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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.
Joel 2.28 And it shall come to pass afterward: I will power out my spirit upon all flesh, & your sons & your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions: yea and upon the servants and maidens in those days, I will pour out my spirit, and I will show wonders in the heaven & in the earth: blood, & fire, & pillars of smoke: the sun it self shall be turned into darkness & the moon into blood, before the great & terrible day of the Lord come. And further it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of Jehovah, shall be ⟨p. 231⟩saved: for in Mount Zion, and Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. Acts 2.16.17. But this is that which was spoken by the Prophet Joel, And it shall be in the last day, saith God, I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy &c. Isaiah 59.20 21. And the redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them, that turn from iniquity in Jacob, saith Jehovah, and I will make this my covenant with them, my spirit, that is upon thee, & my words which I have put in thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of the seed of thy seed, saith the Lord, from hence forth even for ever. Joh. 14. verses 16.17.18.19. &c. I will pray the father, and he shall give you an other comforter, that he may abide with you for ever, even the spirit of trueth whom the world can not receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him, for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you fatherless: but I will come to you, yet a little while, and the world shall see me no more, but ye shall see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day shall ye know that I am in my father, and you in me, and I in you. Many moe testimonies were alleged, when we entreated of the trinity.