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Propositions and principles of divinity propounded and disputed in the university of GenevaPropositions and principles of diuinitie propounded and disputed in the vniuersitie of Geneua
Propositions and principles of divinity propounded and disputed in the university of Geneva, by certain students of divinity there, under M. Theod. Beza, and M. Anthony Faius ... Wherein is contained a methodical summary, or epitome of the common places of divinity. Translated out of Latin into English, to the end that the causes, both of the present dangers of that Church, and also of the troubles of those that are hardly dealt with else-where, may appear in the English tongue.Propositions and principles of diuinitie propounded and disputed in the vniuersitie of Geneua, by certaine students of diuinitie there, vnder M. Theod. Beza, and M. Anthonie Faius ... Wherein is contained a methodicall summarie, or epitome of the common places of diuinitie. Translated out of Latine into English, to the end that the causes, both of the present dangers of that Church, and also of the troubles of those that are hardlie dealt vvith els-vvhere, may appeare in the English tongue.
Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegrave, 1591Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegraue, 1591
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5 Now these things are attributed unto the Deity, sometimes substantively, & sometimes adjectively as they speak, that we may thereby know him to be a being that subsisteth indeed, and that he is such a one, not by participation and imperfectly, but of himself, and that most perfectly.
5 Now these things are attributed vnto the Deity, sometimes substātiuely, & somtims adjectiuely as they speak, that we may thereby knowe him to be a being that subsisteth indeede, and that he is such a one, not by participation and imperfectlie, but of himselfe, and that most perfectlie.
6 Of attributes we make two kinds: the one is, of them which are so proper unto the Deity, that they can be in no ⟨p. 11⟩sort communicated unto creatures, neither have they any other respect unto creatures, save that by them, the Deity is distinguished from creatures; of this kind are, eternity, simpleness, unmeasurablenes, omnipotency.
6 Of attributes we make two kinds: the one is, of them which are so proper vnto the Deitie, that they can bee in no ⟨p. 11⟩sort communicated vnto creatures, neither haue they anie other respect vnto creatures, saue that by them, the Deitie is distinguished from creatures; of this kind are, aeternity, simplenes, vnmeasurablenes, omnipotencie.
7 The other kind is of those, who although simply, and as far as they are in the Deity, they cannot be communicated; yet creatures may be partakers of them, not properly, but by analogy, and a kind of agreement, and that not essentially, but in regard of quality, and but in part neither: such are wisdom, goodness, and the rest of that kind.