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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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5. That the Father doth not cease to rule, but doth administer his Kingdom by his Sonne. Therefore in Psal. 110. v. 1. the Father takes upon him to subdue the enemies of Christ. The Father and Son reign together, but yet so, as the Father commits the rule and execution of all things to the Son under him, as kings that admit their Sons to be partners with them in their Empire, and commit the trust of all to them.
5. That the Father doth not cease to rule, but doth administer his Kingdome by his Sonne. Therefore in Psal. 110. v. 1. the Father takes vpon him to subdue the enemies of Christ. The Father and Sonne reigne together, but yet so, as the Father commits the rule and execution of all things to the Sonne vnder him, as kings that admit their Sonnes to bee partners with them in their Empire, and commit the trust of all to them.
6. That this kingdom of Christ shall be delivered up unto the Father again, 1 Cor. 15. 25. For the work of Christ in this Kingdom, is by means to gather and save the Church, and to subdue and overthrow the enemies of the Church; now when there shall be no more enemies, and the Church is perfectly gathered, and glorified, then this Kingdom shall cease. But that men may not mistake, the natural kingdom of Christ, which he hath as ⟨p. 491⟩God equal with the Father, that shall never cease; and the supreme glory that he hath in eminence over man and Angels, that shall not cease; for so he is a King immortal, and of this kingdom there is no end: but after the day of judgment he shall reign no more; that is, First, not in the middest of his enemies as he doth now, Psal. 110. 2