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2. For the thing wherein this union of two natures consists; we say that this union consists in that dependence of the humane nature on the person of the Word, and in that communicating of the person, or substance of the Word, with the humane nature that is assumed; so that it is an hypostatical or personal union; that is, such an union as that both natures do make but one person of Christ: for the better understanding of this, we must consider what the difference is betwixt Nature and Person, and what makes an individual Nature to be a Person: briefly thus; To be this or that, we say, is an individual nature; to be this or that, in or for it self, is a person or subsistence; to be this or that, in or for another, is to pertain to the person or subsistence of another. Now amongst those created things which are naturally apt to make a personal being, or to subsist in and for themselves, there is a very great difference: for,—

2. For the thing wherein this union of two natures consists; we say that this union consists in that dependance of the humane nature on the person of the Word, and in that communicating of the person, or substance of the Word, with the humane nature that is assumed; so that it is an hypostatical or personal union; that is, such an union as that both natures do make but one person of Christ: for the better understanding of this, we must consider what the difference is betwixt Nature and Person, and what makes an individual Nature to be a Person: briefly thus; To be this or that, we say, is an individual nature; to be this or that, in or for it self, is a person or subsistence; to be this or that, in or for another, is to pertain to the person or subsistence of another. Now amongst those created things which are naturally apt to make a personal being, or to subsist in and for themselves, there is a very great difference: for,—

1. Some things of this kind may become parts of another more entire thing of the same kind: as we see in all those things wherein every part hath the same nature that the whole hath; as every drop of water is water, and being lest to it self, it is a subsistence in it self, and hath its quality, nature, and being in, and for it self; but if it be joined to a greater quantity of water, it hath now no being, quantity, nor operation, but in and for that greater quantity of water, into which it is poured.