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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. In nature or proprieties: for all his proprieties are to everlasting the same: so he is always omnipotent, omniscient, most holy, wise, glorious, &c. As he cannot die in respect of substance so he cannot lie in respect of attributes, he cannot deny himself or do unjustly, as divers Scriptures show.
2. In nature or proprieties: for all his proprieties are to euerlasting the same: so he is alwaies omnipotent, omniscient, most holy, wise, glorious, &c. As he cannot die in respect of substance so he cannot lie in respect of attributes, he cannot denie himselfe or doe vniustly, as diuers Scriptures shew.
3. In decrees: as is his essence, so is his Sentence Immutable, his counsel must stand, and is for ever unchangeable, Heb. 6. 17. 18. Isaiah 46.
3. In decrees: as is his essence, so is his Sentence Immutable, his counsell must stand, and is for euer vnchangeable, Heb. 6. 17. 18. Esay 46.
4. In promises: all his promises he makes in his word are yea and Amen: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but no jot or syllable of his Word shall pass unfulfilled, which is also true of his Threatenings, and of that platform of Holiness given in the Law of Nature, and expressed in Scripture, Mat. 24. 35. Mal. 3. 6