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That Christ is true God of the same essence with the Father, and every way equal unto him. Because, First, he can do nothing of himself without the Father, but as he doth all things originally from the Father, so he doth them jointly with him. Secondly, yea he can do nothing: implying a necessity and impossibility. Thirdly, because he is in the bosom of the Father. Seeing [save what he seeth] the counsels of his father and communicating him, which none but Christ hath done. Fourthly, again what the Father doth, that he cannot but do. Fifthly, because this concurrence is in all things. Sixthly and lastly, he doth every thing after the same manner with the Father. All these show an Identity, Sameness and Equality, between Christ and God the Father. Some illustrate this by examples, as if a thing burn, and cannot choose but burn, and burn always, we say, that it is fire: so Christ, doing divine works, and the same with his Father, and that he cannot but do them, and doth them after the same manner that his Father doth, he must needs be God. Some Heretic have objected against this place, that Christ doth these things by imitation; and this they say is, meant by [seeing and showing.]

That Christ is true God of the same essence with the Father, and euery way equall vnto him. Because, First, he can doe nothing of himselfe without the Father, but as he doth all things originally from the Father, so he doth them ioyntly with him. Secondly, yea he can doe nothing: implying a necessity and impossibility. Thirdly, because he is in the bosom of the Father. Seeing [saue what he seeth] the councels of his father and communicating him, which none but Christ hath done. Fourthly, againe what the Father doth, that he cannot but do. Fiftly, because this concurrence is in all things. Sixthly and lastly, hee doth euery thing after the same manner with the Father. All these shew an Identity, Samenes and Equality, between Christ and God the Father. Some illustrate this by examples, as if a thing burne, and cannot chuse but burne, and burne alwaies, we say, that it is fire: so Christ, doing diuine workes, and the same with his Father, and that hee cannot but doe them, and doth them after the same manner that his Father doth, hee must needs be God. Some Hereticke haue obiected against this place, that Christ doth these things by imitation; and this they say is, meant by [seeing and shewing.]