_v be_v inculcate_v over_o and_o over_o but_o it_o seem_v there_o be_v no_o force_v it_o into_o his_o pate_n any_o more_o than_o pour_v a_o pottle_n into_o a_o pint._n and_o so_o i_o proceed_v to_o examine_v what_o he_o say_v to_o the_o animadverter_n three_o argument_n 3._o which_o proceed_v thus_o if_o self-consciousness_n be_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n in_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n than_o there_o be_v no_o repugnancy_n in_o the_o nature_n and_o reason_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o but_o that_o there_o may_v be_v three_o thousand_o person_n in_o the_o deity_n as_o well_o as_o three_o which_o consequence_n appear_v from_o this_o that_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o repugnancy_n that_o there_o may_v be_v so_o many_o self-consciousnesses_a or_o self-conscious_a mind_n or_o spirit_n for_o the_o deity_n to_o be_v communicate_v to_o nor_o any_o repugnancy_n prove_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o deity_n itself_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o communicate_v this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o argument_n and_o what_o be_v this_o defender_n reply_n to_o it_o why_o he_o first_o tell_v we_o that_o have_v the_o dean_n say_v that_o self-consciousness_n made_n the_o trinity_n this_o have_v be_v a_o notable_a argument_n p._n 64._o l._n 14._o and_o will_v he_o grant_v this_o then_o i_o shall_v prove_v that_o he_o do_v say_v it_o and_o that_o as_o full_o as_o word_n can_v express_v it_o in_o his_o vindication_n p._n 68_o l._n 4._o where_o he_o have_v this_o passage_n as_o the_o self-consciousness_n of_o every_o person_n to_o itself_o make_v they_o three_o distinct_a person_n so_o the_o mutual_a consciousness_n of_o all_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n make_v they_o all_o but_o one_o infinite_a god_n now_o i_o ask_v this_o self-contradictor_a first_o whether_o any_o word_n can_v be_v more_o plain_a and_o expressive_a than_o these_o and_o in_o the_o next_o place_n whether_o they_o be_v not_o his_o own_o if_o he_o doubt_v it_o let_v he_o turn_v to_o the_o place_n allege_v and_o if_o they_o be_v his_o own_o than_o i_o hope_v that_o that_o which_o make_v the_o divine_a person_n three_o distinct_a person_n make_v the_o trinity_n also_o unless_o the_o three_o distinct_a person_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o the_o trinity_n another_o so_o that_o this_o argument_n effectual_o conclude_v against_o this_o shameless_a man_n even_o by_o his_o own_o concession_n but_o he_o add_v in_o the_o next_o place_n of_o the_o same_o page_n that_o he_o hope_v however_o that_o self-consciousness_n may_v distinguish_v the_o three_o person_n p._n 64._o l._n 16._o to_o which_o it_o have_v be_v answer_v again_o and_o again_o that_o it_o can_v distinguish_v they_o only_o secondary_o and_o consequential_o not_o primary_o and_o original_o but_o i_o be_o weary_a of_o these_o repetition_n though_o he_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o outdo_v battus_n himself_o in_o tautology_n and_o therefore_o whereas_o he_o say_v further_a that_o self-consciousness_n prove_v the_o distinction_n though_o it_o do_v not_o limit_v the_o number_n of_o the_o person_n p._n 64._o l._n 23._o i_o deny_v that_o it_o can_v original_o distinguish_v they_o without_o limit_v the_o number_n of_o they_o also_o for_o as_o i_o have_v prove_v nothing_o can_v original_o distinguish_v the_o person_n but_o that_o which_o make_v they_o person_n and_o that_o which_o make_v they_o person_n by_o the_o very_a same_o make_v they_o three_o person_n it_o be_v as_o essential_a to_o they_o to_o be_v three_o as_o to_o be_v person_n and_o therefore_o to_o that_o question_n of_o he_o do_v the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n make_v or_o limit_v the_o number_n of_o person_n l._n 33._o ibid._n i_o answer_v that_o in_o person_n whole_o relative_n as_o the_o divine_a person_n be_v it_o do_v and_o must_v do_v so_o for_o the_o further_a clear_v of_o which_o it_o must_v be_v observe_v that_o the_o animadverter_n in_o the_o present_a argument_n consider_v the_o divine_a nature_n as_o whole_o abstract_v from_o all_o personality_n belong_v to_o it_o 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particular_a material_a object_n incur_v into_o the_o sense_n and_o as_o for_o the_o divine_a nature_n in_o the_o divine_a person_n the_o only_a subject_n now_o before_o we_o since_o it_o be_v a_o be_v absolute_o and_o entire_o simple_a and_o as_o the_o school_n call_v it_o simplicissimè_fw-la