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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.
And in general, the passion and blood-shedding of Christ doth ratify and assure to us all the good things of the new Covenant or Testament, Heb. 9. 16. &c. and for matters may be needful for us in this life, how can we doubt? for if God have given us his Son, how shall he not with him give us all things, Romans 8. 32. Thus of the fourth point.
And in generall, the passion and bloud-shedding of Christ doth ratifie and assure to vs all the good things of the new Couenant or Testament, Heb. 9. 16. &c. and for matters may be needfull for vs in this life, how can we doubt? for if God haue giuen vs his Sonne, how shall he not with him giue vs all things, Romanes 8. 32. Thus of the fourth point.
The fifth point is, what he suffered for us: and this will be large in the explication of it: For though his sufferings under Pontius Pilate be mentioned, and his suffering of what fell out at the end of his life be called the Passion (by an excellency) yet in as much as Christ suffered nothing casually, or for himself, but for us, therefore we must reckon all the parts of his sufferings as parts of his Passion for us; and so removing the Synecdoche which is in the words of the Creed, and considering at large of Christs sufferings even those parts which are not mentioned in the Creed, as well as those that are, the whole System or Method of the doctrine of Christs Passion may be disposed as followeth.
The fifth point is, what he suffered for vs: and this will be large in the explication of it: For though his sufferings vnder Pontius Pilate be mentioned, and his suffering of what fell out at the end of his life be called the Passion (by an excellencie) yet in as much as Christ suffered nothing casually, or for himselfe, but for vs, therefore we must reckon all the parts of his sufferings as parts of his Passion for vs; and so remouing the Synecdoche which is in the words of the Creed, and considering at large of Christs sufferings euen those parts which are not menioned in the Creed, as well as those that are, the whole Systeme or Method of the doctrine of Christs Passion may be disposed as followeth.