wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted, and

and6i6 How the Homooufian Trinity^ Book J,by him to be n^wt oJ^fa, one ej[ence or fubjlance^ this is not to be underftoodneither in that place, as if they had all three the fame Angular eflfcnce,but in fome of thofe other fenfes before mentioned.But though Athanafais no where declare the three hypoflafes of the Trinityto have only one and the fame fingular eflcnce, but, on the contrary, deniesthem to be monooufian •, though he lay a great ftrefs upon their i-Si-xy;jyoTHf, their fpecifick or gentrick unity, and coeflentiality, in order to theirbeing one God, for as much as without this they could not be God at all jyet doth he not rely wholly upon this, as alone fufficient to that purpofe,but addeth certain other confiderations thereunto, to make it out, in manneras foUoweth. Firft, that this trinity is not a trinity of principles,but that there is only one principle or fountain of the Godhead in it, fromwhich the other are derived. Thus doth he write in his fifth oration i,jMiai af^^r, ^ y-ara. toZto eI? Sto?, There is but one principle, nnd accord-'s. 6^6. ly but one God, Again, in his book againft the Sabellianifts, ou'jt siVlSia SfOt, OTl jMJlJs Sio TTOCTifilC, /J^I/jSl ETf JOi-VlS? TOW }-JVl7]7ai/7of >1 yiyiVVYj^MVO^'u,iv yoio ap'^xg e'lcccyuv Sxio, Sio x-^cxirlu Q=ojc, u'Jriri YAxcKix'Voi; n oucsiiix' 'Thenare not two gods, both becaufe there are not two fathers, and becaufethat, which is begotten, is not of a different effence from that which begat:For he that introduceth two principles, preacheth two gods ; which was the.:impiety of Marcion. Accordingly, the fame Athanafius dcclareth, rri*f^ Syn. ji>im.oC(7ixv roZ 7ra7f.of d^yrM xj p'^*" ^ Trr,yvi elvai tou i/ov. That the effence or'DtZel.i^^zo.fulflance of the Father is the principle, and root , and fountain of the Son.And in like manner doth he approve of this dodrine of Dinoyfius, artJ)e Syn. NicnCTTtnyri Tuv a,ya^cuv a.7roc'j]uv Es-'f o S'JoV, Tforxy.oq St vtt ccvtou Trpo^coucvo; o i^U'That God (the father) is the firfl fountain of all good things, but the Son ariver poured out from him. To the fame purpofe is it alfo, when hecompareth the Father and the Son to the water and the vapour arifingfrom it; to the light and the fplendor ; to the prototype and the image.And he concludeth the unity of the Godhead from hence, in this man-', Tiiv Sn'i'a,v Tcia^a ti'f 'ivd uTTrit fif xo^vlpriii Tiva, t6d ^ii-j 7-^1, i'Xuv rov -ttxv-}• *7S- 1o)tflaTOf« xiyos, (!-J:ii