The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes. Vol. I 33Profession
Open in the readerI believe in the Father, benevolent affection; in the Almighty, saving power; in the Creator, providence for guarding, ruling, perfecting the universe. In Jesus, salvation, in Christ, anointing; in the Only-begotten Son, sonship, in the Lord, a master's treatment, in His conception and birth the cleansing of our unclean conception and birth; in His sufferings, which we owed, that we might not pay; in His Cross the curse of the law removed; in His death the sting of death; in His, burial eternal destruction in the tomb; in His deseent, whither we ought, that we might not go; in His resurrection, as the first-fruits of them that sleep; in His ascent, to prepare a place for us; in His sitting, to appear and intercede; in His return, to take unto Him His own; in His judgment, to render to each according to his works. In the Holy Ghost; power from on high, transforming unto sanctity from without and invisibly, yet inwardly and evidently. In the Church, a body mystical of the called out, of the whole world, unto intercourse in faith and holiness. In the communion of saints, members of this body, a mutual participation in holy things, for confidence of remission of sins, for hope of resurrection, of translation, to life everlasting.