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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.
2. If he believe these Truths also with Application to himself.
2. If hee beleeue these Truthes also with Application to himselfe.
3. If he find his heart so established, that he can resolve to suffer for his faith, and can abide the Trial of reproaches, losses, or any Persecution from the world, and this he can endure simply for the love of God, and the truth, and not for carnal or corrupt ends, Phil. 1. 2•.
3. If hee finde his heart so established, that hee can resolue to suffer for his faith, and can abide the Tryall of reproaches, losses, or any Persecution from the world, and this hee can indure simply for the loue of God, and the truth, and not for carnall or corrupt ends, Phil. 1. 2•.
4. If he find in his heart and life, the lively fruits and effects of faith: such as are,
4. If he finde in his heart and life, the liuely fruites and effects of faith: such as are,