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The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…
The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as it affordeth both milk for babes, and strong meat for such as are at full age / by ... Nicholas Bifield ; ... now published ... by his son, Adoniram Bifield.The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as it affordeth both milke for babes, and strong meat for such as are at full age / by ... Nicholas Bifield ; ... now published ... by his sonne, Adoniram Bifield.
London: printed by G.M. for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1626
THE CREED. › Article 2 › And in Jesus Christ.THE CREEDE. › Article 2 › And in Iesus Christ.
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.
1 Who procured it. 2 Upon what terms he obtained it. 3 What he hath done to establish it. 4 What good comes to us by it. 5 What cause we have to be wonderfully affected and comforted by it.
1 Who procured it. 2 Vpon what termes he obtained it. 3 What he hath done to establish it. 4 What good comes to vs by it. 5 What cause we haue to bee wonderfully affected and comforted by it.
For the first, this agreement and new Covenant was obtained from God only by the Mediator, who alone was Jesus Christ, 1 Tim. 2. 5. The Son of God, became a suitor for the sons of men, and obtained of God these new Articles, with Gods infinite good liking, through his abundant mercy to man, Mat. 3.
For the first, this agreement and new Couenant was obtained from God only by the Mediatour, who alone was Iesus Christ, 1 Tim. 2. 5. The Sonne of God, became a sutor for the sonnes of men, and obtained of God these new Articles, with Gods infinite good liking, through his abundant mercy to man, Mat. 3.
For the second, God yields to his motion for a new Covenant upon two conditions. The one, that he should pay all mens debts, and so make satisfaction to the Justice of God, Isaiah 53. 6. 1 Tim. 2. 6. The other was, that he should perform such an absolute obedience and righteousness as might serve to justify the ungodly,