simplex_fw-la i_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v no_o ground_n of_o reason_n to_o discourse_v of_o it_o philosophical_o upon_o but_o the_o natural_a order_n and_o distinction_n of_o our_o conception_n of_o it_o found_v upon_o the_o several_a modes_n act_n and_o object_n belong_v to_o it_o and_o this_o man_n who_o explode_v all_o prius_fw-la and_o posterius_fw-la in_o the_o conception_n which_o our_o reason_n form_n of_o the_o deity_n be_v extreme_o ridiculous_a and_o yet_o withal_o affirm_v three_o absolute_a distinct_a being_n as_o three_o mind_n be_v in_o one_o numerical_a absolute_a and_o most_o simple_a be_v be_v if_o possible_a infinite_o more_o so_o and_o therefore_o without_o add_v any_o thing_n further_o i_o leave_v the_o reader_n to_o make_v himself_o merry_a with_o that_o silly_a swagger_a conclusion_n which_o he_o
close_v his_o wretched_a trifle_a dodge_v answer_n to_o the_o animadverter_n argument_n with_o thus_o say_v he_o all_o his_o argument_n vanish_v like_o smoke_n rise_v in_o a_o dark_a cloud_n but_o immediate_o disperse_v and_o be_v see_v no_o more_o till_o they_o return_v as_o such_o vapour_n use_v to_o do_v in_o thunder_n and_o lightning_n or_o some_o threaten_v storm_n p._n 87._o at_o the_o end_n but_o be_v there_o ever_o such_o a_o rhodomontade_fw-la in_o word_n so_o big_a with_o nothing_o and_o without_o one_o grain_n of_o sense_n at_o the_o bottom_n of_o they_o for_o be_v this_o the_o way_n to_o expose_v a_o adversarie_n argument_n to_o contempt_n first_o to_o represent_v it_o as_o vanish_v into_o smoke_n and_o vapour_n and_o afterward_o return_v in_o storm_n and_o thunder_n but_o it_o show_v that_o his_o rhetoric_n keep_v pace_n with_o his_o logic_n and_o that_o whether_o he_o will_v describe_v or_o prove_v a_o thing_n it_o be_v much_o at_o the_o same_o rate_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o reader_n may_v take_v this_o for_o a_o observation_n that_o will_v never_o fail_v he_o viz._n that_o this_o author_n be_v never_o so_o high_a upon_o the_o huff_n and_o rant_n as_o when_o he_o be_v low_a nay_o and_o know_v himself_o low_a in_o point_n of_o reason_n and_o so_o i_o pass_v to_o the_o vindication_n of_o the_o 2._o second_o argument_n which_o be_v this_o if_o unity_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o divine_a person_n be_v the_o cause_n reason_n or_o principle_n of_o mutual_a consciousness_n in_o the_o say_a person_n than_o their_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n or_o principle_n of_o the_o unity_n of_o their_o nature_n but_o the_o former_a be_v true_a and_o therefore_o the_o latter_a be_v so_o too_o this_o be_v the_o argument_n and_o a_o plain_a and_o clear_a there_o can_v well_o be_v to_o which_o our_o author_n answer_v thus_o that_o the_o divine_a person_n may_v be_v thus_o essential_o one_o by_o mutual_a consciousness_n or_o mutual_a consciousness_n may_v be_v essential_a to_o this_o unity_n though_o they_o can_v not_o be_v thus_o actual_o conscious_a to_o each_o other_o unless_o they_o be_v thus_o unite_v as_o to_o have_v and_o to_o feel_v each_o other_o in_o themselves_o def._n p._n 68_o l._n 22._o which_o enigmatical_a obscure_a and_o confuse_a stuff_n if_o the_o reader_n understand_v it_o be_v well_o for_o i_o profess_v that_o i_o do_v not_o but_o so_o far_o as_o the_o term_n essential_a make_v use_v of_o here_o may_v seem_v to_o make_v any_o thing_n for_o his_o purpose_n i_o answer_v that_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v essential_a to_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n in_o the_o three_o person_n not_o as_o that_o wherein_o this_o unity_n do_v consist_v but_o as_o that_o which_o be_v essential_o consequent_a upon_o it_o and_o inseparable_a from_o it_o so_o that_o there_o be_v a_o homonymy_n in_o the_o term_n essential_a as_o either_o import_v that_o essential_a principle_n wherein_o the_o nature_n or_o essence_n of_o a_o thing_n be_v place_v or_o some_o thing_n necessary_o result_v from_o it_o in_o which_o latter_a sense_n alone_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v essential_a to_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o whereas_o he_o say_v that_o if_o by_o unity_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o divine_a person_n the_o animadverter_n mean_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o say_v be_v indeed_o a_o necessary_a foundation_n of_o this_o mutual_a consciousness_n but_o not_o the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o it_o for_o that_o the_o father_n he_o pretend_v be_v sensible_a