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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.
2. The invention of the mysteries of skill for the managing of particular sciences, and trades, and callings amongst men. There is in all trades and professions of men such things of skill, as are above the reach of the nature of man since the fall, and are discovered only by the holy Ghost Thus the wisdom and skill Bezaliel and Aholiab had for building was from the Holy Ghost, Exod. 31. 3. so Gideons skill in matters of war, Judg. 6. 34. and that these things must needs come from above, appeareth by this, that nature in any one man can hardly reach to make him capable of any more trades or callings then one, though he be helped with instruction.
2. The inuention of the mysteries of skill for the managing of particular sciences, and trades, and callings amongst men. There is in all trades and professions of men such things of skill, as are aboue the reach of the nature of man since the fall, and are discouered only by the holy Ghost Thus the wisdome and skill Bezaliel and Aholiab had for building was from the Holy Ghost, Exod. 31. 3. so G•deons skill in matters of warre, Iudg. 6. 34. and that these things must needs come from aboue, appeareth by this, that nature in any one man can hardly reach to make him capable of anie more trades or callings then one, though he be helped with instruction.
3. The inspiration of certain men to conceive and write the book of God, for the instruction of all men in the visible Church. This sacred frame of holy words, came not by the wit or skill of men, but by the immediate divine inspiration of the Holy Ghost, 2 Tim. 3. 16