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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.
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.
6. That Christ is present with his servants in the work, or when they have not success, though they discern him not.
6. That Christ is present with his seruants in the worke, or when they haue not successe, though they discerne him not.