Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	father_n	son_n	subsist_v	3,592	5	11.9300	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25775	A short history of Valentinus Gentilis, the tritheist tryed, condemned, and put to death by the Protestant reformed city and church of Bern in Switzerland, for asserting the three divine persons of the Trinity, to be [three distinct, eternal spirits, &c.] / wrote in Latin, by Benedictus Aretius, a divine of that church, and now translated into English for the use of Dr. Sherlock ...; Valentini Gentilis justo capitis supplicio affecti brevis historia. English	Aretius, Benedictus, d. 1574.; South, Robert, 1634-1716.	1696 (1696)	Wing A3629; ESTC R6675	62,571	156

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another_o be_v indeed_o god_n but_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o likewise_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o by_o consequence_n that_o they_o be_v not_o one_o but_o three_o eternal_o again_o when_o we_o affirm_v that_o one_o god_n be_v to_o be_v worship_v in_o trinity_n and_o trinity_n in_o unity_n this_o pious_a plain_a proposition_n he_o call_v mere_a gibberish_n cant_n and_o perfect_a sophistry_n and_o plain_o affirm_v pag._n 20._o of_o his_o antidote_n that_o there_o be_v three_o spirit_n real_o subsist_v there_o be_v say_v he_o antid_v fol._n 27_o and_o 28._o therefore_o three_o because_o 1690._o three_o eternal_a spirit_n and_o explain_v himself_o pag._n 70._o they_o be_v say_v he_o three_o eternal_a spirit_n distinguish_v by_o a_o gradual_a and_o due_a subordination_n and_o though_o he_o grant_v the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n to_o be_v three_o person_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n yet_o he_o add_v they_o be_v distinct_a in_o order_n degree_n and_o 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alexandria_n make_v complaint_n that_o arius_n and_o achilles_n deny_v the_o divinity_n of_o christ._n his_o word_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n deny_v the_o divinity_n of_o our_o saviour_n and_o make_v he_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o all_o other_o man_n and_o present_o after_o they_o attribute_v to_o he_o say_v he_o a_o temporal_a beginning_n for_o thus_o speak_v arius_n himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v not_o etc._n etc._n his_o opinion_n be_v relate_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n hist._n trip._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 13._o deus_fw-la say_v they_o non_fw-la semper_fw-la pater_fw-la fuit_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la fuit_fw-la dei_fw-la verbum_fw-la sed_fw-la fuit_fw-la quando_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la pater_fw-la fuit_fw-la dei_fw-la autem_fw-la verbum_fw-la ex_fw-la non_fw-la existentibus_fw-la factum_fw-la fuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n i._n e._n god_n be_v not_o always_o a_o father_n nor_o do_v the_o word_n always_o exist_v but_o there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o god_n be_v not_o a_o father_n and_o the_o word_n be_v make_v out_o of_o nothing_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n nicephorus_n lib._n 8._o cap._n 8._o deus_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la pater_fw-la erat_fw-la sed_fw-la erat_fw-la cum_fw-la deus_fw-la pater_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la igitur_fw-la dei_fw-la verbum_fw-la erat_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la non_fw-la existentibus_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la enim_fw-la erat_fw-la deus_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la ex_fw-la non_fw-la existente_fw-la fecit_fw-la etc._n etc._n you_o may_v see_v more_o to_o this_o purpose_n in_o the_o same_o book_n lib._n 8._o c._n 18._o from_o all_o which_o it_o do_v appear_v that_o arius_n do_v in_o the_o first_o place_n divide_v the_o essence_n of_o god_n make_v one_o essence_n of_o the_o father_n and_o another_o of_o the_o son_n and_o after_o that_o assign_v only_o a_o temporal_a original_a to_o the_o son_n and_o therefore_o he_o so_o earnest_o condemn_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o may_v carry_v his_o point_n for_o the_o separation_n of_o essence_n and_o deny_v the_o co-eternity_n of_o the_o son_n