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personality_n in_o the_o divine_a person_n nor_o mutual-consciousness_n the_o formal_a reason_n of_o their_o unity_n of_o nature_n that_o all_o this_o be_v say_v as_o i_o very_o believe_v without_o a_o adversary_n the_o reverend_a dean_n of_o st._n paul_n do_v not_o once_o in_o his_o vindication_n of_o the_o b._n trinity_n express_o affirm_v either_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o of_o these_o proposition_n he_o ask_v no_o more_o of_o his_o reader_n if_o i_o misunderstand_v he_o not_o save_v to_o acknowledge_v that_o a_o distinct_a self-consciousness_n be_v a_o firm_a proof_n of_o the_o distinction_n of_o person_n in_o this_o sacred_a mystery_n and_o that_o a_o singular_a mutual-consciousness_n be_v a_o equal_a proof_n of_o the_o singularity_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n i_o conceive_v that_o the_o reverend_a dean_n never_o intend_v to_o deny_v that_o the_o distinction_n of_o person_n be_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o their_o distinct_a act_n of_o self-consciousness_n or_o 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etc._n etc._n p._n 71._o lin_v 10._o but_o when_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o personality_n be_v the_o ground_n and_o principle_n of_o all_o action_n wheresoever_o it_o be_v he_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o great_a paradox_n in_o philosophy_n and_o a_o great_a in_o divinity_n personality_n be_v proper_o the_o principle_n of_o no_o action_n a_o person_n be_v the_o principium_fw-la quod_fw-la the_o principle_n which_o act_v nature_n be_v the_o principium_fw-la quo_fw-la the_o principle_n by_o which_o the_o person_n act_n personality_n be_v but_o a_o necessary_a condition_n of_o a_o be_v to_o enable_v it_o to_o act_n a_o causa_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la which_o be_v equivocal_o call_v a_o cause_n or_o principle_n second_o not_o the_o personality_n of_o the_o word_n but_o the_o humane_a nature_n of_o christ_n exert_v the_o act_n of_o self-consciousness_n 12._o ibid._n p._n 72._o lin_v 12._o and_o other_o humane_a personal_a act_n the_o humane_a nature_n of_o christ_n have_v all_o the_o principle_n and_o power_n of_o self-reflection_n upon_o its_o own_o act_n otherwise_o christ_n will_v not_o be_v a_o perfect_a man._n 3._o p._n 72._o lin_v 21._o n._n 3._o that_o the_o humane_a nature_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o a_o person_n be_v no_o less_o evident_a since_o it_o be_v take_v into_o and_o subsist_v in_o and_o by_o the_o personality_n of_o the_o second_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n and_o therefore_o can_v have_v no_o distinct_a personality_n of_o its_o own_o 1._o never_o be_v so_o obscure_a a_o argument_n bring_v to_o prove_v so_o acknowledge_v a_o conclusion_n self-consciousness_n be_v not_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o personality_n in_o finite_a person_n because_o the_o humane_a nature_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o hypostatical_a union_n be_v self-conscious_a and_o yet_o not_o a_o person_n nay_o this_o latter_a no_o less_o evident_a than_o the_o former_a 2._o it_o be_v a_o receive_a article_n of_o the_o church_n that_o the_o human_a nature_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o a_o person_n but_o how_o to_o reconcile_v this_o with_o the_o subtlety_n of_o the_o school_n be_v above_o my_o skill_n