This good & omnipotent God hath 1created by his eternal word all things both visible & unuisible, and preserveth them by his everlasting spirit: as David witnesseth, saying: By the word of God the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the 2breath of his mouth: all things that God made were very good, created for the profit and use of Man: We affirm that all those things did proceed of one beginning only. We condemn therefore the Manichees & Marcionites, who impiously forged two substances or ⟨p. 16⟩3natures, the one good, the other evil, also two beginnings, and two Gods contrary to them selves, a good, and a bad. Angels and men, do excel all other Creatures: The holy Scripture pronounceth of Angels, that God maketh 4the spirits his messengers, and a flaming fire his Ministers, also Heb. 1. Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for their sakes, which shall be heirs of salvation? Our Lord Jesus Christ himself testifieth of the Devil. Joh. 8. He hath been a 5murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no trueth in him, when he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his own: For he is a liar, and the father thereof. We teach therefore, that some Angels did continue in their obedience, & are appointed to the faithful service of God, and Man, and that other some fell, of their own accord, and being caste down headlong into eternal destruction are become the enemies of all goodness, and of the faithful. Now concerning Man, the Scripture sayeth: ⟨image 59⟩6That at the first, he was created good, 7according to the Image and likeness of God, that God placed him in Paradise, making all things subject to him, which thing David doth gloriously set forth. 8. Psalm. He gave him also a wife, & blessed them both, we say that man consisteth of two diverse Substances, comprehended in one person, of the soul (which is immortal, for being separated from the body, it neither sleepeth, nor dieth) and of the body, which is mortal, but shall, notwithstanding his mortality, in the latter day of Judgement, be raised from the dead, to the end that ever after, the whole man, both body and soul, may remain always either in life or death.
THis good & omnipotent God hath 1created by his eternall woorde al thinges both visible & vnuisible, and preserueth thē by his euerlastinge spirite: as Dauid witnesseth, sayinge: By the woorde of God the heauēs were made, and all the hoste of them by the 2breath of his mouth: all thinges that God made were very good, created for the profite and vse of Man: We affirme that al those things did procéede of one beginnyng onely. We condemne therfore the Manicheis & Marcionites, who impiously forged twoo substances or ⟨p. 16⟩3natures, the one good, the other euill, also two beginninges, and two Gods contrary to them selues, a good, and a badde. Angels and men, doo excell al other Creatures: The holy Scripture pronounceth of Angels, that God maketh 4the spirites his messengers, and a flaming fire his Ministers, also Heb. 1. Are they not all ministringe spirites sent foorth to minister for their sakes, whiche shal be heires of saluation? Our Lorde Iesus Christe himselfe testifieth of the Diuell. Ioh. 8. He hath bene a 5murtherer from the beginninge, and abode not in the truth, because there is no trueth in him, when he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his owne: For he is a lier, and the father thereof. We teache therefore, that some Angels did continewe in their obedience, & are appointed to the faithful seruice of God, and Man, and that other some fell, of their owne accorde, and beinge caste downe headlong into eternall destruction are become the enemies of al goodnesse, and of the faithfull. Now concerninge Man, the Scripture sayeth: ⟨image 59⟩6That at the first, he was created good, 7according to the Image and likenes of God, that God placed him in Paradise, makinge all thinges subiecte to him, whiche thinge Dauid dothe gloriously set foorth. 8. Psalm. He gaue him also a wife, & blessed them both, we saye that man cōsisteth of two diuerse Substances, comprehended in one person, of the soule (whiche is immortall, for beynge seperated frō the bodie, it neither sléepeth, nor dieth) and of the bodie, which is mortall, but shal, notwithstandinge his mortalitie, in the latter daye of Iudgement, be raised from the dead, to the ende yt euer after, the whole man, both bodie and soule, maye remaine alwaies either in life or death.
- 1God made all things.God made all thinges.
- 2Psal. 33.
- 3Manichees, & Marcionites.Manicheis, & Marcionites.
- 4Psalm. 104. Angels.
- 5The Devil.The Diuell.
- 6Of man.
- 7Gen. 2.
