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adam_n be_v relate_v to_o god_n to_o eve_n to_o seth_n yet_o none_o ever_o style_v adam_n a_o relative_n person_n the_o personality_n of_o adam_n be_v not_o a_o relation_n but_o a_o proper_a mode_n of_o subsistence_n which_o can_v never_o be_v conceive_v otherwise_o than_o absolute_a three_o the_o father_n subsist_v personal_o as_o a_o father_n this_o be_v the_o question_n itself_o and_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o logic_n ought_v to_o have_v be_v prove_v and_o not_o suppose_v the_o sole_a enquiry_n be_v whether_o to_o be_v a_o father_n and_o to_o be_v a_o person_n or_o subsist_v personal_o be_v formal_o the_o same_o 437._o paternitas_fw-la sc_fw-la divina_fw-la rationem_fw-la fundandi_fw-la non_fw-la postulat_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la sit_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la aliquam_fw-la talem_fw-la fundandi_fw-la rationem_fw-la haberet_fw-la maximè_fw-la generationem_fw-la activam_fw-la illam_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la respicit_fw-la ut_fw-la rationem_fw-la svi_fw-la esse_fw-la 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the_o trinity_n be_v philoponus_n and_o his_o follower_n style_v tritheit_n heretic_n philoponus_n himself_o as_o i_o believe_v his_o follower_n more_o certain_o if_o we_o may_v credit_v eulogius_n be_v near_a sabellius_n than_o the_o faith_n of_o a_o specific_a unity_n of_o the_o trinity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eulogius_n 879._o photii_fw-la biblioth_n cod._n ccxxx_o p._n 879._o to_o i_o have_v clear_v this_o obscure_a part_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a history_n these_o monophysitae_n heretic_n these_o tritheist_n heretic_n for_o both_o these_o heresy_n be_v charge_v upon_o philoponus_n distinguish_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d betwixt_o nature_n and_o essence_n and_o none_o but_o some_o of_o the_o mad_a assert_v three_o essence_n in_o the_o trinity_n but_o only_o three_o nature_n but_o the_o othodox_n esteem_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o equivalent_a give_v the_o 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from_o believe_v three_o god_n that_o they_o do_v not_o as_o eulogius_n there_o tell_v we_o believe_v that_o either_o father_n son_n or_o holy_a ghost_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_o god_n and_o in_o the_o next_o word_n give_v we_o their_o positive_a faith_n that_o they_o esteem_v the_o personal_a property_n to_o be_v the_o person_n themselves_o there_o may_v be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o personal_a property_n of_o what_o we_o conceive_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o accident_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o aristotle_n appropriate_v to_o substance_n again_o a_o personal_a property_n a_o accident_n or_o mode_n can_v never_o be_v proper_o god_n so_o that_o these_o heretic_n as_o the_o church_n then_o judge_v they_o believe_v one_o essence_n with_o three_o property_n they_o believe_v these_o property_n to_o subsist_v or_o to_o be_v hypostasis_n how_o near_o the_o animadvertor_n come_v to_o they_o when_o he_o tell_v we_o 275._o animadv_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 121._o ibid._n p._n 275._o that_o the_o ternary_a number_n belong_v only_o to_o the_o personality_n that_o a_o person_n here_o or_o in_o this_o mystery_n import_v a_o mode_n or_o relation_n etc._n etc._n that_o the_o relation_n subsist_v i_o leave_v to_o himself_o upon_o cool_a consideration_n 866._o pholii_n biblio_fw-la cod._n ccxxx_o p._n 866._o if_o he_o desire_v to_o see_v these_o notion_n confute_v he_o may_v please_v to_o consult_v eulogius_n in_o the_o same_o place_n where_o he_o will_v find_v that_o eulogius_n think_v they_o scarce_o in_o their_o sense_n that_o can_v imagine_v a_o relation_n or_o personal_n property_n can_v subsist_v or_o be_v a_o person_n i_o be_v the_o more_o willing_a to_o explain_v this_o obscure_a heresy_n since_o this_o be_v the_o eternal_a harangue_n of_o the_o socinian_o that_o the_o faith_n of_o three_o proper_a person_n be_v condemn_v by_o the_o ancient_n in_o the_o person_n of_o philoponus_n when_o yet_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o confess_v that_o the_o belief_n of_o a_o specific_a unity_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o nicene_n father_n which_o two_o opinion_n be_v inconsistent_a that_o they_o shall_v condemn_v that_o for_o heresy_n the_o worst_a of_o heresy_n in_o philoponus_n which_o they_o esteem_v orthodox_n in_o themselves_o and_o their_o own_o party_n 18._o n._n 18._o four_o and_o last_o though_o i_o see_v no_o necessity_n of_o multiply_v the_o divine_a nature_n if_o we_o assert_v a_o specific_a unity_n of_o the_o trinity_n and_o less_o if_o we_o assert_v it_o in_o the_o sense_n