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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 › Almighty.THE CREEDE. › Article 1 › Almightie.
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. His Almightiness is magnified in Scripture, because he is able to give to all the men in the world recompense according to their works, so as none can resist his power, nor deliver out of his hands, Jer. 32. 19. Isay 14. 25. 27. Deut. 32. 39.
4. His Almightinesse is magnified in Scripture, because he is able to giue to all the men in the world recompence according to their workes, so as none can resist his power, nor deliuer out of his hands, Ier. 32. 19. Isay 14. 25. 27. Deut. 32. 39.
5. Because he can do whatsoever he will, Psal. 115. 3.
5. Because he can doe whatsoeuer he will, Psal. 115. 3.
6. Because he can do more then he will: as he could send ⟨p. 139⟩Christ many legions of Angels to deliver him, but would not. He could raise up children to Abraham of those very stones, but he would not. And this Omnipotency is called the absolute Omnipotence of God, by which he is able to create 1000. worlds if he would. The power to do what he wills, is called his actual power.