A14463:1448
A14463:1448
A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the principal points of the Christian faith and religion, and of the abuses and errors contrary to the same. Done in certain dialogues in french, by M. Peter Viret, sometime minister of the Word of God at Nymes in Province. Translated by I.S. Seen and allowed according to the Queens Majesties injunctions.A Christian instruction, conteyning the law and the Gospell Also a summarie of the principall poyntes of the Christian fayth and religion, and of the abuses and errors contrary to the same. Done in certayne dialogues in french, by M. Peter Viret, sometime minister of the Word of God at Nymes in Prouince. Translated by I.S. Seene and allowed according to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.
London: printed by Henry Bynneman? for Abraham Veale, 1573
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.
M. Thy meaning is then that ⟨p. 212⟩no one person of the Trinity which is in the unity of god, is more worthy or more great than the other.
M. Thy meaning is then that ⟨p. 212⟩no one person of the Trinitie which is in the vnitie of god, is more worthy or more great than the other.
P. We may not otherwise understand it, for if it were otherwise, either there should not be one very essence and divinity, but sundry, and consequently sundry Gods, of which some should be greater, and some less: or else it must needs be that God should be greater and more worthy than him self.
P. We may not otherwise vnderstande it, for if it were otherwise, eyther there shoulde not be one very essence and diuinitie, but sundry, and consequently sundry Gods, of which some should be greater, and some lesse: or els it must néeds be that God should be greater and more worthy than him selfe.
M. All these consequences would be very strange.
M. All these cōsequences would be very strāge.
P. There is no doubt. For if they were sundry Gods, they should be no Gods, no not at all. For God cannot be but almighty, all perfect, and all infinite.
P. There is no doubt. For if they were sundry Gods, they should be no Gods, no not at all. For God cannot be but almightie, all perfecte, and all infinite.
M. Thy meaning is then that he must necessarily be all alone.
P. Thou mayest so very well understand it, for sundry cannot be all might, all perfect, & all infinite.
P. Thou maist so very well vnderstande it, for sundry cannot be all mighte, all perfecte, & all infinite.
M. I do well understand all that.
M. I do well vnderstand all that.
P. There is also a third manner whereby one thing may be before an other.
P. There is also a third maner whereby one thing may be before an other.
M. What is it?
P. It is when a thing is of such nature, that it may be without an other, the which notwithstanding cannot be without it.
P. It is when a thing is of suche nature, that it may be without an other, the whiche notwithstanding cannot be without it.
M. I cannot well understand what thou sayest unto me, unless thou declare it more ⟨p. 213⟩plainly unto me by example.
M. I cannot well vnderstand what thou sayst vnto me, vnlesse thou declare it more ⟨p. 213⟩plainly vnto me by example.
P. One is before two, for so much as two cannot be, but one must be first, seeing that two are but a double, to wit, twice one. But one may very well be without two.
P. One is before two, for somuch as two cannot be, but one must be firste, séeing that two are but a double, to witte, twice one. But one may very well be without two.
M. Thou wilt not say yet that the father is before the son and before the holy Ghost in such a manner?
M. Thou wilte not say yet that the father is before the sonne and before the holy Ghoste in such a manner?
P. No. For the Father cannot be without the son, and the holy Ghost, as the son and the holy Ghost cannot be without the father.
P. No. For the Father cannot be without the sonne, and the holy Ghost, as the sonne and the holy Ghost cannot be without the father.
M. Show me then in what other sort the father is before the son, and the father and the son before the holy Ghost.
M. Shewe me then in what other sorte the father is before the sonne, and the father and the sonne before the holy Ghoste.
P. Thou must fourthly note, concerning things that be equal of time, of dignity, and of nature, that forasmuch as a man cannot consider and comprehend them all at one time or instant, we do consider them the one after the other, and we place the one before the other, even as we comprehend and dispose them in our understanding. And even so, that which we first consider and comprehend, or that which first is showed unto us, is first in order in respect of us, albeit that it be equal to the others, of time, of dignity, ⟨p. 214⟩and of nature.
P. Thou must fourthly note, concerning thinges that be equall of time, of dignitie, and of nature, that for asmuch as a man cannot consider and comprehend them all at one time or instante, we do consider them the one after the other, and we place the one before the other, euen as we comprehende and dispose them in our vnderstanding. And euen so, that whiche wée firste consider and comprehende, or that which firste is shewed vnto vs, is firste in order in respecte of vs, albeit that it be equall to the others, of time, of dignitie, ⟨p. 214⟩and of nature.