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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.
3. Infirmities of all sorts, especially bodily weaknesses, as famine, and thirst, and weariness, and tears, and the like, reported in the story of the Gospel: as also infirmities of the mind, as anger, sadness, trouble of heart, and the like: and these he suffered for divers reasons also. First, that in all things he might be made like unto us, sin only excepted, Heb. 4. 15. Secondly, that he might assure us that he knows how to have compassion of our infirmities. Thirdly, Christ was made weak for us, that we might be strong in his might, and might each of us say with Paul, ⟨p. 323⟩I can do all things by Jesus Christ that strengtheneth me. Lastly, it is a shame for us to be impatient when we suffer these things, seeing the Prince of our salvation hath abased himself to suffer such things in his own person.
3. Infirmities of all sorts, especially bodily weaknesses, as famine, and thirst, and wearinesse, and teares, and the like, reported in the storie of the Gospell: as also infirmities of the minde, as anger, sadnesse, trouble of heart, and the like: and these he suffered for diuers reasons also. First, that in all things he might be made like vnto vs, sinne only excepted, Heb. 4. 15. Secondly, that he might assure vs that he knowes how to haue compassion of our infirmities. Thirdly, Christ was made weake for vs, that we might be strong in his might, and might each of vs say with Paul, ⟨p. 323⟩I can doe all things by Iesus Christ that strengthneth me. Lastly, it is a shame for vs to be impatient when we suffer these things, seeing the Prince of our saluation hath abased himselfe to suffer such things in his owne person.
4. Ignominy and extreme disgrace. And his sufferings that belong to this head were of divers kinds: As first, vile estimation and neglect, as to be reckoned but as a Carpenter, or the son of a Carpenter,