81. Let us proceed with what follows.
“He who speaketh of himself, seeketh his own
glory.” S. John. vii. 18. See the
unity wherein Father and Son are plainly revealed. “In these
words attention is called to the Unity of Nature (or Substance) in
distinct Persons, for in the very act of speaking and teaching, the Son
shows that He is a Person, but He Who speaks not of Himself, but as the
Father hath taught Him, shows that He is distinct from the Father, and
yet He has, with the Father, one and the same doctrine, and therefore
one and the same nature; for, in God, being and knowing are one and the
same.”—Hurter. He who speaks cannot but be; yet
that which He speaks cannot be solely from Him, for in Him all that is,
is naturally derived from the Father.