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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.
6. That we might be comforted in the example of his Passion, if at any time we be unclothed of earthly things, and suffer the spoil of our goods by the hands of unreasonable men.
6. That we might be comforted in the example of his Passion, if at any time we be vncloathed of earthly things, and suffer the spoile of our goods by the hands of vnreasonable men.
7. That he might teach us, that he that prepares for heaven, as a man that hath vanquished the world, and the Prince thereof, must not seek earthly things, but rather forsake them as hinderances to his passage: The world must be crucified to him, and he to the world.
7. That he might teach vs, that he that prepares for heauen, as a man that hath vanquished the world, and the Prince thereof, must not seeke earthly things, but rather forsake them as hinderances to his passage: The world must be crucified to him, and he to the world.
For the Second, he was fastened to the Tree.