Nature as proof or explanation of what Scripture teaches
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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.
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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.