The Preface. , begotten, the ftrft· begotten, the Door, the Way, tbe Arro"'W, Wijdom, andJundry other things. And Ennodius hath as -it were tur~ed this paifage ofIlierom into verfe. Corda domat, qui cunaa 1Jidet, quem cunaa trem~fcunt; Fonr, rvia, dextra, lapis, vitulus, Leo, Iucifer, Agnus; Janr-ta, fpes, 1Jirtus, 1Jerbum,Japientia, 1Jates. Oflia, 1Jirgultum,pa.ftor, molf, rete, calumba, Flamma,gigM, aquila, jf(mfus, patientia, /ner1Jus, l:'tlius, excelfus, 'Dominus, 'Deus; omnia Chriflus. In natalem Pap.e Epiphanii. Q!!_od homo eft, effe ChrifltYS rvoluit; ut & homo pofot e.ffe quod ChrifltYS eft, faith Cyprian. de Vanitat.Jud.e. And, quodeft ChrifttYS erimtYS Chrifliani, fi Chriflum fuerimus Jecuti, ibid. And he explains his tui/~ in this expre.ffion by way of admiration, Serm. de· Bleomofyn. Chriflus hominis filius ej[e rvoluit, ut nos filios 'Dei faceret; humilia.-vit [e, ut po"' pulum qui prius jacebat, erigeret; 1Julncratus eft ut rvulnera noflra fanaret. · , Chap. 4· That he \vas·the Foundation of all the ho– ly Counfels of God, with refpeQ: unto the Vocation, SanCtification, J ufl:ification, and eternal Salvationof the Church, is in the next plqce at large declared. And · he ·was fo ·on a threefold a~count. (I.) Of the ineffable · mm:·;_~dDelight of the Father and the Son in thofe Coun– _fels from ~11 eternity. (1.} As the o!1ly vvayand 1neans of
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