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Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…
Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part of the government of Christian princes and popes, and a true account of the most troubling controversies and heresies till the Reformation ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by B. Griffin for Thomas Simmons, 1680
Church-History OF BISHOPS And their COUNCILS ABRIDGED, &c. › Chapter 9
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2. If they did not, it's like it was, because they thought it needless, being understood by all. They believed the Creed, That Christ was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary; and that the Godhead assumed the Humanity into personal Union. They knew that none dreamed that it was so with us.
The Council saith, That it's Heresy to use the name Adoption of Christ. The two Bishops seemed to think, That God's free assuming of the Humanity into personal Unity with the Word eternally generated by the Father, might be called Adoption. If the improper use of the word be Heresy, I leave it to the Reader to judge which were the Heretics: But I think neither.
The Council saith, That it's Heresie to use the name Adoption of Christ. The two Bishops seemed to think, That God's free assuming of the Humanity into personal Unity with the Word eternally generated by the Father, might be called Adoption. If the improper use of the word be Heresie, I leave it to the Reader to judge which were the Hereticks: But I think neither.
But another part of the Heresy was,1 to say that Christ was a Servant as Man. And they think he was no Servant, because a Son. Some will think confidently that the Council were here Heretics, but I think they did but strive about words. By [Servant] the Council seemeth to mean exclusively, [One that is no Son.] But the other meant inclusively, [A Son and Servant.]
But another part of the Heresie was,1 to say that Christ was a Servant as Man. And they think he was no Servant, because a Son. Some will think confidently that the Council were here Hereticks, but I think they did but strive about words. By [Servant] the Council seemeth to mean exclusively, [One that is no Son.] But the other meant inclusively, [A Son and Servant.]