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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.
2. By loving the Lord Jesus above all things: accounting all things but loss and dung in comparison of the knowledge of him, 1. Pet. 1. 9. Phil. 3. 8. longing for his appearing, and praying daily that the Lord Jesus would come, Revel. 22. 1. Thes. 1. 10.
2. By louing the Lord Iesus aboue all things: accounting all things but losse and dung in comparison of the knowledge of him, 1. Pet. 1. 9. Phil. 3. 8. longing for his appearing, and praying daily that the Lord Iesus would come, Reuel. 22. 1. Thes. 1. 10.
3. By living to him: spending our days in his service, and as may become the honour of such a Saviour, 1. Thes. 4. 1. doing all things in his name, Colos. 3. 17. and seeking his glory more then our own things, Phil. 3. 20. we should set him always before us, Acts 2. 22. 25.