Chap. I.Seet. s. Looking unto 1efos. - Book IlL 1 . Some things ofthis kind may become parts ofanother,more entire thing of the fame kind; as we fee in all thofe r'hings wherein every part hath the fame natu~e that the. who!~ h~th ; as every drop of water is wat.e~ , an~ bemg left to tt felft~ ts ~ fubfiftence in it fclf and hath 1t s qualtty , nature , and bemg m, and for it felf, but if it be joyned to a greater quantity ofwater, it hath now no beino, quantity , nor operation , but in and for that greater quantity ofwater into which it is poured. 2. Other things of this kind cannot naturally put themfclves into the unitie of any other thing , and yet by the help of fome forreigne caufe they rna y be united; as the branch of a tree ofone kind (which put into the ground would be an entire, difiinct tree in it felf) may by the hand of aman be put into the unity ofa tree of another kind; and fo grow, !llove, .and beare fruit, not difrincrly in, and for it felf, but JOyntly tn, and for that tree into which it is planted. .. 3. Other things of this kind cannot by force of natural caufes, nor by the he!p of any forreigne thing, ever become parts ofany other created thing, or pertain to the unity of the /ubfitlence of any fuch thing ; as the nature ofman, and the nature of all living things; and yet by divine and fupernatural working, it may be drawn in to the unity ofthe fubfiftence ofany ofthe perfons of the bleffed Trinity, whtrein the fLJine!fe of all being, and the perfection of all created things is in a more eminent fort then in themfelves; for though all created things have their own being, yet feenig God is nearer to them then they are to themfelves, ·and they are in a better fort in him., then they are in themfel ves, there is no quellion but that they may be prevented, and llayed from being in; and for themfelves, and caufed to be in, and for one of the divine perfons of the bleffed Trinity. · So that as one drop ofwater, that formerly fubfifted in it felf, if it be poured into a ve1fel containing a greater quantity, it becomes one in fubfifience with the greater f!Uantity ofwater . and as a branch of a tree that being fet in the ground, and left t~ it felf, would be an entire and independent tree, becom~s one in fubfifience with that tree into which it is graffed. fo the ·inJi vi- , dual nature ofman affumed into the unity of on~ of the perfons of the ~lelfecd --r:rinity, it lofeth that kin{j.ofbeing, that naturally left co It fel1 , It would have had : 1 and It. becomes one with the · · · - perfo~ ,
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