that_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v not_o of_o itself_o make_v this_o essential_a unity_n and_o therefore_o add_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o he_o affirm_v to_o be_v that_o very_o mutual_a consciousness_n here_o maintain_v by_o he_o to_o perfect_v it_o p._n 68_o l._n 27._o in_o which_o word_n there_o be_v several_a very_o vile_a heterodoxye_n for_o first_o i_o affirm_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adequate_o perfect_o and_o sufficient_o make_v the_o unity_n and_o identity_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n in_o the_o divine_a person_n and_o that_o as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v not_o mere_o from_o the_o force_n of_o the_o word_n itself_o but_o from_o the_o peculiar_a condition_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o it_o be_v apply_v to_o which_o be_v infinite_a can_v not_o possible_o be_v otherwise_o than_o numerical_o one_o and_o the_o same_o and_o consequent_o that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o agreement_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n in_o such_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o numerical_a unity_n and_o identity_n of_o nature_n belong_v to_o they_o upon_o that_o account_n and_o therefore_o i_o deny_v that_o the_o father_n ever_o reckon_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d insufficient_a of_o itself_o to_o make_v this_o unity_n and_o challenge_v he_o to_o prove_v they_o do_v and_o i_o deny_v further_o that_o they_o ever_o allege_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o a_o addition_n to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o perfect_v this_o unity_n but_o as_o a_o explication_n and_o illustration_n of_o it_o and_o i_o add_v moreover_o that_o the_o father_n never_o account_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d either_o to_o be_v mutual_a consciousness_n or_o to_o consist_v in_o it_o but_o to_o be_v the_o mutual_a inexistence_n or_o indwell_v of_o the_o divine_a person_n in_o each_o other_o found_v upon_o and_o result_v from_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mutual_a inexistence_n be_v no_o more_o mutual_a consciousness_n than_o bare_a existence_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v knowledge_n and_o last_o i_o affirm_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ascribe_v to_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n to_o which_o this_o author_n may_v add_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d too_o if_o he_o please_v be_v not_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d itself_o but_o a_o consequent_a or_o effect_v of_o it_o for_o as_o much_o as_o they_o be_v not_o therefore_o in_o one_o another_o because_o they_o mutual_o know_v one_o another_o but_o they_o thus_o know_v one_o another_o because_o by_o the_o essential_a identity_n of_o their_o nature_n they_o mutual_o be_v and_o exist_v in_o one_o another_o all_o which_o have_v be_v so_o full_o prove_v in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o animadv_n p._n 201_o 202_o 203_o 204_o 205_o 206._o and_o the_o nine_o chapter_n p._n 295._o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o and_o 300_o 301._o to_o allege_v it_o again_o be_v in_o effect_n but_o dictum_fw-la dicere_fw-la which_o though_o it_o be_v the_o constant_a practice_n or_o rather_o trade_n of_o this_o author_n be_v the_o scorn_n of_o the_o animadverter_n but_o to_o go_v on_o the_o animadverter_n have_v say_v as_o be_v here_o allege_v that_o unity_n of_o nature_n be_v the_o cause_n and_o principle_n of_o mutual_a consciousness_n which_o be_v a_o essential_a property_n equal_o belong_v to_o all_o three_o person_n must_v issue_v and_o result_v from_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o so_o can_v have_v no_o antecedent_n causal_n influx_n upon_o the_o same_o nature_n our_o author_n in_o answer_n to_o this_o tell_v we_o that_o mutual_a consciousness_n belong_v not_o immediate_o to_o nature_n but_o to_o person_n p._n 69._o l._n 20._o and_o i_o dare_v say_v he_o tell_v we_o the_o best_a he_o know_v but_o in_o reply_n to_o it_o i_o must_v tell_v he_o again_o that_o it_o belong_v immediate_o to_o both_o but_o upon_o a_o different_a account_n viz._n to_o nature_n as_o the_o immediate_o produce_v principle_n of_o the_o act_n and_o to_o the_o person_n as_o to_o the_o immediate_a proper_a subject_n of_o denomination_n from_o the_o act._n but_o he_o add_v that_o he_o for_o his_o part_n will_v not_o philosophy_n upon_o antecedent_n causal_a influx_n in_o the_o