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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.
4. Long suffering: that is, such a behaviour as can bear with the infirmities of those with whom he converseth, and that is not easily provoked by slight injuries, but passeth by, or pardoneth many a wrong.
4. Long suffering: that is, such a behauiour as can beare with the infirmites of those with whom hee conuerseth, and that is not easily prouoked by slight iniuries, but passeth by, or pardoneth many a wrong.
5. Gentleness: which is, when a man is easy to be spoken to in any business, without sourness, or pride, or frowardness, and doth treat with others in a quiet and humble manner.
5. Gentlenesse: which is, when a man is easie to be spoken to in any businesse, without sowrenesse, or pride, or frowardnesse, and doth treat with others in a quiet and humble manner.
6. Goodness: that is, such a behaviour as is full of good fruits of mercy, when a Christian doth strive to become as helpful and as profitable as possible he may to all sorts of people where he liveth.
6. Goodnesse: that is, such a behauiour as is full of good fruits of mercy, when a Christian doth striue to become as helpfull and as profitable as possible he may to all sorts of people where he liueth.