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heathen_n and_o jew_n in_o what_o sense_n god_n three_o person_n 83_o n._n 19_o in_o what_o sense_n the_o father_n be_v the_o only_a true_a god_n 85_o n._n 20._o of_o the_o father_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o the_o deity_n 86_o chap._n v._o n._n 1._o whether_o the_o ancient_n believe_v the_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v intelligent_a being_n 89_o n._n 2._o how_o the_o son_n be_v the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o particle_n of_o in_o this_o mystery_n god_n of_o god_n whether_o three_o person_n infer_v three_o god_n 90_o n._n 3._o whether_o the_o same_o wisdom_n can_v be_v both_o unbegotten_a and_o beget_v 92_o n._n 4._o of_o the_o distinction_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n 95_o chap._n vi_o n._n 1._o of_o a_o double_a care_n in_o mysterious_a article_n what_o be_v fundamental_a in_o this_o mystery_n three_o hypothesis_n concern_v the_o trinity_n in_o what_o sense_n i_o affirm_v the_o universality_n of_o the_o common_a divine_a essence_n of_o the_o blasphemy_n of_o the_o modern_a socinian_o compare_v with_o the_o ancient_a socinian_o of_o the_o antiquity_n of_o both_o part_n of_o my_o hypothesis_n 96_o n._n 2._o petavius_n and_o dr._n cudworth_n assertion_n that_o a_o specific_a unity_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v the_o dogma_fw-la of_o the_o nicene_n father_n consider_v as_o to_o its_o historical_a truth_n and_o vindicate_v from_o the_o animadverter_n exception_n 102_o n._n 10._o the_o same_o discuss_v problematical_o betwixt_o the_o animadverter_n and_o myself_o 118_o n._n 12._o how_o far_o a_o specific_a unity_n be_v notional_a 119_o n._n 13._o whether_o a_o specific_a unity_n imply_v a_o multiplication_n in_o the_o several_a individual_n lombard_n the_o first_o who_o deny_v that_o the_o divine_a person_n differ_v in_o number_n two_o corollary_n one_a that_o a_o numerical_a unity_n and_o a_o specific_a unity_n be_v not_o according_a to_o the_o philosophy_n of_o the_o ancient_n inconsistent_a two_o that_o it_o be_v no_o such_o paradox_n in_o the_o ancient_a father_n to_o deny_v that_o three_o human_a person_n ought_v to_o be_v call_v three_o man_n as_o it_o be_v common_o esteem_v 121_o n._n 16._o the_o principle_n of_o individuation_n according_a to_o the_o schoolman_n 128_o n._n 17._o the_o opinion_n of_o philoponus_n and_o the_o tritheit_n heretic_n 129_o n._n 18._o how_o far_o a_o multiplication_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n may_v be_v allow_v 130_o n._n 20._o whether_o the_o term_n deus_fw-mi be_v a_o terminus_n communis_fw-la 131_o n._n 21._o the_o divine_a attribute_n not_o modes_n 132_o n._n 22._o of_o the_o animadverter_n definition_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n 138_o chap._n vii_o n._n 1._o scripture_n the_o only_a rule_n of_o faith_n 139_o n._n 2._o the_o unity_n of_o god_n a_o article_n of_o natural_a riligion_n heb._n 1.3.141_o not_o the_o warrant_n of_o three_o hypostasis_n 142_o what_o three_o personality_n be_v of_o the_o subtlety_n of_o the_o school_n in_o relation_n to_o three_o subsistence_n of_o the_o sense_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 143_o the_o trinity_n one_o suppositum_fw-la to_o cajetan_n 217._o the_o godhead_n sustain_v not_o the_o mode_n of_o subsistence_n 218._o of_o personal_a act_n according_a to_o the_o schoolman_n 219_o n._n 3._o a_o deity_n diversify_v whether_o the_o personality_n be_v modes_n 223_o n._n 4._o whether_o modes_n in_o god_n modes_n according_a to_o the_o new_a and_o old_a philosophy_n 150_o n._n 6._o three_o modes_n not_o sufficient_a to_o explain_v the_o trinity_n the_o principal_a inquiry_n in_o this_o mystery_n what_o the_o three_o person_n be_v 155_o n._n 10._o of_o real_a and_o modal_n distinction_n whether_o the_o divine_a person_n differ_v modally_n 159_o n._n 11._o whether_o personality_n be_v a_o personal_a property_n 161_o n._n 15._o three_o kind_n of_o sabellianism_n confusion_n of_o person_n contraction_n of_o