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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.THE CREEDE. › Article 2 › And in Iesus.
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 his work is to save his people, Matthew 1. 21.
1. Because his worke is to saue his people, Matthew 1. 21.
2. Because there is no other Saviour but he: he alone saveth them: there is no other Name in Heaven and Earth by which we can be saved, Acts 4. 12. Rom. 5. 17.
2. Because there is no other Sauiour but he: hee alone saueth them: there is no other Name in Heauen and Earth by which we can be saued, Acts 4. 12. Rom. 5. 17.
3. Because he saves from sins which no man can do: to deliver from diseases of the body, Physicians may; or from thraldom and outward servitude, great Princes, or commanders may; but to save the soul and from sin, none but Christ can, Mat. 1. 21. And to save from sin is the greater work, because it cannot be done, unless Gods Justice be satisfied, and mans nature recovered, and the devils conquered, and the world overcome, &c.