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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.
Why Christ must be condemned by a judge before the judgement seat?
Why Christe must be condemned by a iudge before the iudgement seate?
Thou must look upon God him self the Judge exercising judgement by the mouth of Pilate. Christ is set before the tribunal seat of GOD here in earth, laden with thine and mine wickednesses ready to receive the sentence of the judgement of GOD, and to bear the pain of condemnation. For seeing that we must have been set before the tribunal seat of the heavenly judge, and there be condemned▪ it behoved Christ for as much as he translated all our guiltiness from us to him self, to be set in our person, as a wicked person, before the tribunal seat, and to be condemned by God, exercising judgement by Pilate, thinking nothing less. Now the end of this is, that all our sins being condemned at once of God himself, exercising a righteous ⟨p. 153⟩judgement, and being punished in his Son, with the greatest rigour of righteousness: we might not be farther called into judgement for them, before Gods judgement seat, and much less be condemned for them. The scripture teacheth us that our minds are to be lifted up to God himself the president or Judge of this most heavy sentence, that we might have sure consolation, that we (if we believe in Christ) are fully exempt from the judgement of GOD. And that thing doeth that horror of Christ declare, when he crieth: Let this cup pass from me, &c. because he knew that he must appear before the judgement seat of God, & must drink of that cup of condemnation for us. Isay 5.3. God would by weakening him bruise him, and tread him under. To the