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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 Heaven of the blessed and the Host thereof, the Angels, and so of the world that is now invisible to us: we next come down to consider of this visible world, this world, I say, which is in our view, or may be seen: and ⟨p. 161⟩before I come to speak of the other two Heavens, I would briefly consider of Gods glory in the general in the making of this visible world, not so much for the matter of the creatures, or their natural forms or properties, or their next causes, which belongs properly to the Philosophers, but for such things as concern their first cause, which is God; or their end, which is Gods glory; or their use, which is rather spiritual then corporal, in demonstrating unto the soul of man the praises of God.
Hitherto of the Heauen of the blessed and the Hoste thereof, the Angels, and so of the world that is now inuisible to vs: we next come downe to consider of this visible world, this world, I say, which is in our view, or may bee seene: and ⟨p. 161⟩before I come to speake of the other two Heauens, I would briefly consider of Gods glory in the generall in the making of this visible world, not so much for the matter of the creatures, or their naturall formes or properties, or their next causes, which belongs properly to the Philosophers, but for such things as concerne their first cause, which is God; or their end, which is Gods glory; or their vse, which is rather spirituall then corporall, in demonstrating vnto the soule of man the praises of God.
The maker of this visible world was GOD, as well as of that invisible world, as is manifestly proved, Genesis 1. at large.
The maker of this visible world was GOD, as well as of that inuisible world, as is manifestly proued,