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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.
To conclude therefore this point concerning the Authors of these Articles, the Creed is called the Apostles Creed in two respects: first, to distinguish it from all other Creeds. There have bin divers Creeds made in the several ages since Christ, some by particular writers, some by Councils: of particular writers, Athanasius Creed doth most excel, which is the Creed set down in the book of Common Prayer, next before the Litany: and of Councils these are the chief Creeds, the Nicene Creed, which you may find in the book of Common Prayer, also set down in the order of the Communion, as also the Creed of the Ephesian Synod, and the Creed of the Chalcedonian Synod, read Am. Pol. synt. Theol. lib. 2. cap. 2.
To conclude therefore this point concerning the Authors of these Articles, the Creed is called the Apostles Creed in two respects: first, to distinguish it from all other Creeds. There haue bin diuers Creeds made in the seuerall ages since Christ, some by particular writers, some by Councells: of particular writers, Athanasius Creed doth most excell, which is the Creed set downe in the booke of Common Prayer, next before the Letany: and of Councells these are the chiefe Creeds, the Nicen Creed, which you may finde in the booke of Common Prayer, also set downe in the order of the Communion, as also the Creed of the Ephesian Synod, and the Creed of the Calcedonian Synod, reade Am. Pol. synt. Theol. lib. 2. cap. 2.
Now this Creed is called the Apostles Creed, to show that the Churches did hold it to be of greater authority then any other Creed, and that other Creeds are but as it were expositions of this Creed.
Now this Creed is called the Apostles Creed, to shew that the Churches did hold it to bee of greater authority then any other Creed, and that other Creeds are but as it were expositions of this Creed.