that_o he_o may_v thereby_o establish_v the_o notion_n of_o his_o temporal_a original_a from_o hence_o follow_v more_o monstrous_a absurdity_n viz._n that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v a_o mere_a creature_n and_o that_o he_o be_v make_v out_o of_o nothing_o for_o they_o be_v very_o well_o satisfy_v that_o the_o essence_n of_o god_n be_v the_o most_o simple_a and_o withal_o the_o most_o perfect_a of_o any_o can_v admit_v of_o no_o gradual_a division_n and_o therefore_o they_o assign_v the_o son_n a_o separate_a essence_n and_o now_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o discover_v wherein_o he_o and_o gentilis_fw-la agree_v arius_n say_v that_o there_o be_v one_o essence_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o father_n and_o another_o of_o the_o son_n gentilis_fw-la distinguish_v the_o father_n from_o the_o son_n not_o only_o in_o person_n or_o hypostasis_fw-la but_o in_o essence_n or_o substance_n also_o nor_o do_v it_o at_o all_o alter_v the_o case_n in_o that_o he_o say_v the_o word_n be_v beget_v of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o father_n and_o be_v consubstantial_a with_o he_o in_o which_o it_o be_v confess_v he_o differ_v from_o arius_n but_o nevertheless_o introduce_v a_o separation_n of_o substance_n arius_n then_o say_v the_o son_n be_v make_v out_o of_o nothing_o this_o man_n tell_v we_o he_o be_v not_o make_v out_o of_o nothing_o but_o out_o of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o father_n but_o in_o this_o they_o both_o agree_v that_o quoad_fw-la essentiam_fw-la as_o to_o his_o substance_n the_o son_n be_v numerical_o distinct_a from_o the_o father_n we_o be_v tell_v by_o niceph._n lib._n 18._o c._n 47_o 48._o that_o philoponus_n a_o famous_a philosopher_n drive_v on_o the_o same_o argument_n for_o by_o divide_v the_o indivisible_a nature_n of_o god_n into_o more_o person_n he_o ascribe_v it_o to_o they_o several_o as_o to_z individual_n and_o distribute_v it_o to_o those_o three_o subsistence_n of_o a_o supersubstantial_a nature_n he_o be_v likewise_o a_o great_a champion_n of_o the_o monophysite_n who_o by_o reason_n there_o be_v but_o one_o hypostasis_fw-la or_o person_n in_o christ_n assert_v that_o he_o have_v but_o one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o nature_n also_o which_o be_v make_v of_o both_o the_o divine_a and_o humane_a as_o on_o the_o contrary_a nestorius_n from_o the_o two_o nature_n of_o christ_n conclude_v that_o he_o likewise_o must_v necessary_o have_v two_o hypostasis_n or_o person_n again_o arius_n assert_v that_o the_o father_n only_o be_v eternal_a but_o that_o the_o word_n have_v a_o beginning_n which_o likewise_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o philosopher_n philoponus_n and_o themistius_n see_v niceph._n lib._n 18._o

c._n 50._o gentilis_fw-la tell_v we_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v beget_v by_o a_o precedent_a act_n of_o generation_n which_o if_o true_a then_o must_v his_o be_v beget_v have_v succeed_v in_o order_n of_o time_n to_o prove_v this_o he_o do_v with_o his_o usual_a confidence_n quote_v that_o passage_n of_o tertullin_n non_fw-la ideo_fw-la pater_fw-la &_o judex_fw-la semper_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la semper_fw-la nam_fw-la nec_fw-la pater_fw-la potuit_fw-la esse_fw-la ante_fw-la filium_fw-la nec_fw-la judex_fw-la ante_fw-la delictum_fw-la fuit_fw-la autem_fw-la tempus_fw-la cum_fw-la ei_fw-la delictum_fw-la &_o filius_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la i._n e._n god_n be_v not_o therefore_o always_o a_o father_n and_o a_o judge_n because_o he_o always_o be_v god_n for_o he_o can_v not_o be_v a_o father_n before_o he_o have_v a_o son_n neither_o can_v he_o be_v a_o judge_n before_o there_o be_v a_o criminal_a but_o there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o neither_o criminal_a nor_o son_n do_v exist_v in_o this_o opinion_n he_o agree_v with_o tertullian_n and_o by_o consequence_n be_v a_o partisan_n of_o arius_n for_o it_o signify_v not_o a_o farthing_n from_o who_o this_o sentence_n be_v quote_v whether_o from_o tertullian_n or_o any_o body_n else_o since_o it_o be_v plain_a it_o give_v we_o the_o true_a sentiment_n of_o arius_n from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v it_o appear_v that_o arius_n and_o he_o