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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
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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. 2 Pet. 1. ult. This I reckon among the benefits common, for though the men inspired were all holy men, yet the matter inspired serves for use to wicked men as well as godly: for, though the Scriptures be available only to the salvation of the Elect, yet it serves for so much information of the wicked, as may leave them without excuse, and it serves to terrific them for their sins.
3. The inspiration of certaine men to conceiue and write the booke 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 diuine inspiration of the Holy Ghost, 2 Tim. 3. 16. 2 Pet. 1. vlt. This I reckon among the benefits common, for though the men inspired were all holy men, yet the matter inspired serues for vse to wicked men as well as godly: for, though the Scriptures be auaileable onely to the saluation of the Elect, yet it serues for so much information of the wicked, as may leaue them without excuse, and it serues to terrific them for their sinnes.