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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.
3 That every creature serves for some use, and many of the creatures dispatch exceeding much work, in the uses unto which the Creator hath appointed them: and every creature hath a kind of exactness and perfectness in his nature and being.
3 That euery creature serues for some vse, and many of the creatures dispatch exceeding much worke, in the vses vnto which the Creator hath appointed them: and euery creature hath a kinde of exactnesse and perfectnesse in his nature and being.
4 The strange variety of creatures set in this visible world, with their most various proprieties: take any room of this house, who can count the number of plants, trees, beasts, or men upon earth? Who can reckon the number of Seas, Rivers, Ponds, Springs, or creatures in them: or count the number of Fowls or Flies in the Air, or Stars in Heaven? And this variety is the more wonderful, if we straightly consider that our God made them all: and that they are all still preserved in their kinds to this day: and that they are made all in such different forms and portraitures, not only one kind from another, but one singular creature from another in the same kind.
4 The strange variety of creatures set in this visible world, with their most various proprieties: take any roome of this house, who can count the number of plants, trees, beasts, or men vpon earth? Who can reckon the number of Seas, Riuers, Ponds, Springs, or creatures in them: or count the number of Foules or Flyes in the Ayre, or Starres in Heauen? And this variety is the more wond•rfull, if wee straightly consider that our God made them all: and that they are all still preserued in their kindes to this day: and that they are made all in such different formes and portraitures, not onely one kinde from another, but one singular creature from another in the same kinde.