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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.
4. In as much as to believe in God is the very entrance into the Creed, and the foundation of all the rest: It she wes that many that are Christians in name, are not indeed true Believers, because they do not believe in God: that is, they do not trust in him: For it is manifest, that these sorts of Christians that follow, do not believe in God.
4. In as much as to belieue in God is the verie entrance into the Creede, and the foundation of all the rest: It she wes that many that are Christians in name, are not indeed true Belieuers, because they doe not belieue in God: that is, they doe not trust in him: For it is manifest, that these sorts of Christians that follow, do not belieue in God.
1. Such as live in Ignorance, without the means or the gift of the knowledge of God; as the Apostle saith: How should they believe in him, of whom they have not heard, Rom. 10. 14.
1. Such as liue in Ignorance, without the meanes or the gift of the knowledge of God; as the Apostle sayth: How should they belieue in him, of whom they haue not heard, Rom. 10. 14.
2. Such as trust in their Wealth, Friends, Beauty, Gifts, Skill, Strength, Revenues, Hopes, or Sins: The mis-placing of their trust, shows they believe not in God.
2. Such as trust in their Wealth, Friends, Beauty, Gifts, Skill, Strength, Reuenewes, Hopes, or Sinnes: The mis-placing of their trust, shewes they belieue not in God.