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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.
Lastly, all godly men should strive so to profess in words, as also by their practice to prove it, that they do indeed believe in God, and rest upon him.
Lastly, all godly men should striue so to professe in words, as also by their practice to proue it, that they do indeed belieue in God, and rest vpon him.
1. By resting in the praise and appellation of God.
2. By living without care, and therein being like little Children, and this we do when we commit our souls and ⟨p. 115⟩bodies, and lives, and children, and states, and all our ways unto God. 2. Tim. 1. 12. Psal. 37.
2. By liuing without care, and therein being like little Children, and this we do when we commit our soules and ⟨p. 115⟩bodies, and liues, and children, and states, and all our waies vnto God. 2. Tim. 1. 12. Psal. 37.