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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.
Quest. 2. Why did he rest in the grave on the Sabbath day?
Quest. 2. Why did he rest in the graue on the Sabbath day?
Answ. 1. Because as God when he had finished the works of the Creation, especially the making of man, rested the seventh day: So Christ having finished our Redemption on the Cross, rested the seventh day in the grave.
Answ. 1. Because as God when hee had finished the works of the Creation, especially the making of man, rested the seuenth day: So Christ hauing finished our Redemption on the Crosse, rested the seuenth day in the graue.
Answ. 2. That this resting of his on the Sabbath might be a pledge of our spiritual and eternal rest from sin and labour.
Answ. 2. That this resting of his on the Sabbath might be a pledge of our spirituall and eternall rest from sinne and labour.