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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.
2. To be fully established in the persuasion of the sufficiency and efficacy of the obedience and passion of Jesus Christ for us: we may confidently call him the Lord our righteousness seeing God is called his father: for his obedience, is more then the obedience of a man, yea, of more value then the obedience of worlds of men; and besides he is all in all with God the father who so loves him, he can deny him nothing, &c.
2. To be fully established in the perswasion of the sufficiency and efficacie of the obedience and passion of Iesus Christ for vs: we may confidently call him the Lord our righteousnes seeing God is called his father: for his obedience, is more then the obedience of a man, yea, of more value then the obedience of worlds of men; and besides hee is all in all with God the father who so loues him, hee can denie him nothing, &c.
3. To rely upon him for instruction. The father loves him and shows him all things that he doth or intends to do, and in 1him are all treasures of wisdom and knowledge, & therefore we should hear him always, in any thing he will reveal to us: yea, God the father chargeth us with this duty, as the very use he would have us make of the knowledge of his eternal generation, as appears by the voice from heaven mentioned, Mat 17. 5. While he yet spake, behold a bright ⟨p. 132⟩cloud shadowed them, and behold there came a voice out of the cloud saying, This is that my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear him.
3. To rely vpon him for instruction. The father loues him and shewes him all things that he doth or intends to doe, and in 1him are all treasures of wisedome and knowledge, & therefore we should heare him alwaies, in any thing hee will reueale to vs: yea, God the father chargeth vs with this duty, as the very vse he would haue vs make of the knowledge of his eternal generation, as appeares by the voice from heauen mentioned, Mat 17. 5. While he yet spake, behold a bright