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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.
1. Because all Gods promises shall certainly be accomplished, as these places expressly show, Num. 23. 19. Heb. 6. 17. 18. Wherein, God willing, more abundantly to show unto the Heirs of promise, the immutability of his Counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lye, we might have a strong Consolation, who have fled for refuge, to lay hold upon the hope set before us.
1. Because all Gods promises shall certainly bee accomplished, as these places expresly shew, Num. 23. 19. Heb. 6. 17. 18. Wherein, God willing, more aboundantly to shew vnto the Heires of promise, the immutability of his Counsell, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lye, we might haue a strong Consolation, who haue fledde for refuge, to lay hold vpon the hope set before vs.