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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.
4. They are children that will not lie: they are no Hypocrites, they desire to be as good as they seem to be, they abhor counterfeiting and dissimulation, their spirits are without guile, Isaiah 63. 8.
4. They are children that will not lie: they are noe Hypocrites, they desire to be as good as they seeme to bee, they abhorre counterfeiting and dissimulation, their spirits are without guile, Esay 63. 8.
5. They are led by the spirit and mortify the deeds of the flesh, Rom. 8. 13. 14.
5. They are led by the spirit and mortifie the deeds of the flesh, Rom. 8. 13. 14.
6. They cry Abba Father: they have the spirit of prayer, they can call upon God in secret, with affection and confidence, esteeming nothing more then the Love and favour of God: And thus how God is a Father and to whom. The Uses follow and so.
6. They cry Abba Father: they haue the spirit of prayer, they can call vpon God in secret, with affection and confidence, esteeming nothing more then the Loue and fauour of God: And thus how God is a Father and to whom. The Vses follow and so.