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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 6 › TenetTHE CREEDE. › Article 6 › Tenet
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The first words of this Article are ambiguous, because they are not taken in their proper sense: for properly, God hath no right hand, as being a Spirit, and Christ may not be thought to use no other gesture in heaven but sitting, and therefore we must enquire of the Scripture for the sense, as it is figurative; and so first what sitting may signify; then what the right hand of God signifies: and then what it is to sit at the right hand of God.
The first words of this Article are ambiguous, because they are not taken in their proper sense: for properly, God hath no right hand, as being a Spirit, and Christ may not be thought to vse no other gesture in heauen but sitting, and therefore we must enquire of the Scripture for the sense, as it is figuratiue; and so first what sitting may signifie; then what the right hand of God signifies: and then what it is to sit at the right hand of God.
For the first: Sitting, in a figurative sense in Scripture is used two ways; First, to note habitation, abiding, or resting: as when the Apostles were willed to sit in that City till they were endued with power from on high, Luk. 24. 49 Secondly, to note Sovereignty and Judiciary power, and when Solomon is said to sit upon the Throne of his Father, 1 King 1. 30. so Prou. 20. 8. Isa. 16. 5.
For the first: Sitting, in a figuratiue sense in Scripture is vsed two waies; First, to note habitation, abiding, or resting: as when the Apostles were willed to sit in that City till they were endued with power from on high, Luk. 24. 49 Secondly, to note Soueraignty and Iudiciarie power, and when Solomon is said to sit vpon the Throne of his Father, 1 King 1. 30. so