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In what sense these words are to be un∣derstood, He breathed into his face the breath of life? for the Manichees from hence held, that the soul was part of Gods Essence, as the breath is part of a mans substance.
It is true, in mans breath there is part of [Resp.] his substance, but these words are not spo∣ken of God properly, but metaphorically:
if Moses should have said, Jehovah, by the power of his Spirit, without making use of any elementary matter, breathed into man a vital soul.
An horrid blasphemy to think the Es∣sence of God should be subject to change, ignorance, sinne, &c. as the soul is.