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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 This mighty creature thus made and ordered by GOD, serves to set out the great glory of Gods wisdom and power, as the Prophet David with admiration observes, Psal. 104. 25. and if the Sea be so great and mighty, how great and mighty is the Lord, that so easily rules so vast a creature, Psal. 93. 3, 4. the very Sea shows that he is GOD alone, Neh 9. 6.
1 This mighty creature thus made and ordered by GOD, serues to set out the great glory of Gods wisdome and power, as the Prophet Dauid with admiration obserues, Psal. 104. 25. and if the Sea be so great and mighty, how great and mighty is the Lord, that so easily rules so vast a creature, Psal. 93. 3, 4. the very Sea shewes that he is GOD alone, Neh 9. 6.
2 The Lord himself notes it with indignation, as a foul offence against him, that men do not learn for ever to be afraid of God that hath set such bounds to the Sea, that by his own word stays the Sea from overwhelming us all, Jer. 5. 22. To see the waves of the Sea tossing themselves, and yet are kept in within the very sands, that they dare not pass over them, and though they roar yet cannot prevail to get beyond the bound God hath set them, should make a mans heart tremble at the power of God.
2 The Lord himselfe notes it with indignation, as a foule offence against him, that men doe not learne for euer to be afraid of God that hath set such bounds to the Sea, that by his owne word stayes the Sea from ouerwhelming vs all,