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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
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.
5. A Passport: Christians are strangers and Pilgrims, a great way from home, and the government of the Christian world, will not let a man pass without his authentic Passport: Now by his Creed the Christian man may pass and find entertainment in any part of the Christian world.
5. A Passeport: Christians are strangers and Pilgrims, a great way from home, and the gouernment of the Christian world, will not let a man passe without his authenticke Passeport: Now by his Creed the Christian man may passe and finde entertainement in any part of the Christian world.
As for the name Creed, it is not easy to tell when it first came up in our Language, but it is certain it comes of the first word which is in Latin Credo, rendered I believe.
As for the name Creed, it is not easie to tell when it first came vp in our Language, but it is certaine it comes of the first word which is in Latine Credo, rendered I beleeue.
But by the way; if these Articles be a Creed, then they are not a Prayer, nor to be said as a Prayer, as the ignorant multitude doth abuse it