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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.
6. Woe to wicked men, for if the Earth be his, and they his Subjects, he hath more power to subdue and punish them as rebels then any of the Princes of the Earth, and therefore can easily consume them out of the earth, Psal. 104. ult. & 58. 12. and if he can make the very earth tremble if he but look upon it, Psal. 104. 32. then where shall they appear, and how shall they stand before his Indignation? Nahum. 1. 5. 6. and if they be borne with for a time, and get great estates on Earth, yet must they be brought to judgement as usurpers, because the Earth is the Lords, and they never had a Title from him, for what they hold, and therefore their Riches are riches of Iniquity.
6. Woe to wicked men, for if the Earth be his, and they his Subiects, he hath more power to subdue and punish them as rebells then any of the Princes of the Earth, and therefore can easily consume them out of the earth, Psal. 104. vlt. & 58. 12. and if hee can make the very earth tremble if he but look vpon it, Psal. 104. 32. then where shall they appeare, and how shall they stand before his Indignation? Nahum. 1. 5. 6. and if they be borne with for a time, and get great estates on Earth, yet must they be brought to iudgement as vsurpers, because the Earth is the Lords, and they neuer had a Title from him, for what they hold, and therefore their Riches are riches of Iniquity.
Lastly, seeing the Earth is the Lords, and all that therein is, Christians should take heed of vain scruples about the use of the Creatures: and learn to know their liberty from ⟨p. 185⟩