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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 We have cause to admire and wonder at the glory of God, that made such a huge and strong building: wonder, I say, at him that gives place for all these things to be in, & yet himself contained in no place; that moves all these things, and yet is himself unmoveable; that made all these creatures, being himself uncreated, and that showed such skill in the least things as is beyond the art of all men to do the like.
1 We haue cause to admire and wonder at the glory of God, that made such a huge and strong building: wonder, I say, at him that giues place for all these things to be in, & yet himselfe conteined in no place; that moues all these things, and yet is himselfe vnmoueable; that made all these creatures, being himselfe vncreated, and that shewed such skill in the least things as is beyond the art of all men to doe the like.
2 We should be afraid to displease him, that is Lord of such Hosts, that commands so many & great armies, and can by them at his pleasure suddenly fight against us and destroy us.
2 We should bee afraid to displease him, that is Lord of such Hosts, that commands so many & great armies, and can by them at his pleasure suddenly fight against vs and destroy vs.
3 Man hath great cause of Humiliation when he looks upon this Frame, both when he feels his ignorance, that can see so little into the glory of these works of God, scarce discerning those things of them which their outward forms manifestly offer to his understanding, & especially to think of it, how all other creatures have kept their first perfection, and still keep their places and works, and do their ⟨p. 164⟩