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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
THE CREED. › Article 2 › And in Jesus Christ.THE CREEDE. › Article 2 › And in Iesus Christ.
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.
1. What need we have of a Redeemer, to be thus incarnate or thus humbled, &c.
1. What neede we haue of a Redeemer, to be thus incarnate or thus humbled, &c.
2. By what right we can be capable of any interest in a Redeemer.
3. In what manner we must believe these Articles.
3. In what manner wee must beleeue these Articles.
For the first, there are two things in the condition of every man by nature, which may show evidently that he doth infinitely need some course to be taken to free him out of that misery he is in: the one is his sins, the other is the punishment either is upon him, or he is liable to.
For the first, there are two things in the condition of euery man by nature, which may shew euidently that hee doth infinitely neede some course to bee taken to free him out of that misery he is in: the one is his sinnes, the other is the punishment either is vpon him, or he is liable to.