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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
THE CREED. › Article 1 › I Believe in God.THE CREEDE. › Article 1 › I Beleeue in God.
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.
God that dwelt in the secrets of Eternity, only known and seen to himself, since the Creation, hath bin pleased to come out of his secret seat, and by certain means or degrees to make himself known to men: as,
God that dwelt in the secrets of Eternity, onely knowne and seene to himselfe, since the Creation, hath bin pleased to come out of his secret seate, and by certaine meanes or degrees to make himselfe knowne to men: as,
1. By planting in the mind of man certain natural and common Notions, and general principles concerning God: These were and are in every man like little sparkles of light and fire fastened in mens minds, and such as by glimpse show some little conceptions of God.
1. By planting in the minde of man certaine naturall and common Notions, and generall principles concerning God: These were and are in euery man like little sparkles of light and fire fastened in mens mindes, and such as by glimpse shew some little conceptions of God.
2. By Apparition: God was pleased in the first Ages of the world to appea•e unto men, and by some certain visible signs of his presence to acquaint himself with man.
2. By Apparition: God was pleased in the first Ages of the world to appea•e vnto men, and by some certaine visible signes of his presence to acquaint himselfe with man.