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BUt we believe that the Son of God was made Man, not by any con∣version of himself into flesh, not by any mutation in the flesh, not by any
confusion of the divine and humane nature, but by the assuming onely of the humane nature into the unitie of his Person. And, as Athanasius speaketh,a 1.1 Not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking of the Manhood into God: So that he in no wise lost what he was, but assumed what he was not, according to what the Apostle saith,b 1.2 He took on him the seed of Abraham: whereby he teacheth us, That, as the Son assuming was not changed into the thing assumed (for God is altogether unchangeable) but remained what he was, being truely distinguished from the thing assumed: So the seed assumed was in no wise converted into the thing as∣suming, but was united onely with the divine nature into the unitie of the same Person, according to what the Evangelist saithc 1.3 The Word was made flesh. Therefore the flesh re∣mained flesh, and was not changed into the Word.
Athan. in Symb.
Hebr. 2.16.
Iohn. 1.14.