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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.
For the fourth, That the Persons are distinguished is common to all the Persons, how they are distinguished, is that which is to be considered in the next place: Distinction imports Opposition: Now there is a threefold opposition, The ⟨p. 120⟩greatest opposition is amongst contraries, for these fight one against another. There is also a middle opposition which is in things only disparate as they call them, as between men and beasts, so as a man is not a beast. The least opposition is between things that are relate, as the Father is not the Son, the Subject is not the Prince, and the like: this opposition between things in relation, is in things that do in many respects agree, and this distinction agrees to the Nature of God and is the least of all distinctions.
For the fourth, That the Persons are distinguished is common to all the Persons, how they are distinguished, is that which is to bee considered in the next place: Distinction imports Opposition: Now there is a threefold opposition, The ⟨p. 120⟩greatest opposition is amongst contraries, for these fight one against another. There is also a middle opposition which is in things onely disparate as they call them, as betweene men and beasts, so as a man is not a beast. The least opposition is betweene things that are relate, as the Father is not the Sonne, the Subiect is not the Prince, and the like: this opposition betweene things in relation, is in things that doe in many respects agree, and this distinction agrees to the Nature of God and is the least of all distinctions.
The difference of the Persons, is two ways to be considered: for first, they differ from the Essence, and then one from another.
The difference of the Persons, is two waies to bee considered: for first, they differ from the Essence, and then one from another.