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The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…
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.
London: printed by G.M. for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1626
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In the Creed here Faith beholds God as a Father principally in respect of eternal generation, as the first Person in ⟨p. 129⟩Trinity is the Father of the second, but withal, as it extracts virtue out of that high Mystery, it lays hold upon the Father of Christ, as he is our Father in Christ also: for Faith is of that Nature, that when it lays hold of any thing, it will not off, till it have gotten by contemplation and conclusion what may be collected any way from thence.
In the Creed heere Faith beholds God as a Father principally in respect of eternall generation, as the first Person in ⟨p. 129⟩Trinity is the Father of the second, but withall, as it extracts vertue out of that high Mysterie, it layes hold vpon the Father of Christ, as he is our Father in Christ also: for Faith is of that Nature, that when it laies hold of any thing, it will not off, till it haue gotten by contemplation and conclusion what may be collected any way from thence.
We are first then to consider of God as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and then as our Father.
Wee are first then to consider of God as the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, and then as our Father.
As God is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, these things would be proved and opened.
As God is the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, these things would be proued and opened.