be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n in_o these_o two_o particular_n viz._n 1._o in_o divide_v the_o substance_n or_o essence_n of_o the_o godhead_n and._n 2._o in_o make_v the_o act_n of_o generation_n in_o order_n of_o time_n antecedent_n to_o the_o existence_n of_o the_o son_n which_o exact_o agree_v with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o arius_n chap._n ix_o concern_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o how_o we_o ought_v to_o understand_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o next_o place_n gentilis_fw-la appeal_v to_o those_o text_n of_o scripture_n wherein_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v reveal_v to_o we_o as_o john_n 1_o we_o see_v his_o glory_n the_o glory_n as_o of_o the_o only_o beget_v of_o god_n and_o psal._n 2._o thou_o be_v my_o son_n this_o day_n have_v i_o beget_v thou_o which_o place_n be_v cite_v by_o st._n paul_n act._n 13._o and_o the_o apostle_n 1_o heb._n 5._o then_o gentilis_fw-la far_o conclude_v that_o beget_v be_v therefore_o distinguish_v from_o unbegotten_a because_o the_o one_o have_v always_o a_o beginning_n the_o other_o have_v none_o again_o that_o the_o father_n be_v therefore_o call_v ingenitus_fw-la unbegotten_a because_o he_o derive_v his_o original_a from_o none_o but_o all_o thing_n have_v their_o being_n from_o he_o but_o the_o son_n be_v therefore_o say_v to_o be_v beget_v because_o he_o have_v his_o beginning_n from_o the_o father_n upon_o which_o account_n the_o father_n be_v style_v the_o essentiator_n be_v and_o the_o son_n the_o essentiated_a spirit_n this_o be_v his_o way_n of_o argue_v and_o i_o think_v any_o one_o that_o have_v but_o half_a a_o eye_n may_v plain_o see_v how_o arius_n his_o argument_n lie_v couch_v under_o it_o for_o whosoever_o have_v read_v nicephorus_n theodoret_n and_o the_o other_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n can_v be_v ignorant_a that_o this_o be_v the_o very_a argument_n arius_n and_o his_o follower_n make_v use_v of_o in_o answer_n to_o which_o we_o free_o allow_v and_o acknowledge_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o ready_o grant_v that_o the_o father_n be_v unbegotten_a the_o son_n beget_v but_o moreover_o we_o assert_v that_o this_o generation_n be_v without_o beginning_n of_o time_n and_o be_v of_o such_o a_o nature_n as_o transcend_v the_o capacity_n and_o apprehension_n of_o all_o mortal_a men._n for_o the_o word_n be_v in_o the_o beginning_n and_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v by_o he_o which_o word_n be_v afterward_o call_v the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n of_o the_o same_o word_n the_o prophet_n speak_v when_o he_o say_v the_o dew_n of_o thy_o birth_n be_v of_o the_o womb_n of_o the_o morue_n which_o passage_n the_o jew_n themselves_o confess_v to_o have_v be_v speak_v with_o respect_n to_o the_o eternal_a generation_n of_o the_o messiah_n therefore_o gentilis_fw-la his_o argument_n be_v by_o no_o mean_n conclusive_a this_o way_n of_o generation_n be_v whole_o inexplicable_a and_o without_o any_o begin_n of_o time_n by_o consequence_n there_o be_v no_o prius_fw-la nor_o posterius_fw-la no_o succession_n in_o it_o but_o the_o whole_a coeternal_a together_o how_o audacious_a then_o be_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n that_o dare_v pry_v into_o and_o endeavour_v to_o explain_v these_o hide_a thing_n of_o god_n if_o neither_o ear_n have_v hear_v nor_o eye_n see_v neither_o have_v it_o enter_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n to_o conceive_v those_o thing_n which_o god_n have_v prepare_v for_o they_o that_o love_v he_o how_o much_o more_o ought_v that_o mystery_n of_o the_o eternal_a son_n of_o god_n and_o that_o of_o his_o eternal_a generation_n rather_o to_o be_v adore_v than_o fathom_v but_o let_v we_o see_v how_o the_o ancient_n express_v their_o thought_n about_o this_o matter_n theodoret_n in_o book_n 4._o cap._n 1._o tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n that_o god_n do_v not_o beget_v his_o son_n in_o time_n nor_o after_o a_o certain_a season_n or_o period_n and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o immutable_a filiation_n again_o he_o confess_v the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v beget_v but_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o