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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
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.
LUKE 1. 35. And the Angel answered and said unto her: The holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall over shadow thee: therefore also that holy thing, which shall be borne of thee, shall be called the Son of God.
LVKE 1. 35. And the Angel answered and said vnto her: The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the most High shall ouer shadow thee: therfore also that holy thing, which shall be borne of thee, shall be called the Sonne of God.
Hitherto of the Titles of the Redeemer. His Incarnation follows, wherein Faith beholds and wonders at two things, first, his Conception by the holy Ghost, and secondly, his Birth of a Virgin. But before I open these two points, it is needful to consider of his Incarnation in the general, and so:
HItherto of the Titles of the Redeemer. His Incarnation followes, wherein Faith beholds and wonders at two things, first, his Conception by the holy Ghost, and secondly, his Birth of a Virgin. But before I open these two points, it is needfull to consider of his Incarnation in the generall, and so:
1. What the Incarnation of Christ is. 2. The proofs that he was Incarnate. 3. Who was Incarnate. ⟨p. 248⟩4. What was assumed in his Incarnation. 5. The time when he was Incarnate. 6. Why he was Incarnate. 7. How he was Incarnate. 8. The effects or consequents of his Incarnation.