A69028:1946
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 Third point, he was lifted up on high on the Cross for three reasons. First, that thereby he might fulfil the figure of the old Law, for the sacrifices were lifted up upon the Altar, and there sacrificed, And as Moses lifted up the brazen Serpent, so must the Son of Man be lift up, John 3. 14. Secondly, that he might thereby carry on high in his body our sins, and so take them away, and make it manifest he was sacrificed for us, 1 Pet. 2. 14. Joh. 1. 29. Hebr. 9. 26. 28. Thirdly, that being lifted up into the Air, he might subdue and triumph over the spirits that rule in the Air, that is, the Devil, Coloss. 2. 15.
For the Third point, hee was lifted vp on high on the Crosse for three reasons. First, that thereby he might fulfill the figure of the old Law, for the sacrifices were lifted vp vpon the Altar, and there sacrificed, And as Moses lifted vp the brazen Serpent, so must the Sonne of Man be lift vp, Iohn 3. 14. Secondly, that he might thereby carry on high in his body our sinnes, and so take them away, and make it manifest he was sacrificed for vs, 1 Pet. 2. 14. Ioh. 1. 29. Hebr. 9. 26. 28. Thirdly, that being lifted vp into the Aire, he might subdue and triumph ouer the spirits that rule in the Aire, that is, the Deuill, Coloss. 2. 15.