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philosopher_n think_v soul_n propagate_v from_o soul_n or_o candle_n be_v light_v from_o candle_n sure_o i_o be_o the_o conceit_n and_o simile_n be_v not_o only_o improper_a but_o contrary_o dissimilar_v to_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o catholic_n theology_n for_o this_o teach_v a_o coeternal_a emanation_n of_o the_o second_o and_o three_o person_n with_o a_o coeternal_a and_o inseparable_a unity_n and_o essential_a dependence_n of_o the_o two_o latter_a on_o the_o first_o person_n but_o soul_n propagate_v from_o soul_n and_o candle_n light_v from_o candle_n be_v neither_o coaeval_fw-fr nor_o unite_a nor_o dependent_a one_o on_o the_o other_o and_o so_o be_v fit_a for_o a_o arian_n than_o a_o catholic_n simile_n though_o i_o confess_v it_o not_o fit_a for_o all_o arian_n conception_n neither_o these_o then_o be_v such_o absurd_a conceit_n charge_v upon_o many_o father_n as_o often_o use_v by_o they_o one_o shall_v have_v hope_v for_o a_o large_a list_n of_o they_o and_o the_o place_n cite_v in_o the_o margin_n but_o alas_o here_o be_v no_o such_o direction_n either_o for_o the_o student_n or_o examinant_n and_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o confess_v i_o never_o remember_v any_o such_o conceit_n in_o any_o father_n of_o the_o imagine_a propagation_n of_o soul_n i_o have_v not_o make_v the_o least_o observation_n among_o the_o father_n but_o of_o what_o may_v seem_v to_o come_v near_o these_o candle_n or_o may_v occasion_v this_o rash_a conceit_n of_o his_o lordship_n for_o want_v of_o memory_n or_o care_n i_o will_v here_o offer_v now_o first_o i_o confess_v i_o have_v find_v this_o mystery_n 1._o mystery_n athenag_fw-mi legat._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aug._n exp._n in_o joh._n c._n 5._o tract_n 20._o &_o ser._n 199._o de_fw-fr quinque_fw-la haeresib_n &_o the_o verb_n apost_n &_o quor_n al._n ser._n 1._o assimilate_v to_o the_o light_n motion_n and_o heat_n of_o fire_n which_o be_v all_o coaeval_fw-fr i_o have_v also_o observe_v a_o simile_n
the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o operation_n of_o all_o thing_n theoph._n add_v autolyc_a p._n 81._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n the_o father_n be_v a_o eternal_a mind_n have_v eternal_o in_o he_o a_o consubsistent_a reason_n ibid._n reason_n tertull._n adv_o praxeam_n ante_fw-la omne_fw-la enim_fw-la deus_fw-la crat_fw-mi solus_fw-la ipse_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o mundus_fw-la &_o locus_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la solus_fw-la autem_fw-la quia_fw-la nihil_fw-la extrinsecus_fw-la praeter_fw-la cum_fw-la caeterum_fw-la ne_fw-la tunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la solus_fw-la habebat_fw-la enim_fw-la secum_fw-la quam_fw-la habebat_fw-la in_o semetipso_fw-la rationem_fw-la svam_fw-la scilicet_fw-la rationalis_fw-la enim_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o ratio_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la prius_fw-la &_o ita_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ratio_fw-la sensus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la est_fw-la hane_n graeci_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dicunt_fw-la quo_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la etiam_fw-la sermonem_fw-la appellamus_fw-la ideoque_fw-la jam_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la est_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la per_fw-la simplicitatem_fw-la interpretationis_fw-la sermonem_fw-la dicere_fw-la in_o primordio_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la cum_fw-la magis_fw-la rationem_fw-la competat_fw-la antiquiorem_fw-la haberi_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sermonalis_fw-la à _fw-la principio_fw-la sed_fw-la rationalis_fw-la deus_fw-la etiam_fw-la ante_fw-la principium_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la ipse_fw-la quoque_fw-la sermo_n ratione_fw-la consistens_fw-la priorem_fw-la eam_fw-la ut_fw-la substantiam_fw-la svam_fw-la ostendat_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la nihil_fw-la interest_n nam_fw-la etsi_fw-la deus_fw-la nondum_fw-la sermonem_fw-la suum_fw-la miserat_fw-la proinde_fw-la cum_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsa_fw-la &_o in_fw-la ipsâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la intrà _fw-la semetipsum_fw-la