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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.
We believe in one God the Father Almighty, and in the Lord Jesus Christ his Son, begotten of him before all worlds, true God, by whom all things were made which are in heaven, and which are in earth: Who descended, and was incarnate, and suffered ⟨p. 14⟩and rose again, and ascended into Heaven, and from thence shall come again to judge the quick and dead: and in the holy Ghost, in the Resurrection of the flesh, in the life of the world to come, in the Kingdom of Heaven, and one Catholic Church, reaching from one end of the earth to the other.
We beleeue in one God the Father Almighty, and in the Lord Iesus Christ his Sonne, begotten of him before all worldes, true God, by whom all things were made which are in heauen, and which are in earth: Who descended, and was incarnate, and suffered ⟨p. 14⟩and rose againe, and ascended into Heauen, and from thence shall come againe to iudge the quicke and dead: and in the holy Ghost, in the Resurrection of the flesh, in the life of the world to come, in the Kingdome of Heauen, and one Catholique Church, reaching from one end of the earth to the other.
In Saint Ambrose his time, the baptised was asked three questions: as first, dost thou believe in God the Father Almighty, and the baptized answered, I believe, and then he was dipped under the water: secondly, he was asked, doest thou believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and his Cross, and he answered I believe, and then was dipped again: thirdly, he was asked doest thou believe in the holy Ghost, and he answered, I do believe, and was the third time dipped. Ambrose lib. 2. de Sacram. cap. 7. so that 'tis probable, that the Creed was not fully finished in this form it now is, till about the fourth age after Christ: And thus of the Authors of the Creed.
In Saint Ambrose his time, the baptised was asked three questions: as first, dost thou beleeue in God the Father Almighty, and the baptized answered, I beleeue, and then hee was dipped vnder the water: secondly, hee was asked, doest thou beleeue in the Lord Iesus Christ and his Crosse, and hee answered I beleeue, and then was dipped againe: thirdly, hee was asked doest thou beleeue in the holy Ghost, and he answered, I doe beleeue, and was the third time dipped. Ambrose lib. 2. de Sacram. cap. 7. so that 'tis probable, that the Creed was not fully finished in this forme it now is, till about the fourth age after Christ: And thus of the Authors of the Creed.