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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.
What the sitting at the right hand of God the Father is.
That same sitting at the right hand of God the Father is the exaltation of Christ in his kingdom and priesthood: to wit, that now he administereth his kingly and priestly office, not as before in infirmity and misery, but in a manifest & heavenly majesty & glory. ⟨p. 209⟩Therefore then thou doest truly believe in Christ his sitting at the right hand of God the father almighty, when thou believest that he doth entreat for thee in heaven in high glory, and that he doth govern his kingdom with a mighty power, so that he doth hear thee, doth more effectually endue and defend thee with the spirit of consolation and wisdom, then if he were yet in the earth, and should speak with thee. Act. 5.31. Him hath God lifted up with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins: And Ephe. 1. He hath raised him up from the dead, and set him at his right hand in the heavens far above all principality, and power, and might, and domination, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but in that which is to come: and hath made all things subject under his feet, and hath appointed him head to the Church it self over all things, which is his body, even the fullness of him which filleth all in all things. Also to the Hebrews 8. verse 4. 1. Peter 3. verse 22. By these places it is plain that the Scripture nameth the sitting at the right hand of God, not that same administration of the kingdom and priesthood; which for the voluntary abasing of Christ was weaker and more obscure: but that same perfect government, honour, and glory of Christ, which was free from all infirmities openly manifested and declared: into which then the first entrance was, when he arose again from death, ascended into heaven, and there in an unspeakable glory, declared himself to be Lord of all creatures in the sight of all holy Angels and men.