habebat_fw-la tacitè_fw-fr cogitando_fw-la &_o disponendo_fw-la secum_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la sermonem_fw-la monerat_fw-la dicturus_fw-la cum_fw-la ratione_fw-la enim_fw-la sva_fw-la cogitans_fw-la atque_fw-la disponens_fw-la sermonem_fw-la eam_fw-la efficiebat_fw-la quam_fw-la sermone_fw-la tractabat_fw-la vide_fw-la cum_fw-la tacitus_fw-la tecum_fw-la ipse_fw-la congrederis_fw-la ratione_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la agi_fw-la intra_fw-la te_fw-la occurrente_fw-la ea_fw-la tibi_fw-la cum_fw-la sermone_fw-la ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la cogitatus_fw-la tui_fw-la motum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la sensus_fw-la tui_fw-la pulsum_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la cogitaveris_fw-la senno_fw-la est_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la senseris_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la loquaris_fw-la illud_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la &_o dum_fw-la loqueris_fw-la conlocutorem_fw-la pateris_fw-la sermonem_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la inest_fw-la haec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la ratio_fw-la qua_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la cogitans_fw-la loquaris_fw-la per_fw-la quem_fw-la loquens_fw-la cogitas_fw-la quanto_fw-la ergo_fw-la plenius_fw-la hoc_fw-la agitur_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la cujus_fw-la tu_fw-la quoque_fw-la imago_fw-la &_o similitudo_fw-la censeris_fw-la quod_fw-la habeat_fw-la in_o se_fw-la etiam_fw-la tacendo_fw-la rationem_fw-la &_o in_o ratione_fw-la sermonem_fw-la possum_fw-la itaque_fw-la non_fw-la temere_fw-la praestruxisse_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la deum_fw-la ante_fw-la universitaris_fw-la constitutionem_fw-la solum_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la habentem_fw-la in_o semetipso_fw-la proinde_fw-la rationem_fw-la &_o in_o ratione_fw-la sermonem_fw-la quem_fw-la secundum_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la faceret_fw-la agitando_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la haec_fw-la vis_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la divini_fw-la sensus_fw-la dispositio_fw-la apud_fw-la scripturas_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o sophiae_fw-la nomine_fw-la ostenditur_fw-la ovid_n enim_fw-la sapientius_fw-la ratione_fw-la dei_fw-la sive_fw-la sermone_fw-la itaque_fw-la sophiam_fw-la quoque_fw-la exaudi_fw-la ut_fw-la secundam_fw-la personam_fw-la conditam_fw-la dominus_fw-la creavit_fw-la i_o initium_fw-la viarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la nam_fw-la ut_fw-la primum_fw-la deus_fw-la voluitâ—ea_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la ratione_fw-la &_o sermone_fw-la disposuerat_fw-la intra_fw-la se_fw-la in_fw-la substantius_fw-la &_o species_n svas_fw-la edere_fw-la ipsum_fw-la primum_fw-la protulit_fw-la sermonem_fw-la habentem_fw-la in_o se_fw-la individuas_fw-la svas_fw-la rationes_fw-la sophiam_fw-la ut_fw-la perâ—ipsum_fw-la fierent_fw-la universa_fw-la per_fw-la quem_fw-la erant_fw-la cogitata_fw-la atque_fw-la disposita_fw-la imo_fw-la &_o facta_fw-la jam_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la sensu_fw-la tunc_fw-la igitur_fw-la ipse_fw-la sermo_fw-la speciem_fw-la &_o ornatum_fw-la suum_fw-la sumit_fw-la sonum_fw-la &_o vocem_fw-la cum_fw-la dicit_fw-la deus_fw-la fiat_fw-la lux._fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la nativitas_fw-la perfecta_fw-la sermonis_fw-la dum_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la procedit_fw-la conditus_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la primum_fw-la ad_fw-la cogitatum_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la sophiae_fw-la dominus_fw-la condidit_fw-la i_o initium_fw-la viarum_fw-la dehine_v generatus_fw-la ad_fw-la effectum_fw-la cum_fw-la pararet_fw-la coelum_fw-la aderam_fw-la illi_fw-la exinde_fw-la cum_fw-la parem_fw-la sibi_fw-la faciens_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la procedendo_fw-la filius_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la primogenitus_fw-la ut_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la genitus_fw-la &_o unigenitus_fw-la ut_fw-la solus_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la genitus_fw-la vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n which_o be_v not_o