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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 5 › TenetTHE CREEDE. › Article 5 › Tenet
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 the best place to fish in is the Sea, and not small Rivers or Brooks. The places to catch souls are those where there is the greatest multitude of people.
3. That the best place to fish in is the Sea, and not small Riuers or Brookes. The places to catch soules are those where there is the greatest multitude of people.
4. That in the spiritual fishing we fish in the dark, as they did in the night: we cannot see where our nets fall, or what hearts of our hearers our words fall upon.
4. That in the spirituall fishing we fish in the darke, as they did in the night: we cannot see where our nets fall, or what hearts of our hearers our words fall vpon.
5. That godly Ministers may take great pains, and yet catch nothing: as they fished all night and caught nothing.
5. That godly Ministers may take great paines, and yet catch nothing: as they fished all night and caught nothing.