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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.
1. Independent: God hath life in himself: He received it not from any other, John 5. 26.
1. Independent: God hath life in himselfe: He receiued it not from any other, Iohn 5. 26.
2. It is Eternal, he lives from Eternity to Eternity, Dan. 4. 34. He is immortal he cannot die, 1. Tim. 1. 17.
2. It is Eternall, he liues from Eternity to Eternity, Dan. 4. 34. He is immortall he cannot die, 1. Tim. 1. 17.
3. It is not seated as in a part of God, as life is in us: but it is the whole essence; is not only in it, but is the essence it self.
3. It is not seated as in a part of God, as life is in vs: but it is the whole essence; is not onely in it, but is the essence it selfe.