the_o deity_n to_o the_o single_a person_n of_o the_o father_n the_o compound_v of_o the_o trinity_n 163_o n._n 18._o rufinus_n acknowledge_v trinitatem_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la 167_o n._n 19_o boetius_fw-la for_o the_o universality_n of_o the_o common_a divine_a essence_n n._n 20._o peter_n lombard_n 168_o n._n 21._o thomas_n aquinas_n n._n 22._o of_o a_o relative_n subsistence_n and_o a_o subsist_v relation_n the_o conclusion_n contain_v a_o summary_n account_v of_o the_o whole_a 170_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o animadversion_n upon_o the_o vindication_n of_o the_o trinity_n etc._n etc._n by_o way_n of_o letter_n to_o the_o animadverter_n sir_n i_o make_v bold_a to_o follow_v your_o own_o example_n and_o offer_v the_o follow_a paper_n to_o your_o admirer_n yourself_o and_o the_o late_a socinian_n historian_n and_o considerer_n this_o last_o person_n have_v give_v we_o his_o judgement_n 13._o consideration_n of_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n etc._n etc._n p._n 12_o 13._o that_o you_o be_v the_o only_a writer_n since_o the_o revival_n of_o these_o controversy_n who_o have_v indeed_o understand_v what_o the_o church_n mean_v by_o a_o trinity_n in_o unity_n that_o your_o explication_n be_v a_o true_a and_o orthodox_n explication_n of_o what_o the_o church_n intend_v to_o say_v that_o your_o design_n be_v only_o to_o declare_v and_o explain_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n that_o be_v to_o notify_v in_o what_o sense_n and_o manner_n it_o be_v hold_v by_o the_o church_n in_o reference_n to_o such_o design_n we_o this_o great_a author_n and_o his_o party_n the_o english_a socinian_n must_v say_v that_o his_o performance_n be_v a_o accurate_a and_o learned_a work_n thus_o this_o socinian_n historian_n like_o a_o second_o celsus_n pretend_v to_o know_v all_o the_o poor_a orthodox_n be_v able_a to_o say_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o totter_a and_o fall_v ark_n 20._o ibid._n p._n 20._o as_o he_o blasphemous_o call_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o sacred_a trinity_n you_o you_o sir_n have_v without_o question_n lay_v down_o the_o very_a explication_n of_o the_o school_n 4._o ibid._n p._n 4._o the_o doctrine_n or_o explication_n general_o receive_v in_o university_n which_o he_o doubt_v not_o will_v be_v approve_v by_o most_o of_o the_o chair_n of_o our_o european_a university_n or_o school_n of_o learning_n you_o very_o have_v acquit_v yourself_o like_o a_o man_n of_o learning_n and_o wit._n all_o must_v bow_v before_o you_o but_o his_o own_o great_a self_n in_o your_o person_n he_o slay_v his_o ten_o thousand_o when_o goliath_n be_v defeat_v the_o philistine_n must_v fly_v this_o euge_fw-la conclude_v that_o pamphlet_n 35._o ibid._n p._n 35._o and_o indeed_o he_o this_o considerer_n and_o all_o other_o that_o have_v labour_v in_o this_o controversy_n may_v surcease_v their_o pain_n henceforth_o and_o leave_v what_o they_o have_v already_o say_v to_o the_o judgement_n and_o conscience_n of_o all_o considerate_a and_o sincere_a men._n how_o much_o you_o be_v a_o admirer_n of_o your_o own_o performance_n may_v be_v more_o than_o surmise_a 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immutable_a whereas_o a_o accident_n potest_fw-la adesse_fw-la aut_fw-la abesse_fw-la sive_fw-la subjecti_fw-la interitu_fw-la be_v separable_a from_o its_o subject_n be_v changeable_a so_o st._n augustin_n lib._n 5._o de_fw-fr trin._n cap._n 4._o nihil_fw-la itaque_fw-la accidens_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la quia_fw-la nihil_fw-la mutabile_fw-la aut_fw-la amissibile_fw-la but_o not_o one_o of_o they_o so_o far_o as_o i_o can_v find_v ever_o give_v this_o metaphysical_a reason_n that_o it_o will_v compound_v god_n or_o a_o divine_a person_n of_o two_o being_n all_o the_o new_a philosopher_n who_o be_v neither_o a_o small_a nor_o contemptible_a body_n of_o man_n explode_v this_o division_n of_o ens_fw-la they_o do_v all_o deny_v that_o accident_n be_v distinct_a being_n