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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.
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.
1. Who died. 2. Who were the special witnesses of his death. 3. How he died. 4. For whom he died. 5. When he died. 6. The consequents of his death.
1. Who died. 2. Who were the speciall witnesses of his death. 3. How he died. 4. For whom he died. 5. When he died. 6. The consequents of his death.
For the first, if we ask who died, the Apostle Paul, Rom. 8. 34. answers, It is Christ which is dead. Which is to be observed, the better to stir up our hearts to consider, both the wonder of it, and the reason of it. That any other man should die, is no wonder, because all other men were sinful and mortal, but here Jesus Christ the Righteous, who only hath immortality, dies: and withal, it leads us to think of the reason of it, for he did not die, nay he could not die, if he had been considered as a private person, because he deserved not death in his own person, but he died as our surety, and as a public undertaker for us all, he died in our room.
For the first, if we aske who died, the Apostle Paul, Rom. 8. 34. answers, It is Christ which is dead. Which is to be obserued, the better to stirre vp our hearts to consider, both the wonder of it, and the reason of it. That any other man should die, is no wonder, because all other men were sinfull and mortall, but here Iesus Christ the Righteous, who onely hath immortality, dies: and withall, it leads vs to thinke of the reason of it, for he did not die, nay he could not die, if he had beene considered as a priuate person, because he deserued not death in his owne person, but he died as our suretie, and as a publike vndertaker for vs all, hee died in our roome.