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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 love him above all things, yea, above our selves: The thought of his glorious eternity should make us think the more meanly of our selves, that are but perishable and vile creatures, Psal. 102. 27, 28.
2. To loue him aboue all things, yea, aboue our selues: The thought of his glorious eternity should make vs thinke the more meanely of our selues, that are but perishable and vile creatures, Psal. 102. 27, 28.
3. It should teach us to leave doting upon time and the things that belong to it, and with more care and earnest resolution ⟨p. 104⟩to seek the things that may bring us beyond the bounds of this miserable and mutable time, Psal. 102. 27. 28. do not all these earthly things perish and wax old like a garment and doth not God endure for ever, even that God that offers to provide for us everlasting habitations in eternity also.
3. It should teach vs to leaue doating vpon time and the things that belong to it, and with more care and earnest resolution ⟨p. 104⟩to seeke the things that may bring vs beyond the bounds of this miserable and mutable time, Psal. 102. 27. 28. doe not all these earthly things perish and waxe olde like a garment and doth not God indure for euer, euen that God that offers to prouide for vs euerlafting habitations in eternity also.