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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.
The consideration of this doctrine of Gods Truth should first teach us divers duties: for,
The consideration of this doctrine of Gods Truth should first teach vs diuers duties: for,
1. We should strive to acknowledge and praise God for the glory of his Truth: especially when we observe the experience of it, and can say this is the Word or Truth of the Lord, and thus he hath fulfilled it, Psal. 89. 6. & 92. 2. Isay 38. 19.
1. We should striue to acknowledge and praise God for the glory of his Truth: especially when we obserue the experience of it, and can say this is the Word or Truth of the Lord, and thus he hath fulfilled it, Psal. 89. 6. & 92. 2. Isay 38. 19.
2. It should make us with all confidence to believe what God saith to us, though it be in things unlikely, or above carnal Reason. This is to seal to it that God is true, John 3. 33. thus did Abraham and Sarah, Heb. 11. 23.
2. It should make vs with all confidence to beleeue what God saith to vs, though it be in things vnlikely, or aboue carnall Reason. This is to seale to it that God is true,