Sect. 4.
The first is the Son of God, which Mr. Hobbes allowe's him to be, and therefore I might be briefe in it; but,* 1.1 because that this Terme, Son, is variously used by Writers, I will somewhat insist upon that acceptation, which is most common, to explaine what is intended by it; there is an adopted, and there is a natural Son, a Son which is indeed, and a Son taken into the roome of him that is such a one, legally made a Son: the one is a Son begot, the other is made such; the real truely begotten Son is it, which we affirme of our Saviour; he is such a Son of God; we are adopted, made Sons. To know this we must first apprehend what a Son is: A Son is an in∣tellectual substance,* 1.2 produced naturally of the same nature with the producer; the generall nature is a Substance pro∣duced, but yet that very generall Terme distinguisheth a Son from a Father; for although amongst created things there is no Father which had not a producer, yet, the notion of a father intimate's no such thing, and in the holy and blessed Trinity, the Father hath no producer nor origination from any; the rest is the difference; first [an intellectual substance] this distinguisheth it from the generation of beasts, plants, mettalls, fire, water,