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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.
3. Because that life by which he lives in himself he enjoys after a most matchless manner: who can describe the glory and shining of that life, in respect of which God is said by an excellency to be the living God, Daniel 6. 26. 1. Thes. 1. ult. Revel. 4. 9. and as a doctrine of singular glory the Lord is pleased to swear by his life, Ezeck. 33. 11.
3. Because that life by which hee liues in himselfe hee inioyes after a most matchlesse manner: who can describe the glory and shining of that life, in respect of which God is said by an excellencie to be the liuing God, Daniel 6. 26. 1. Thes. 1. vlt. Reuel. 4. 9. and as a doctrine of singular glory the Lord is pleased to sweare by his life, Ezeck. 33. 11.
Some of the glories of this life of God we may in some measure distinctly conceive of with admiration.
Some of the glories of this life of God we may in some measure distinctly conceiue of with admiration.
And so we should adore that God whose life is,