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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.
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.
Three things then for our capacities are to be thought upon. The first concerns the Matter of this Mystery. The second, the terms by which it is expressed, and the third, the ⟨p. 118⟩answer of certain Objections might arise in our minds.
Three things then for our capacities are to be thought vppon. The first concernes the Matter of this Mysterie. The second, the termes by which it is exprest, and the third, the ⟨p. 118⟩answere of certaine Obiections might arise in our mindes.
For the first, we are to consider what a Person is, and then how these three Persons do agree one with another, and how they differ one from another.
A Person is an understanding substance, individual, and incommunicable, which is not sustained in any other, or by any other. It is an understanding substance, & so it excludes plants and beasts, which are no persons though they be substances, and it is not sustained in any other, and so excludes the humane nature of Christ, which is therefore not a Person, because it subsists in the Divine Nature, and it is incommunicable, to distinguish it from the Essence, which is communicated to all the Persons.
A Person is an vnderstanding substance, indiuiduall, and incommunicable, which is not sustained in any other, or by any other. It is an vnderstanding substance, & so it excludes plants and beasts, which are no persons though they be substances, and it is not sustained in any other, and so excludes the humane nature of Christ, which is therefore not a Person, because it subsists in the Diuine Nature, and it is incommunicable, to distinguish it from the Essence, which is communicated to all the Persons.