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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

[8], 563 [i.e. 535], [23] p. · 212k words · STC 4233.3 · ESTC S113882

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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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2. That God hath judged them already: they have endured their pain already in this world: God will account the afflictions of this life sufficient unto them, 1 Pet. 4 17.

2. That God hath iudged them already: they haue indured their paine already in this world: God will account the afflictions of this life sufficient vnto them, 1 Pet. 4 17.

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3. That they are already perfectly justified, and absolved from all their sins, Rom. 3. 24, 25 . and 8. 33.

3. That they are alreadie perfectly iustified, and absolued from all their sins, Rom. 3. 24, 25 . and 8. 33.

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4. That they have Christ to be their Judge: for there are many comforts in that point. They need not be afraid of his sentence, because he hath been their advocate all this while, and hath pleaded for them at the bar of Justice, 1 Joh. 2. 1, 2. and he is their brother, their husband, their head, and all things else in relation, which imports dearness. Read but the Book of Canticles, and consider whether he that gives such wonderful, loving, and familiar terms of affection to his Church, can ever be brought to pronounce a terrible sentence upon her? And besides, hath he not in Scripture left many promises that assure us of our happiness at that day? And further, who can read the story of the Passion of Christ, and think that he will

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

The eighth Article.

I believe in the Holy Ghost.

I beleeue in the Holy Ghost.

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The eighth Article.

I believe in the Holy Ghost.

I beleeue in the Holy Ghost.

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