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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.
Answ. It is true, that whomsoever death by his own power 1doth prevail against, that party surely sinned: because death is the wages of sin: But death did not exercise any power over Christ: for he was not compelled to die, but laid down his own life voluntarily, John 10. 17. 18. besides, death befell him not as a sinner, but as a surety for sin, and so though death came upon him for sin, yet it was not for his sin, but for other mens.
Answ. It is true, that whomsoeuer death by his owne power 1doth preuaile against, that party surely sinned: because death is the wages of sinne: But death did not exercise any power ouer Christ: for hee was not compelled to die, but laid downe his owne life voluntarily, Iohn 10. 17. 18. besides, death befell him not as a sinner, but as a surety for sinne, and so though death came vpon him for sinne, yet it was not for his sinne, but for other mens.
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The Papists to avoid sin in the flesh of Christ, say that the Virgin Mary was conceived without sin, and so it came to pass, that Christ was without sin: But this is a senseless do•age: for first, where do they prove it by Scripture that she was without sin? Secondly, if she were conceived without sin, then her parents were so too, and if her parents, then theirs, and so into an infinite: thirdly, then what needed Christ this conception by the holy Ghost.
The Papists to auoid sinne in the flesh of Christ, say that the Virgin Mary was conceiued without sinne, and so it came to passe, that Christ was without sinne: But this is a senselesse doage: for first, where doe they proue it by Scripture that shee was without sinne? Secondly, if shee were conceiued without sinne, then her parents were so too, and if her parents, then theirs, and so into an infinite: thirdly, then what needed Christ this conception by the holy Ghost.