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The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded
The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propounded : more largely & clearly handled and explained / published by John Downame ...The summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded : more largly & cleerely handled and explaned / published by John Downame ...
London: printed by Willi, 1625
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.
Secondly, The union of them into one Christ.
Secondly, The vnion of them into one Christ.
The two distinct natures,1 2are his Deity, and Humanity, his God-head or Divine Nature, being not the Person of the Father (who was not incarnate) nor of the Holy Ghost, but of the Son; as it is confessed by all, (as many as admit the distinction of persons) and evident by the Scripture, Gal. 4. 4. When the fullness of time came, God sent down his Son made of a woman, &c. John 3. 16. God ⟨p. 270⟩so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, &c. This is also the confession of PETER, Mat. 16. 16. Thou art the Son of the Living God, and infinite other places. Whatsoever therefore is disputed before, concerning the God-head of the Son, and his eternal Deity, falleth into this Man Christ Jesus.
The two distinct natures,1 2are his Deitie, and Humanitie, his God-head or Diuine Nature, being not the Person of the Father (who was not incarnate) nor of the Holy Ghost, but of the Sonne; as it is confessed by all, (as many as admit the distinction of persons) and euident by the Scripture, Gal. 4. 4