i_o only_o contend_v for_o that_o be_v for_o such_o a_o transcendental_a unity_n which_o in_o our_o imperfect_a conception_n of_o thing_n must_v either_o be_v call_v a_o specific_a unity_n or_o confess_v to_o want_v a_o name_n in_o our_o present_a philosophy_n yet_o ex_fw-la abundanti_fw-la i_o be_o not_o afraid_a to_o declare_v to_o the_o sociniun_n that_o i_o will_v soon_o acknowledge_v three_o singular_a 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the_o sense_n in_o which_o the_o ancient_n use_v these_o different_a expression_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v evident_a that_o he_o the_o reverend_n dean_n make_v specific_a sameness_n of_o nature_n 19_o p._n 186._o lin_v 20._o n._n 19_o and_o the_o agreement_n of_o thing_n numerical_o different_a in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o common_a nature_n to_o signify_v convertible_o the_o same_o thing_n well_o and_o what_o follow_v in_o this_o say_v the_o animadvertor_n ibid._n ibid._n he_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o very_a great_a mistake_n by_o make_v those_o thing_n the_o same_o which_o be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o the_o animadvertor_n leave_n the_o mistake_n lie_v whole_o at_o his_o own_o door_n the_o agreement_n of_o modes_n numerical_o different_a in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o common_a nature_n and_o a_o specific_a sameness_n of_o nature_n be_v vast_o different_a but_o the_o reverend_a dean_n word_n be_v the_o agreement_n of_o thing_n 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differentia_fw-la proprium_fw-la or_o accidens_fw-la beside_o that_o all_o the_o argument_n himself_o have_v bring_v against_o the_o admission_n of_o a_o specific_a unity_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n be_v equal_o level_v against_o the_o admission_n of_o the_o universality_n of_o the_o common_a divine_a nature_n that_o be_v against_o this_o assertion_n that_o deus_n be_v a_o terminus_fw-la communis_fw-la 18._o animadv_fw-la p._n 154._o essentia_fw-la habet_fw-la se_fw-la per_fw-la modum_fw-la termini_fw-la communis_fw-la quia_fw-la licet_fw-la singularis_fw-la sit_fw-la tamen_fw-la veer_fw-la est_fw-la in_o pluribus_fw-la suppositis_fw-la quare_fw-la in_o praedicationibus_fw-la fungitur_fw-la munere_fw-la vocis_fw-la vniversalis_fw-la bellarminus_n de_fw-fr christo_n l._n 2._o c._n 18._o well_o but_o do_v not_o all_o divine_n and_o schoolman_n allow_v it_o to_o be_v a_o terminus_fw-la communis_fw-la shall_v i_o borrow_v his_o own_o word_n and_o answer_v that_o by_o this_o expression_n 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that_o this_o term_n deus_n be_v a_o terminus_fw-la singularis_fw-la communicabilis_fw-la communicable_a by_o praedication_n as_o a_o terminus_fw-la communis_fw-la but_o in_o itself_o a_o terminus_fw-la singularis_fw-la 21._o p_o 217._o lin_v 2._o n._n 21._o in_o god_n beside_o essence_n or_o substance_n we_o assert_v that_o there_o be_v that_o which_o we_o call_v mode_n habitude_n or_o relation_n we_o can_v contemplate_v god_n as_o he_o be_v in_o himself_o a_o pure_a simple_a act_n but_o to_o assert_v the_o existence_n of_o modes_n in_o god_n from_o our_o imperfect_a conception_n of_o thing_n be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o animadvertor_n but_o this_o fall_v in_o natural_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n where_o we_o be_v to_o inquire_v whether_o the_o personality_n be_v proper_a modes_n one_o thing_n i_o can_v omit_v the_o animadverter_n tell_v we_o ibid._n ibid._n that_o by_o one_o or_o either_o of_o these_o in_o conjunction_n with_o essence_n or_o substance_n we_o give_v account_n of_o all_o the_o act_n attribute_n and_o personality_n belong_v to_o the_o divine_a nature_n what_o do_v we_o give_v
account_n of_o the_o divine_a attribute_n by_o essence_n and_o a_o mode_n be_v this_o in_o his_o own_o word_n ibid._n ibid._n the_o constant_a unanimous_o receive_v doctrine_n of_o divine_n schoolman_n and_o metaphysitian_n in_o their_o discourse_n upon_o god_n can_v a_o reader_n unacquainted_a with_o these_o debate_n believe_v that_o by_o the_o constant_a unanimous_o receive_v doctrine_n of_o divine_n schoolman_n and_o metaphysitian_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o single_a aninmadverter_n alone_o and_o yet_o that_o be_v the_o truth_n so_o p._n 51._o l._n 3._o he_o with_o the_o same_o confidence_n and_o something_o else_o tell_v we_o that_o all_o divine_n hitherto_o have_v look_v upon_o and_o profess_o treat_v of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o attribute_n as_o different_a and_o distinct_a from_o one_o another_o still_o consider_v the_o first_o as_o the_o subject_a and_o the_o other_o as_o the_o adjunct_n of_o it_o what_o must_v we_o say_v when_o a_o person_n shall_v set_v up_o 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