A69028:781

The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

Name: The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…
Author: Nicholas Byfield

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.

Nicholas Byfield 1579–1622London: printed by G.M. for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1626

[8], 563 [i.e. 535], [23] p. · 212k words · STC 4233.3 · ESTC S113882

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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.

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:778p. 121

First, in order they differ: for the Father is the first Person, the Son the Second, and the holy Ghost the Third: This Priority must not not be mistaken; for one Person is not before another in time or in dignity but only in Nature, or in order of Nature, so as one Person depends upon another: As the Sun is before the beams of the Sun, not in time, but in order of Nature, because the beams are from the Sun: so in the Trinity, the Son and holy Ghost are after the Father, not in time, but because they receive the original of their Persons from the Father, Relatives are together in time: only note that Nature here signifies the manner of subsisting, not of essence; for in respect of Essence there is no priority in the Trinity.

First, in order they differ: for the Father is the first Person, the Sonne the Second, and the holy Ghost the Third: This Priority must not not be mistaken; for one Person is not before another in time or in dignity but onely in Nature, or in order of Nature, so as one Person depends vpon another: As the Sun is before the beames of the Sun, not in time, but in order of Nature, because the beames are from the Sun: so in the Trinity, the Son and holy Ghost are after the Father, not in time, but because they receiue the originall of their Persons from the Father, Relatiues are together in time: onely note that Nature heere signifies the manner of subsisting, not of essence; for in respect of Essence there is no priority in the Trinity.

:779p. 121–122

Secondly, they differ in personal Proprieties: As the personal Propriety of the Father is to be of himself in respect of his Person unbegotten. The personal Propriety of the Son is Generation, or to be of the Father by begetting: The personal Propriety of the holy Ghost, is to be of the Father and ⟨p. 122⟩the Son by Spiration or proceeding, and thus each Person differs from other by incommunicable Characters.

Secondly, they differ in personall Proprieties: As the personall Proprietie of the Father is to be of himselfe in respect of his Person vnbegotten. The personall Proprietie of the Son is Generation, or to bee of the Father by begetting: The personall Propriety of the holy Ghost, is to bee of the Father and

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Nicholas Byfield 1579–1622

Place

London

Printer

G.M.

Bookseller

Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith

Year

1626

Size

[8], 563 [i.e. 535], [23] p.

Words

212,467

Catalogue

STC 4233.3 · ESTC S113882

Text

EEBO-TCP A69028

Passages

2,700

Sections

Title page

The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

Ob. Some may say, it seems impossible, that three should ¹be one.

Ob. Some may say, it seemes impossible, that three should ¹be one.

Ob. He that seeth Christ, sees the Father, for he is in the Father, and the Father in him: therefore the Father and the Son ¹are but one Person.

Ob. If the being of the Father be not the being of the Son or holy Ghost: then it follows that there are three divers beings ¹and so three Essences.

Ob. If the being of the Father be not the being of the Sonne or holy Ghost: then it followes that there are three diuers beings ¹and so three Essences.

Ob. If there be more JEHOVAHS then one, then there ¹are more Essences then one, but here are more JEHOVAHS: for JEHOVAH reigned fire and brimstone from JEHOVAH in heaven, Gen. 19. 24.

Ob. If there bee more IEHOVAHS then one, then there ¹are more Essences then one, but heere are more IEHOVAHS: for IEHOVAH raigned fire and brimstone from IEHOVAH in heauen, Gen. 19. 24.

Ob. The Son and holy Ghost had their beginning from the Father, therefore it seems the Father only is God.¹

Ob. The Sonne and holy Ghost had their beginning from the Father, therefore it seemes the Father onely is God.¹

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Ob. Some may say, it seems impossible, that three should 1be one.

Ob. Some may say, it seemes impossible, that three should 1be one.

Ob. He that seeth Christ, sees the Father, for he is in the Father, and the Father in him: therefore the Father and the Son 1are but one Person.

Ob. If the being of the Father be not the being of the Son or holy Ghost: then it follows that there are three divers beings 1and so three Essences.

Ob. If the being of the Father be not the being of the Sonne or holy Ghost: then it followes that there are three diuers beings 1and so three Essences.

Ob. If there be more JEHOVAHS then one, then there 1are more Essences then one, but here are more JEHOVAHS: for JEHOVAH reigned fire and brimstone from JEHOVAH in heaven, Gen. 19. 24.

Ob. If there bee more IEHOVAHS then one, then there 1are more Essences then one, but heere are more IEHOVAHS: for IEHOVAH raigned fire and brimstone from IEHOVAH in heauen, Gen. 19. 24.

Ob. The Son and holy Ghost had their beginning from the Father, therefore it seems the Father only is God.1

Ob. The Sonne and holy Ghost had their beginning from the Father, therefore it seemes the Father onely is God.1