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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
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. In respect of Gods counsel and foreknowledge: He was dead in Gods counsel from everlasting.
1. In respect of Gods counsell and foreknowledge: He was dead in Gods counsell from euerlasting.
2. In respect of the promise of his death given in Paradise, Gen. 3. 15.
2. In respect of the promise of his death giuen in Paradise, Gen. 3. 15.
3. In respect of the efficacy of his death: for the justice of God was satisfied with that promise of his death, knowing it should as certainly be, as if it had been then fulfilled. Neither was the effect here before the cause: for if a Surety compound with the Creditor, the Debtor is delivered out of prison, though the payment be made long after, at the time the Surety and the Creditor agree upon: so it was here.
3. In respect of the efficacie of his death: for the iustice of God was satisfied with that promise of his death, knowing it should as certainly be, as if it had beene then fulfilled. Neither was the effect here before the cause: for if a Suretie compound with the Creditor, the Debtor is deliuered out of prison, though the payment be made long after, at the time the Suretie and the Creditor agree vpon: so it was here.