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A30114
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Man in paradise, or, A philosophical discourse vindicating the soul's prerogative in discerning the truths of Christian religion with the eye of reason
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Bunworth, Richard.
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Wing B5475; ESTC R176545
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prejudice_n then_o do_v she_o conclude_v that_o there_o be_v three_o necessary_a distinct_a subsistence_n yet_o but_o one_o essence_n of_o the_o deity_n or_o that_o the_o deity_n which_o be_v essential_o one_o be_v subsistential_o three_o the_o deity_n do_v necessary_o subsist_v first_o in_o the_o eternal_a contemplation_n of_o itself_o second_o it_o do_v subsist_v eternal_o contemplate_v by_o itself_o and_o three_o it_o do_v subsist_v in_o a_o eternal_a complacency_n of_o itself_o yet_o be_v there_o not_o three_o eternal_o but_o one_o eternal_a because_o the_o notion_n we_o have_v of_o eternity_n exclude_v plurality_n neither_o do_v we_o conceive_v the_o first_o second_o and_o three_o subsistence_n to_o be_v one_o before_o another_o in_o time_n or_o duration_n because_o eternity_n be_v indivisible_a have_v neither_o priority_n nor_o posteriority_n but_o only_o by_o a_o priority_n of_o order_n or_o disposition_n of_o their_o relation_n when_o we_o say_v that_o god_n be_v merciful_a or_o that_o god_n be_v just_a we_o speak_v improper_o or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n there_o be_v no_o real_a distinction_n betwixt_o god_n mercy_n and_o his_o justice_n but_o when_o we_o denominate_v the_o deity_n to_o subsist_v contemplate_v or_o contemplate_v etc._n etc._n we_o speak_v potest_fw-la speak_v scientia_fw-la seu_fw-la contemplatio_fw-la proprie_fw-la competit_fw-la divinae_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o improprie_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la creaturis_fw-la notitia_fw-la enim_fw-la nostra_fw-la est_fw-la obscura_fw-la &_o imperfecta_fw-la divina_fw-la vero_fw-la est_fw-la perfecta_fw-la &_o â—bsoluta_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la scire_fw-la &_o contemplari_fw-la dei_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la de_fw-la creaturarum_fw-la perfectissima_fw-la predicari_fw-la potest_fw-la proper_o and_o absolute_o wherefore_o although_o these_o three_o subsistence_n be_v all_o concentre_v in_o the_o deity_n yet_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d be_v distinguntur_fw-la ab_fw-la inuicem_fw-la quia_fw-la ad_fw-la inuicem_fw-la referuntur_fw-la ratio_fw-la enim_fw-la formalis_fw-la relationis_fw-la est_fw-la semper_fw-la supponere_fw-la aliud_fw-la cvi_fw-la unumquodque_fw-la relaâ—orum_fw-la referatur_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la aristoteles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n et_fw-la infra_fw-la subjungit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d distinct_a each_o one_o from_o the_o other_o in_o that_o they_o do_v susib_v invisible_a in_o themselves_o and_o real_o distinct_a from_o each_o other_o we_o may_v proper_o call_v they_o person_n affertur_fw-la person_n persona_fw-la est_fw-la substantia_fw-la individua_fw-la intelligens_fw-la incommunicabilis_fw-la haec_fw-la definitio_fw-la a_o zanchic_a lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la elohim_n &_o uno_fw-la jehova_n cap._n 2._o ex_fw-la communi_fw-la patrum_fw-la latinorum_n consensu_fw-la affertur_fw-la for_o a_o person_n according_a to_o philosopher_n be_v a_o rational_a or_o intelligible_a subsistence_n distinct_a from_o other_o and_o indivisible_a in_o itself_o hither_o be_v the_o soul_n arrive_v viz._n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o three_o person_n in_o one_o essence_n of_o the_o deity_n or_o to_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o a_o trinity_n in_o unity_n by_o the_o consideration_n of_o god_n immanent_a action_n now_o do_v she_o pass_v from_o hence_o unto_o his_o transient_a action_n which_o be_v the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o preservation_n thereof_o here_o she_o do_v premise_v that_o the_o world_n be_v not_o from_o eternity_n but_o do_v commence_v with_o time_n as_o also_o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o first_o matter_n tribuere_fw-la matter_n absurdum_fw-la enim_fw-la esset_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d absolutam_fw-la aeternitatem_fw-la &_o essendi_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la aliâ—ui_fw-la nisi_fw-la soli_fw-la deo_fw-la tribuere_fw-la eternal_o coexi_v with_o the_o deity_n moreover_o she_o do_v presuppose_v that_o it_o will_v be_v absurd_a either_o to_o affirm_v or_o grant_v that_o the_o deity_n do_v act_v positive_o upon_o nothing_o although_o before_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n there_o be_v beside_o god_n privative_o not_o any_o thing_n there_o be_v before_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n one_o only_a absolute_o necessary_a infinite_a be_v viz._n god_n who_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o