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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 thing is, by what Evidence mens causes shall be tried, and how the sins of the wicked shall be proved against them? And for answer hereunto, we read Reu. 20. 12. that when the dead both great and small shall stand before the Lord, there shall be certain Books opened, out of which shall be taken manifest evidence in all the Trials. Now what books these shall be, other Scriptures tell us: and so we read of five books that are likely then to be opened.

The third thing is, by what Euidence mens causes shall be tryed, and how the sinnes of the wicked shall be proued against them? And for answer hereunto, we reade Reu. 20. 12. that when the dead both great and small shall stand before the Lord, there shall be certaine Books opened, out of which shall be taken manifest euidence in all the Trials. Now what books these shall be, other Scriptures tell vs: and so we reade of fiue books that are likely then to be opened.

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The first is the book of Nature, and so the creatures abused by men shall be for evidence against men: as unto the Idolatrous Jews, the very horns of their Altars shall testify against them, Jer. 17. 1. their sin is graven, and as it were written upon the creatures they have abused.

The first is the booke of Nature, and so the creatures abused by men shall be for euidence against men: as vnto the Idolatrous Iewes, the very hornes of their Altars shall testifie against them, Ier. 17. 1. their sinne is grauen, and as it were written vpon the creatures they haue abused.

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