a_o unspeakable_a inexpressible_a inconceiveable_a undeterminable_a manner_n by_o which_o word_n it_o plain_o appear_v that_o the_o ancient_n look_v upon_o this_o as_o a_o very_a great_a unfathomable_a mystery_n they_o do_v likewise_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thereby_o to_o show_v that_o his_o generation_n be_v without_o beginning_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o damascene_fw-la and_o in_o theodoret_n in_o the_o place_n above_o cite_v and_o socrates_n in_o his_o 1._o l._n c._n 8._o have_v a_o passage_n import_v the_o very_a same_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n by_o a_o mode_n of_o generation_n inexpressible_a and_o unconceivable_a by_o any_o create_a nature_n from_o all_o which_o i_o think_v we_o may_v well_o conclude_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n to_o be_v true_o ineffable_a incomprehensible_a and_o undeterminable_a whereby_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o word_n be_v beget_v out_o of_o all_o time_n and_o before_o all_o time_n that_o the_o son_n be_v always_o with_o the_o father_n that_o god_n always_o be_v a_o father_n and_o that_o there_o never_o be_v any_o time_n wherein_o the_o son_n be_v not_o as_o for_o any_o other_o way_n of_o explain_v this_o generation_n the_o catholic_n church_n and_o all_o christian_a writer_n justin_n martyr_n irenoeus_n and_o other_o have_v constant_o reject_v and_o explode_v they_o a_o few_o of_o which_o i_o shall_v just_a glance_n upon_o some_o will_v have_v the_o son_n to_o descend_v from_o the_o father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o division_n 6._o this_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o opinion_n of_o philosopher_n who_o part_v the_o divine_a essence_n into_o several_a person_n just_a as_o if_o out_o of_o the_o same_o mass_n of_o gold_n you_o will_v cleave_v two_o or_o three_o bar_n or_o as_o you_o will_v divide_v any_o one_o totum_fw-la into_o two_o or_o three_o part_n sic_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dicitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d other_o be_v for_o have_v it_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n by_o germination_n as_o we_o see_v stion_n bud_v out_o from_o tree_n other_o think_v it_o may_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o efflux_n or_o emanation_n as_o child_n be_v natural_o beget_v of_o their_o parent_n other_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n by_o eructation_n as_o may_v be_v see_v from_o arius_n his_o epistle_n in_o theod._n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o and_o last_o there_o be_v other_o who_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o by_o alteration_n of_o substance_n see_v socr._n book_n 1._o c._n 6._o all_o these_o way_n be_v reject_v by_o antiquity_n and_o the_o arian_n too_o though_o for_o a_o different_a reason_n namely_o that_o they_o may_v hereby_o explode_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o consubstantiality_n of_o which_o see_v nicephor_n l._n 8._o c._n 18._o their_o argument_n run_v thus_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v not_o bear_v of_o the_o father_n neither_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o

to_o the_o three_o person_n contend_v that_o we_o ought_v to_o say_v the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v unum_n but_o they_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n unus_n or_o one_o god_n therefore_o when_o we_o say_v and_o yet_o not_o three_o eternal_n but_o one_o eternal_a gentilis_fw-la will_v have_v this_o to_o be_v a_o grand_a mistake_n for_o that_o they_o be_v three_o eternal_a spirit_n which_o can_v be_v one_o or_o unus_n thus_o i_o have_v brief_o and_o with_o what_o plainness_n i_o can_v collect_v his_o tenet_n out_o of_o his_o own_o write_n which_o likewise_o he_o have_v frequent_o own_a and_o endeavour_v to_o defend_v in_o common_a discourse_n and_o conversation_n in_o short_a the_o sum_n of_o what_o he_o assert_v be_v brief_o this_o that_o the_o father_n be_v one_o god_n the_o son_n another_o god_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n a_o three_o god_n that_o they_o be_v all_o one_o unum_n yet_o not_o unus_fw-la deus_fw-mi one_o god_n but_o three_o subordinate_a spirit_n that_o the_o 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