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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.
2. To such as abuse this so great goodness of God, as they do that profane the doctrine of it, by taking liberty from thence to sin the more securely, and so turn the grace of God into wantonness: woeful is the condition of such persons, for thereby they heap up wrath against the day of wrath, and deprive themselves of all the benefits of Gods goodness, Jude 3. Rom. 6. 1. Heb. 10. 29. Rom. 2. 5. 4. Deut. 29. 19.
2. To such as abuse this so great goodnesse of God, as they doe that prophane the doctrine of it, by taking liberty from thence to sinne the more securely, and so turne the grace of God into wantonnesse: wofull is the condition of such persons, for thereby they heape vp wrath against the day of wrath, and depriue themselues of all the benefits of Gods goodnesse, Iude 3. Rom. 6. 1. Heb. 10. 29. Rom. 2. 5. 4. Deut. 29. 19.