A17400:390
The pattern of wholesome words. Or a collection of such truths as are of…The paterne of wholsome words. Or a collection of such truths as are of…
The pattern of wholesome words. Or a collection of such truths as are of necessity to be believed unto salvation separated out of the body of all theology made evident by infallible plain proofs of Scripture. And withal, the several uses such principles should be put to, are abundantly showed. A project much desired, and of singular use for all sorts of Christians. By N. Bifeild [sic], preacher of Gods word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The paterne of wholsome words. Or a collection of such truths as are of necessity to be belieued vnto saluation separated out of the body of all theologie made euident by infallible plaine proofes of Scripture. And withall, the seuerall vses such principles should be put to, are abundantly shevved. A proiect much desired, and of singular vse for all sorts of Christians. By N. Bifeild [sic], preacher of Gods word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by F. Kingston for Samuel Man, 1618
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.
First, in respect of his substance; and so man is the image,1 either of the, 1. Being of God: or 2. Of the manner of his being. 1. Of his being, as he hath ⟨p. 73⟩in him a spirit, a nature: 1. Spiritual incorporeal. 2. Immortal. 3. Invisible. 4. Intelligible. 2. Of the manner of his being: for as in man is one soul, and yet divers faculties, as cogitation, memory, will, &c. so is there in God one essence, and three persons.
First, in respect of his substance; and so man is the image,1 either of the, 1. Being of God: or 2. Of the manner of his being. 1. Of his being, as he hath ⟨p. 73⟩in him a spirit, a nature: 1. Spirituall incorporeall. 2. Immortall. 3. Inuisible. 4. Intelligible. 2. Of the manner of his being: for as in man is one soule, and yet diuers faculties, as cogitation, memory, will, &c. so is there in God one essence, and three persons.
- 1Man was after the Image of God three ways.Man was after the Image of God three waies.
Secondly, in respect of his eminency,§2 excellency, and dominion above, and over all other creatures, resembling thus the Lordship of God the Lord of all, Genes. 1.26. Furthermore God said, Let us make man in our Image, according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the foul of the heaven, and over the beasts, and over all the earth, and over every thing that creepeth