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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 The Original of these waters; and that God claims as a glory to himself, to have made the Sea as well as other vast Creatures, the Sea is his and he made it, Psal. 95. 5. he is the God that made the Sea and the dry Land, Jonah 1. 9. and for the manner of making it, as it had divers things common with other creatures, as to be made of nothing, and by the Word of God, and so the waters in special are said to have the Spirit of God to sit upon them, as the Hen sitteth upon the Chickens, to give it form and digestion, Gen. 1. 2.
2 The Originall of these waters; and that God claimes as a glory to himselfe, to haue made the Sea as well as other vast Creatures, the Sea is his and hee made it, Psal. 95. 5. he is the God that made the Sea and the dry Land, Ionah 1. 9. and for the manner of making it, as it had diuers things common with other creatures, as to be made of nothing, and by the Word of God, and so the waters in speciall are said to haue the Spirit of God to sit vpon them, as the Hen sitteth vpon the Chickens, to giue it forme and digestion, Gen. 1. 2.
3 The wonder of Gods power in placing and disposing of the Sea, and that in many respects: as