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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. › Ob. Some may say, it seems impossible, that three should be one.THE CREEDE. › Article 1 › I Beleeue in God. › Ob. Some may say, it seemes impossible, that three should be one.

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

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

11. Object.1. Obiect.

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Sol. In one and the same respect: but not in divers. Three ¹Persons cannot be one person, but three Persons may be one Essence. As the Nature of man may be common to many persons, as to Peter, John, Paul, &c.

Sol. In one and the same respect: but not in diuers. Three ¹Persons cannot be one person, but three Persons may bee one Essence. As the Nature of man may be common to many persons, as to Peter, Iohn, Paul, &c.

1Sol.

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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

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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

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EEBO-TCP A69028

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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

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

Ob. Three and one makes four: if in God there be three and one, then three is a Quaternity not a Trinity.¹

Ob. Three and one makes foure: if in God there bee three and one, then three is a Quaternity not a Trinity.¹

Ob. He that is the whole God-head, besides him, there can be no other in whom likewise should be the whole God-head: ¹but the Father is the whole God-head, therefore the Son and holy Ghost are not so.

Ob. He that is the whole God-head, besides him, there can be no other in whom likewise should be the whole God-head: ¹but the Father is the whole God-head, therefore the Sonne and holy Ghost are not so.

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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

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

Ob. Three and one makes four: if in God there be three and one, then three is a Quaternity not a Trinity.1

Ob. Three and one makes foure: if in God there bee three and one, then three is a Quaternity not a Trinity.1

Ob. He that is the whole God-head, besides him, there can be no other in whom likewise should be the whole God-head: 1but the Father is the whole God-head, therefore the Son and holy Ghost are not so.

Ob. He that is the whole God-head, besides him, there can be no other in whom likewise should be the whole God-head: 1but the Father is the whole God-head, therefore the Sonne and holy Ghost are not so.

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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. 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

Ob. Three and one makes four: if in God there be three and one, then three is a Quaternity not a Trinity.¹

Ob. Three and one makes foure: if in God there bee three and one, then three is a Quaternity not a Trinity.¹

Ob. He that is the whole God-head, besides him, there can be no other in whom likewise should be the whole God-head: ¹but the Father is the whole God-head, therefore the Son and holy Ghost are not so.

Ob. He that is the whole God-head, besides him, there can be no other in whom likewise should be the whole God-head: ¹but the Father is the whole God-head, therefore the Sonne and holy Ghost are not so.