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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.
About the body of man God hath done many things, more then he did to any other bodily creatures: for
1 Whereas all other bodies were created only by saying, let them be, & they were so, God did take more special regard of mans body, and therefore doth form it (as it were with his own hands) out of the dust of the earth, Gen. 2. 7.
1 Whereas all other bodies were created only by saying, let them be, & they were so, God did take more special regard of mans body, and therefore doth forme it (as it were with his owne hands) out of the dust of the earth, Gen. 2. 7.
2 The body of man now since the Creation, is not propagated by the Parents without the wonderful workmanship of God: and therefore all our bodies are said to be made and fashioned by God as well as Adams, Job 10. 8. Yea, it was the Spirit of the strong God that made us, and the breath of the Almighty that put life into us, Job 33. 4. We are creatures now as well as Adam, Mark 16. 15. and David saith, He was fearfully and wonderfully made, it was a marvellous work, and he was curiously wrought in the womb, Psal. 139. 14, 15, 16. Yea, he saith there, that God did it by the Book, having written it down from eternity, how all his members should be fashioned. Every part of our bodies (if we knew the forming of them) would show a special glory of working in God, our bones would say, Lord who is like to the?