A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

The manner is set down, Matth. 17.2. He was transfigured before them, and his §3•ce did shine at the Sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Some are of opinion, that this clarity was In aere circumfuso, non in corpore Dominico; In the air about •m, not in the body of Christ: But that that is false, for Himself was transfigured, •t the air about him. Some have said that his very substance was changed from mortality to Immortality for the time. But that is false: for Transfiguration is •operly Transitus de figura ad figuram; from one figure to another: not De natura […] naturam; not from one nature to another. Some say, this Transition was not Se•ndum mutationem, sed secundum manifestationem; Not by any change into that which was not before, but by a manifestation of that which was (not revealed) before. These affirm, that CHRIST took from his mother an immortal •d impassible body: but this is a most impossible opinion. How then could this […]? If CHRIST reserved mortality, how was he capable of glory? If he took •mortality, then was there a change of his substance. Neither, but only a change •his form. And why is this impossible to his miraculous hand? Qui cicatrices osten•• in corpore immortali, quare non splendorem in corpore mortali? He that could show his •rs in a body immortal, why not also his glory in a body mortal? Luk. 9.29. The ⟨p. 330⟩Fashion of his countenance was altered. There is a change, not of his Person, but of his look: nor yet is it said, Vultus, sed species vultus: not his Countenance, but the Fashion of his countenance: not Alia, sed altera, that is, Alterata. This was done by the Clarity that was in his body, ut in subjecto, as in the very subject. This splendour was Aliter in corpore, aliter in veste; After one manner in his body, after another […] his garment. In his body intrinsically & inhaesivè, inherently: in his garment […] exteriori, & supereffuso candour; By an external whiteness poured upon it. His fa did shine as the Sunne. Sol est causa splendoris; The Sun is the cause of Shining; ascribing to Christ the greatest degree of splendour, that our understandings can a prehend. Non ut splendor solis, sed ut sol splendoris; Not as the brightness of the Sun, but as the Sun it self. His garments were white as the Light. Lumen causa candori.