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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 1 › I Believe in God.THE CREEDE. › Article 1 › I Beleeue in God.
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5. He gives them such tastes of that great glory to come, that it is a glory to them to think of, and hope for that blessedness to be revealed upon them, Rom. 5. 2.
5. He giues them such tastes of that great glory to come, that it is a glory to them to thinke of, and hope for that blessednesse to be reuealed vpon them, Rom. 5. 2.
Thus of the glory of God, and so of the first sort of Attributes: that is, those Attributes which they call communicable: which are so in God, as some print or likeness of them are in the creatures.
Thus of the glory of God, and so of the first sort of Attributes: that is, those Attributes which they call communicable: which are so in God, as some print or likenesse of them are in the creatures.
The Incommunicable Attributes follow, and these are in God, as they say in Schools, à Priori, the other à Posteriori: only I have handled the former first, as most easy for us to understand, but lest the terms of communicable Attributes should trouble the ignorant Reader, he must consider that when we say these Attributes are communicable, we do not mean, that they are communicable in respect of essence, but in respect of Act, effect, or Use.
The Incommunicable Attributes follow, and these are in God, as they say in Schooles, à Priori, the other à Posteriori: onely I haue handled the former first, as most easie for vs to vnderstand, but lest the tearmes of communicable Attributes should trouble the ignorant Reader, hee must consider that when we say these Attributes are communicable, wee doe not meane, that they are communicable in respect of essence, but in respect of Act, effect, or Vse.