16 A CONFESSION OF FAITH. 



nature, not that of the soul and body of man, so 

 perfect ; for the three heavenly unities, whereof that 

 is the second, exceed all natural unities : that is to 

 say, the unity of the three persons in Godhead ; the 

 unity of God and man in Christ ; and the unity of 

 Christ and the Church : the Holy Ghost being the 

 worker of both these latter unities ; for by the Holy 

 Ghost was Christ incarnate and quickened in flesh, 

 and by the Holy Ghost is man regenerate and quick 

 ened in spirit. 



That Jesus, the Lord, became in the flesh a 

 sacrificer, and a sacrifice for sin ; a satisfaction and 

 price to the justice of God ; a meriter of glory and 

 the kingdom ; a pattern of all righteousness ; a 

 preacher of the word which himself was ; a finisher 

 of the ceremonies ; a corner-stone to remove the 

 separation between Jew and Gentile ; an intercessor 

 for the Church ; a lord of nature in his miracles ; a 

 conqueror of death and the power of darkness in his 

 resurrection ; and that he fulfilled the whole counsel 

 of God, performing all his sacred offices and anoint 

 ing on earth, accomplished the whole work of the 

 redemption and restitution of man to a state superior 

 to the angels, whereas the state of man by creation 

 was inferior, and reconciled and established all things 

 according to the eternal will of the Father. 



That in time, Jesus the Lord was born in the 

 days of Herod, and suffered under the government 

 of Pontius Pilate, being deputy of the Romans^ and 

 under the high priesthood of Caiaphas, and was 

 betrayed by Judas, one of the twelve apostles, and x ; 



