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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.
Hitherto of the Nature of Faith: The ground of Faith were worthy to be considered: for it is not enough to know that we must believe, or what things are to be believed, but upon what ground or warrant we do believe it. And so here I might consider of the Word of God as the ground of Faith or 1original of Faith: for he that will ever prosper in believing these Articles, must be resolved of these things:
Hitherto of the Nature of Faith: The ground of Faith were worthy to be considered: for it is not inough to know that we must beleeue, or what things are to be beleeued, but vpon what ground or warrant wee doe beleeue it. And so heere I might consider of the Word of God as the ground of Faith or 1originall of Faith: for he that will euer prosper in beleeuing these Articles, must be resolued of these things:
- 1Principium fidei
1. That the things he believeth are warranted to him by the testimony of God himself; for no humane testimony of particular men, or of the whole Church, can be the ground of a mans Faith.
1. That the things he beleeueth are warranted to him by the testimonie of God himselfe; for no humane testimony of particular men, or of the whole Church, can be the ground of a mans Faith.
2. That the books of the Prophets and Apostles are the very word of himself, and so infallible.