divine_a nature_n p._n 69._o l._n 24._o nor_o do_v any_o one_o else_o in_o the_o strict_a proper_a and_o philosophical_a sense_n of_o these_o term_n pretend_v to_o do_v so_o but_o only_o by_o accommodate_v they_o to_o help_v we_o with_o the_o better_a method_n and_o distinction_n to_o conceive_v and_o discourse_v of_o so_o high_a a_o subject_a as_o the_o divine_a nature_n be_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o for_o nothing_o that_o he_o pass_v over_o the_o nine_o preliminary_a consideration_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o four_o chapter_n of_o the_o animadversion_n without_o so_o much_o as_o touch_v upon_o they_o for_o they_o will_v have_v correct_v his_o ignorance_n and_o teach_v he_o how_o these_o word_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v and_o use_v about_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o person_n but_o his_o modesty_n add_v that_o it_o content_v he_o to_o know_v what_o be_v essential_a not_o absolute_o to_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o divine_a
signalise_v his_o little_a self_n by_o the_o character_n of_o hold_v what_o the_o whole_a world_n beside_o deny_v and_o of_o deny_v what_o it_o hold_v and_o now_o in_o the_o close_a of_o this_o argument_n p._n 75._o l._n 20._o we_o have_v he_o again_o fly_v off_o from_o his_o first_o hypothesis_n in_o which_o he_o have_v with_o so_o much_o earnestness_n affirm_v self-consciousness_n to_o be_v that_o which_o make_v the_o divine_a person_n original_o distinct_a both_o from_o one-another_o and_o all_o other_o thing_n beside_o and_o mutual_a consciousness_n to_o be_v that_o which_o make_v they_o natural_o and_o essential_o one_o i_o say_v we_o have_v he_o quite_o fall_v down_o from_o their_o make_n to_o their_o bare_a suppose_n infer_v and_o prove_v they_o to_o be_v so_o which_o as_o the_o whole_a world_n must_v needs_o fee_v be_v whole_o another_o thing_n and_o absolute_o quit_v and_o give_v up_o the_o first_o assertion_n but_o that_o by_o his_o good_a leave_n shall_v not_o serve_v his_o turn_n for_o as_o he_o have_v be_v several_a time_n tell_v he_o shall_v be_v still_o hold_v to_o it_o and_o just_o account_v a_o baffle_a person_n if_o he_o do_v not_o make_v it_o good_a for_o in_o all_o philosophy_n and_o even_o in_o common_a sense_n make_v be_v one_o thing_n and_o prove_v be_v another_o and_o therefore_o whereas_o he_o say_v in_o the_o last_o place_n viz._n p._n 75._o lin_v 30._o that_o to_o dispute_v about_o the_o cause_n of_o self-consciousness_n and_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v to_o dispute_v about_o the_o naked_a essence_n or_o essential_a property_n of_o thing_n which_o the_o dean_n reject_v from_o the_o beginning_n as_o without_o the_o compass_n of_o human_a knowledge_n there_o be_v in_o these_o word_n several_a thing_n to_o be_v remark_v upon_o as_o first_o i_o must_v tell_v he_o that_o the_o dispute_v here_o be_v not_o direct_o about_o the_o cause_n of_o self-consciousness_n or_o mutual_a consciousness_n but_o whether_o self-consciousness_n itself_o be_v the_o cause_n or_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n personal_a unity_n and_o distinction_n and_o mutual_a consciousness_n be_v the_o formal_a cause_n or_o reason_n of_o the_o essential_a unity_n and_o identity_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o nature_n and_o in_o the_o next_o place_n suppose_v that_o the_o dispute_v here_o be_v about_o the_o cause_n of_o self-consciousness_n and_o mutual_a consciousness_n yet_o i_o deny_v that_o to_o dispute_v of_o they_o under_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o cause_n or_o a_o effect_n be_v to_o dispute_v about_o the_o naked_a essence_n or_o essential_a property_n of_o thing_n forasmuch_o as_o we_o may_v consider_v and_o dispute_v about_o the_o essence_n and_o property_n of_o thing_n without_o any_o consideration_n of_o their_o causality_n at_o all_o and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n we_o may_v know_v a_o thing_n to_o be_v actual_o a_o cause_n and_o dispute_v of_o it_o as_o such_o though_o we_o can_v tell_v what_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o say_a thing_n be_v we_o do_v not_o indeed_o know_v that_o be_v by_o a_o immediate_a inspection_n of_o the_o thing_n themselves_o what_o the_o essence_n or_o form_n of_o thing_n be_v but_o we_o know_v that_o in_o every_o thing_n the_o essence_n or_o form_n of_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n or_o principle_n of_o all_o the_o act_n proceed_v from_o it_o and_o belong_v to_o it_o and_o consequent_o that_o