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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 6 › TenetTHE CREEDE. › Article 6 › 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.
1. This Article should make us willing to dye, seeing it is the highest point of our preferment to ascend to heaven; and seeing to dye is but to ascend to heaven and go to our Father, and that Christ ascended to take possession for us.
1. This Article should make vs willing to dye, seeing it is the highest point of our preferment to ascend to heauen; and seeing to dye is but to ascend to heauen and goe to our Father, and that Christ ascended to take possession for vs.
2. It should teach us not to mourn immoderately for the loss of our dearest friends, seeing they are ascended to heaven, and we can never lose so much as the Disciples did, when such a Master and Saviour was parted from them, and went to heaven.
2. It should teach vs not to mourne immoderately for the losse of our dearest friends, seeing they are ascended to heauen, and wee can neuer lose so much as the Disciples did, when such a Master and Sauiour was parted from them, and went to heauen.
3. It should stir us up to all possible care of an holy and contented life: it should seem to us a monstrous base thing to serve sin, or the devil, or the world, that are such shameful captives: to be a slave to a slave is a matchless baseness: and yet this is the condition of the most, and which makes it more woeful, man likes it, and desires to continue so still.
3. It should stirre vs vp to all possible care of an holy and contented life: it should seeme to vs a monstrous base thing to serue sinne, or the deuill, or the world, that are such shamefull captiues: to be a slaue to a slaue is a matchlesse basenesse: and yet this is the condition of the most, and which makes it more wofull, man likes it, and desires to continue so still.