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A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the…A commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the…
A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and judicial divine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement upon the sixth chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelor of DivinityA commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and iudiciall diuine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement vpon the sixt chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelour of Diuinitie
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1604Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1604
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The third question is, whether the son was sent with his own consent or no? Ans. Yea, the decree of the father is the decree §25of the son, and the holy Ghost: because as they are all one in nature, so are they all one in will. All the persons then have a stroke in this sending, yet for orders false, the father is said to send, because he is first.
The third question is, whether the sonne was sent with his owne consent or no? Ans. Yea, the decree of the father is the decree §25of the sonne, and the holy Ghost: because as they are all one in nature, so are they all one in will. All the persons then haue a stroke in this sending, yet for orders false, the father is said to send, because he is first.
The fourth question is, how the father can send the son, considering they are both one? Ans. In the doctrine touching §30the Trinity, Nature, and person must be distinguished. Nature, is a substance common to many, as the Godhead. A person is that which subsisteth of it self, and hath a proper manner of subsisting, as the father begetting, the son begotten, the H. §35Ghost proceeding. Now the father and the son are one indeed for nature, or godhead, but they are not one for person. Nay thus they are really distinct. The father is not the son, nor the son the father. And thus doth the father send the son.
The fourth question is, how the father can send the sonne, considering they are both one? Ans. In the doctrine touching §30the Trinitie, Nature, and person must be distinguished. N•ture, is a substance common to many, as the Godhead. A person is that which subsisteth of it selfe, and hath a proper manner of subsisting, as the father begetting, the sonne begotten, the H.