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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.
6. That God would in his due time bring them all to him in heaven, that they may for ever behold his glory there, verse 24.
6. That God would in his due time bring them all to him in heauen, that they may for euer behold his glory there, verse 24.
These are marvellous things, and should wonderfully affect us and comfort us.
These are maruellous things, and should wonderfully affect vs and comfort vs.
5. By what arguments our Saviour urgeth these petitions: for his very reasons do show what care he had of us, and how he pities us, and that he stands upon our right. And so we shall find that he used four Reasons why God should grant all he asked for them. The first was because we are Gods: thine they are, vers. 9, 10. and therefore God should defend us in that we are his own, and belong to his charge and care. The second was, because ⟨p. 339⟩the world hates us, vers. 14. we are likely to be so ill used in the world, that God must needs look to us, to protect, and provide for us. The third was because our Saviour himself should be now no more in this world to look to us in his own person, and therefore he prays God to look to us, vers. 11. The last was because he had sanctified himself for our sakes, and therefore pleads his own merits for us, vers. 19.
5. By what arguments our Sauiour vrgeth these pe•itions: for his very reasons doe shew what care he had of vs, and how he pities vs, and that he stands vpon our right. And so we shall finde that hee vsed foure Reasons why God should grant all he asked for them. The first was because we are Gods: thine they are, vers. 9, 10. and therefore God should defend vs in that we are his owne, and belong to his charge and care. The second was, because