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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 › Dead.THE CREEDE. › Article 4 › Dead.
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3. For the fulfilling of the types and prophecies of Scripture, the Sacrifices were slain: and Isaiah had said, He must be as a sheep led to the slaughter, Isaiah 53. 7. and Christ himself had foretold his own death and burial divers times.
3. For the fulfilling of the types and prophecies of Scripture, the Sacrifices were slaine: and Esay had said, He must be as a sheepe led to the slaughter, Esay 53. 7. and Christ himselfe had foretold his owne death and buriall diuers times.
4. For the ratifying of the New Testament, and the confirming of his last Will, wherein he grants by virtue of the new covenant with God, all those Legacies, that comprehend the spiritual and eternal felicity of the Church. This will is not of force without the death of the Testator, Heb. 9. 15, 16, 17.
4. For the ratifying of the New Testament, and the confirming of his last Will, wherein he grants by vertue of the new couenant with God, all those Legacies, that comprehend the spirituall and eternall felicitie of the Church. This will is not of force without the death of the Testator, Heb. 9. 15, 16, 17.
5. That he might abolish the power and kingdom of death, and so deliver us from eternal death, and from the authority of the Devil, who had power to inflict death upon us, Rō. 6. 10. 2 Tim. 1. 10