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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 › Crucified.THE CREEDE. › Article 4 › Crucified.
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 second point, that is, the things that fell out before his crucifying, we have three things noted in the story. The first is about his carrying of his Cross. The second is about his speech to the women that met him on the way. The third is about a potion they gave him, when he was come to the place where he must suffer.
For the second point, that is, the things that fell out before his crucifying, we haue three things noted in the storie. The first is about his carrying of his Crosse. The second is about his speech to the women that met him on the way. The third is about a potion they gaue him, when he was come to the place where he must suffer.
About the carriage of his Cross, it is noted in the story, both that they made him carry his own Cross, and that ⟨p. 384⟩when by reason of his former Agony in the Garden, and ill usage by Pilate and the soldiers, he was not able to carry it any further, they compelled one Simon of Cyrene to carry it to the place of execution.
About the cariage of his Crosse, it is noted in the storie, both that they made him carry his owne Crosse, and that ⟨p. 384⟩when by reason of his former Agonie in the Garden, and ill vsage by Pilate and the souldiers, he was not able to carry it any further, they compelled one Simon of Cyrene to carry it to the place of execution.
Our Saviour carried his Cross for divers reasons. First, that thereby he might fulfil the figures of the Old Testament: for Isaac who was a type of Christ, carried the wood for the Sacrifice, when Abraham would offer him up to God,