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An exposition of the Symbol of the ApostlesAn exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles
An exposition of the Symbol of the Apostles, or rather of the articles of faith In which the chief points of the everlasting and free covenant between God and the faithful is briefly and plainly handled. Gathered out of the catechising sermons of Gasper Oleuvian Trevir, and now translated out of the Latin tongue into the English for the benefit of Christ his Church. By John Field.An exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles, or rather of the articles of faith In which the chiefe points of the euerlasting and free couenant betweene God and the faithfull is briefly and plainly handled. Gathered out of the catechising sermons of Gasper Oleuvian Treuir, and now translated out of the Latine tongue into the English for the benefite of Christ his Church. By Iohn Fielde.
London: printed by H. Middleton for Thomas Man, 1581
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Testimonies out of the Prophets and Apostles.
TO the Son he saith, Thy throne O God,1 is for ever and ever, thy sceptre, a right sceptre, the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore hath God even thy God anointed thee, with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Dan. 9. The holy of holy shall be anointed. Afterwards he saith, The Messiah shall be cut of; and then the people shall destroy the City and the Sanctuary, with that Captain that shall come. The Angel witnessed the fulfilling of this anointing, Jerusalem yet standing, Luke 2. Behold, I bring you glad tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people: that a Saviour is this day borne unto you in ⟨p. 116⟩the city of David, which is Christ the Lord. The whole multitude of the heavenly hosts, witnesseth the same thing, praising God and saying, glory to God in the highest heavens, and in earth peace, and towards men a good will. Mat. 2. The star and the wise men, witness Christ, or the anointed of the Lord to be sent: and in the second of Luke Simeon and Anna the prophetess from the 25. verse, to the 41. where also the prophecy of Isaiah is seen fulfilled, Ca. 8. ver. 14. A notable prophecy of Isaiah in the 61. Cap. is fulfilled. Luke. 4. Jesus came to Nazareth where he had ben brought up, and entered as he was wont upon the sabbath day into the synagogue and rose up that he might read. Then was given unto him the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, and when he had opened the book, he found a place in which it was written, The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because that he anointed me that I should preach glad tidings, he sent me to heal the broken in heart, that I should preach deliverance to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, that I should se them at liberty that are distressed: And that I should preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And when he had restored the book closed unto the minister he sate down: and the eyes of all that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. Then he began to say unto them, This day is the scripture fulfilled in your ears. Also Acts the 10 vers. 38. The uniform prayer of the Apostles witnesseth the prophecy in the 2. Psalm, to be fulfilled in our Lord Jesus. For so also Luke writeth in the 4. of the Acts: The man was above forty year old, on whom this miracle of healing was showed.