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The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

Name: The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…
Author: Nicholas Byfield

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.

Nicholas Byfield 1579–1622London: printed by G.M. for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1626

[8], 563 [i.e. 535], [23] p. · 212k words · STC 4233.3 · ESTC S113882

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THE CREED. › Article 1 › Maker of Heaven and Earth. › Question and answer 4: Quest. 4. But hath every particular man a good Angel and a bad?THE CREEDE. › Article 1 › Maker of Heauen and Earth. › Question and answer 4: Quest. 4. But hath euery particular man a good Angell and a bad?

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3. Seeing all men are the work of Gods hands, and that our God made them, it should teach Superiors to show due respect to their Inferiors, in gifts, estate, age or the like: for he that made the rich, made the poor also: he that made the Master, made the Servant also: and therefore Inferiors are not to be despised, Job 31. 13. 15. Pro. 14. 31. All mankind made of one blood, Acts 17. 26.

3. Seeing all men are the worke of Gods hands, and that our God made them, it should teach Superiours to shew due respect to their Inferiours, in gifts, estate, age or the like: for he that made the rich, made the poore also: hee that made the Master, made the Seruant also: and therefore Inferiours are not to be despised, Iob 31. 13. 15. Pro. 14. 31. All mankind made of one bloud, Acts 17. 26.

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4. We should take heed of reasoning against the Justice of God, in disposing of men to conditions of less honour in this life, or in damning of wicked men in hell, for they are all the work of his hands, and as the clay to the Potter, Rom. 9. 21, 22, 23.

4. We should take heede of reasoning against the Iustice of God, in disposing of men to conditions of lesse honour in this life, or in damning of wicked men in hell, for they are all the worke of his hands, and as the clay to the Potter,

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Nicholas Byfield 1579–1622

Place

London

Printer

G.M.

Bookseller

Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith

Year

1626

Size

[8], 563 [i.e. 535], [23] p.

Words

212,467

Catalogue

STC 4233.3 · ESTC S113882

Text

EEBO-TCP A69028

Passages

2,700

Sections

Title page

The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

The second Article.

And in Jesus Christ.

And in Iesus Christ.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

The second Article.

And in Jesus Christ.

And in Iesus Christ.

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