of this Godhead, there are three persons, of one substance, power
and eternity--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

"2. The Son, who is the Word of the Father, the very and eternal
God, of one substance with the Father, took man's nature in the
womb of the blessed Virgin; so that two whole and perfect natures,
that is to say, the Godhead and manhood, were joined together in
one person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God
and very man, who truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried,
to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for
original guilt, but also for the actual sins of men.

"3. Christ did truly rise again from the dead, and took again his
body, with all things appertaining to the perfection of man's
nature, wherewith he ascended into heaven, and there sitteth,
until he return to judge all men at the last day.

"4. The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of
one substance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the Son,
very and eternal God.

"5. The holy Scriptures contain all things necessary to salvation;
so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby,
is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an
article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to
salvation. By the name of the holy Scriptures, we do understand
those canonical books of the Old and New Testament, of whose
authority was never any doubt in the church. [Here follow the
names of the canonical books of the Scriptures.]

"6. The Old Testament is not contrary to the New; for, both in the
Old and New Testament, everlasting life is offered to mankind by
Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and man, being both
God and man. Wherefore they are not to be heard, who feign that
the old fathers did look only for transitory promises. Although
the law given from God by Moses, as touching ceremonies and rites,
doth not bind Christians, nor ought the civil precepts thereof of
necessity to be received in any commonwealth, yet,
notwithstanding, no Christian whatsoever is free from the
obedience of the commandments which are called moral.

"7. Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the
Pelagians do vainly talk,) but it is the corruption of the nature
of every man, that naturally