yet_o a_o actual_a word_n till_o god_n thereby_o speak_v and_o command_v all_o thing_n to_o be_v make_v which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o birth_n to_o he_o as_o such_o a_o actual_a word_n that_o justin_n speak_v of_o this_o generation_n and_o emission_n be_v manifest_a in_o that_o he_o compare_v it_o to_o our_o utterance_n of_o word_n from_o our_o internal_a reason_n which_o be_v not_o diminish_v by_o that_o utterance_n and_o withal_o assert_v this_o generation_n to_o be_v not_o only_o by_o the_o power_n but_o the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o father_n which_o be_v not_o proper_a to_o the_o eternal_a emanation_n now_o justin_n meaning_n be_v that_o this_o power_n call_v among_o other_o term_n the_o logos_fw-la be_v of_o the_o father_n substance_n from_o which_o he_o be_v not_o divide_v by_o this_o progressive_a emission_n or_o nativity_n and_o that_o after_o this_o progression_n into_o the_o world_n from_o the_o father_n he_o have_v subsist_v in_o make_v several_a appearance_n in_o it_o be_v never_o call_v back_o from_o the_o world_n again_o as_o the_o ray_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v upon_o the_o set_n but_o remain_v and_o subsist_v in_o the_o world_n as_o a_o fire_n do_v that_o be_v kindle_v from_o another_o be_v not_o draw_v back_o again_o into_o that_o from_o whence_o it_o be_v kindle_v this_o appear_v further_a to_o be_v his_o sense_n from_o the_o like_a doctrine_n of_o tatian_n gent._n tatian_n con._n gent._n who_o after_o he_o have_v 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also_o the_o go_v forth_o out_o of_o the_o power_n of_o his_o father_n do_v not_o render_v his_o father_n void_a of_o reason_n or_o without_o the_o logos_fw-la so_o all_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o justin_n and_o tatian_n both_o make_v a_o kind_n of_o nativity_n or_o production_n and_o the_o simile_n be_v apply_v only_o thereto_o not_o the_o eternal_a emanation_n of_o its_o subsistence_n from_o the_o father_n now_o the_o nicene_n creed_n in_o this_o form_n light_n of_o light_n have_v respect_n to_o the_o original_a of_o the_o essential_a and_o eternal_a subsistence_n of_o the_o logos_fw-la to_o wit_n whence_o he_o be_v what_o he_o be_v that_o be_v god_n and_o light_n and_o define_v that_o he_o be_v god_n of_o god_n and_o light_n of_o light_n essential_o not_o mention_v his_o office_n in_o the_o creation_n till_o after_o other_o interpose_a article_n of_o his_o be_v and_o subsistence_n and_o for_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o sense_n in_o the_o nicene_n creed_n i_o appeal_v to_o the_o suffrage_n of_o all_o antiquity_n so_o then_o these_o place_n of_o justin_n and_o tatian_n touch_v only_o the_o prosiliency_n of_o the_o son_n from_o the_o father_n to_o create_v all_o thing_n by_o which_o the_o coeternal_a wisdom_n have_v a_o kind_n of_o probletick_a nativity_n of_o a_o actual_a word_n pertain_v not_o to_o the_o matter_n of_o this_o light_n of_o light_n in_o the_o nicene_n form_n but_o do_v not_o justin_n say_v that_o the_o sun_n and_o its_o ray_n be_v not_o two_o real_o but_o only_o nominal_o i_o grant_v he_o do_v so_o but_o this_o in_o concession_n to_o the_o pertinacy_n of_o the_o opponent_n who_o obstinate_o urge_v this_o that_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o unsubsistent_a virtue_n and_o so_o
necessary_a that_o they_o shall_v be_v but_o two_o modes_n of_o think_v this_o be_v premise_v our_o cogitation_n and_o reason_n be_v act_n of_o a_o free_a principle_n but_o our_o animal_n operation_n be_v necessary_a but_o what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o theory_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n for_o these_o contrariety_n of_o operation_n proceed_v from_o the_o composition_n of_o contrary_a substance_n soul_n and_o body_n whereas_o the_o deity_n be_v most_o simple_a and_o uncompounded_a and_o consequent_o can_v be_v represent_v by_o any_o compositum_fw-la whatsoever_o especial_o a_o compound_n of_o contrary_n well!_o but_o necessary_a operation_n of_o the_o animal_n life_n seem_v to_o be_v from_o some_o emanation_n from_o our_o soul_n very_o well_o and_o do_v these_o seem_a emanation_n represent_v a_o idea_n of_o the_o emanation_n of_o the_o second_o and_o three_o person_n i_o doubt_v not_o for_o those_o in_o the_o deity_n be_v but_o two_o but_o these_o of_o our_o soul_n on_o our_o body_n 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