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to_o it_o so_o that_o self-existence_n and_o generation_n do_v not_o belong_v to_o the_o character_n of_o a_o son_n and_o with_o the_o catholic_n church_n we_o teach_v that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v god_n only_o as_o the_o son_n and_o it_o will_v be_v heresy_n to_o ascribe_v the_o peculiar_a prerogative_n of_o the_o father_n to_o he_o and_o then_o it_o can_v be_v no_o objection_n against_o the_o divinity_n of_o the_o son_n that_o he_o have_v not_o what_o be_v peculiar_a and_o proper_a only_o to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o father_n as_o self-existence_n and_o generation_n be_v self-existence_n self-origination_a to_o have_v no_o cause_n of_o his_o be_v i_o grant_v be_v essential_a to_o the_o idea_n of_o a_o god_n and_o eternal_a and_o necessary_a existence_n to_o the_o notion_n of_o any_o person_n who_o be_v in_o any_o sense_n god_n for_o he_o who_o ever_o begin_v to_o be_v and_o subsist_v precarious_o can_v in_o no_o sense_n be_v god_n but_o then_o though_o self-existence_n be_v 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late_a warm_a dispute_n about_o one_o substance_n and_o three_o substance_n in_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o godhead_n for_o the_o dispute_n be_v the_o very_a same_o in_o other_o word_n with_o one_o nature_n and_o three_o person_n the_o nicene_n father_n who_o assert_v the_o homoousion_n the_o one_o nature_n and_o substance_n of_o father_n and_o son_n do_v not_o by_o this_o mean_a one_o singular_a substance_n as_o i_o have_v abundant_o show_v and_o those_o who_o assert_v three_o substance_n in_o opposition_n to_o sabellianism_n do_v not_o mean_v three_o absolute_a nor_o three_o divide_v and_o separate_v substance_n but_o one_o individual_a substance_n as_o there_o be_v one_o individual_a nature_n in_o three_o substantial_a subsist_v person_n that_o be_v there_o be_v but_o one_o absolute_a substance_n with_o two_o relative_n substantial_a procefsion_n in_o the_o individual_a unity_n of_o the_o same_o one_o substance_n which_o the_o school_n make_v no_o scruple_n to_o call_v three_o 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relation_n to_o the_o son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n it_o be_v as_o he_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o the_o deity_n original_a absolute_a divinity_n essence_n substance_n in_o his_o own_o person_n not_o a_o relative_n subsistence_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o bless_a trinity_n there_o be_v one_o absolute_a substance_n absolute_a divinity_n and_o two_o relative_n substance_n as_o there_o be_v two_o internal_a substantial_a relation_n in_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o same_o substance_n and_o to_o prevent_v mistake_v i_o must_v here_o observe_v that_o by_o absolute_a we_o do_v not_o mean_v complete_a and_o perfect_a for_o so_o the_o son_n be_v absolute_a substance_n and_o the_o holy_a spirit_n absolute_a substance_n complete_a and_o perfect_a substance_n as_o each_o of_o they_o in_o his_o own_o person_n be_v true_a and_o perfect_a god_n in_o which_o sense_n st._n austin_n tell_v we_o that_o persona_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la dicitur_fw-la that_o person_n be_v predicate_v absolute_o that_o every_o person_n as_o consider_v in_o himself_o be_v a_o person_n and_o not_o mere_o as_o relate_v to_o another_o but_o when_o we_o say_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o absolute_a substance_n in_o the_o godhead_n by_o absolute_a we_o mean_v original_a as_o i_o have_v already_o explain_v it_o as_o distinguish_v from_o relative_n procession_n as_o the_o original_a be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o image_n though_o the_o image_n if_o a_o live_n subsist_v image_n be_v as_o complete_a