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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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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. Heb. 2. 14. Ob. But seeing eternal death was due to us for our sins, how could Christ deliver us from it, seeing he suffered not eternal death? Or how did he suffer all was due to our sins, seeing he suffered not eternal death? Answ. Death in it self is the wages of sin, & grows eternal only, because men or devils that suffer it cannot overcome it, & perform sufficient satisfaction in a shorter time. Now Christ in a short time makes sufficient payment to Gods justice, and overcomes death for us, and that by reason of the worthiness of his person. It is more for Christ to die one hour, than for all the world to be dead for ever. For it is in this, as it is in a prison into which many debtors are cast: It is an everlasting prison to such as cannot pay their debts: but it is but a temporary prison, to such as either by themselves, or any other, make full payment of what is owing.