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348 THE HISTORY OF HERESIES,
him among the Saints :
"
Sampson, Jeptha, David, Samuel, and
the Prophets, who, by Faith, conquered kingdoms, wrought
justice," &c. (Heb. xi, 32, 33). Behold, then, the impiety of the
system of this filthy impostor. He had good reason to thank
the Almighty for his mercies, in giving him Grace to die re
pentant, after his imprisonment of several years (Hist. c. 13,
ar. 5, n. 32).
REFUTATION XIV.
BERRUYER S ERRORS.
The abstruse matters treated of in this Chapter will not,
perhaps, be interesting to the general reader ; but several will
be desirous to study profoundly the mysteries of the Faith, and
to them this will be highly interesting and instructive.
SUMMARY OF THESE ERRORS.
I. Jesus Christ was created in time, by an operation ad
extra, natural Son of God, of one God, subsisting in three
Persons, who united the Humanity of Christ with a Divine
Person.
II. Jesus Christ, during the three days he was in the
sepulchre, as he ceased to be a living man, consequently ceased
to be the Son of God, and when God raised him again from the
dead, he again begot him, and caused him to be again the Son of
God.
III. It was the Humanity alone of Christ which obeyed,
prayed, and suffered ; and his oblations, prayers, and medita
tions were not operations, produced from the Word, as from a
physical and efficient principle, but, in this sense, were mere
actions of his Humanity.
IV. The miracles performed by Jesus Christ were not done