fect man, of reasonable foul, and human flesh fubfifting; equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead, and inferior to the Father, as touching his manhood. Who, although he be God and man, yet he is not two, but one Chrift; one, not by the converfion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking the manhood into God: one altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of perfon. For as the reasonable foul and flesh is one man; fo God and man is one Chrift, who fuffered for our falvation, defcended into hell, rofe again the third day from the dead. He afcended into heaven, he fitteth on the right-hand of the Father, God Almighty, from whence he fhall come to judge the living and the dead. At whofe coming all men fhall rife again with their bodies, and fhall give account for their works. They that have done good, fhall go into life everlasting, and they that have done evil, into everlasting fire. This is the Catholic Faith; which, except a man believe faithfully, he cannot be faved. Moles. I confefs myfelf your debtor, and that to you only, by the grace of God, I owe myconverfion. Happy conference with your father and Calvin, when I called you in, to explain the chriftian tenets. I heartily acquiefce and fubmit to the expofition of the chriftian faith, and all things the church of Christ commands. I am ready to attend you to the altar of Chrift, there proftrate and implore affiftance from the priest. Proverbs Wifdom hath builded her houfe; the hath hewn out her feven pillars. Of who does does the wife Solomon speak but of Christ, the wisdom of the Father, as the chapter before expreffes. The Lord poffeffed me in the beginning of his way before his works of old. I was fet up from eternity. When there was no depths, I was brought forth. Before the mountains were fettled, before the hills were, I brought forth. When he prepared the heavens I was there: when he fet a compafs upon the face of the depth: then I was by him as one brought up with him and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; and my delights were with the fons of men. Wisdom hath builded her house, the Chriftian Church. She hath hewn out her seven pillars, the feven Sacraments. She hath killed. her beafts, the facrifices and worship of the Jewish or first covenant. She hath mingled her wine; fhe hath alfo furnished her table. Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled, the worship or facrifice of the new or Chriftian Covenant. We will clofe this Conference, and repair to the altar of Christ. ད FINI S. |