A69028:548
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.
Nor may they think to find means to escape: for the Lord hath a mighty arm, Psalm 89. 14. and he hath his sanctified ones, and his mighty ones, whom he commands for his Anger, Isaiah 13. 3. and to show that there can be no resisting, he is compared to consuming fire, and to a continual whirl-wind upon the head of the wicked, which shall not return till it hath accomplished the mind of God, Heb. 10. 29. Jeremiah 30. 23. •4.
Nor may they thinke to finde meanes to escape: for the Lord hath a mighty arme, Psalme 89. 14. and hee hath his sanctified ones, and his mighty ones, whom he commands for his Anger, Esay 13. 3. and to shew that there can be no resisting, he is compared to consuming fire, and to a continuall whirle-winde vpon the head of the wicked, which shal not returne till it hath accomplished the minde of God, Heb. 10. 29. Ieremie 30. 23. •4.
If they say we have escaped hitherto, I answer, that though ⟨p. 107⟩his heart be set in wickedness, because sentence is not speedily executed, yet he shall not prolong his days; though he do evil an hundred times, the wrath of the Lord hangs over his head and will fall down at length, Eccles. 8. 12. Job 31