no_o act_n so_o proceed_v from_o the_o say_a thing_n can_v be_v the_o essence_n or_o form_n of_o it_o but_o 3_o dly_a and_o last_o in_o reply_n to_o his_o say_n that_o the_o dean_n from_o the_o beginning_n reject_v all_o dispute_n about_o the_o essence_n and_o essential_a property_n of_o thing_n as_o without_o the_o compass_n of_o human_a knowledge_n i_o do_v here_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o 9th_o and_o 10_o page_n of_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o animadversion_n to_o see_v there_o how_o horrible_o he_o contradict_v himself_o upon_o this_o subject_a for_o there_o it_o be_v prove_v against_o he_o out_o of_o page_n 7._o of_o his_o vindic._n lin_v 20._o that_o he_o say_v that_o the_o essence_n of_o thing_n can_v be_v know_v but_o only_o their_o property_n and_o quality_n which_o sure_o infer_v that_o then_o their_o property_n may_v be_v know_v and_o again_o that_o as_o for_o the_o essential_a property_n operation_n and_o power_n of_o matter_n sense_n experience_n and_o observation_n will_v tell_v we_o what_o they_o be_v vindicat._n p._n 8._o line_n 15._o which_o passage_n i_o will_v have_v he_o reconcile_v to_o what_o he_o have_v say_v here_o viz._n that_o the_o essential_a property_n of_o thing_n be_v without_o the_o compass_n of_o human_a knowledge_n which_o how_o they_o can_v be_v and_o yet_o sense_n experience_n and_o observation_n be_v able_a to_o give_v we_o such_o a_o account_n of_o they_o as_o to_o tell_v we_o what_o they_o be_v i_o must_v confess_v i_o can_v comprehend_v and_o whereas_o again_o he_o exclude_v here_o the_o essence_n of_o thing_n which_o i_o aver_v to_o be_v only_o another_o word_n for_o the_o nature_n of_o they_o from_o the_o compass_n of_o human_a knowledge_n do_v not_o this_o very_a man_n in_o this_o his_o defence_n p._n 7._o lin_v 11._o tell_v we_o that_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o spirit_n consist_v in_o internal_a vital_a sensation_n and_o now_o after_o that_o he_o have_v give_v we_o this_o account_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o spirit_n and_o tell_v we_o wherein_o it_o do_v consist_v will_v he_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o look_v upon_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n as_o out_o of_o the_o compass_n of_o human_a knowledge_n i_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o of_o he_o at_o present_a but_o humble_o beg_v the_o reader_n serious_o to_o reflect_v upon_o the_o temper_n and_o confidence_n of_o this_o man_n and_o so_o i_o dismiss_v he_o for_o a_o everlasting_a shameless_a self-contradictor_a as_o he_o be_v and_o pass_v to_o the_o examination_n of_o what_o he_o bring_v against_o the_o animadverter_n 4._o four_o and_o last_o argument_n which_o proceed_v equal_o against_o mutual_a consciousness_n and_o self-consciousness_n too_o and_o be_v found_v upon_o that_o rule_n of_o philosophy_n that_o entity_n or_o being_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v multiply_v nor_o new_a notion_n to_o be_v admit_v where_o the_o old_a receive_v one_o be_v sufficient_a and_o that_o therefore_o the_o term_n and_o notion_n of_o mutual_a consciousness_n and_o self-consciousness_n in_o the_o present_a subject_a aught_o to_o be_v reject_v not_o only_o as_o new_a and_o suspicious_a but_o as_o whole_o needless_a and_o superfluous_a forasmuch_o as_o nothing_o can_v be_v signify_v by_o they_o which_o be_v not_o full_o and_o clear_o signify_v by_o that_o one_o plain_a word_n and_o know_a attribute_n the_o divine_a omniscience_n to_o which_o the_o defender_n reply_v in_o this_o fleer_a expostulation_n p._n 76._o lin_v 4._o pray_v what_o hurt_n have_v these_o seem_o innocent_a word_n do_v i_o answer_v too_o much_o a_o great_a deal_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v his_o own_o word_n to_o suffer_v they_o to_o pass_v for_o so_o much_o as_o seem_o innocent_a for_o p._n 8._o lin_v 19_o of_o this_o defence_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o these_o be_v the_o word_n which_o direct_o lead_v he_o to_o the_o assertion_n of_o three_o infinite_a mind_n which_o be_v direct_a tritheism_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o force_v he_o also_o to_o the_o trouble_n of_o a_o long_a senseless_a apology_n to_o persuade_v the_o world_n that_o by_o mind_n he_o do_v not_o mean_a mind_n as_o we_o shall_v more_o particular_o show_v in_o the_o discussion_n of_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o animadverter_n argument_n upon_o that_o subject_a in_o the_o mean_a time_n he_o answer_v further_a that_o admit_v