A69028:1899
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. He was crowned with Thorns, that thereby he might merit for us a crown of glory in heaven; and that he might take upon him our cares, and bear that malediction which God had laid upon us in our bodily labours, and that he might thereby signify that he should make unto himself a royal and divine people, that should compass about when he spake in the name of the Lord. For out of men that were like Briers and Thorns, for injustice and hurtfulness, doth he gather a People, which in the public assemblies do compass him about, in the honour of his Name, and public profession of his Truth, as the King and Lord of heaven and earth.
3. He was crowned with Thornes, that thereby hee might merit for vs a crowne of glory in heauen; and that hee might take vpon him our cares, and beare that malediction which God had laid vpon vs in our bodily labours, and that he might thereby signifie that he should make vnto himselfe a royal and diuine people, that should compasse about when he spake in the name of the Lord. For out of men that were like Briers and Thorns, for iniustice and hurtfulnesse, doth he gather a People, which in the publike assemblies do compasse him about, in the honour of his Name, and publike profession of his Truth, as the King and Lord of heauen and earth.
4. He had a Reed in his hand as a Sceptre, to signify that it was he that should break the old Serpents head: for they write that a Reed is mortiferous to Serpents: and therefore now that he was in the Chase of the old Dragon, he takes a Reed into his hand, that we might be delivered from the power of that Serpent.
4. He had a Reed in his hand as a Scepter, to signifie that it was he that should breake the old Serpents head: for they write that a Reed is mortiferous to Serpents: and therefore now that he was in the Chase of the old Dragon, he takes a Reed into his hand, that wee might be deliuered from the power of that Serpent.