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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.
For the first, the Evangelists with great care record what our Saviour did now that the time was come that he must be apprehended and brought to his last Passion: and so they show how he prepared himself for these sufferings, immediately before he was to be apprehended: and so they report five things that he did.
For the first, the Euangelists with great care record what our Sauiour did now that the time was come that he must be apprehended and brought to his last Passion: and so they shew how he prepared himselfe for these sufferings, immediately before he was to be apprehended: and so they report fiue things that he did.
1. He made a Feast to his Disciples: he chose to suffer at the time of the great Passover, that thereby he might confirm the hearts of the Disciples, and show how little he feared death, and how willing he was to obey the Commandment of his Father, by being obedient to the death.
1. He made a Feast to his Disciples: he chose to suffer at the time of the great Passeouer, that thereby he might confirme the hearts of the Disciples, and shew how little he feared death, and how willing he was to obey the Commandement of his Father, by being obedient to the death.
2. He made his will and last Testament, and therein he appoints a solemn assembly to be yearly and oft in the year observed in commemoration of his Passion, by all that love him to the worlds end: and further grants a general pardon of all sins, to all that shall worthily partake of that solemnity at all times till his coming again: and besides, bequeaths unto godly Christians all the merits and benefits of his Passion, and all the good things contained in Gods Covenant made with the Church in Christ, and all this is comprehended in the institution of his last Supper.