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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 4 › TenetTHE CREEDE. › Article 4 › Tenet
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What hearts have we that cannot be more affected with this wonderful love of Christ! Behold here is Piety scourged for the impious mans sake: Wisdom is derided for the fools sake: Truth is denied for the liars sake: Justice is condemned for the unjust's sake: Mercy is afflicted for the cruel mans sake: Life dies for the dead mans sake, as said an ancient Father. What a suffering is this, when the Just suffers for the unjust, and with the unjust, and upon unjust causes, and under unjust Judges, and by unjust punishments.
What hearts haue we that cannot be more affected with this wonderfull loue of Christ! Behold here is Piety scourged for the impious mans sake: Wisdome is derided for the fooles sake: Truth is denied for the lyars sake: Iustice is condemned for the vniusts sake: Mercy is afflicted for the cruell mans sake: Life dies for the dead mans sake, as said an ancient Father. What a suffering is this, when the Iust suffers for the vniust, and with the vniust, and vpon vniust causes, and vnder vniust Iudges, and by vniust punishments.
Fourthly, hath Christ suffered for us? why then from his example we should learn to be willing and ready to suffer one for another, 1 John 3. 16.
Fourthly, hath Christ suffered for vs? why then from his example we should learne to be willing and ready to suffer one for another, 1 Iohn 3. 16.
Fifthly, we should comfort our hearts with this Doctrine; seeing Christ did not suffer for himself, but for us, we should apply his sufferings to our selves, and plead them before God against our sins, and the temptations of the Devil: and seeing he hath paid so dear a price to reconcile us to God, we should make no question of it, but that he will