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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In the generation of the Son we must note these properties.
1. That he that begetteth, and he that is begotten are together, and not one before another in time.
2. He that begetteth, doth communicate with him that is begotten, not some one part of his essence, but his whole essence, so that this Communion is not a Communion, but a Union.
3. The Father begot the Son not out of himself, but in himself; The incommunicable property of the father is to be unbegotten, to be a Father, and to beget. The Father is the beginning of Actions, and beginneth every Action of himself, And effecteth every Action by the Son, and by the Holy spirit, 1 Cor. 8. 6. Rom. 11. 36.