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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.
Thus of the manner of the Trial. The manner of the Sentence follows.
Thus of the manner of the Triall. The manner of the Sentence followes.
The manner of the Sentence we cannot in this world know, save that our Saviour himself hath given a little taste of it, by making a brief description of it in Matth. 25. the latter part of the chapter: and this glimpse of that glory of his proceedings there he gives, that both the godly might be established in consolation, and the wicked left without excuse having so fair warning.
The manner of the Sentence we cannot in this world know, saue that our Sauiour himselfe hath giuen a little taste of it, by making a briefe description of it in Matth. 25. the latter part of the chapter: and this glimpse of that glory of his proceedings there he giues, that both the godly might be established in consolation, and the wicked left without excuse hauing so faire warning.
The sentence stands of two parts, the one concerns the godly, and that is a sentence of absolution, as Divines call it, or rather a sentence of glorification: and the other concerns the wicked, and that is a sentence of condemnation. Our Saviour will begin with the sentence of absolution, to show thereby his readiness to mercy, and long-suffering, and that he is not carried with unjust fury against those on his left hand, and that thereby also he may make the elect capable of the dignity of being Assessors with him in the Judgement upon the wicked.