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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.
4. The ordinances of heaven, or the Laws which God hath given to these mighty creatures, or the covenant he hath made with them, binding them to do his will: granting them dominion over the earth by their influences which cannot be resisted or restrained, Job 38. 33. 31. And covenanting with them, to preserve them in their course, Jer. 33. 25. and binding them to keep their seasons, and to do the work appointed them, as the Sun to lighten the world by day, and the Moon and Stars by night, so as the Moon must know her seasons, and the Sun his going down, Psal. 136. 9. & 104. 19.
4. The ordinances of heauen, or the Lawes which God hath giuen to these mighty creatures, or the couenant hee hath made with them, binding them to doe his will: granting them dominion ouer the earth by their influences which cannot bee resisted or restrained, Iob 38. 33. 31. And couenanting with them, to preserue them in their course, Ier. 33. 25. and binding them to keepe their seasons, and to doe the worke appointed them, as the Sunne to lighten the world by day, and the Moone and Starres by night, so as the Moone must know her seasons, and the Sunne his going downe, Psal. 136. 9. & 104. 19.
5. The Hosts or Armies of creatures that people the heavens: and these are praised: first, for their comeliness, and hence it is said, that the Spirit of the Lord garnished the heavens,