1Here is to be observed, that the works of the persons are of two sorts: namely, Their works inward, and their works outward. The inward or internal works of the persons, are those, which the persons have and exercise one towards another. By these actions or properties are the divine persons distinguished, and described. For the father is the first person, which hath not his essence and being from any other, neither begotten nor proceeding; but being of himself, he begot from everlasting the son, & from him proceeded the holy Ghost. The son is the second person of the Godhead, begotten from everlasting of the father. This generating or begetting of the Son is the participating of the whole divine essence, whereby the son receiveth from the father the same essence wholly and entirely, which the father hath and retaineth. For the divine essence being infinite and indivisible, there cannot some part thereof be severed, and imparted to another, as it cometh to pass in creatures; but it must needs be wholly imparted unto him, unto whomsoever it is imparted. The holy ghost is the third person of the deity, proceeding, from everlasting, from the father and the son. But begetting & proceeding differ. For to be begotten, or to be born, is for another man or another person to be produced out of the substance of him that begetteth, by way of birth, as the son is borne of the father. Proceeding is a communication of the divine essence, whereby the third person only of the Godhead receiveth from the father and the son, as the spirit from him, whose spirit it is, the same whole essence, which the father and the son have & retain. As therefore he that begetteth is one person, & he another that is begotten: In like manner the holy ghost also is another person from the father & the son, from whom he from everlasting ineffably is produced, or hath his being, by proceeding or issuing: yet for all this there is but one and the same divine essence of these three persons, albeit the father, as the fountain of the deity, hath his being from no other, but from himself: the son begotten of the father: the holy ghost proceeding from the father and the Sonne.
1Here is to be obserued, that the workes of the persons are of two sortes: namely, Their woorkes inwarde, and their woorkes outward. The inward or internal workes of the persons, are those, which the persons haue and exercise one towardes another. By these actions or properties are the diuine persons distinguished, and described. For the father is the first person, which hath not his essence and beeing from any other, neither begotten nor proceeding; but being of himself, he begot from euerlasting the sonne, & from him proceeded the holy Ghost. The sonne is the second person of the Godhead, begotten from euerlasting of the father. This generating or begetting of the Son is the participating of the whole diuine essence, wherby the son receiueth from the father the same essence wholely and entirely, which the father hath and reteineth. For the diuine essence being infinit and indiuisible, there cannot some part thereof bee seuered, and imparted to another, as it commeth to passe in creatures; but it must needs bee wholy imparted vnto him, vnto whomsoeuer it is imparted. The holy ghost is the third person of the deity, proceeding, from euerlasting, from the father and the sonne. But begetting & proceeding differ. For to be begotten, or to be born, is for another man or another person to bee produced out of the substance of him that begetteth, by waie of birth, as the sonne is borne of the father. Proceeding is a communication of the diuine essence, whereby the third person onely of the Godhead receiueth from the father and the sonne, as the spirite from him, whose spirit it is, the same whole essence, which the father and the son haue & retaine. As therefore he that begetteth is one person, & hee another that is begotten: In like maner the holy ghost also is another person from the father & the son, from whom he from euerlasting ineffably is produced, or hath his being, by proceeding or issuing: yet for al this there is but one and the same diuine essence of these three persons, albeit the father, as the foū taine of the deity, hath his beeing from no other, but from himself: the son begotten of the father: the holy ghost proceeding from the father and the Sonne.
- 1The works of the trinity external or internal: external common to all three; internal appropriated unto the person.The workes of the trinitie external or internal: external common to al three; internal appropriated vnto the person.
