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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. By the names and Titles given them. They are called spirits, Stars of the Morning, Sons of God, Principalities, and Powers, Thrones, and Dominions, Seraphim and Cherubim, yea, Gods: all which show they were wonderfully made and of great excellency.
1. By the names and Titles giuen them. They are called spirits, Starres of the Morning, Sonnes of God, Principalities, and Powers, Thrones, and Dominions, Seraphim and Cherubim, yea, Gods: all which shew they were wonderfully made and of great excellencie.
2. By the substance he made them to be: for the substance of Angels is not corporeal, and therefore purer then any bodies ⟨p. 157⟩in Heaven and Earth, and so pure as no senses can discern them: for though God only be simply [Greek or Hebrew], Immaterial, yet Angels are Immaterial in respect of any Physical composition, for they consist not of matter and form, as other Creatures do: but have only that kind of composition, which they call Metaphysical, for they are compounded of essence or act and power.
2. By the substance he made them to be: for the substance of Angels is not corporeall, and therefore purer then any bodies ⟨p. 157⟩in Heauen and Earth, and so pure as no senses can discerne them: for though God onely be simply 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Immateriall, yet Angels are Immateriall in respect of any Physicall composition, for they consist not of matter and forme, as other Creatures doe: but haue onely that kinde of composition, which they call Metaphysicall, for they are compounded of essence or act and power.