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The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio…
The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio a Venetian gentleman, concerning the Council of Trent written both in Latin / by ... John Jewel ... ; made English by a person of quality ; to which is added, The life of the said bishop ; collected and written by the same hand.
London: printed by T. H. for Richard Chiswell, 1685
THE APOLOGY OF THE Church of ENGLAND. Written by the very Learned a… › Chapter 2
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WE believe that there is one certain Nature and Divine Power which we call GOD, and that this is distinguished into three equal Persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, all of the same Power, of the same Majesty, of the same Eternity, of the same Divinity, and of the same Substance; and although' these three Persons▪ are so distinguished, that the Father is not the Son, nor the Son the Holy Ghost or Father; ⟨p. 19⟩yet there is but one GOD, and that this one God created Heaven and Earth, and whatever is contained within the Circumference of the Heavens.
WE believe that there is one certain Nature and Divine Power which we call GOD, and that this is distinguished into three equal Persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, all of the same Power, of the same Majesty, of the same Eternity, of the same Divinity, and of the same Substance; and altho' these three Persons▪ are so distinguished, that the Father is not the Son, nor the Son the Holy Ghost or Father; ⟨p. 19⟩yet there is but one GOD, and that this one God created Heaven and Earth, and whatever is contain'd within the Circumference of the Heavens.
2. WE believe that Jesus Christ, the only Son of the eternal Father, as it had been decreed, before the beginning of all things, when the fullness of time came, took our Flesh and perfect Humane Nature of that blessed and pure Virgin, that he might reveal to Men, that hidden and secret Will of his Father, which was concealed from all former Ages and Generations; and that in this humane Body, he might finish the Mystery of our Redemption,1 and might nail to his Cross our Sins, and the Obligation which lay against us.
2. WE believe that Jesus Christ, the only Son of the eternal Father, as it had been decreed, before the beginning of all things, when the fulness of time came, took our Flesh and perfect Humane Nature of that blessed and pure Virgin, that he might reveal to Men, that hidden and secret Will of his Father, which was conceal'd from all former Ages and Generations; and that in this humane Body, he might finish the Mystery of our Redemption,