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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.
Thus of the sins against the Holy Ghost, that may be forgiven if men repent and believe in Christ: There is one sin against the Holy Ghost, that can never be pardoned, Matth. 12. 31. Hebr. 6. 4, 5. and 10. 26. 29. To find out the exact nature of this sin is very hard, but upon the evidence of those three places of Scripture, I undertake to define it thus.
Thus of the sinnes against the Holy Ghost, that may be forgiuen if men repent and beleeue in Christ: There is one sinne against the Holy Ghost, that can neuer be pardoned, Matth. 12. 31. Hebr. 6. 4, 5. and 10. 26. 29. To finde out the exact nature of this sinne is very hard, but vpon the euidence of those three places of Scripture, I vndertake to define it thus.
The sin against the Holy Ghost that is unpardonable, ⟨p. 547⟩is a sin after illumination, and sanctification, by which a man doth wilfully and wholly fall away, contemning the Gospel, and doth despite the works of the power and grace of the Holy Ghost, without remorse to the death.
The sinne against the Holy Ghost that is vnpardonable, ⟨p. 547⟩is a sinne after illumination, and sanctification, by which a man doth wilfully and wholly fall away, contemning the Gospell, and doth despight the works of the power and grace of the Holy Ghost, without remorse to the death.