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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.
Thus God is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Secondly, Faith looks upon God as our Father especially in Christ, ⟨p. 133⟩2. Cor. 1. 2. Gal. 1. 4. 2. Thes. 1. 1. 2. 1. Thes. •. 11. 13.
Thus God is the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ. Secondly, Faith lookes vpon God as our Father especially in Christ, ⟨p. 133⟩2. Cor. 1. 2. Gal. 1. 4. 2. Thes. 1. 1. 2. 1. Thes. •. 11. 13.
God is our Father four ways: first, by Creation, and so principally in respect of our souls, which he creates of nothing and infuseth into our bodies: and so he is called Father of Spirits, Heb. 12. 9. secondly, by Regeneration, because by his Almighty power he renews spiritual life into our souls that were dead in sin, 1. Pet. 1. 3. thirdly, by Adoption, when of his mere grace he acknowledgeth us for children, Gal. 4▪ 5. 6. fourthly, by Resurrection, because he gives a glorious being to our bodies that were rotted and dissolved in the earth: and so as he was said to beget Christ in the day that he raised him from the dead,