129. Howbeit, should they desire to dispute the
use of the words “divine Substance” or “divine
Nature,” they shall easily be refuted, for Holy Writ oft-times
hath spoken of οὐσία in Greek, or
Substantia
in Latin,
and St. Peter, as we read, would have us become partakers in the divine
Nature. But if they will have it that the Son is of another
“Substance,” they with their own lips confute themselves,
in that they both acknowledge the term “Substance,” whereof
they are so afraid, and rank the Son on a level with the creatures
above which they feign to exalt Him.