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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.
1. Men beget without themselves, so as the Son is divided from the Father: but so doth not GOD the Father beget Christ his Son, he is distinguished from the Father but not divided, the Father begets in himself.
1. Men beget without themselues, so as the Sonne is diuided from the Father: but so doth not GOD the Father beget Christ his Sonne, hee is distinguished from the Father but not diuided, the Father begets in himselfe.
2. The substance of the Son amongst us, may be like the Father, but it is not the Fathers substance. But in the Trinity the Father and the Son are of the same substance, consubstantial.
2. The substance of the Son amongst vs, may bee like the Father, but it is not the Fathers substance. But in the Trinity the Father and the Sonne are of the same substance, consubstantiall.
3. In corporal Generation, the Father derives unto the Son but a part of his substance, but GOD the Father ⟨p. 130⟩communicates his whole substance to his Sonne.
3. In corporall Generation, the Father deriues vnto the Sonne but a part of his substance, but GOD the Father ⟨p. 130⟩communicates his whole substance to his Sonne.