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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 1 › I Believe.THE CREEDE. › Article 1 › I Beleeue.
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.
5. Nor is it that faith they call a Moral faith, by which a man 1believes out of charity, that other men are Gods Elect and true Christians.
5. Nor is it that faith they call a Morall faith, by which a man 1beleeues out of charity, that other men are Gods Elect and true Christians.
- 15. Fides moralis, which some call Credulitas charitativa.5. Fides moralis, which some call Credulitas charitatiua.
Lastly, when he hath freed his heart from the mistakings may arise from any of the former, he must then try himself by the direct signs of a complete and effectual faith, and these things which essentially belong to the true believer: and so a man may have comfort that he is a true believer.
Lastly, when he hath freed his heart from the mistakings may arise from any of the former, hee must then trie himselfe by the direct signes of a compleate and effectuall faith, and these things which essentially belong to the true beleeuer: and so a man may haue comfort that hee is a true beleeuer.
1. If he can show the warrant of his faith, from the Testimony of Gods Word in the Scriptures: A man may then comfort himself that he is not deceived in his faith, when he is able to prove these doctrines of faith by the evidence of Gods Word,