from_o substance_n ens_fw-la be_v not_o vnivocum_fw-la but_o analogum_fw-la to_o substance_n and_o accident_n that_o be_v a_o accident_n be_v not_o proper_o a_o be_v but_o analogous_n or_o like_v to_o a_o be_v not_o proper_o 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nature_n of_o christ_n be_v assume_v into_o the_o personal_a subsistence_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereupon_o the_o composition_n and_o constitution_n of_o a_o man_n will_v be_v a_o hypostatick_a union_n between_o soul_n and_o body_n which_o i_o suppose_v no_o body_n will_v be_v either_o so_o bold_a or_o absurd_a as_o to_o affirm_v all_o divine_n account_v a_o hypostatical_a union_n so_o peculiar_a to_o christ_n person_n as_o not_o to_o be_v admit_v in_o any_o other_o person_n or_o be_v whatsoever_o for_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n and_o a_o hypostatick_a composition_n viz._n such_o a_o one_o as_o make_v a_o compound_n hypostasis_fw-la be_v quite_o different_a thing_n and_o this_o author_n shall_v in_o due_a time_n be_v teach_v so_o much_o if_o he_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o object_n against_o it_o the_o compiler_n of_o the_o athanasian_n creed_n have_v in_o this_o speak_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n for_o as_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n and_o flesh_n 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nature_n second_o 2._o obj._n 2._o if_o the_o constitution_n of_o a_o man_n be_v a_o hypostatick_a union_n than_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n and_o a_o hypostatick_a composition_n viz._n such_o a_o one_o as_o make_v a_o compound_n hypostasis_fw-la will_v not_o be_v quite_o different_a thing_n then_o the_o hypostatick_a union_n in_o christ_n will_v be_v also_o a_o hypostatick_a composition_n and_o then_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n will_v be_v a_o compound_n hypostasis_fw-la well_o and_o what_o follow_v from_o all_o this_o why_o nothing_o but_o a_o threaten_n of_o the_o animadverter_n that_o in_o due_a time_n we_o shall_v be_v teach_v the_o falsehood_n of_o all_o this_o but_o not_o to_o await_v his_o due_a time_n i_o answer_v that_o to_o say_v that_o the_o hypostatick_a union_n in_o christ_n be_v also_o a_o hypostatick_a composition_n or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o that_o christ_n be_v a_o compound_n hypostasis_fw-la be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v a_o paradox_n that_o it_o be_v the_o receive_a language_n not_o only_o of_o the_o greek_a father_n but_o of_o the_o council_n syn._n 5a._o constantin_n can._n 4._o sancti_fw-la patres_fw-la docuerunt_fw-la unitatem_fw-la dei_fw-la verbi_fw-la ad_fw-la carnem_fw-la animatam_fw-la anima_fw-la rationali_fw-la &_o intellectuali_fw-la secundum_fw-la compositionem_fw-la theodori_n autem_fw-la &_o nestorii_n sequaces_fw-la divisione_n gaudentes_fw-la affectualem_fw-la unitatem_fw-la introducunt_fw-la sancta_fw-la dei_fw-la verò_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la utriusque_fw-la perfidioe_fw-la impietatem_fw-la ejiciens_fw-la unitionem_fw-la dei_fw-la verbi_fw-la ad_fw-la carnem_fw-la secundum_fw-la compositionem_fw-la confitetur_fw-la vide_fw-la can._n 7_o huius_fw-la concilii_fw-la 232._o lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr trin._n cap._n 3._o sect_n 12._o p._n 232._o hear_v petavius_n confession_n christi_fw-la domini_fw-la hypostasin_n sive_fw-la personam_fw-la à _fw-la plerisque_fw-la patribus_fw-la dici_fw-la compositam_fw-la ex_fw-la naturis_fw-la duabus_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la cyrillo_n damasceno_n maximo_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la to_o which_o add_v what_o the_o learned_a suarez_n have_v observe_v 193._o suarez_n de_fw-fr
