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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. How can the Essence begetting, and the Essence begotten be all…: Ob. How can the Essence begetting, and the Essence begotten be all one? the Father bege…THE CREEDE. › Article 1 › I Beleeue in God. › Ob. How can the Essence begetting, and the Essence begotten be all…: Ob. How can the Essence begetting, and the Essence begotten be all one? the Father bege…

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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?

19. Object.9. Obiect.

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Sol. Distinguish between Generation and Communication, ¹and between Essence and Person: the Person begets and is begotten, but the Essence neither begets, nor is begotten, but only is communicated.

Sol. Distinguish betweene Generation and Communication, ¹and betweene Essence and Person: the Person begets and is begotten, but the Essence neither begets, nor is begotten, but onely is communicated.

1Sol.

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Ob. If the Essence of the Father and the Son be all one, ¹

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

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, ¹

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. 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, 1

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. 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, ¹

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.