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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. For instruction: and so it should teach us divers things: as,
2. For instruction: and so it should teach vs diuers things: as,
1. Not to abuse Gods presence in his house, so as to think that place or any other doth contain him; or to commit that Idolatry as to worship a God that can be compassed about with a Church wall, Acts 17. 24. 2. Chron. 6. 18.
1. Not to abuse Gods presence in his house, so as to thinke that place or any other doth containe him; or to commit that Idolatry as to worship a God that can be compassed about with a Church wall, Acts 17. 24. 2. Chron. 6. 18.
2. To take heed of sinning, though it be in secret: because God is in every place, Jer. 23. 23. 24. Yea, to avoid the very Hypocrisy of the heart: because he is a discerner of the thoughts, and sees and stands by every offence committed, Hebrews 4. 12. and sees and hears all we say and do.
2. To take heede of sinning, though it bee in secret: because God is in euery place,