M. Harding. The .8. Division.M. Hardinge. The .8. Diuision.

M. Harding. The .8. Division.

M. Hardinge. The .8. Diuision.

And this is a matter to a Christian man not hard to believe. For if it please God the almighty Creator in the condition, and state of things thus to ordain, that substances created bear and sustain accidents,¹ why may not he by his almighty power conserve and keep also accidents without Substance, sith that the very Heathen Philosophers repute it for an Absurdity to say, Primam causam non posse id praestare solam, quod possit cum secunda, that is to say, that the first cause, (whereby they understand God) cannot do that alone, which he can do with the second cause, whereby they mean a Creature?

And this is a matter to a Christian man not harde to beleeue. For if it please God the almightie Creator in the condition, and state of thinges thus to ordeine, that substances created beare and susteine accidentes,¹ why may not he by his almightie power conserue and keepe also accidentes without Substance, sithe that the very Heathen Philosophers repute it for an Absurditie to say, Primam causam non posse id praestare solam, quod possit cum secunda, that is to say, that the first cause, (whereby they vnderstande God) cannot doo that alone, whiche he can doo with the seconde cause, whereby they meane a Creature?

1. 1Goddes Omnipotent Power to bear up Accidents.Goddes Omnipotente Povver to beare vp Accidentes.