Part 39 (1/2)

_I believe in God the Father Alhty, Maker of heaven and earth_

_This means--_

I renounce the evil spirit, all idolatry, all sorcery and misbelief

I put my trust in no ,that I may have

I put my trust in no creature in heaven or on earth

I dare to put my trust only in the one absolute, invisible, incomprehensible God, Who made heaven and earth, and Who alone is over all creatures

On the other hand, I am not afraid of any wickedness of the devil and his coh I be forsaken or persecuted by all h I a

I believe, even though I am a sinner For this faith ofthat is and everything that is not--above sin and virtue and all else--so that it may remain simply and purely a faith in God, as the First Con, to tempt Hi He tarry, and do not prescribe the goal, the ti, but in bold, true faith I leave all to His divine will

If He is alive me and do for me?

If He is Creator of heaven and earth and Lord of all things, ill take anything fros rather serve s are obedient and subject wishesthat is best foris

Because He is Father, He wills to do what is best for me, and to do it with all His heart

Because I do not doubt, but put my trust in Him, I am assuredly His child His servant and His heir forever, and as I believe, so will it be done unto me [Matt 8:13]

The Second Part

[Sidenote: The Second Article]

_And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again froht hand of God the Father Ale the quick and the dead_

_This means--_

I believe not only that Jesus Christ is the true and only Son of God, begotten from eternity in one eternal, divine nature and substance; but also that all things are made subject to Him by His Father, and that in His hus which, in His divinity, He, with the Father, has created

I believe that no one can believe in the Father or co, works or reason, nor by anything that can be nah Jesus Christ, His only Son--that is, through faith in His name and lordshi+p [John 14:6]

I firmly believe that for my sake He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, without human or fleshly work, without bodily father or seed of ht purify my sinful, fleshly, unclean, damnable conception, and the conception of all who believe in Hihty Father's gracious will

I believe that for in Mary, without harinity, in order that, by the ht make my sinful, damnable birth, and the birth of all who believe in Him, blessed and harmless and pure

I believe that He bore His cross and passion for my sin and the sin of all believers, and thereby has consecrated all sufferings and every cross, and hly meritorious