that_o all_o that_o be_v import_v by_o self-consciousness_n and_o mutual_a consciousness_n may_v be_v full_o signify_v by_o the_o divine_a omniscience_n yet_o why_o say_v he_o may_v not_o that_o one_o comprehensive_a attribute_n very_o proper_o receive_v different_a name_n according_a to_o its_o different_a object_n as_o the_o several_a art_n and_o science_n do_v to_o which_o i_o answer_v his_o ignorance_n that_o neither_o do_v several_a art_n nor_o science_n nor_o yet_o several_a kind_n of_o action_n receive_v their_o denomination_n from_o any_o of_o their_o particular_a object_n but_o only_o from_o their_o adequate_a and_o general_a object_n formal_o consider_v that_o be_v as_o apprehensible_a after_o such_o a_o certain_a way_n as_o for_o instance_n natural_a philosophy_n be_v so_o denominate_v not_o from_o this_o or_o that_o natural_a body_n but_o from_o natural_a body_n general_o and_o universal_o consider_v and_o that_o only_a in_o order_n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o nature_n property_n and_o affection_n thereof_o and_o so_o likewise_o in_o natural_a act_n such_o as_o those_o of_o see_v and_o hear_v and_o the_o like_a every_o particular_a different_a
colour_n which_o be_v see_v do_v not_o give_v a_o diverse_a denomination_n to_o the_o act_n that_o perceive_v it_o since_o it_o affect_v it_o only_o after_o the_o same_o general_a way_n nor_o do_v every_o different_a sound_n or_o tune_v diverse_o denominate_v each_o particular_a act_n of_o hear_v which_o take_v they_o in_o but_o they_o have_v all_o one_o general_a denomination_n from_o one_o adequate_a object_n so_o consider_v as_o before_o express_v which_o to_o see_v be_v omnâ—_fw-la visibile_fw-la quatenus_fw-la visibile_fw-la and_o to_o hear_v omne_fw-la audibile_fw-la quatenus_fw-la audibile_fw-la and_o in_o like_a manner_n the_o adequate_a object_n of_o omniscience_n be_v omne_fw-la scibile_fw-la quatenus_fw-la scibile_fw-la and_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n as_o this_o omniscience_n terminate_v upon_o they_o be_v as_o proper_o and_o true_o three_o particular_a object_n of_o it_o as_o any_o three_o create_v finite_a being_n may_v be_v and_o it_o will_v make_v very_o odd_a work_n in_o good_a earnest_n to_o distinguish_v the_o divine_a omniscience_n by_o as_o many_o different_a name_n as_o it_o have_v particular_a different_a object_n which_o yet_o this_o man_n here_o most_o absurd_o contend_v for_o for_o according_a to_o this_o his_o assertion_n omniscience_n as_o it_o terminate_v upon_o a_o angel_n must_v have_v one_o name_n as_o upon_o a_o man_n another_o and_o as_o upon_o a_o beast_n or_o a_o fowl_n another_o and_o as_o god_n be_v say_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o his_o omniscience_n to_o know_v and_o number_v the_o star_n and_o to_o call_v they_o all_o by_o their_o name_n psal._n 147.4_o his_o omniscience_n be_v terminate_v distinct_o upon_o every_o one_o of_o they_o must_v by_o consequence_n have_v as_o many_o different_a denomination_n as_o there_o be_v star_n in_o the_o firmament_n and_o therefore_o let_v this_o ignorant_a man_n know_v for_o the_o future_a that_o the_o divine_a knowledge_n be_v denominate_v only_o from_o its_o adequate_a object_n which_o comprehend_v all_o that_o be_v knowable_a and_o that_o only_a under_o this_o consideration_n as_o knowable_a and_o if_o he_o can_v prove_v self_n and_o other_o as_o he_o speak_v not_o to_o come_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o that_o object_n than_o we_o will_v allow_v that_o the_o knowledge_n distinct_o terminate_v upon_o self_n and_o other_o aught_o to_o receive_v from_o thence_o different_a denomination_n but_o till_o then_o he_o and_o his_o party_n may_v to_o my_o knowledge_n find_v much_o fit_a object_n to_o apply_v their_o self-consciousness_n and_o mutual_a consciousness_n to_o than_o the_o divine_a person_n but_o as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o sufficient_o disturb_v the_o church_n with_o his_o heretical_a novelty_n already_o he_o be_v now_o for_o start_v another_o as_o great_a as_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n for_o the_o world_n it_o seem_v have_v be_v hitherto_o under_o a_o mistake_n which_o he_o will_v now_o gracious_o correct_v by_o inform_v we_o that_o there_o be_v in_o almighty_a god_n a_o certain_a thing_n specifical_o different_a from_o his_o divine_a knowledge_n call_v intellectual_a sensation_n p._n 77._o lin_v 22._o and_o that_o he_o who_o do_v not_o know_v the_o difference_n between_o these_o be_v as_o unfit_a to_o meddle_v in_o this_o controversy_n as_o