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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 Because it was utterly impossible for us to be any way ⟨p. 207⟩happy, or escape eternal damnation, if we had continued still under the old Covenant, Gal. 3. 13.
1 Because it was vtterly impossible for vs to bee any way ⟨p. 207⟩happy, or escape eternall damnation, if we had continued still vnder the old Couenant, Gal. 3. 13.
2 Because this is a grace vouchsafed to the nature of man only: for the Angels are lost, and for ever forsaken, and have no grace offered to them.
2 Because this is a grace vouchsafed to the nature of man only: for the Angels are lost, and for euer forsaken, and haue no grace offered to them.
3 Because it is a grace vouchsafed only to certain men, chosen of God out of the whole heap, and given to Christ, to be delivered and saved by him.
3 Because it is a grace vouchsafed only to certaine men, chosen of God out of the whole heape, and giuen to Christ, to be deliuered and saued by him.