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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.
3. That he that reproves sin in others in sincerity of heart, doth acknowledge sin in himself, if he be guilty of the same, or the like offence: The repenting Thief makes this confession in his own name, as well as in the name of the railing Thief.
3. That he that reproues sinne in others in sincerity of heart, doth acknowledge sinne in himselfe, if he be guilty of the same, or the like offence: The repenting Theefe makes this confession in his owne name, as well as in the name of the railing Theefe.
In the second part of his Confession, I observe;
In the second part of his Confession, I obserue;
1. It is a sign of true grace, to have from the heart an honourable opinion of Gods servants, though they be extremely disgraced, and slandered, and reviled; as in the Thief here, to believe Christ did nothing amiss, though almost all the world accused him, and put him to death as a malefactor.
1. It is a signe of true grace, to haue from the heart an honourable opinion of Gods seruants, though they be extremely disgraced, and slandered, and reuiled; as in the Theefe here, to beleeue Christ did nothing amisse, though almost all the world accused him, and put him to death as a malefactor.