The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Touching the Son, In the beginning was the Word, John. 1. 2. was, that is, truly subsisted, for so is the nature of that word.

Touching the Sonne, In the beginning was the Word, Iohn. 1. 2. was, that is, truely subsisted, for so is the nature of that word.

How could he be the ^qonly begotten Son of God, ^rborne before any thing was created, if he were not a living person? He that ^sknoweth all the secrets of his Father, as perfectly, as if they were numbered before him, must not he needs be wise himself, and of an understanding substance? And how can he else be tempted, as Paul ^tsaith, that some of the Fathers in the Wilderness tempted him? To conclude, what can be more plain, then that in the ^uProverbs, where he is said, before the World was made, to have been the daily delight of God, sporting before him, continually, and in John 17. 5. to have been glorious with his Father before the World was? Whereunto add the effects attributed unto him: he ^xwrestled with Jacob, spake and blessed him, came out from the Father, when he ^ycame into the World, &c.