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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.
3 It hath in it a relying upon Christ for our Justification, Phil. 3. 8, 9. and for our salvation, Acts 4. 12. Eph. 2. 8. and for our preservation in the mean time, living by the faith of the Son of God, Gal. 2. 20. and so there is a spiritual kind of confidence in the ordinances of Christ as they are his Commandments, and as he worketh in them by his power, 1 Joh. •. 23.
3 It hath in it a relying vpon Christ for our Iustification, Phil. 3. 8, 9. and for our saluation, Acts 4. 12. Eph. 2. 8. and for our preseruation in the meane time, liuing by the faith of the Sonne of God, Gal. 2. 20. and so there is a spirituall kind of confidence in the ordinances of Christ as they are his Commandements, and as hee worketh in them by his power, 1 Ioh. •. 23.
4 Yet further, to believe in Christ is to have Christ, to receive him into our souls: thus the phrase of receiving him, of his living in us, of our having of the Son is used in divers Scriptures, John 1. 12. Gal. 2. 20