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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. By his Love, or matchless lovingness of Nature. 2. By his Mercy. 3. By his Graciousness. 4. By his Bountifulness. 5. By his Patience.
1. By his Loue, or matchlesse louingnesse of Nature. 2. By his Mercy. 3. By his Gratiousnesse. 4. By his Bountifulnesse. 5. By his Patience.
And chiefly these are considered of in Scripture as they concern man.
And chiefly these are considered of in Scripture as they concerne man.
The Love of God to man is matchless, whether we consider the Acts of it, or the properties of it.
The Loue of God to man is matchlesse, whether wee consider the Acts of it, or the properties of it.
In Love there is a threefold act: for it hath in it, first, a desire by which it is strongly carried to the union of the thing loved: secondly, a joy or delight, in which it rests it self in the fruition of the thing loved: thirdly, a will to procure what it conceives to be good for the thing loved. All these three are in a most high degree in God.