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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.
5. Theirs that say, that outward Baptism with water is precisely necessary to salvation: whereas this Thief was not baptised, and yet saved.
5. Theirs that say, that outward Baptisme with water is precisely necessary to saluation: whereas this Theefe was not baptised, and yet saued.
6. Theirs, that think heaven is had for mens merits, even for the deserts of their good works: that is false: for as Adam was placed in Paradise by Gods free gift and Creation, so are all the godly placed in heaven, and therefore doth Christ liken it to Paradise: Eternal life is the gift of God, Rom. 6. 23.
6. Theirs, that thinke heauen is had for mens merits, euen for the deserts of their good workes: that is false: for as Adam was placed in Paradise by Gods free gift and Creation, so are all the godly placed in heauen, and therefore doth Christ liken it to Paradise: Eternall life is the gift of God, Rom. 6. 23.
Thus of the Conversion of the Thief.
Thus of the Conuersion of the Theefe.