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# Title: A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity (shelfmarks ZEN Leibn. Marg. 40; Leibn. Marg. 40)
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A Vindication of
The only doubt is, Whether Phorinus
held. the Word to have had a dictinet
FEypostasis betore er nOr. Marius Merca-
tor an Auchor of 800d credit, Who lived
in 5. Augustinstime (and to irhom an
Epistle ot his is extant inthe neu Edition
Ep. 193. OF his Works) sives a very parricular ac
coune of che Opinion of Photinus wich
relation to the Nestorian Controvertie, in
Wrhich he mas very well versed. In an
Mairi Fpistle vricten by him on purpole, hc
Mercde. 
ver. Par. L. Dews that Nestorius asreed with Photinus
6. 17. in alerrivs. That the Word had a Pre-
existence; and that the name of Son ofCod
did not belone to the WWord, but to Christ
aster the inhabitation of the Word. BuE
he there seems to chink, chat Phorinus did
noc holdche Word tohavehada reat IIy
postasis betore the Birth ot Christ: but
When he comes atter to compare their
Opinions more exactlr, hethen aArS,
that Phorinus and Nestorius ivere aorced,
and that he did not deny the Wrord to be
Con substantial with G0d; but that he was
not the Son of G0d tiu Christ vas born in
Nectorii Whom he divelt. By Which ve scchoir
lietle reason our Enitarians have to b0as
OF Photinus a5cheir Predecessor.
A5 10 rhe b0a oF the first Vnitarians
at Rome, that theirs vas the senerat Do-
ctrine
August.
VCc. 1:
ANaLII.
1. 128.