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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. Nor will it suffice that we praise him, when we worship him in the word, Prayer or Sacraments, but we must talk of his praises one to another, and labour mutually to heat our hearts by daily mentioning the glory of his Nature and Kingdom, Psal 145. 11.
4. Nor will it suffice that wee praise him, when wee worship him in the word, Prayer or S•craments, but we must talke of his praises one to another, and labour mutually to heate our hearts by daily mentioning the glory of his Nature and Kingdome, Psal 145. 11.
2. Gods goodness should force us to repentance, and so it should divers ways. It hath in it strong incitations, to humiliation, to cast down, to the care of a new life. It should exceedingly humble us and break our hearts, to think that we have so long, and so grievously transgressed against God, that is so full of goodness towards us. It should make us tear our very hearts with weeping, mourning and fasting, Joel. 2. 12. secondly, It leads us to repentance also, as it gives us encouragement to come to him to beg mercy and forgiveness: because mercy pleaseth him, Mich. 7. 18. and his Throne of grace is always easy to come to, and he freely shows mercy and will multiply pardon. There can be no such aggravations of our sins, but if we repent, all will be swallowed up in the seas of his goodness, Isaiah 55. 7. Joel 2. 13. Heb. 4. 6. thirdly, it should continually fire us to the hatred of our sins, and care to live righteously, and ⟨p. 94⟩soberly and godly in this present world, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,