The P'refacr. and fo belie.--ve lJim to be a true man; that "you fuwaj' not his flejh to be aerial, .or bea.-venly , or ~( aJry o== - t!Jer nature, but of that which is tlJe ftejh of all men ;,_ that is, Thhich God himfelf formed in the firft man of the Earth , and which he forms in all other men. That which he {peaks o£ .. one Pe.rfon of the Tri– nity , hath refpetl: unto the heretical Opinion of Hormifda the Bifhop of a{.ome, who contend- . ed that . it was unlawful to fay , that on-e P_erfon t of the Trinity was incarnate, and perfecuted fome Scythian Monks, men not unlearned about it, who were firenuouOy defended by Maxentius one of them. · . , . It carrieth in it a great condecency unto Di– yine Wifd~m , that n1an fhould be refl:ored un– to the Image of God , by him. 'vho wa,s the E£fential ,Im~ge,., of the . Fath~r , a.s is deClared in our Difcourfe_·,: ·: And that he .. was · made like unto us., that Yl~ might ' be made .iike llnto him., ·a·nd · unto God through him. · So ·fpeaks the fame lrenteus, · zib•.5~ rfrte[at. Verbum 'Dei Jefos Chriflus, . ·qui propter immenfam .fuam :dileRionem , .. foEtus _eft, quod fumus nos , ut nos .perftceret quod eft ipfe-. .Jefus Chtift the Word of Gqd, .~Pho from .'1Ji! '·own infinite :lf:.qriJe, _ was made what .. ilJi~ are, that he might. make ·· us -J.vhat he is; that is·, lf)· .. -the, ·JPJft4uration ·· of the ~ Image of · · - 'God -~~::; :~ ...
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