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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.
Three things remain to be opened, and throughly considered of;
Three things remaine to be opened, and throughly considered of;
1. What God is or the praises of Gods Nature. 2. What it is to believe in God. 3. The Uses of all.
1. What God is or the praises of Gods Nature. 2. What it is to beleeue in God. 3. The Vses of all.
For the right conceiving of the glorious frame of the praises of God, we may safely and must carefully proceed in this order.
For the right conceiuing of the glorious frame of the praises of God, we may safely and must carefully proceede in this order.
1. We must cast out of our minds all likenesses of any creature in heaven or earth: God hath flatly prohibited all Images of God, and all terrestrial likenesses, to be set up of him, in our Churches, houses or hearts: Commandment 2. We must not therefore conceive that God is like any thing that sense can set before us in heaven or earth.