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Of the subsistence of God.

1. The subsistence of God is that one Essence as it is with its
personal properties.

2. The same essence is common to three subsistencies and as
touching the Diety every subsistence is of itself.

3. Nothing moreover is attributed to the Essence which
may not be attributed to every subsistence in regard to
the essence of it.

4. But those things that are attributed properly to every
subsistence in regard of its subsistence cannot be attributed
to the Essence.

5. The subsistences are distinguished from the Essence as the
manners of sibsisting growing together with the same
Essence are distinguished from the same absolutely
considered.

6. They are distinguised among themselves as relatives
by certain relative properties so as one cannot be
another yet they are together in nature nither can they
be said to be former or latter but in order of beginning
and manner of subsisting

7. But seeing those relative properties as it
were individuating in an Essence that lives spiritually
and most perfectly therefore those subsistences are
rightly called persons.

8. Now these properties are not inherent quallities
but relative affections unto which agrees all that
perfection which is found in the line affections of the
creature but no imperfection agreeth to them.