denominate_v he_o the_o particular_a person_n of_o the_o father_n this_o last_o question_n be_v what_o the_o father_n be_v chief_o concern_v in_o the_o noetianist_n the_o patri-passianists_a rare_o dispute_v the_o personality_n of_o father_n son_n and_o holy-ghost_n none_o who_o understand_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o term_n can_v deny_v that_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v each_o of_o they_o a_o proper_a person_n if_o he_o acknowledge_v that_o each_o of_o they_o be_v proper_o god_n none_o can_v imagine_v that_o that_o be_v which_o be_v god_n be_v either_o a_o accident_n a_o part_n or_o to_o please_v the_o animadverter_n a_o adjunct_n to_o any_o other_o be_v those_o only_o deny_v the_o personality_n who_o esteem_v the_o son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n that_o be_v each_o of_o they_o not_o proper_o god_n but_o something_o in_o god_n the_o personal_a word_n or_o wisdom_n of_o god_n the_o father_n or_o his_o personal_a power_n this_o be_v the_o great_a controvert_v debate_n 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be_v use_v about_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o person_n they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o applicable_a to_o they_o in_o the_o strict_a and_o proper_a signification_n of_o the_o say_a term_n but_o only_o by_o way_n of_o analogy_n as_o real_o mean_v no_o more_o than_o a_o causal_n or_o necessary_a dependence_n of_o one_o notion_n or_o conceptus_fw-la objectivus_fw-la upon_o another_o so_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o the_o mind_n to_o conceive_v distinct_o of_o the_o one_o but_o as_o depend_v upon_o or_o proceed_v from_o the_o other_o compare_v this_o with_o his_o first_o consideration_n 92._o p._n 92._o that_o the_o natural_a order_n of_o prius_fw-la and_o posterius_fw-la found_v in_o the_o universal_a reason_n of_o thing_n according_a to_o which_o the_o conception_n of_o one_o thing_n presuppose_n and_o depend_v upon_o the_o conception_n of_o another_o make_v no_o prius_fw-la or_o posterius_fw-la and_o yet_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n to_o be_v contradict_v or_o 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for_o the_o animadverter_n to_o tell_v we_o that_o this_o prius_fw-la and_o posterius_fw-la be_v found_v in_o the_o universal_a reason_n of_o thing_n and_o yet_o deny_v it_o in_o the_o divine_a nature_n as_o if_o universal_a reason_n do_v not_o reach_v infinite_a as_o well_o as_o finite_a nature_n i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v that_o there_o be_v a_o natural_a order_n of_o prius_fw-la and_o posterius_fw-la found_v in_o the_o particular_a reason_n of_o finite_a nature_n which_o make_v no_o prius_fw-la or_o posterius_fw-la in_o the_o infinite_a divine_a nature_n and_o it_o be_v as_o pleasant_a to_o hear_v he_o tell_v we_o that_o this_o natural_a order_n of_o prius_fw-la and_o posterius_fw-la must_v not_o be_v contradict_v in_o our_o discourse_n of_o god_n when_o in_o the_o very_a immediate_a precede_a word_n himself_o have_v contradict_v it_o and_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v not_o prius_fw-la and_o posterius_fw-la in_o the_o divine_a nature_n second_o himself_o most_o shameful_o confound_v this_o natural_a order_n of_o prius_fw-la and_o posterius_fw-la when_o he_o assert_n p._n 98._o that_o the_o father_n be_v formal_o constitute_v a_o person_n by_o his_o own_o personal_a act_n of_o generation_n p._n 249._o that_o personal_a property_n be_v proper_o personality_n p._n 250._o that_o the_o relation_n and_o mode_n of_o subsistence_n make_v but_o one_o single_a indivisible_a mode_n of_o be_v yet_o say_v the_o animadverter_n in_o the_o next_o immediate_a word_n according_a to_o the_o natural_a order_n of_o conceive_a thing_n we_o must_v conceive_v of_o the_o subsistence_n as_o precedent_n to_o the_o relation_n for_o as_o much_o as_o human_a reason_n consider_v thing_n simple_o as_o subsist_v before_o it_o can_v consider_v they_o as_o relate_v to_o one_o another_o the_o meaning_n of_o all_o this_o be_v that_o these_o be_v rule_n when_o he_o hope_n that_o he_o can_v confute_v the_o dean_n of_o st._n paul_n self-consciousness_n can_v be_v subsistence_n because_o according_a to_o 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