CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 357 fulfilledin the Lord Jesus Christ,both God and man, that the human race might be placed within the reach of the enjoyment of eternalsalvation. CHAPTER XXIV.1 ARGuMENT. — Tliatthesehave thereforeerred,by thinkingthat therewas no differencebetweenthe Son of God and the Son ofman ; becausetlieyhaveillunderstoodtheScripture. But the materialof that hereticalerror has arisen,as I judge, from this,thatthey thinkthat there is no distinction between the Son of God and the Son of man ; becauseifa distinctionwere made, Jesus Christwould easilybe proved to be both man and God. For they willhave it that the self-samethatisman, the Son of man, appears alsoas the Son of God ; that man and fleshand that same frailsub stance may be said to be also the Son of God Himself. Whence, sinceno distinctionis discernedbetween the Son of man and the Son of God, but the Son of man Himself is assertedto be the Son of God, the same Christ and the Son of God is assertedto be man only ; by which they striveto exclude," The Word was made flesh,and dwelt among us."1 " And ye shallcallHis name Emmanuel ; which is,interpreted,God with us."8 For they proposeand put forward what is told in the Gospel of Luke, whence they striveto maintainnot what is the truth,but only what they Avantitto be : " The Holy Spiritshallcome upon thee, and the power of the Highest shallovershadow thee; there fore also the holy thing which is born of thee shallbe called the Son of God." * If,then,say they,the angelof God says to Mary, " That holy thing which is born of thee," the substanceof fleshand body isof Mary ; but he has set forth that this substance,that is,that holy thing which is born of her,is the Son of God. Man, say they, 1 AccordingtoPamelius,ch.xix. 2Johni.14. 3 Matt.i.23. 4Lukei.35.