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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.
2 We must not esteem of any man above what is written, 1 Cor. 4. 6. nor call any man Doctor or Rabbi on earth, because one is our Teacher, even Christ, Mat. 23. 8, 10. We must reckon of our Teachers as the Ambassadors of Christ, but withal, take heed that we remember to give the chief glory to Christ, for they have nothing but what they have received from him.
2 We must not esteeme of any man aboue what is written, 1 Cor. 4. 6. nor call any man Doctor or Rabbi on earth, because one is our Teacher, euen Christ, Mat. 23. 8, 10. We must reckon of our Teachers as the Ambassadors of Christ, but withall, take heede that wee remember to giue the chiefe glory to Christ, for they haue nothing but what they haue receiued from him.
3 And chiefly, we must consecrate our selves to the hearing of Christ, he that hath ears to hear let him hear, Mar. 4. ⟨p. 224⟩Deut. 18, 19. God the Father hath from Heaven charged us with this duty as the chief thing, that we should hear him, Mat. 17. 5. but it is not enough barely to hear him, but we must labour to be such, as he requires his Scholars should be: for there be divers things Christ stands upon in his Scholars. He will not teach them, he doth not account them any part of his charge, unless they be such as he describes, and requires them to be. Thus then is the question, What doth Christ require in such as he will undertake to teach? Answ. Divers things: as