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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.
Hitherto of the nature and power of God and the Trinity of persons: the works of God follow. The works of God are of two sorts, some Internal, some external. The Internal works are either personal or essential. The personal works of God internal, are such as flow from each person in the Trinity, according to the Characteristical propriety of the person: such works were generation of the Son, and proceeding of the Holy Ghost. The Internal essential works were the decrees of God which he made in himself from all eternity, concerning all things in the world, especially concerning men and Angels, these works are common to all three persons, as flowing from the essence of God. ⟨p. 145⟩Now of these works the Creed makes no express mention, because they are strong meat, and above the capacity of weak Christians.
HItherto of the nature and power of God and the Trinity of persons: the workes of God follow. The works of God are of two sorts, some Internall, some externall. The Internall workes are either personall or essentiall. The personall workes of God internall, are such as flow from each person in the Trinity, according to the Characteristicall propriety of the person: such workes were generation of the Sonne, and proceeding of the Holy Ghost. The Internall essentiall workes were the decrees of God which hee made in himselfe from all eternity, concerning all things in the world, especially concerning men and Angels, these workes are common to all three persons, as flowing from the essence of God. ⟨p. 145⟩Now of these workes the Creed makes no expresse mention, because they are strong meat, and aboue the capacity of weake Christians.