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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. He is mindful of his Mercy, Luke 1. 54. He waits to show Mercy, Isaiah 30. 18.
3. He is mindefull of his Mercy, Luke 1. 54. He waites to shew Mercy, Esay 30. 18.
4. He reserves Mercy for thousands: he spends not his Mercy only on Patriarchs, or Prophets, or Kings, &c. but he bestows his Mercy on all sorts of people, so as poor men may enjoy the mercies of David, Exodus 34. 6, Isaiah 55. 4.
4. He reserues Mercy for thousands: he spends not his Mercy onely on Patriarches, or Prophets, or Kings, &c. but he bestowes his Mercy on all sorts of people, so as poore men may enioy the mercies of Dauid, Exodus 34. 6, Esay 55. 4.
5. His Mercies endure for ever: they can never be drawn dry, Psal. 25. 5. Luke 1. 50. Isaiah 54. 10. Psalm 136. from everlasting to everlasting, Psal. 103. 17.