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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.
2. Some things are given to God Metonymically: as when God is said to be our strength and fortitude, Psal. 18. 2. Our strength and valour is not God, but he is said to be so, by effect, because he worketh it in us: so he is said to be our song, because he is the subject of our song, Exodus 15. 2. ⟨p. 54⟩He is called the hope of Israel, because it is he in whom Israel ought to hope, Jer. 14. 8. so he is called our life Deut. 30. 19, 20. because he gives, preserves and prolongs our life.
2. Some things are giuen to God Metonimically: as when God is said to be our strength and fortitude, Psal. 18. 2. Our strength and valour is not God, but he is said to bee so, by effect, because he worketh it in vs: so hee is said to bee our song, because he is the subiect of our song, Exodus 15. 2. ⟨p. 54⟩He is called the hope of Israel, because it is hee in whom Israel ought to hope, Ier. 14. 8. so he is called our life Deut. 30. 19, 20. because he giues, preserues and prolonges our life.
3. Some things are given to God Metaphorically, when the things spoken of, are only found in the creature, and given to God by way of signification only, or some kind of comparison: some of these Metaphors are borrowed from men, some from other creatures.