AN EXPOSITION OF THE CREE D. By the Right Reverend Father in God LATE LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. A NEW EDITION. OXFORD: AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. M DCC XCVII. Clar. Press NOTE S UPON THE EXPOSITION OF THE CREED. ARTICLE I. I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Π Pag. 3 (α) Ι ΣΤΙΣ δὲ πρόληψις ἑκούσιός ἐςιν, Θεοσεβείας συγ• ART. 1 κατάθεσις. St. Clem. Αlex. Strom. lib. ii. 'Πίςις μὲν οὖν ἐςὶ συγκατάθεσις ἀδιάκρις τῶν ἀκεσθέντων ἐν πληρ ροφορίᾳ τῆς ἀληθείας τῶν κηρυχθέντων Θεοῦ χάριτι. St. Bafil. Afcet. de Fide. The Bafilidians, Ὁρίζονται γοῦν οἱ ἀπὸ Βασιλείδε τὴν πίσιν ψυχῆς συγκατάθεσιν πρός τι τῶν μὴ κινούντων αἴσθησιν διὰ τὸ μὴ παρεῖναι. St. Clem. Alex. Strom. lib. ii. Κατὰ δὲ τὸν ἡμέτερον λόγον, πίςις ἐςὶν ἑκέσις τῆς ψυχῆς συγκατάθεσις. Theodoret. Therap. Serm. i. And yet he alfo afterwards acknowledgeth they had that definition from the Greeks. Τὴν μὲν γὰρ πίςιν και οἱ ὑμές τεροι φιλόσοφοι ωρίσαντο εἶναι ἐθελέσιον τῆς ψυχῆς συγκατάθε σιν. Credere eft cum affenfu cogitare, St. Auguft. Et de Sp. et Lit. lib. Quid eft credere, nifi confentire verum effe quod dicitur? So I take the συγκατάθεσις ufed by the Greek Fathers to fignify affenfum or af fenfionem, as A. Gellius tranflateth the Stoick, oufκατίθεται, fua afentione approbat. lib. xix. r. And before him Cicero, Nunc de affenfione atque approVOL. II. batione, Β |