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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 the coming of Christ is not so fearful unto the faithful.
Why the comming of Christ is not so feareful vnto the faithful.
First the cause doth comfort the faithful for which he shall come to judge. Now the chief end of the coming again of Christ to judgement, is ⟨p. 227⟩the glorifying of the Church, that is to say, that sin and death being fully overcome, and the enemies of the kingdom being adjudged by the just judgement of Christ to everlasting pain, and so all offences and impediments removed which did let the glory of the sons of God, God might appear without any let fully & perfectly glorious in his saints, Eph. 5.1. Cor. 15. Christ setteth this same cause or rather end & scope before our eyes, whilst he calleth that day the day of redemption. Secondly the very person of the judge doth take from us all fear: For even, for this cause the father hath delivered all judgment to the son, as he is the son of man that he might make our consciences quiet, & take from us all terror of condemnation. Joh. 5.22.27. Both because that now we believe that he shall be judge, and also because we shall behold him with our eyes in whose body our sins are cleansed, and all the curse taken away. Heb. 9.28. Tit. 2.13.14. Last of all the commandment & promise of Christ doth free & deliver us from all fear. The commandment is plain in