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the_o father_n be_v this_o that_o he_o exist_v from_o eternity_n neither_o beget_v nor_o make_v yet_o do_v beget_v a_o eternal_a son_n of_o the_o same_o substance_n with_o himself_o the_o propriety_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v this_o that_o be_v neither_o create_v nor_o beget_v yet_o he_o eternal_o and_o inseparable_o proceed_v from_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n the_o peculiarity_n of_o the_o word_n consist_v herein_o that_o although_o he_o be_v not_o form_v or_o make_v yet_o he_o from_o everlasting_a be_v beget_v from_o the_o father_n exist_v in_o and_o of_o himself_o as_o god_n but_o from_o the_o father_n consider_v as_o a_o son_n as_o light_n be_v beget_v by_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o firmament_n so_o christ_n be_v from_o the_o father_n another_o person_n or_o the_o second_o in_o the_o order_n of_o the_o trinity_n but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o with_o his_o father_n as_o god_n on_o which_o account_n naz._n speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o reverential_n silence_n be_v more_o become_v we_o than_o overfree_a discourfe_n of_o the_o birth_n of_o a_o god_n it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o understand_v that_o the_o redeemer_n be_v the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n the_o lord_n jesus_n consider_v absolute_o be_v jehovah_n subsist_v of_o himself_o but_o relative_o the_o father_n may_v be_v style_v his_o principle_n therefore_o our_o saviour_n be_v say_v john_n 3.35_o to_o receive_v all_o thing_n from_o his_o father_n hence_o the_o schoolman_n say_v the_o son_n be_v by_o himself_o not_o from_o himself_o st._n hilary_n note_n data_fw-la a_o patre_fw-la non_fw-la infirmant_fw-la divinitatem_fw-la christi_fw-la sed_fw-la affirmant_fw-la his_o father_n grant_n do_v not_o lessen_v his_o divine_a excellency_n and_o st._n aug._n to_o this_o purpose_n declare_v christus_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la deus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ad_fw-la patrem_fw-la filius_fw-la dicitur_fw-la in_o himself_o he_o have_v the_o character_n of_o god_n but_o with_o regard_n to_o the_o father_n be_v style_v his_o son_n this_o internal_a difference_n between_o the_o three_o person_n be_v not_o essential_o as_o betwixt_o the_o creature_n which_o have_v all_o their_o proper_a and_o determinate_a essence_n but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o nature_n be_v in_o the_o father_n in_o the_o son_n and_o in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o whole_a whereof_o the_o father_n communicate_v to_o the_o son_n and_o both_o father_n and_o son_n do_v the_o like_a to_o the_o holy_a spirit_n it_o be_v not_o a_o mere_a conceive_a difference_n father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v not_o bare_a thought_n or_o word_n alone_o nor_o respective_a as_o the_o same_o man_n in_o different_a account_n may_v be_v a_o father_n and_o a_o son_n but_o this_o distinction_n be_v real_a though_o incomprehensible_a either_o person_n have_v his_o peculiar_a description_n with_o a_o incommunicable_a property_n of_o subsistence_n and_o vary_v from_o another_o not_o in_o essenee_n