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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.
5. The interest that God hath still in these things both in respect of right and power: of right, and so he calls the corn, wool, and flax, the Israelites had, His wool, and flax, &c. Hosea 2. 8. 9. and the Trees are called the Trees of the Lord, Psal. 104. 16. and so of power, because though he hath set a course in Nature for the growth of these, yet he hath not shut out the free use of his own power, nor is Nature every way able of her self to produce these things, and therefore God saith, he causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and the herb for the service of man, and it is he that brings forth bread out of the Earth, &c. Psal. 104. 14. 15. 'tis he that reneweth the face of the Earth every year, Psalm 104. •0.
5. The interest that God hath still in these things both in respect of right and power: of right, and so he calls the corne, wooll, and flaxe, the Israelites had, His wooll, and flaxe, &c. Hosea 2. 8. 9. and the Trees are called the Trees of the Lord, Psal. 104. 16. and so of power, because though he hath set a course in Nature for the growth of these, yet he hath not shut out the free vse of his owne power, nor is Nature euery way able of her selfe to produce these things, and therefore God saith, he causeth the grasse to grow for the cattell, and the herbe for the seruice of man, and it is he that brings forth bread out of the Earth, &c. Psal. 104. 14. 15. 'tis hee that reneweth the face of the Earth euery yeere, Psalme 104. •0.