By nature viewed as passive I understand all that which follows from the necessity of the nature of God, or of any of the attributes of God, that is, all the modes of the attributes of God, in so far as they are considered as things which are in God, and which without God cannot exist or be conceived.
Natura sortua, berriz, deitzen dut Jainkoaren izaeraren beharrezkotasunetik edo Jainkoaren atributu bakoitzetik datorren edozein gauza, erran nahi da Jainkoaren atributuen modu guztiak, Jainkoa baitan diren eta Jainkorik gabe ez izaten ahal ez ulertzen ahal ez diren gauza bezala hartzen diren bezainbatean.