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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.
Quest. But may some one say; Is it not the Prophets Creed 1aswell as the Apostles. or are not these Articles to be found in the writings of the Prophets aswell as the Apostles, or are there some truths necessary now to Salvation, that were not necessary in the Old Testament?
Quest. But may some one say; Is it not the Prophets Creed 1aswell as the Apostles. or are not these Articles to bee found in the writings of the Prophets aswell as the Apostles, or are there some truthes necessary now to Saluation, that were not necessarie in the Olde Testament?
- 1Quest.
Answ. I answer that the main substance of the doctrine of the Creed was known and taught by the Prophets in the Old Testament, as in general concerning one God, and the Messiah, and eternal life, &c. but there are some things peculiar in the Creed unto the Christian Church, and of necessity to Salvation: as the more open and clear doctrine of the Trinity: the particulars about the Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ, and the estate of the Catholic Church, these being clearly revealed are now necessary to Salvation.
Answ. I answer that the maine substance of the doctrine of the Creed was knowne and taught by the Prophets in the Old Testament, as in generall concerning one God, and the Messias, and eternall life, &c. but there are some things peculiar in the Creed vnto the Christian Church, and of necessity to Saluation: as the more open and cleare doctrine of the Trinity: the particulars about the Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ, and the estate of the Catholique Church, these being cleerely reueiled are now necessary to Saluation.