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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. It ingraffs the Believer into Jesus Christ: It is the bond that ties us to Christ, and in Christ to God: by faith we are made members of his body.
2. It ingraffs the Beleeuer into Iesus Christ: It is the bond that tyes vs to Christ, and in Christ to God: by faith we are made members of his body.
3. It procureth our adoption to be the sons of God: and so makes us greater persons then if we were borne of the greatest bloods amongst men, John 1. 12.
3. It procureth our adoption to be the sonnes of God: and so makes vs greater persons then if we were borne of the greatest blouds amongst men, Iohn 1. 12.
4. It brings Christ to dwell in our hearts by his spirit, Eph. 3. 17.