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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
As for the manner of the making and framing of the humane nature of Christ, it was miraculous▪ not by generation according to the ordinary course of nature, but by an extraordinary operation of the holy Ghost above nature: and for this cause it is not within the compass of mans reason either to conceive or to express the manner and order of this conception.1 The Angel ascribes two actions to the holy Ghost in this matter; the one to come upon the virgin Mary;2 the other, to overshadow her: by the first is signified the extraordinary work of the holy ghost in fashioning the humane nature of Christ, for so much the phrase else-where importeth. The second signifieth,3 that the holy ghost did as it were cast a cloud over her, to teach us, that we should not search over much into the mystery of the Incarnation.
As for the manner of the making and framing of the humane nature of Christ, it was miraculous▪ not by generation according to the ordinarie course of nature, but by an extraordinarie operation of the holy Ghost aboue nature: and for this cause it is not within the compasse of mans reason either to conceiue or to expresse the manner and order of this conception.1 The Angell ascribes two actions to the holy Ghost in this matter; the one to come upon the virgine Marie;2 the other, to overshadovv her: by the first is signified the extraordinarie worke of the holy ghost in fashioning the humane nature of Christ, for so much the phrase else-where importeth. The seconde signifieth,3 that the holy ghost did as it were cast a cloud ouer hir, to teach vs, that we should not search over much into the mysterie of the Incarnation.
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