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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.
And so Heaven consists of three parts, and every part bears the name of Heaven: The first part next to us is the Air and all that is between us and the Moon: so fowls of the Air are called the fowls of Heaven, Gen. 1. 26. The second part is the Firmament, in which are the Stars, Sun, and Moon, Psal. 19. 7. The third part is the Habitation of God and Angels, the seat of the glory of God and his blessed one, where the body of Christ now lives, Mark 16. 19. and is called the third heavens, 1 Cor. 12. 2. and this is the Heaven especially meant, Gen. 11. for when there he saith, God Created heaven and earth, and the earth was without form, &c. he notes that God used a twofold way of Creation: some things he made immediately of nothing, as the Heaven of the blessed: some things he made of matter which was first made of nothing: for out of that Chaos mentioned, Gen. 2. did the Lord extract and form all this visible world, both the firmament and light, and the elements and all creatures; only spirits, and the Heaven of the blessed he made of no preexisting matter, and that honour have the souls of men, which are immediately created of nothing.
And so Heauen consists of three parts, and euery parte beares the name of Heauen: The first part next to vs is the Ayre and all that is betweene vs and the Moone: so foules of the Ayre are called the foules of Heauen, Gen. 1. 26. The second part is the Firmament, in which are the Starres, Sun, and Moon, Psal. 19. 7. The third part is the Habitation of God and Angels, the seate of the glory of God and his blessed one, where the body of Christ now liues, Marke 16. 19. and is called the third heauens,