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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.
4. We may hence gather what is the woeful case of all impenitent sinners: if it were such a grief to Christ to be forsaken for a time, what is their case that shall be forsaken for ever? If God thus torment his own Son, that never knew sin, how can he spare them that have been transgressors from the womb?
4. We may hence gather what is the wofull case of all impenitent sinners: if it were such a griefe to Christ to be forsaken for a time, what is their case that shall be forsaken for euer? If God thus torment his owne Sonne, that neuer knew sinne, how can he spare them that haue beene transgressors from the wombe?
5. We should hence learn to pity poor Christians that are afflicted in conscience: no torments of the body are like the trouble of the conscience, which our Saviour shows here in his own case. And withal we may hence learn to judge charitably of such as say they are damned or forsaken of God, for we see it may be found in Gods dear children: though it be true that in some men these ⟨p. 398⟩words are the fruits of hellish despair.
5. We should hence learne to pitie poore Christians that are afflicted in conscience: no torments of the body are like the trouble of the conscience, which our Sauiour shewes here in his owne case. And withall we may hence learne to iudge charitably of such as say they are damned or forsaken of God, for we see it may be found in Gods deare children: though it be true that in some men these ⟨p. 398⟩words are the fruits of hellish despaire.