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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.
1. To proclaim the innocency of Christ, and to take away the ignominy of the Cross: and therefore they would not suffer his body to lye amongst the carcasses of thieves and malefactors: They tell the world hereby that Christ was no such man.
1. To proclaime the innocencie of Christ, and to take away the ignominie of the Crosse: and therefore they would not suffer his bodie to lye amongst the carkasses of theeues and malefactors: They tell the world hereby that Christ was no such man.
2. To signify that the memorial of the just is blessed after they are dead. Therefore they used things of such sweet smell in burying the dead, that they might thereby signify how sweet the memory of the departed Saints is. They are amiable even when they are dead.
2. To signifie that the memoriall of the iust is blessed after they are dead. Therefore they vsed things of such sweet smell in burying the dead, that they might thereby signifie how sweet the memorie of the departed Saints is. They are amiable euen when they are dead.
3. It might in special signify, that from Christ dead and buried should arise a most sweet savour in the hearts of men brought unto them by the efficacy of the Gospel, causing Christ to dye and be buried in their souls.
3. It might in speciall signifie, that from Christ dead and buried should arise a most sweet sauour in the he•rts of men brought vnto them by the efficacie of the Gospel, causing Christ to dye and be buried in their soules.