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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. Because God hath made man Lord over the other creatures, and bestowed upon him dominion over the beasts of the field, and fowls of the Air, and fishes of the sea, yet the vastest creature above, or below, doth minister unto man: and God hath planted a natural fear of man in other creatures, Psal. 8. •. Gen. 1. & 9. 2.
6. Because God hath made man Lord ouer the other creatures, and bestowed vpon him dominion ouer the beastes of the field, and foules of the Ayre, and fishes of the sea, yet the vastest creature aboue, or below, doth minister vnto man: and God hath planted a naturall feare of man in other creatures, Psal. 8. •. Gen. 1. & 9. 2.
7. Because the body and soul of a man is the Temple of the holy Ghost to dwell in: so it was with the first man, and so it is still in some men even in this world, 2. Cor. 6. 16. God dwells in man and walks in him.
7. Because the body and soule of a man is the Temple of the holy Ghost to dwell in: so it was with the first man, and so it is still in some men euen in this world, 2. Cor. 6. 16. God dwells in man and walkes in him.