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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. It is from everlasting, Jer. 31. 3. before we had done good or evil, Rom. 9. 11. 13.
3. It is from euerlasting, Ier. 31. 3. before wee had done good or euill, Rom. 9. 11. 13.
4. It is immutable, and to everlasting, no creature can separate us from the love of God, Rom. 8. 38. whom he loveth he loveth to the end, John 13. 1.
4. It is immutable, and to euerlasting, no creature can separate vs from the loue of God, Rom. 8. 38. whom hee loueth he loueth to the end, Iohn 13. 1.
5. It is without respect of persons: bound or free, Barbarians or Scythians, Jews or Grecians, are all one with him in Christ: He loves a poor man as earnestly as a rich man: Colos. 3. 11. and how vile soever the condition of Gods beloved ones be on earth, yet they are ever Honourable in his sight, Isay 43. 4.