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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 5 › TenetTHE CREEDE. › Article 5 › Tenet
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.
Concerning the Resurrection of Christ, divers things are to be considered of;
Concerning the Resurrection of Christ, diuers things are to be considered of;
1. That he did rise from the dead. 2. What of him did rise. 3. When he rose. 4. How he rose. 5. Why he rose from the dead. 6. His Apparitions after his Resurrection. 7. What good comes to us by his Resurrection.
1. That he did rise from the dead. 2. What of him did rise. 3. When he rose. 4. How he rose. 5. Why he rose from the dead. 6. His Apparitions after his Resurrection. 7. What good comes to vs by his Resurrection.
That Christ did rise from the dead, we believe against all Jews, Turks, and profane Mockers, and are induced so to do by testimony both divine and humane. The divine testimonies are three: first, the Spirit of God, which testifieth two ways; first, by the Apostles and Evangelists, in the Evangelical Story, which we ought to believe if the Apostles had never been eye-witnesses: for if the witness of men be received, the witness of God is greater. Secondly, in the heart of every believer that relies upon the Gospel, Joh. 15. 26. The second testimony is the witness of Angels, who were sent from heaven of purpose to signify so much, Luk. 24. 5. as by Angels the conception and birth of Christ was testified from heaven, so was his resurrection. The third was the Apparition of Christ, showing himself many times alive from the dead. The Humane testimonies were three; first was the testimony of Mary Magdalen, and the other women that came to anoint the body of Jesus,