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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 › Buried.THE CREEDE. › Article 4 › Buried.
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.
5. That we being made partakers of the fruit of his burial, might be buried with him in respect of our sins. The immersion in the water of Baptism is a sign of this spiritual burial with Christ, Rom. 6. 4. Col. 2. 12.
5. That we being made partakers of the fruit of his buriall, might be buried with him in respect of our sins. The immersion in the water of Baptisme is a signe of this spirituall buriall with Christ, Rom. 6. 4. Col. 2. 12.
6. That he might sanctify our burial to us, and so expel from us that horror and fear we might conceive about our lying in the grave, and so confirm us in the hope of our Resurrection.
6. That he might sanctifie our buriall to vs, and so expell from vs that horror and feare we might conceiue about our lying in the graue, and so confirme vs in the hope of our Resurrection.
7. That we might learn from thence to give honour to the ⟨p. 435⟩body of Christians, in providing honest and decent burial for them, such as might answer the hope we have of our Resurrection. Mens bodies shall rise, and to signify so much, we should lay them in the grave as in a safe place to keep them till the Resurrection.