infinity_n and_o absolute_a perfection_n can_v perform_v no_o action_n absolute_o transient_a neither_o have_v he_o any_o object_n beside_o himself_o to_o act_v upon_o time_n and_o place_n or_o finity_n may_v have_v then_o be_v denominate_v nothing_o it_o be_v contradistinct_a to_o infinity_n or_o a_o negation_n of_o that_o infinite_a be_v which_o do_v only_o then_o exist_v wherefore_o time_n and_o place_n before_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n can_v never_o have_v be_v ergo._n be_v nihil_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la intelligibili_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la notionem_fw-la alterius_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la simplicitur_fw-la negatur_fw-la sed_fw-la tempus_fw-la &_o locus_fw-la ante_fw-la creationem_fw-la mundi_fw-la nihil_fw-la erant_fw-la ergo._n conceive_v or_o will_v by_o the_o deity_n unless_o he_o have_v conceive_v and_o will_v himself_o together_o with_o time_n and_o place_n so_o that_o it_o seem_v to_o the_o rational_a soul_n that_o time_n and_o place_n have_v its_o be_v by_o the_o deity_n conception_n and_o volition_n of_o himself_o together_o with_o time_n and_o place_n which_o be_v the_o position_n of_o the_o word_n of_o his_o mind_n in_o time_n and_o place_n here_o be_v also_o so_o clear_a a_o demonstration_n of_o the_o trinity_n in_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n that_o it_o seem_v impossible_a to_o the_o rational_a soul_n to_o have_v the_o true_a notion_n of_o creation_n without_o the_o conceit_n of_o the_o trinity_n insomuch_o that_o the_o ancient_n who_o be_v more_o profound_a philosopher_n do_v express_v the_o word_n create_v by_o a_o hebrew_n word_n consist_v of_o three_o letter_n viz._n ×_n aleph_fw-la ב_n beth_n and_o ר_n resch_n which_o signify_v the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o spirit_n which_o three_o letter_n by_o addition_n of_o their_o proper_a vowel_n either_o express_v or_o understand_v be_v a_o verb_n of_o the_o preterperfect_a tense_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o spirit_n have_v joint_o act_v or_o they_o have_v conspire_v to_o act_v this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d creavit_fw-la do_v in_o itself_o sufficient_o express_v the_o action_n of_o the_o deity_n subsist_v in_o a_o threefold_a manner_n yet_o the_o ancient_n go_v far_a put_v to_o it_o a_o word_n express_v the_o deity_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elohÃm_fw-la bara_fw-la the_o god_n have_v create_v or_o rather_o god_n as_o he_o be_v personal_o three_z have_v create_v hermes_n a_o most_o profound_a rationalist_n who_o be_v therefore_o call_v trismegistus_n in_o his_o book_n entitle_v pimander_n have_v â—eft_v a_o sentence_n to_o posterity_n relate_v to_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n as_o some_o do_v interpret_v but_o as_o other_o do_v construe_v it_o it_o do_v only_o express_v the_o trinity_n in_o this_o ambiguity_n it_o be_v not_o difficult_a to_o decide_v the_o controversy_n by_o affirm_v that_o mercurius_n trismegistus_n do_v by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o sentence_n primary_o adumbrate_v the_o trinity_n and_o secondary_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n for_o god_n who_o be_v himself_o a_o pure_a and_o most_o simple_a act_n in_o the_o eternal_a contemplation_n of_o himself_o absolute_o infinite_a do_v necessary_o contemplate_v himself_o coexi_v with_o the_o world_n or_o time_n and_o place_n the_o world_n be_v a_o inclusion_n or_o parenthesis_n of_o infinity_n the_o sentence_n be_v this_o monas_n genuit_fw-la monadem_fw-la &_o in_o se_fw-la suum_fw-la reflexit_fw-la ardorem_fw-la 1._o in_o 1_o part_n summae_fw-la theolog_fw-la quaest_a 32._o art_n 1._o thomas_n understand_v it_o to_o be_v only_o relate_v to_o the_o production_n of_o the_o world_n suppose_v it_o to_o be_v analogical_a to_o these_o word_n of_o he_o viz._n unus_n deus_fw-la produxit_fw-la unum_fw-la mundum_fw-la propter_fw-la suiipsius_fw-la amorem_fw-la but_o most_o philosopher_n say_v that_o hermes_n by_o ratiocination_n come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o trinity_n and_o express_v it_o after_o the_o aforesaid_a manner_n he_o say_v not_o monas_n produxit_fw-la monadem_fw-la but_o monas_n genuit_fw-la monadem_fw-la now_o the_o world_n may_v not_o proper_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v beget_v for_o in_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n by_o his_o will_n the_o world_n can_v in_o no_o wise_n be_v call_v verbum_fw-la mentis_fw-la the_o word_n of_o his_o mind_n in_o that_o the_o world_n be_v nothing_o can_v not_o have_v be_v conceive_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n have_v not_o he_o conceive_v himself_o together_o with_o the_o world_n so_o that_o god_n himself_o be_v primary_o conceive_v of_o himself_o be_v verbum_fw-la mentis_fw-la dei_fw-la the_o word_n of_o his_o own_o mind_n by_o who_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v and_o without_o who_o there_o can_v nothing_o have_v be_v make_v which_o be_v make_v who_o as_o he_o be_v conceive_v be_v personal_o distinguish_v from_o