The Preface. It belonged unto the Wifdom and Righteoufl1efs of God, that Satan fhould be conquered and fubdu- - ed in and by the fatne Nature which he had prevail– ed againfl: by his ii1ggeilion and temptation. To this purpofe that holy Writer fpeaks, lib. 3. cap. 2 o: \vhich becaufe his words are cited by Tbeodoret, 'Dial. 2. I f.hall t.ranfcribe them fro~ thence, as free fi·om the in– juries of his Barbarous T ranflator ; _ ''Hvw~v {;v x.a.;fJ~ 7ref'- ,, , , N 1\J ' -CS \ ,, ~ fi::J ' f \\ ' I cpct-fMV T a-v;f&Jmv 'TtAJ Gew,. E-t -,v p.n a-vr.~eJJ)7r'0" '11VlXti'iO"lV T OCV'Tl- , . "' > e t '' )/ r-.__ I _, ~~ ... C ' ~ \ I ' '7W.AOV ~ OCY 'fW?r!d, ouX cx;-y on:g_l(l)~ €1'll~nr.~n 0 eX"' e,9~, '7'RJ.-AlJ17F, E-1 \ C \ > f\ I \ I ) )/ (),..../') I Jf -' \ · p.n o. Ge9~ €OW'f110U'TII 'Tnv ow'Tnva-v· , oux a-v ~pct-lW5 E;J:;~V WJTnv ,, \ ) \ ,- C )/ ~ N a N )/ )j ) f'\ / ~.. N ~ E-1 f.1..1l G'VV))YW~ 0 a,y;y-efJJ7rl::::l" 'TtAJ ~ew OUX. a,y ndUY11N"n f-!.1i/1V,~8V -~ ' C\.__. I ''E (\. C:.l " I "' c:. "' \ ' <:'... I \\_ \ -t 'T ct-<fJ<VD'.f(Flct-~. O!:l '}'-) 'T' ~O"l'TnY 'T'd ~!:'d 7F if:} ct-YcJ'fW?rn!l1 ' OIOC > r\ 1 \ ., 1 " ~ lf":j ) . I \ ' 1 ~ ) Ia ·le%.~ 7reJ 5 C",(ct-7i_fli~ 0 I XE-IO'Tl1T'0" 85 <ptAlct-11 if:} 0!-f!;YOIOCV 'T'd~ ctp.<pw- 'IipY~ durn;a_,-yf::v. Words plainly Divine, an illufhious Teilimony of the Faith of the Antient Church, and , expreffive · of the principal Myfl:ery of the Gofpel: Wherefore M 1l7e faid before, /;e united' man unto God. l'or . if man had not ot·vercorne the .Adverfary of'men, the.Enemy · had not been juflly conquered. .And on the other f,and, if God had not given and granted Salvation., tve could nerve,: have a firm undefeajible pojfejtion of it. And if man bad not been united unto God, he could not ·have been parta!~er of Immortality. It behorved therefore the }vfediator between God and Man, by_ his o"'Wn participatio~z of the Nature of each of them, ·to bring them both into friendjhip and agre~:.: ment with eac;h other. ~ And-to tbe . fame purpofe fp_eak'- ma t;!> .
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