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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 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⟩work constantly in their seasons, obeying their Creator and doing his will, and he only that was best provided for, and made Lord of all, to be out of order, not to keep his rank, to live unprofitably, and neglect the work enjoined him, to be, I say, the only creature in Gods garden, that deserves the name of a weed fit to be rooted out, and the rather because by his fault he hath brought much hurt upon the whole Frame, and is the cause of that vanity or misery which any of the creatures suffer.
3 Man hath great cause of Humiliation when he lookes vpon this Frame, both when he feeles his ignorance, that can see so little into the glory of these works of God, scarce discerning those things of them which their outward formes manifestly off•r to his vnderstanding, & especially to think of it, how all other creatures haue kept their first perfection, and still keepe their places and workes, and doe their ⟨p. 164⟩worke constantly in their seasons, obeying their Creator and doing his will, and he only that was best prouided for, and made Lord of all, to be out of order, not to keepe his rancke, to liue vnprofitably, and neglect the worke inioyned him, to be, I say, the only creature in Gods garden, that deserues the name of a weed fit to be rooted out, and the rather because by his fault he hath brought much hurt vpon the whole Frame, and is the cause of that vanity or misery which any of the creatures suffer.