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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.
3 By the place where he sets them when he had made them: for he seated them in heavenly places, Ephes. 3. 10. he made them to live about himself, in the Chamber of his presence, always before his face. They were Creatures made of purpose to live in the Court of the King of Kings.
3 By the place where he sets them when he had made them: for he seated them in heauenly places, Ephes. 3. 10. hee made them to liue about himselfe, in the Chamber of his presence, alwaies before his face. They were Creatures made of purpose to liue in the Court of the King of Kings.
4 By the numbers he made of them: Daniel said, he saw thousand thousands of Angels, and an hundred times ten thousand thousand, Daniel 7. 10. Heb. 12. 22. It is said, there is an innumerable company of Angels. He means, they are more then man can number, not more then God can number: and the number is the more to be admired, because the Angels do not marry, and so are not increased by propagation.
4 By the numbers he made of them: Daniel said, hee saw thousand thousands of Angels, and an hundred times ten thousand thousand, Daniel 7. 10. Heb. 12. 22. It is said, there is an innumerable company of Angels. Hee meanes, they are more then man can number, not more then God can number: and the number is the more to bee admired, because the Angels doe not marry, and so are not increased by propagation.