a_o blind_a man_n to_o dispute_v of_o colour_n and_o according_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o though_o self-consciousness_n and_o mutual_a consciousness_n may_v in_o some_o respect_n be_v call_v knowledge_n yet_o in_o truth_n they_o be_v of_o a_o quite_o different_a kind_n from_o it_o for_o that_o self-consciousness_n be_v that_o intellectual_a sensation_n by_o which_o each_o person_n feel_v his_o own_o thought_n knowledge_n volition_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o the_o mutual_a consciousness_n of_o the_o three_o person_n be_v not_o their_o knowledge_n of_o each_o other_o but_o their_o mutual_a sensation_n and_o feel_v each_o other_o in_o themselves_o so_o that_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n have_v here_o give_v we_o a_o piece_n of_o new_a philosophy_n and_o divinity_n which_o the_o world_n know_v nothing_o of_o before_o but_o a_o notion_n so_o odd_a as_o well_o as_o new_a must_v not_o pass_v without_o examination_n and_o in_o order_n to_o that_o i_o shall_v advance_v this_o proposition_n in_o direct_a contradiction_n to_o the_o defender_n viz._n that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o the_o divine_a nature_n as_o spiritual_a sensation_n distinct_a from_o spiritual_a knowledge_n or_o intellection_n and_o in_o opposition_n to_o the_o contrary_a assertion_n i_o offer_v these_o follow_a consideration_n 1._o the_o universal_a authority_n of_o all_o philosopher_n and_o divine_n both_o schoolman_n and_o other_o who_o have_v treat_v scholastical_o of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o attribute_n unanimous_o acknowledge_v and_o assert_v that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o immanent_a act_n in_o god_n but_o act_n of_o intellection_n and_o volition_n which_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o the_o conceive_n of_o god_n as_o of_o a_o intelligent_a be_v and_o consequent_o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o act_n of_o sensation_n in_o god_n distinct_a from_o these_o 2._o that_o god_n be_v entire_o and_o adequate_o comprehensible_a by_o himself_o these_o two_o way_n 1._o by_o a_o representation_n of_o the_o entire_a idea_n of_o all_o his_o own_o divine_a perfection_n to_o himself_o which_o be_v do_v by_o intellection_n and_o 2._o by_o way_n of_o love_n of_o and_o complacency_n in_o these_o his_o infinite_a perfection_n thus_o represent_v to_o he_o which_o be_v do_v by_o volition_n and_o consequent_o there_o can_v be_v no_o such_o three_o way_n necessary_a to_o comprehend_v himself_o by_o as_o this_o author_n here_o call_v spiritual_a sensation_n 3._o that_o if_o there_o be_v such_o a_o act_n in_o the_o divine_a nature_n as_o sensation_n distinct_a from_o intellection_n and_o volition_n than_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n also_o in_o the_o divine_a nature_n as_o a_o vis_fw-fr or_o potentia_fw-la sensitiva_fw-la different_a and_o distinct_a from_o the_o vis_fw-fr intellectiva_n and_o volitiva_n in_o the_o same_o for_o since_o in_o the_o case_n of_o mutual_a and_o self-consciousness_n this_o author_n have_v assert_v in_o the_o say_a nature_n a_o power_n or_o principle_n of_o consciousness_n distinct_a from_o the_o act_n thereof_o and_o have_v affirm_v likewise_o consciousness_n and_o self-sensation_a to_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n he_o must_v for_o the_o same_o reason_n necessary_o assign_v also_o a_o principle_n or_o power_n of_o sensation_n distinct_a from_o the_o act_n of_o sensation_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o certain_a new_a thing_n call_v a_o spiritual_a sensitive_a power_n in_o god_n which_o be_v neither_o intellective_a nor_o volitive_a and_o yet_o absolute_o necessary_a for_o the_o say_a act_n of_o spiritual_a sensation_n to_o issue_n from_o but_o now_o for_o any_o one_o to_o assert_v the_o addition_n of_o such_o a_o new_a power_n to_o the_o divine_a nature_n be_v a_o thing_n in_o itself_o so_o uncouth_a and_o unphilosophical_a and_o contrary_a to_o the_o common_a sense_n of_o all_o the_o learned_a man_n in_o the_o world_n that_o there_o need_v not_o one_o word_n to_o be_v argue_v against_o it_o and_o as_o for_o this_o author_n i_o desire_v he_o to_o reconcile_v this_o new_a power_n in_o god_n with_o that_o zealous_a harangue_n p._n p._n 74_o 75._o make_v by_o he_o for_o the_o actuality_n and_o simplicity_n of_o the_o deity_n even_o to_o the_o explosion_n of_o all_o priority_n and_o posteriority_n of_o our_o conception_n about_o it_o but_o 4_o lie_v if_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o