Such a voice.] This is the second point, the manner how God testified, concerning the honour of his Son: by a voice, his own voice. The Logicians distinguish between Sonus, Vox, and Verbum; a Sound, a Voice, and a Word. Sound of insensible things, as Lute, Organ, &c. Voice, of sensible, but irrational, as •easts: a Word, of that which hath both sense and reason, man. Here is a Voice, at a Word with it. A word is first conceived in the heart, and then uttered by the •oice: yet we hear the voice before we know the word. John calls himself, The ••ice of a Crier: CHRIST the eternal Word, was before John, and all other voi••s. For, Joh. 1.1. In the beginning was the Word: and that beginning was before […] beginnings, without beginning; Principium sine principio: yet the world knew not •e Word, till it was preached by the voice of men and Angels. The word in it ••lfe is before the voice, yet to us the voice goes before the word, John 1.15. He ••at cometh after me, was before me. Tully commends voices, Socrates for sweetness, ••sias for subtlety, Hyperides for sharpness, Aeschines for shrillness, Demosthenes ••r powerfulness. Gravity in African, smoothness in Laelius; rare voices! In ho•• Writ we admire a sanctified boldness in Peter, profoundness in Paul, loftiness in ••hn, vehemency in him and his brother James, those two sons of Thunder; fervency in Simon the zealous. Among Ecclesiastical Writers, we admire weight in tertullian, a gracious composure of well mattered words in Lactantius, a flowing ••eech in Cyprian, a familiar stateliness in Chrysostom, a conscionable delight in Bernard, and all these graces in good Saint Augustine. Some construed the Scriptures allegorically, as Origen: some literally, as Hierome: some morally, as Gregory: ••hers pathetically, as Chrysostom: others dogmatically, as Augustine. The new •riters have their several voices: Peter Martyr copiously judicial: Zanchius judiciously copious. Luther wrote with a coal on the walls of his chamber: Res & ••rba Philippus, res sine verbis Lutherus, verba sine re Erasmus, Nec res nec verba Ca•lostadius. Calvin was behind none, not the best of them, for a sweet diluci••tion of the Scriptures, and urging of solid arguments against the Antichristi••s.
Such a voice.] This is the second point, the manner how God testified, con••rning the honour of his Sonne: by a voice, his owne voice. The Logicians di••inguish betweene Sonus, Vox, and Verbum; a Sound, a Voice, and a Word. Sound of insensible things, as Lute, Organ, &c. Voice, of sensible, but irrationall, as •easts: a Word, of that which hath both sense and reason, man. Here is a Voice, at a Word with it. A word is first conceived in the heart, and then uttered by the •oice: yet we heare the voice before we know the word. Iohn calls himselfe, The ••ice of a Crier: CHRIST the eternall Word, was before Iohn, and all other voi••s. For, Ioh. 1.1. In the beginning was the Word: and that beginning was before 〈…〉 beginnings, without beginning; Principium sine principio: yet the world knew not •e Word, till it was preached by the voice of men and Angells. The word in it ••lfe is before the voice, yet to us the voice goes before the word, Iohn 1.15. Hee ••at commeth after me, was before me. Tully commends voices, Socrates for sweetnesse, ••sias for subtiltie, Hyperides for sharpenesse, Aeschines for shrilnesse, Demosthenes ••r powerfulnesse. Gravity in Affrican, smoothnesse in Laelius; rare voices! In ho•• Writ we admire a sanctified boldnesse in Peter, profoundnesse in Paul, loftinesse in ••hn, vehemencie in him and his brother Iames, those two sonnes of Thunder; fer••ncie in Simon the zealous. Among Ecclesiasticall Writers, we admire waight in •ertullian, a gracious composure of well mattered words in Lactantius, a flowing ••eech in Cyprian, a familiar statelinesse in Chrysostome, a conscionable delight in Ber••rd, and all these graces in good Saint Augustine. Some construed the Scriptures ••egorically, as Origen: some literally, as Hierome: some morally, as Gregory: hers pathetically, as Chrysostome: others dogmatically, as Augustine. The new riters have their severall voices: Peter Martyr copiously judiciall: Zanchius juciously copious. Luther wrote with a cole on the walls of his chamber: Res & rba Philippus, res sine verbis Lutherus, verba sine re Erasmus, Nec res nec verba Calostadius. Calvine was behinde none, not the best of them, for a sweet dilucition of the Scriptures, and urging of sollid arguments against the Antichristis.
