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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.
The divine testimonies were three, the Earthquake, the rending of the Rocks, and the opening of the Graves, Matth. 27. 51, 52.
The diuine testimonies were three, the Earthquake, the rending of the Rockes, and the opening of the Graues, Matth. 27. 51, 52.
The trembling of the earth may signify divers things, as ⟨p. 432⟩First, the immediate presence of the Divine Nature: for as the earth trembled when Christ came to give the Law on Sinai, Psal. 67. 8, 9. and as both heaven and earth shall melt, and be in a manner consumed when Christ comes to Judgement, 2 Pet. 3. 10. So now that Christ is making atonement for the sins of the Elect, and going out of the world, he makes the earth do him homage, and acknowledge his Divinity at that time, when he seemed so despised amongst men.
The trembling of the earth may signifie diuers things, as ⟨p. 432⟩First, the immediate presence of the Diuine Nature: for as the earth trembled when Christ came to giue the Law on Sinai, Psal. 67. 8, 9. and as both heauen and earth shall melt, and be in a manner consumed when Christ comes to Iudgement, 2 Pet. 3. 10. So now that Christ is making atonement for the sinnes of the Elect, and going out of the world, hee makes the earth doe him homage, and acknowledge his Diuinitie at that time, when he seemed so despised amongst men.