A Short Exposition of the Creed Author:John Woodward Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: the gift of God," through his eternal Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who has promised eternal life to as many as believe on him, and bring forth the fruits of the Sp... more »irit. Though we cannot at present fully comprehend all the component parts of this mystery, still the vast mass of internal and external evidence which upholds the authenticity and genuineness of the Scriptures sufficiently verifies, that the revelations they contain are of divine authority, and therefore that this particular doctrine of redemption which they proclaim, is worthy of being believed by all whom the glad tidings have reached. Hereafter more shall be laid open to our view, and we shall be enabled more fully to comprehend the divine scheme, and for ever and for ever adore its Author. " Now we are like babes," as St. John expresses himself on the subject; hereafter we shall be endowed with higher knowledge and greater powers of com- chapter{Section 4prehension. "I ana fully persuaded that God does not, and therefore that man ought not to require any more than this, to believe the Scriptures to be God's word; to endeavour to find the true sense of it, and to live according to it." Believing then the Scriptures to be God's word, the creed, commonly called the Apostles' Creed, appears to me to be a most correct epitome of the doctrines which the Scriptures contain, and our Church Liturgy to be a true and faithful amplification of those doctrines, adapted to and infused into a public form of worship ; and it is well arranged to keep the mind active throughout its performance ; its diversified parts arouse the attention; its elevated and feeling prayers, varied as are the varied necessities of man, fill the heart and soul with devotion. Who can listen to this sublime Liturgy without perceiving that it breathes i...« less