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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. He that seeth Christ, sees the Father, for he is in the Father,…: Ob. He that seeth Christ, sees the Father, for he is in the Father, and the Father in h…THE CREEDE. › Article 1 › I Beleeue in God. › Ob. He that seeth Christ, sees the Father, for he is in the Father,…: Ob. He that seeth Christ, sees the Father, for he is in the Father, and the Father in h…

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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 ¹are but one Person.

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Sol. He that sees the Son sees the Father, because the Son ⟨p. 125⟩¹hath the same Essence with the Father, and being manifested in the flesh reveals the whole will of God: he is the same with the Father in Will and Essence not in person.

Sol. He that sees the Sonne sees the Father, because the Son ⟨p. 125⟩¹hath the same Essence with the Father, and being manifested in the flesh reueales the whole will of God: he is the same with the Father in Will and Essence not in person.

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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

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

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

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.

Ob. The power of the Persons is not one, and therefore ¹how can their Essence be one: their power is not one, because the Father can beget, and so cannot the Sonne.

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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 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

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.

Ob. The power of the Persons is not one, and therefore 1how can their Essence be one: their power is not one, because the Father can beget, and so cannot the Sonne.

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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 ¹are but one Person.

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.

Ob. The power of the Persons is not one, and therefore ¹how can their Essence be one: their power is not one, because the Father can beget, and so cannot the Sonne.