' The Preface. mitted !Jimfelf-to Death , perfeBing the 'Dijpenfation of our Salrvation. . And Clemens Alexandrimu -to _ the L1me purpofe ; . Adl)ort. ad Gentes. Ncd cpnfM o' /cdy@.. o' id Gei1 C::v;;y&,.– .7r®- ~vopAv@.., 1va- SI' iJ aJ ~~ dv;:J-pw?rfi pd~s, m m'TB de;t- d:v;:J-egJms ~vwrcu G&os. 1he T¥ord of God rvao made man , that thou 1nighteft learn of a man , ho1v man may become (as) God. And Ambrofe in Pfal. 11 8. OElon. 8. Imago, id eft, Verbum 'Dei, ad eum qui eft ad imaginem hoc eft, !XJmlnem ruenit, & queerit Imago e~m qui eft ad ftmilitudinem, ut _iterum. ftgnet, ut -ite- -rum confirmet , quia amijit quod accepit. The Image of God, ,that is , the Word of God, came into him who wtU after the Image of .God , that is man. And this Image of God Jeeks him tvho was after the Image of God , that he might Jeal him tvitb it agail·l , and confirm him , _becaufe he had loft that JPJ.,ich he had re– ceived. And Auftin in one Inil:ance gives a rational account why it was conde-cent unto Divine Wifdom, that the Son,. and not the Father, or the Holy Spirit, fhould be incarnate ; which we alfo enquire into , lib. de DeFnition. OrtlJodoxis, cttp. 2. ./ Non Pater carnem ajfumpftt , neque Spiritus SanElus , .. fed Filius tantum ; ut qui erat in 'Dirvinitate 'Dei Pd$~-~r·· tr,is Fili-us · ipfe fieret in · homine , IJominis Matris Filiu!:r·~ne ftlii nomen ad alterum tran{iret' qui non effit ceterna .- G 1h'tti -
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