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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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6. That by his death he might make a medicine to kill sin in us, which might so eat down the power of sin that it should no more reign in us, and so by degrees abolish sin. He died, that we might die to sin by the virtue of his death, Rom. 6.
6. That by his death he might make a medicine to kill sinne in vs, which might so eat downe the power of sinne that it should no more reigne in vs, and so by degrees abolish sinne. He died, that we might die to sinne by the vertue of his death, Rom. 6.
7. That thereby he might buy life for the world: He gave his flesh for the life of the world, even to purchase eternal ⟨p. 417⟩life for the elect world, Joh. 6. 51.
7. That thereby he might buy life for the world: He gaue his flesh for the life of the world, euen to purchase eternall ⟨p. 417⟩life for the elect world, Ioh. 6. 51.
8. That many sons might be borne to God. Christ was like seed falling from heaven to the earth, and there dying, it quickened and brought forth many sons to God, Isaiah 53. 10.