and_o perfect_a nature_n and_o substance_n as_o the_o original_a be_v and_o this_o be_v the_o only_a difference_n i_o know_v between_o substance_n nature_n essence_n and_o suppositum_fw-la subject_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d res_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thing_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d subsistence_n and_o the_o like_a that_o the_o first_o signify_v absolute_o or_o as_o the_o school_n speak_v the_o form_n that_o be_v a_o original_a substance_n nature_n and_o essence_n and_o therefore_o these_o must_v not_o be_v multiply_v in_o the_o divinity_n by_o say_v three_o substance_n nature_n or_o essence_n for_o fear_v of_o a_o diversity_n or_o number_n of_o divinity_n and_o go_n the_o other_o term_n though_o they_o do_v not_o in_o common_a use_n signify_v relative_o as_o subject_a suppositum_fw-la thing_n be_v subsistence_n do_v not_o yet_o they_o signify_v any_o thing_n that_o real_o be_v that_o have_v a_o complete_a actual_a subsistence_n of_o its_o own_o and_o therefore_o be_v applicable_a to_o all_o substantial_a relative_a procession_n which_o be_v complete_a subsistency_n thing_n being_n as_o well_o as_o to_o original_a nature_n and_o substance_n and_o both_o the_o father_n and_o school_n for_o this_o reason_n own_v the_o three_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v three_o thing_n three_o being_n tres_fw-fr entes_fw-la tria_fw-la entia_fw-la tres_fw-la res_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o scruple_n not_o the_o use_n of_o any_o such_o transcendental_a term_n as_o do_v not_o necessary_o multiply_v the_o absolute_a and_o original_a form_n thus_o the_o one_o substance_n of_o the_o godhead_n either_o signify_v the_o absolute_a divinity_n of_o the_o father_n and_o this_o be_v but_o one_o and_o can_v never_o be_v ter_n una_fw-la thrice_o one_o or_o it_o signify_v the_o one_o individual_a undivided_a divinity_n of_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n that_o be_v the_o absolute_a divinity_n of_o the_o father_n with_o his_o internal_a essential_a procession_n in_o the_o perfect_a unity_n and_o identity_n of_o nature_n and_o this_o it_o be_v but_o one_o substance_n for_o there_o be_v but_o one_o individual_a nature_n not_o ter_n una_fw-la but_o tres_n in_o una_fw-la not_o thrice_o one_o substance_n but_o three_o in_o one_o undivided_a nature_n and_o substance_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o have_v sometime_o not_o so_o proper_o translate_v a_o thrice_o subsist_v monad_n but_o it_o be_v a_o monad_n with_o three_o hypostasis_n which_o in_o other_o word_n be_v one_o nature_n and_o three_o person_n not_o one_o singular_a nature_n thrice_o subsist_v which_o i_o can_v understand_v but_o one_o individual_a nature_n and_o three_o subsist_v hypostasis_n una_fw-la substantia_fw-la non_fw-la vnus_fw-la subsistens_fw-la one_o substance_n not_o one_o that_o subsist_v this_o individual_a nature_n subsist_v but_o once_o but_o in_o the_o individual_a unity_n of_o the_o father_n essence_n and_o godhead_n be_v those_o eternal_a substantial_a subsist_v procession_n the_o hypostasis_n of_o the_o son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n the_o one_o individual_a substance_n of_o the_o divinity_n may_v proper_o enough_o be_v style_v ter_n ipsa_fw-la or_o ter_n una_fw-la substantia_fw-la thrice_o the_o same_o one_o substance_n not_o thrice_o one_o absolute_a substance_n in_o which_o sense_n aquinas_n reject_v it_o but_o tria_fw-la supposita_fw-la vnius_fw-la substantiae_fw-la or_o deitatis_fw-la which_o be_v one_o substance_n by_o the_o individual_a unity_n and_o invariable_a sameness_n and_o identity_n of_o nature_n as_o i_o have_v show_v above_o thus_o that_o warm_a dispute_n among_o the_o schoolman_n about_o one_o absolute_a subsistence_n and_o existence_n in_o the_o