The Preface. 'llities or Generations ; at lea.ft they are not fe1ijible ho-w blind tl)ey are in the Light. To the fame purpofe fpeaks Eufe« bius at large, Demon~ Ervart.lib. 5. cap. 2. Leo well adds hereunto the confideratiori ofhis Incar– nation; in thofe excellent words, Serm~ 9· de Nativitat. f2.!!_ia in ChrijloJefu ftlio Dei, non [alum ad 'Dirvirzam ejfenti;:tm', fed etiam ad humanamfpeEtat naturam, quod diCtum eft per Pro"' phetam; Generationem ejus quis enarrabit ? Utramque enim - fub.flantiam in unam conrveniffe perfonam, nijifides credat,Jermo non ex_plicat ; & ideo> materia nunquam deficit Laudu; quiamm"' quam jufficit copia Laudatoris. GaudiamuJ igitur quod adeloquen~ dum tantum mifericordite facramentum impct,res Jumus ; & · cum folutu noflrte altitudinem promere non 1Jaleamus, fentiamus nobis bonum ejfe quod .-vincimnr. Nemo enim ad cognitionem veritatis· m~tgis propinquat, ~uam qui intelligit, in rtbus Divinis, etiamfi multum proftciat, Jemper Jibi Juperejfe quod quterat. See alfo Fulg.lib. 2 ~ adThrafimund• . , But .I~ fpeak of the Perfon ofCh1 iff as unto·the A£fmnP'" tion of the fubflantial AdjunCt of the Humane Nature,, 1:10t to be a part,. whereof his Perfon is con1pofed, but as·· unto its fubfiih~nce therein by vertue of a fubfl:antiai Union. Some of the Antients, I confefs, fpeak freely of the Co;npojition of the Perfon ofChrifl in and by the nvo Natures, the Divine.and·Humane. That the Son·ofGod after his Incarnation had <:>ne Nature compofed of the Deity and Hwnanity, \vas the _Herefy of .dpolinarius. Eu:.. tid;es,_ the Monotbelites, or Monoplryjites condemned by alL But.
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