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The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio…
The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio a Venetian gentleman, concerning the Council of Trent written both in Latin / by ... John Jewel ... ; made English by a person of quality ; to which is added, The life of the said bishop ; collected and written by the same hand.
London: printed by T. H. for Richard Chiswell, 1685
THE APOLOGY OF THE Church of ENGLAND. Written by the very Learned a… › Chapter 2
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2. WE believe that Jesus Christ, the only Son of the eternal Father, as it had been decreed, before the beginning of all things, when the fullness of time came, took our Flesh and perfect Humane Nature of that blessed and pure Virgin, that he might reveal to Men, that hidden and secret Will of his Father, which was concealed from all former Ages and Generations; and that in this humane Body, he might finish the Mystery of our Redemption,1 and might nail to his Cross our Sins, and the Obligation which lay against us.
2. WE believe that Jesus Christ, the only Son of the eternal Father, as it had been decreed, before the beginning of all things, when the fulness of time came, took our Flesh and perfect Humane Nature of that blessed and pure Virgin, that he might reveal to Men, that hidden and secret Will of his Father, which was conceal'd from all former Ages and Generations; and that in this humane Body, he might finish the Mystery of our Redemption,1 and might nail to his Cross our Sins, and the Obligation which lay against us.
- 1Coll. 2. 14.
3. FOR we believe that for our sakes he died, was buried, descended into Hell, and the third day, by a Divine Power, returned to Life, and arose, and after forty days, in the sight of his Disciples, ascended into Heaven, that he might fill all things, and that the very Body in which he was born, in which he conversed, in which he was despised, in which he had suffered most grievous Torments, and a most direful Death, in which he rose, and now ascended to the right hand of his Father; was placed above all Principalities and Power, and every Name which is mentioned, not only in this World, but in that which is to come, in Majesty and Glory. And we believe that he doth now sit there,1