A69028:1508
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 › Our Lord.]THE CREEDE. › Article 2 › Our Lord.]
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.
Our Lord.]
Hitherto of the three former Titles: the Last Title of our Saviour is that which is here expressed, (viz.) Our Lord, and concerning this Title divers things are to be considered:
HItherto of the three former Titles: the Last Title of our Sauiour is that which is here exprest, (viz.) Our Lord, and concerning this Title diuers things are to be considered:
1. That it is a thing that God chargeth upon our Faith to believe distinctly that Jesus is our Lord. Thus David in spirit called him Lord, and this all the House of Israel must know, Act. 2. 35. 36. and Luke 2. 11. he is styled Christ the Lord, and Act. 10. 36. he is proclaimed Lord of all: yea, it is a Title so proper to Christ, as sometimes he hath no other ⟨p. 241⟩name given him but the Lord, as 1 Cor. 6. 14. GOD hath raised up the Lord, meaning Christ. And 1 Cor. 12. 3. It is accounted a work of the Holy Ghost in any man to profess this point, That he believeth that Jesus is the Lord.
1. That it is a thing that God chargeth vpon our Faith to beleeue distinctly that Iesus is our Lord. Thus Dauid in spirit called him Lord, and this all the House of Israel must know,