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2. Other things of this kind cannot naturally put themselves into the unity of any other thing; and yet by the help of some foreign cause they may be united; as the ⟨p. 127⟩branch of a Tree of one kind (which put into the ground, would be an entire, distinct Tree in it self) may by the hand of a man be put into the unity of a Tree of another kind; and so grow, move, and bear fruit, not distinctly in and for it self, but jointly in and for that Tree into which it is planted.

2. Other things of this kind cannot naturally put themselves into the unity of any other thing; and yet by the help of some forreign cause they may be united; as the ⟨p. 127⟩branch of a Tree of one kind (which put into the ground, would be an intire, distinct Tree in it self) may by the hand of a man be put into the unity of a Tree of another kind; and so grow, move, and bear fruit, not distinctly in and for it self, but jointly in and for that Tree into which it is planted.

3. Other things of this kind cannot by force of natural causes, nor by the help of any foreign thing, ever become parts of any other created thing or pertain to the unity of the substance of any such thing; as the nature of man, and the nature of all living things; and yet by divine and supernatural working, it may be drawn into the unity of the subsistence of any of the Persons of the blessed Trinity, wherein the fullness of all being, and the Perfection of all created things, is in a more eminent sort than in themselves; for though all created things have their own being, yet seeing God is nearer to them than they are to themselves, and they are in a better fort in him than they are in themselves, there is no question but that they may be prevented and staid from being in and for themselves, and caused to be in, and for one of the divine persons of the blessed Trinity.