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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.
2. To walk before him in all uprightness, careful in all things to please him, and to avoid all sin, considering what power he hath to do us good if we serve him, or to destroy ⟨p. 141⟩us body and soul, if we live in our sins, Gen. 17. 1. Mat. 10. 28.
2. To walke before him in all vprightnesse, carefull in all things to please him, and to auoid all sin, considering what power he hath to doe vs good if we serue him, or to destory ⟨p. 141⟩vs body and soule, if we liue in our sins, Gen. 17. 1. Mat. 10. 28.
3. It should teach us in all dangers and difficulties, to believe in God and rest upon him, so as when we know his goodness or promise to us, though we see no means of deliverance, or performance of good things, yet we must give glory to Gods power, and rest without wavering upon God, knowing that nothing is hard or impossible to him, as Abraham believed God concerning his son Isaac, Rom. 4. 18. and as Jeremiah was commanded to trust God, when God enjoined him to purchase a field, at that time when he was to threaten the inevitable captivity, Jer. 32. 17. 27. &c. So 1 Sam. 14. 6.