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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
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.
1. That God had given Christ full power to bestow eternal life upon the godly, vers. 2.
1. That God had giuen Christ full power to bestow eternall life vpon the godly, vers. 2.
2. That the godly were Gods own people, and that he had bestowed them all upon Christ to redeem them, and provide for them, vers. 6, 10.
2. That the godly were Gods owne people, and that he had bestowed them all vpon Christ to redeeme them, and prouide for them, vers. 6, 10.
3. That Christ is glorified in them, vers. 10. meaning that God had given him leave to make himself glorious by advancing them, and that he did account himself to have no glory on earth, but what he had in and from them.
3. That Christ is glorified in them, vers. 10. meaning that God had giuen him leaue to make himselfe glorious by aduancing them, and that he did account himselfe to haue no glory on earth, but what he had in and from them.