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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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From the description of the cause of the Reprobation, we may note,

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1. That it is not enough to refrain from evil, but we must do good. Not bearing of fruit will be a cause of cutting down the Tree.

1. That it is not enough to refraine from euill, but we must doe good. Not bearing of fruit will be a cause of cutting downe the Tree.

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2. All Religion is pretended in vain, by such as are able, and do not show mercy to the poor. It is a sin that Christ shall find only in the wicked.

2. All Religion is pretended in vaine, by such as are able, and doe not shew mercy to the poore. It is a sinne that Christ shall finde only in the wicked.

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From the Apology of the wicked, we learn

From the Apologie of the wicked, we learne

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