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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. If the being of the Father be not the being of the Sonne or hol…: Ob. If the being of the Father be not the being of the Sonne or holy Ghost: then it fol…THE CREEDE. › Article 1 › I Beleeue in God. › Ob. If the being of the Father be not the being of the Sonne or hol…: Ob. If the being of the Father be not the being of the Sonne or holy Ghost: then it fol…

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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 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.

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Sol. The being of the Father notes the being of his Person not of his Essence, and so three Beings are but three Persons ¹subsisting in one Essence: As the light of the Sun, and the light of the Moon, and the light of the Air, in substance are one and the same light, and yet three distinct lights; the light of the Sun being of it self, the light of the Moon from the Sun, and the light of the Air from them both.

Sol. The being of the Father notes the being of his Person not of his Essence, and so three Beings are but three Persons ¹subsisting in one Essence: As the light of the Sun, and the light of the Moone, and the light of the Ayre, in substance are one and the same light, and yet three distinct lights; the light of the Sun being of it selfe, the light of the Moone from the Sun, and the light of the Ayre from them both.

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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. 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.

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.

Ob. How can the Essence begetting, and the Essence begotten ¹be all one? the Father begets, the Son is begotten, how can they be one then?

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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.

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.

Ob. How can the Essence begetting, and the Essence begotten 1be all one? the Father begets, the Son is begotten, how can they be one then?

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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 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.

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.

Ob. How can the Essence begetting, and the Essence begotten ¹be all one? the Father begets, the Son is begotten, how can they be one then?