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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.
Answ. Angels serve for many uses. They are Apparitors 1or servants about God, ready to receive Commandments from him▪ and they worship God, by lauding and praising him in Heaven, Psal. 104. 4. & 148. 2. Isaiah 6. 3. Luke 2. 14. Revel. 4. 8, 9. & 5. 13. and they are appointed as special attendants about CHRIST as the MESSIAH, Mat. 4. 11. and they serve also as ministering spirits to keep and attend upon the Elect men, Heb. 1. 14. and manifold are the services which Angels do for men both in life and death. In life they defend and keep them as a strong guard about them,