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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.
The third question is, whence Christ shall come, when he comes to Judgement? And that is briefly expressed in the words of the Article. He shall come from thence, that is, from Heaven, where he sits at the right hand of God. The reason why he comes out of Heaven to execute Judgement, is because Heaven is so pure a place, as it is not fit for impure men and devils so much as to make their appearance there. And this point is not without Use: For first hereby we may clearly be confirmed in the truth of Christs humanity, against the Ubiquitaries, that say his body is every where, seeing he comes in his body out of Heaven at the last day. And besides, it may teach us to send our hearts to Heaven to meet Christ, and till he come from thence to look for him, Phil. 3. 20.
The third question is, whence Christ shall come, when he comes to Iudgement? And that is briefly exprest in the words of the Article. He shall come from thence, that is, from Heauen, where he sits at the right hand of God. The reason why he comes out of Heauen to execute Iudgement, is because Heauen is so pure a place, as it is not fit for impure men and deuils so much as to make their appearance there. And this point is not without Vse: For first hereby we may clearly bee confirmed in the truth of Christs humanitie, against the Ʋbiquitaries, that say his bodie is euery where, seeing he comes in his bodie out of Heauen at the last day. And besides, it may teach vs to send our hearts to Heauen to meet Christ, and till he come from thence to looke for him, Phil. 3. 20.
The fourth question is about the time when the day of Judgement shall be? Now about the answer to this question, there have been many opinions, and the most of them strange and false.
The fourth question is about the time when the day of Iudgement shall be? Now about the answer to this question, there haue beene many opinions, and the most of them strange and false.