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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.
3. That he is a distinct person from the Father and the Son, which is manifest in Scripture, Matth. 3. 17. Matth. 28. 19.
4. That he is equal to the Father and the Son, and therefore we must believe in him as well as in the Father and Son: This appears also in this, That divine worship is due to him, as well as the Father or the Son, Matth. 28. 19. 1 Cor. 619, 20. 2 Cor. 13. 13. as also by this, that the sin against the Holy Ghost is unpardonable, Mat. 12. 31.
4. That he is equall to the Father and the Sonne, and therefore wee must beleeue in him as well as in the Father and Son: This appears also in this, That diuine worship is due to him, as well as the Father or the Sonne, Matth. 28. 19. 1 Cor. 619, 20. 2 Cor. 13. 13. as also by this, that the sinne against the Holy Ghost is vnpardonable, Mat. 12. 31.
The substance of the meaning of the Article is, That every Christian in particular doth profess to believe in, and put his trust upon the holy Ghost, as the Author and worker of his happiness and salvation.