36. Many of the primitive writers have frankly confessed
that the Son owed his being to the will of the Father. See
Clarke's Scripture Trinity, p. 280-287. On the other hand,
Athanasius and his followers seem unwilling to grant what
they are afraid to deny. The schoolmen extricate themselves
from this difficulty by the distinction of a preceding and
a concomitant will. Petav. Dogm. Theolog. tom. ii. 1. vi.
c. 8, p. 587-603.