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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.THE CREEDE. › Article 2 › And in Iesus.
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.
And in Jesus.
And in Iesus.
Concerning this Title of Jesus, divers things are to be considered:
COncerning this Title of Iesus, diuers things are to bee considered:
1. The Etymology of it, It comes of an Hebrew root, and signifies a Saviour, and is the same name with Joshua and Jehoshuah: and it may well be, that he had an Hebrew name to signify that he was a Saviour of the Jews, and he had a Greek name Christ, to signify the interest the Grecians or Gentiles had in him.
1. The Etymologie of it, It comes of an Hebrew roote, and signifies a Sauiour, and is the same name with Ioshuah and Iehoshuah: and it may well be, that he had an Hebrew name to signifie that he was a Sauiour of the Iewes, and hee had a Greeke name Christ, to signifie the interest the Grecians or Gentiles had in him.