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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. 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.
3 By the place where he sets them when he had made them: for he seated them in heavenly places, Ephes. 3. 10. he made them to live about himself, in the Chamber of his presence, always before his face. They were Creatures made of purpose to live in the Court of the King of Kings.
3 By the place where he sets them when he had made them: for he seated them in heauenly places, Ephes. 3. 10. hee made them to liue about himselfe, in the Chamber of his presence, alwaies before his face. They were Creatures made of purpose to liue in the Court of the King of Kings.