their Councils abridged. 2 37 of Hiftorians, and ancient Writers. Bel1armine * ( hisBrother ) is of the » Lib.z. de fame judgment. And is not theirConcefíion more than twenty later Mens Imagin. denial ? Yea Genebrard concurreth ; yet Binnius leaveth his Mailer Baro- cap. i4. Mx',and giveth his Reafons againft them. And he doth well prove, that it Even could not be by ignoranceand (irprize, that the Frankford Council fhould Daon. Ae- condemn the Nicene; and he is loth to think that they were wilful Here- terlall af- ticks, efpecially whenthey profefs to followTradition : But he knew that the faith, In 7th Conflantin. Council again`t Image", profeFt to followTraditicn. And if which Sy- French Men will make usHereticks for fpeakingEnglifh, it is no wonder ifwe VIII_ make. themHereticks for fpeaking French. If Men will Hereticate others; ford, the for Images, or Ceremonies, or Words, others will meafure the like to them. 7th Gene- Thiskind of Hereticating is circular, and bath no end. ral Coun. Suarezwill have either the Hiflorians to have erred, or their Books to be cit warre. corrupted; with what meafure youmete,it fhall be meafured toyou Youfhall eheBiffyps then give us leave to fufpebl your Books, where there is far greater caufe. that were § 85. But the Synod , or Paulinos Aguileienfis, a learnedworthy Bifhop ignorant e in the Synod,(whomthe reft follow) copiouslywrite a Confutation of Eli- gees, An. pandas and Foelix. And the charges of Herefie are,_ 794. Hitt. s. That they call Chrift as to his Humanity, Gad's AdoptedSon, (and his l 8. c. 7. eternal Perlon his Natural Sen.) z. Becaufe they fayhe was Adopted by Grace. 3. Becaufe they fay he was_a Servant. Alas for the Church, that muff thus by Bifhops be diftra&ed for want of skill inwords! Is there no remedy ? Binnius confefheth that force Papifts- think that they meant right, as Durasodos did, and that the difference was but in words. The Council fuppofethElipandirs and Radix to ufe the word [ Adoption exclufively,as to Chtifl'sFiliation by Generation, as conceived by the Holy Ghofl : Whereas it is far likelier that theytook both Conjun& to be thefun- elamentomfiliationrs. God adopting, that is, of his good Will freely crea- tingChrift's HumaneNature, and unitingit to the Divine ; called Adoption, becaufe it was God's free a& of Love, and not. a communication of his Ef- fence, as the eternal Generation is, TheHumanity is not God's Effence. And I hope the name of ( The Son of Man] ufed fo oft by Chrift of him- felf, is no Herefie. And there 'appeareth no reafon to cenfure them as deny.. ing either the eternal or temporal Generationof Chrift. But they argue againf them,, s. That -he is'faid to be Adopted,that is, not' Generated. a., And that he .meritedit not, but wasadopted of meer Grace,butfo not Chrift. Anfv. i. , Thefe Obje&ions feem to confers-that thedifference was but de nomine; and is the unapt ufe of fuch a word, anHerefse? Howmany Here- fiesthenhave molt Councils, and Fathers, and. all Authors? z.Mutt weneeds understandGod'sÀdoption,juft in the meafure asmans,? 3. We are Regenerate, andyet Adopted. Why then is it a Herefie, to.., fayabat .Chrift was Generated and yetAdopted? 4:Graee ,
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