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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.
2. That he proceedeth from the Father and the Son, which the Creed intimateth in placing this Article last, and is plain by these Scriptures, where he is called, The Spirit of the Father, Luk. 4. 18. Esa. 61. 1. Joh. 14. 16. 26. and 15. 26. and of the Son, Joh. 16. 7. 14. and 20. 22. Rom. 8. 9. Gal. 6. 4.
2. That he proceedeth from the Father and the Son, which the Creed intimateth in placing this Article last, and is plaine by these Scriptures, where he is called, The Spirit of the Father, Luk. 4. 18. Esa. 61. 1. Ioh. 14. 16. 26. and 15. 26. and of the Sonne, Ioh. 16. 7. 14. and 20. 22. Rom. 8. 9. Gal. 6. 4.
3. That he is a distinct person from the Father and the Son, which is manifest in Scripture, Matth. 3. 17.