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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. As it is the Fountain of all Truth in the creature: so God is called the God of Truth, and the Light that enlighteneth every man in the world; he is the Father of all light in the minds of the creatures, Psal. 31. 5. John 1. 9. James 1. 17.
1. As it is the Fountaine of all Truth in the creature: so God is called the God of Truth, and the Light that inlightneth euery man in the world; he is the Father of all light in the minds of the creatures, Psal. 31. 5. Iohn 1. 9. Iames 1. 17.
2. As it is eternal and immutable, and invincible, no parcel of Gods Truth can fail, Psal. 117. 2. Mat. 5. 18. & 24. 35. Rom. 3. 3, 4. 2. Tim. 2. 13. great is the Truth and will prevail: It may be overwhelmed with strong clouds and mountains of darkness and error, and yet it will so struggle, and get ground, that in the end it will destroy and consume what is exalted against it. As we see in the consumption of the Kingdom of the man of sin.