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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.
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3. He was fastened with nails for four reasons: The one that the Scriptures might be fulfilled that said of him, They have digged into my hands and my feet, Psal. 22. 17. The other that he might thereby declare, that the handwriting that was against us, was cancelled, and therefore he nailed it on high on the Cross, that it might appear to be of no force, and so that we might be delivered from the Ordinances of Moses, which were but as so many confessions ⟨p. 391⟩or Bills of our hands against us. Thirdly, that by his wounds, we might be cured of the spiritual wounds, with which the old Serpent had wounded our Natures, John 3. 14. Fourthly, that when we are wounded by the enemies of the Truth, we might bear them as the marks of the Lord Jesus in our bodies, Gal. 6. 17.
3. He was fastened with nailes for foure reasons: The one that the Scriptures might be fulfilled that said of him, They haue digged into my hands and my feet, Psal. 22. 17. The other that he might thereby declare, that the handwriting that was against vs, was cancelled, and therefore he nailed it on high on the Crosse, that it might appeare to be of no force, and so that we might be deliuered from the Ordinances of Moses, which were but as so many confessions ⟨p. 391⟩or Bills of our hands against vs. Thirdly, that by his wounds, we might be cured of the spirituall wounds, with which the old Serpent had wounded our Natures, Iohn 3. 14. Fourthly, that when we are wounded by the enemies of the Truth, we might beare them as the markes of the Lord Iesus in our bodies, Gal. 6. 17.