Hilarius writing against the Arians, alleging the words of Christ. 17. John. Ut omnes unum sint, sicut tu Pater in me, & ego in te, ut & ipsi in nobis unum sint: That all may be one, as thou Father art in me, and I in thee, they also may be one in us: going about by those words to show, that the Son and the Father, were not one in Nature, and Substance, but only in Concorde and Unity of will: among other many and long sentences for proof of unity in substance, both between Christ and the Father,1 and also between Christ and us, hath these words. Si enim verè verbum caro factum est, & nos verè verbum carnem Cibo Dominico sumimus, quomodo non Naturaliter manere in nobis existimandus est, qui & Naturam Carnis nostrae jam inscparabilem sibi homo natus assumpsit, & Naturam Carnis suae ad Naturam aeternitatis sub Sacramento nobis Communicandae Carnis admiscuit: If the word be made flesh verily, and we receive the word being flesh in our Lords meat verily: 2how is it to be thought not to dwell in us naturally, who both hath taken the nature of our flesh now inseparable to him self, in that he is borne man, and also hath mingled the nature of his own flesh to the nature of his everlastingness under the Sacrament of his flesh to be received of us in the Communion? There afterward this word, naturaliter, in this sense that by the Sacrament worthily received, Christ is in us, and we in Christ naturally, that is, in trueth of nature, is sundry times put, and rehearsed: who so listeth to read further his eight book De Trinitate, he shall find him agnise, *Manentem in nobis carnaliter filium, That the Son of God (through the Sacrament) dwelleth in us Carnally, that is, in trueth of f•eashe, and that by the same Sacrament, we with him, and he with us are united and knit together, Corporaliter, & inseparabiliter, Corporally, and inseparably: 4for they be his very words. Gregory Nyssene speaking to this purpose, saith, Panis qui de Còelo descendit, non incorporea quaedā res est. Quo enim pacto res incorporea corpo•i cibus fiet•res verò quae incorporea non est, corpus omnino est. Huius corporis panem non aratio, non satio non agricolarum opus effecit, sed terra intacta permansit: & tamen pane plena fuit, quo famescentes, Mysterium virginis perdocti, facile saturantur.
Hilarius writinge against the Arianes, alleginge the wordes of Christe. 17. Iohn. Vt omnes vnum sint, sicut tu Pater in me, & ego in te, vt & ipsi in nobis vnum sint: That al maie be one, as thou Father art in me, and I in the, they also maie be one in vs: gooinge aboute by those woordes to shewe, that the Sonne and the Father, were not one in Nature, and Substance, but onely in Concorde and Vnitie of wil: amonge other many and longe sentences for proufe of vnitie in substance, both bytweene Christe and the Father,1 and also bytweene Christe and vs, hath these woordes. Si enim verè verbum caro factum est, & nos verè verbum carnem Cibo Dominico sumimus, quomodo non Naturaliter manere in nobis existimandus est, qui & Naturam Carnis nostrae iam inscparabilem sibi homo natus assumpsit, & Naturam Carnis suae ad Naturam aeternitatis sub Sacramento nobis Cōmunicandae Carnis admiscuit: If the vvorde be made fleashe verily, and vve receiue the vvorde being fleashe in our Lordes meate verily: 2hovve is it to be thought not to dvvel in vs naturally, vvho both hath taken the nature of our fleashe novve inseparable to him self, in that he is borne man, and also hath mengled the nature of his ovvne fleashe to the nature of his euerlastingnesse vnder the Sacrament of his fleashe to be receiued of vs in the Communion? There afterwarde this worde, naturaliter, in this sense that by the Sacrament worthely receiued, Christe is in vs, and we in Christe naturally, that is, in trueth of nature, is sundrie times put, and rehearsed: who so listeth to reade further his eight booke De Trinitate, he shal finde him agnise, *Manentem in nobis carnaliter filium, That the Sonne of God (through the Sacrament) dwelleth in vs Carnally, that is, in trueth of f•eashe, and that by the same Sacrament, we with him, and he with vs are vnited and knitte togeather, Corporaliter, & inseparabiliter, Corporally, and inseparably: 4for they be his very wordes. Gregorie Nyssene speakinge to this purpose, saith, Panis qui de Còelo descendit, non incorporea quaedā res est. Quo enim pacto res incorporea corpo•i cibus fiet•res verò quae incorporea non est, corpus omnino est. Huius corporis panem non aratio, non satio non agricolarum opus effecit, sed terra intacta permansit: & tamen pane plena fuit, quo famescentes, Mysterium virginis perdocti, facile saturantur.
- 1De Trinita. li. 8.
- 2S. Hilade saith, Christ dwelleth Naturally in us: But not in the Sacrament.S. Hilade saith, Christe dvvelleth Naturally in vs: But not in the Sacramente.
- *Not in the Sacrament: bu• in us.Not in the Sacramente: bu• in vs.
- 4In lib. De vita Mosis.
