A69028:1683
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
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.
4. That the devil, being but Gods Sergeant or Jailer, hath now no power over us, Heb. 2. 14.
4. That the deuill, being but Gods Sergeant or Iaylor, hath now no power ouer vs, Heb. 2. 14.
5. That we are absolved and discharged from the guilt of all our sins, and may by faith lay hold upon all the promises of grace and pardon in the Scripture.
5. That we are absolued and discharged from the guilt of all our sinnes, and may by faith lay hold vpon all the promises of grace and pardon in the Scripture.
6. That sin shall have no more dominion over us; for the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all our sins, as well in respect of virtue, as in respect of merit; and against the power of it, as well as against the guilt of it, Rom. 6.
6. That sinne shall haue no more dominion ouer vs; for the bloud of Iesus Christ cleanseth vs from all our sinnes, as well in respect of vertue, as in respect of merit; and against the power of it, as well as against the guilt of it, Rom. 6.