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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 They must be such as will attend daily at the School door, at the gates of wisdom, Prou. 8. 34. They must be constant hearers, not such as will play the Truants, or come to be taught but now and then, but they must be such as will be present as often as Christ shall read: not like those that heard him and marvelled, and went their way and left him, Mat. 22.
2 They must be such as will attend dayly at the Schoole doore, at the gates of wisdome, Prou. 8. 34. They must be constant hearers, not such as will play the Truants, or come to be taught but now and then, but they must bee such as will be present as often as Christ shall reade: not like those that heard him and maruelled, and went their way and left him, Mat. 22.
3 They must be such as are broken in heart, and wounded in Spirit for their sins: for he was sent to preach the Gospel to them that are broken in heart: such as bewail their sins, and know no sorrows greater then for their sins, these are such as Christ desires to teach, and will powerfully instruct, Isaiah 61. 1. CHRIST sends the rich and such as are hard hearted by whole scores empty away, he will not teach them, as we see by daily experience from Sabbath to Sabbath; when multitudes come to Church he doth speak to the hearts but of a very few, the rest he turns away to go as they came.
3 They must be such as are broken in heart, and wounded in Spirit for their sinnes: for he was sent to preach the Gospell to them that are broken in heart: such as bewaile their sinnes, and know no sorrowes greater then for their sinnes, these are such as Christ desires to teach, and will powerfully instruct, Esay 61. 1. CHRIST sends the rich and such as are hard hearted by whole skores empty away, he will not teach them, as we see by dayly experience from Sabbath to Sabbath; when multitudes come to Church he doth speake to the hearts but of a very few, the rest he turnes away to goe as they came.