A CONFESSION OF FAITH, WRITTEN 



BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE FRANCIS BACON, 



BARON OF VERULAM, &c. 



I BELIEVE that nothing is without beginning, but 

 God ; no nature, no matter, no spirit, but one, only, 

 and the same God. That God, as he is eternally 

 almighty, only wise, only good, in his nature; 

 so he is eternally Father, Son, and Spirit, in per 

 sons. 



I believe that God is so holy, pure, and jealous, 

 as it is impossible for him to be pleased in any crea 

 ture, though the work of his own hands ; so that 

 neither angel, man, nor world, could stand, or can 

 stand, one moment in his eyes, without beholding 

 the same in the face of a Mediator ; and therefore, 

 that before him, with whom all things are present, 

 the Lamb of God was slain before all worlds ; with 

 out which eternal counsel of his, it was impossible 

 for him to have descended to any work of creation ; 

 but he should have enjoyed the blessed and indi 

 vidual society of three persons in Godhead for 

 ever. 



But that, out of his eternal and infinite good 

 ness and love purposing to become a Creator, and 

 to communicate to his creatures, he ordained in his 



