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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.
4. To serve him with all our hearts without hypocrisy: for to ⟨p. 63⟩what end is it to dissemble with him, that knows us better then we know our selves, and sees what is within us as manifestly as what is without, 1. Chron. 28. 9.
4. To serue him with all our hearts without hypocrisie: for to ⟨p. 63⟩what end is it to dissemble with him, that knowes vs better then we know our selues, and sees what is within vs as manifestly as what is without, 1. Chron. 28. 9.
5. When any man lacks Wisdom, let him seek it of that God which hath such store, as he will give liberally and reproach no man, James 1. 5.
5. When any man lackes Wisedome, let him seeke it of that God which hath such store, as he will giue liberally and reproach no man, Iames 1. 5.
Lastly, it serves for great consolation unto the godly: God knows their sorrow, when no eye pitieth them; he knows their innocency, when the wicked say all manner of evil sayings; he knows their hearts desire is to be as good as they seem, though the world condemn them for Hypocrites. He knows they would fain please him, though their works be not perfect; he knows what they stand in need of, and therefore will help them; he knows the malice, fraud and intentions of all their enemies, though their devises be hidden from them. When we are in such straits as we know no way out, yet God knows how to find means to deliver such as trust in him,