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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 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. §35Ghost proceeding. Now the father and the sonne 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 sonne, nor the sonne the father. And thus doth the father send the son.
The fifth question is, why the son is so called? Ans. Because ⟨p. 280⟩he was begotten of the father, by a perfect and eternal generation, not to be uttered of man, or conceived. And we must be warned, not to conceive it in any carnal or humane manner. For an earthly father is in time before his son, and the son after: but God the father and the son are coeternal, and not one before or after the other for time. An earthly father is