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The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

Name: The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…
Author: Nicholas Byfield

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.

Nicholas Byfield 1579–1622London: printed by G.M. for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1626

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THE CREED. › Article 7 › From thence he shall come to judge both quick and dead. › Ob. But how can this be just, that they should be punished for ever…: Ob. But how can this be just, that they should be punished for ever, that have sinned b…THE CREEDE. › Article 7 › From thence he shall come to iudge both quicke and dead. › Ob. But how can this be iust, that they should be punished for euer…: Ob. But how can this be iust, that they should be punished for euer, that haue sinned b…

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The third sign is the revealing and discovering of Antichrist, and the making of it known who was that great Antichrist, 2 Thes. 2. 4. and this was done by Gods two witnesses, that is, by a few choice Instruments that God raised up in the very times of this Apostasy, to preach and teach, that the Pope was Antichrist, and this was done in several ages of that Apostasy.

The third signe is the reuealing and discouering of Antichrist, and the making of it knowne who was that great Antichrist, 2 Thes. 2. 4. and this was done by Gods two witnesses, that is, by a few choise Instruments that God raised vp in the very times of this Apostasie, to preach and teach, that the Pope was Antichrist, and this was done in seuerall ages of that Apostasie.

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The fourth sign is the preaching again of the everlasting Gospel, and the public profession of reformed religion, Rev. 14. 6. 7 . and 15. 1, 2, 3. and this began in the age next before us that now live, in the ministry of Luther, Zwinglius, and divers other.

The fourth signe is the preaching againe of the euerlasting Gospel, and the publike profession of reformed religion, Rev. 14. 6. 7 . and 15. 1, 2, 3. and this began in the age next before vs that now liue, in the ministery of Luther, Zwinglius, and diuers other.

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