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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. The power of the Persons is not one, and therefore how can they…: Ob. The power of the Persons is not one, and therefore how can their Essence be one: th…THE CREEDE. › Article 1 › I Beleeue in God. › Ob. The power of the Persons is not one, and therefore how can thei…: Ob. The power of the Persons is not one, and therefore how can their Essence be one: th…

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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.

18. Object.8. Obiect.

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Sol. The natural power of the Persons is all one, the personal ¹power differs.

Sol. The naturall power of the Persons is all one, the personall ¹power differs.

1Sol.

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

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?

Ob. If the Essence of the Father and the Son be all one, ¹then the Father was incarnate, for the Son was.

Ob. If the Essence of the Father and the Sonne bee all one, ¹then the Father was incarnate, for the Son was.

Ob. Whose operations are distinct, their Essences are distinct: ¹but the operations of the Persons in the Trinity, especially those internal are distinct, therefore they have distinct Essences.

Ob. Whose operations are distinct, their Essences are distinct: ¹but the operations of the Persons in the Trinity, especially those internall are distinct, therefore they haue distinct Essences.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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?

Ob. If the Essence of the Father and the Son be all one, 1then the Father was incarnate, for the Son was.

Ob. If the Essence of the Father and the Sonne bee all one, 1then the Father was incarnate, for the Son was.

Ob. Whose operations are distinct, their Essences are distinct: 1but the operations of the Persons in the Trinity, especially those internal are distinct, therefore they have distinct Essences.

Ob. Whose operations are distinct, their Essences are distinct: 1but the operations of the Persons in the Trinity, especially those internall are distinct, therefore they haue distinct Essences.

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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?

Ob. If the Essence of the Father and the Son be all one, ¹then the Father was incarnate, for the Son was.

Ob. If the Essence of the Father and the Sonne bee all one, ¹then the Father was incarnate, for the Son was.

Ob. Whose operations are distinct, their Essences are distinct: ¹but the operations of the Persons in the Trinity, especially those internal are distinct, therefore they have distinct Essences.

Ob. Whose operations are distinct, their Essences are distinct: ¹but the operations of the Persons in the Trinity, especially those internall are distinct, therefore they haue distinct Essences.