V–VII. This principle is proof or declaration; Damascene on the Son's generation
VI. And this principle is proof or declaration. VII. Proof is that by which something is shown to be both from nature and from Scripture — thus that God is, nature as well as the free Scripture asserts (Isaiah 41:22; Psalm 19:2).
VIII. Declaration is that by which something proposed by Scripture is declared from nature. Thus Damascene declares the generation of the Son of God from nature (On the Orthodox Faith book 1, chapter 9): Just as, he says, light is always begotten from fire, and always is in it, and is by no means separated from it — in this way also the Son is begotten from the Father, and is by no means separated from him, but always is in him.
Latin
VI. Estque hoc principium probatio aut declaratio. VII. Probatio est, qua aliquid esse tam e natura, quam ex scriptura evincitur, sic Deum esse tam natura, quam scriptura liber afferit, Esa. 41.v.22. ps. 19.v.2. VIII. Declaratio est, qua aliquid a scriptura propositum e natura declaratur. Sic Damascenus filii Dei generationem e natura declarat lib. 1. Orthodox. fid. c. 9. Quemadmodum, inquiens, lux ab igne semper gignitur, semperque in ipso est, & nequaquam separatur ab eo: hunc in modum & filius a patre gignitur, & nequaquam ab eo separatur, sed semper in eo est.
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Ludwig Crocius — Book IV Chapter 9 On the forensic law. Cap.10 next De Euangelio.
English follows the locked 1636 Bremen Latin of Liber I Cap. 10, reconstructed from SLUB Dresden page images. Same-page OCR (tesseract lat + Vision) used as check. No modern English was copied. Cap. 11 (CAPUT UNDECIMUM / De S. Theologiae distributione) begins. Cap. 9 complete. Liber I still open. No Internet Archive copy was located.
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