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An exposition of the Symbol or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenor…An exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenour…
An exposition of the Symbol or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenor of the Scriptures, and the consent of orthodox Fathers of the Church. By William Perkins.An exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenour of the Scriptures, and the consent of orthodoxe Fathers of the Church. By William Perkins.
Cambridge: printed by John Legatt, 1595Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legatt, 1595
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I answer, the work of creation is not so proper to the first person the father, as that it cannot also be common to the rest: for all the three persons jointly created all things of nothing; only they are distinguished in the manner of creating. For the father is the cause that beginneth the work,1 the son puts it in execution, the holy Ghost is the finisher of it. And again, the father createth by the ason & by the H. Ghost: the son createth by the holy Ghost, & from the father: the H. Ghost createth not by the father, nor by the son; but from the father & the son. And this is the reason why the work of creation is ascribed here unto the father, because he alone createth after a peculiar manner, namely by the son, and by the holy Ghost: but the son and the holy Ghost create not by the father but from him.
I answer, the work of creation is not so proper to the first person the father, as that it cannot also be common to the rest: for al the three persons ioyntly created all things of nothing; onely they are distinguished in the manner of creating. For the father is the cause that beginneth the worke,1 the sonne puts it in execution, the holy Ghost is the finisher of it. And againe, the father createth by the asonne & by the H. Ghost: the sonne createth by the holy Ghost, & frō the father: the H. Ghost createth not by the father, nor by the sonne; but frō the father & the sonne. And this is the reason why the work of creation is ascribed here vnto the father, because he alone createth after a peculiar manner, namely by the sonne, and by the holy Ghost: but the sonne and the holy Ghost create not by the father but from him.
- 1Basil. de spir. sanct. c. 16.
- aCol. 1.16. Rom. 11.36.