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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.
1. The Resurrection of our Saviour serves exceedingly to ⟨p. 474⟩confirm our faith, and to assure us that he was the Son of God, Rom. 1. 4. and the promised Messiah, that could thus miraculously raise himself from the dead, Joh. 10. 17, 18. and 2. 19. to 23. Matth. 12. 39, 40.
1. The Resurrection of our Sauiour serues exceedingly to ⟨p. 474⟩confirme our faith, and to assure vs that he was the Sonne of God, Rom. 1. 4. and the promised Messias, that could thus miraculously raise himselfe from the dead, Ioh. 10. 17, 18. and 2. 19. to 23. Matth. 12. 39, 40.
2. The Resurrection of Christ assures us of our Justification from our sins, Rom. 4. 25. The Father by delivering Christ to death, did actually condemn our sins in his flesh as our surety, Rom. 8. 3. So by letting him out of the prison of the grave in his Resurrection, he did actually absolve, and acquit him from the obligation in which he was bound, and so in discharging him, doth acknowledge payment and satisfaction, and so we are discharged too: If he had not risen, we had been still in our sins,