sensation_n and_o a_o vis_fw-fr sensitiva_fw-la in_o god_n distinct_a from_o the_o vis_fw-fr intellectiva_n and_o volitiva_n let_v this_o man_n assign_v a_o solid_a reason_n if_o he_o can_v why_o there_o be_v not_o four_o person_n in_o the_o godhead_n for_o since_o as_o the_o school_n affirm_v totus_fw-la deus_fw-la foecundus_fw-la est_fw-la there_o be_v no_o act_n in_o god_n but_o what_o be_v productive_a of_o some_o thing_n what_o shall_v hinder_v but_o that_o as_o the_o father_n communicate_v the_o divine_a essence_n per_fw-la intellectum_fw-la and_o so_o beget_v a_o son_n and_o both_o father_n and_o son_n communicate_v their_o divine_a essence_n per_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la and_o so_o breath_n forth_o the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o all_o three_o shall_v produce_v a_o four_o person_n in_o the_o godhead_n by_o communicate_v their_o divine_a essence_n by_o this_o way_n of_o internal_a sensation_n i_o will_v not_o i_o declare_v presume_v to_o assert_v any_o thing_n in_o such_o a_o case_n but_o shall_v leave_v it_o to_o the_o learned_a and_o judicious_a to_o judge_v of_o the_o whole_a matter_n but_o i_o be_o sure_a it_o must_v preâ—s_v hard_a upon_o this_o new_a invention_n and_o now_o after_o all_o that_o we_o have_v here_o argue_v upon_o this_o point_n i_o demand_v of_o this_o man_n upon_o what_o ground_n he_o assert_n in_o god_n such_o a_o thing_n as_o spiritual_a sensation_n
distinct_a in_o kind_n from_o divine_a knowledge_n for_o it_o be_v his_o way_n to_o advance_v the_o most_o heterodox_n proposition_n without_o the_o least_o offer_n of_o a_o proof_n of_o they_o why_o i_o defy_v all_o mankind_n to_o find_v out_o any_o other_o ground_n of_o this_o assertion_n beside_o the_o thing_n itself_o assert_v by_o he_o viz._n that_o each_o of_o the_o divine_a person_n intimate_o feel_v himself_o to_o be_v what_o he_o be_v and_o not_o another_o and_o that_o feel_n and_o know_v be_v quite_o different_a thing_n this_o be_v all_o that_o he_o say_v or_o pretend_v to_o say_v in_o answer_n to_o which_o i_o demand_v of_o he_o whether_o he_o derive_v the_o necessity_n of_o this_o expression_n of_o feel_v as_o contra-distinct_a in_o god_n to_o know_v this_o be_v the_o sole_a ground_n of_o his_o assertion_n from_o scripture_n or_o reason_n or_o the_o proper_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n itself_o require_v it_o if_o from_o scripture_n let_v it_o be_v produce_v and_o we_o submit_v if_o from_o reason_n let_v some_o argument_n from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n be_v produce_v prove_v that_o there_o be_v some_o apprehensive_a act_n in_o god_n of_o a_o quite_o different_a kind_n from_o knowledge_n but_o no_o such_o argument_n ever_o yet_o appear_v and_o much_o less_o in_o the_o three_o and_o last_o place_n can_v the_o genuine_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n feeling_n infer_v this_o for_o do_v the_o word_n feeling_n in_o the_o proper_a use_n of_o it_o signify_v any_o thing_n spiritual_a or_o can_v it_o be_v proper_o apply_v to_o god_n if_o it_o do_v not_o no_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o proper_o signify_v no_o such_o thing_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a only_o a_o corporeal_a act_n require_v a_o corporeal_a subject_n to_o lodge_v it_o in_o so_o that_o as_o have_v be_v observe_v before_o spiritual_a feeling_n be_v a_o arrant_a contradiction_n in_o adjecto_fw-la and_o therefore_o the_o truth_n be_v feel_v can_v be_v no_o otherwise_o apply_v to_o spiritual_a being_n and_o especial_o to_o god_n himself_o than_o by_o a_o trope_n and_o metaphor_n and_o as_o see_v hear_v and_o smell_v be_v apply_v to_o he_o and_o we_o may_v as_o well_o ascribe_v to_o god_n a_o self-conscious_a see_v a_o self-conscious_a hear_n and_o a_o self-conscious_a smell_a and_o all_o distinct_a from_o his_o knowledge_n as_o a_o self-conscious_a feel_n god_n in_o scripture_n be_v say_v to_o see_v and_o to_o hear_v to_o express_v to_o we_o the_o clearness_n and_o quickness_n of_o his_o knowledge_n and_o in_o like_a manner_n may_v be_v say_v to_o feel_v to_o express_v the_o intimacy_n of_o his_o knowledge_n to_o the_o object_n know_v there_o be_v no_o act_n of_o sense_n in_o which_o there_o be_v so_o near_o a_o application_n of_o the_o object_n to_o the_o faculty_n as_o in_o feeling_n so_o that_o this_o whole_a new_a assertion_n be_v found_v upon_o nothing_o but_o mere_a trope_n and_o metaphor_n translate_n term_n from_o their_o proper_a sensible_a 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