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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.
Thus of the Airy Meteors: The watery Meteors follow, and those are Clouds, Snow, Mist, Dew, Frost, Hail, and Rain, and hither I may refer the Rainbow, and these are most frequently mentioned in Scripture, and though men for the commonness of these things do neglect the study of Gods glory in them, yet the Lord even from these things doth for our use gather many excellent observations to teach us and to show us his glory.
Thus of the Ayrie Meteors: The watry Meteors follow, and those are Clouds, Snow, Mist, Deaw, Frost, Haile, and Raine, and hither I may referre the Rainebow, and these are most frequently mentioned in Scripture, and though men for the commonnesse of these things doe neglect the study of Gods glory in them, yet the Lord euen from these things doth for our vse gather many excellent obseruations to teach vs and to shew vs his glory.
These things are commended in Scripture:
1 For the wonder of their original: who can tell who is the Father of the Rain, and who hath begotten the drops of the Dew, out of whose womb came the Ice, and who hath gendered the hoar Frost that comes from Heaven? who can show the secret of hiding the waters as with a stone, and freezing the face of the deep: who can lift up his voice to the Clouds, that abundance of waters may come down? Job 38. 28, 29, 30, 34.
1 For the wonder of their originall: who can tell who is the Father of the Raine, and who hath begotten the drops of the Deaw, out of whose wombe came the Ice, and who hath gendered the hoare Frost that comes from Heauen? who can shew the secret of hiding the waters as with a stone, and freezing the face of the deepe: who can lift vp his voice to the Clouds, that abundance of waters may come downe?