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In the order of persons we set the begetter before the begotten in thought — Matthew 28:19; John 5:26-27.Active generation is attributed to the Father; generation properly so called comes about by communication of the whole essence.
We rightly assert that the Father has begotten the Son from Himself: the principle which begets is the Father; the principle by which generation comes about is nature.Hence the begetting and begotten person constitute opposite relations.
The Trinity of persons can in some way be illustrated by likenesses from the book of nature; but it ought to be demonstrated from Scripture alone.CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO, On GOD THE FATHER, follows.
Latin
In ordine personarum generantem generato cogitando praeponimus — Matth. XXVIII.19; Joh. V.26-27. Generatio activa tribuitur Patri; generatio proprie dicta fit per communicationem totius essentiae. Recte asserimus Patrem ex se Filium genuisse: principium quod generat, Pater est; principium quo generatio fit, natura est. Hinc persona gignens et genita relationes oppositas constituunt. Trinitas personarum illustrari quodammodo potest similitudinibus e libro naturae; demonstrari autem debet e sola Scriptura. CAPUT VIGESIMUM SECUNDUM, De DEO PATRE, sequitur.