I And in Jefus Chrift his only Son And in Jelus Believe not only that there is a GOD (a), who made the World ; but I acknowledge and profefs that I am fully perfwaded of this as a certain Truth, that there was and is a Man, whose Name by the Miniftry of an Angel was called Jefus (b), of whom particularly Joshua (c), the first of that Name, and all the rest of the Judges and Saviours (d) of Ifrael were Types. I believe that Jefus, in the highest and utmost importance of that Name (e), to be the Saviour of the World; in as much as He hath revealed to the Sons of Men the only way for the Salvation of their Souls (f), and wrought the fame way out for them, by the virtue of his Blood (g), obtaining Remiffion for Sinners, making Reconciliation for Enemies, paying the Price of Redemption for Captives; and fhall at last Himfelf confer the fame Salvation (h), which He hath promulged and procured, upon all those which unfeignedly and ftedfaftly faftly believe in Him. I acknowledge that there is no other way to Heaven, befide that which He hath fhewn us; there is no other Means which can procure it for us, befides His Blood; there is no other Perfon which fhall confer it on us but Himself (i). (a) Ye believe in GO ̊D, believe also in me †. (b) The Name it felf was of ordinary Ufe, and therefore for the proper interpretation of it, we must look back upon the first that bare it. † John xiv. 1. (c) We read that Mofes called Ofhea the Son of Nun, Fehoshua". The very first of these Names, impos'd in Cir- Num. xiii. 16. cumcifion, fignified a Saviour: Which when thus alter'd by Mofes, gave a prefent defignation of the Perfon to be a real Author of Salvation to the People, and a certainty that this Salvation fhould be accomplished; ratifying the Omen, and turning it into an infallible Prediction. And if (what the Antients thought probable,) Mofes in forming this Name join'd to Oleah one of the Titles of GOD, which is Jah, there will refult from both, by the Custom of the Hebrew Tongue Tchofbuah ; and fo not only the inftrumental, but the original Caufe of the Jewish Deliverance will be found expreffed in the Word; as if Mofes had faid, This is the Perfon by whom GOD will fave his People from their Enemies. All which we fee exactly compleated in our Lord. In the Dream of Joseph, the Angel informed him not only of the Nomination, but of the Interpretation or Etymology: Thou shalt call his Name Jefus, for he shall fave his People from their Sins *. In which Words are clearly Mat. 1 21. exprefs'd, both the defignation of the Person He, and the certainty of the Salvation to be accomplished by Him, He ball fave. The Addition of the Name of GOD, propos'd in Joshua as probable, seems here to rife above Probability. It is not barely faid in the Original, that He, but that He Himself fhall favet. Joshua faved Ifrael † duro'S OWTH. not by his own Power, nor of himself, but God by him; neither fav'd he his own People, but the People of of GOD: Whereas Jefus himself, by his own Power, the Power of GOD, fhall fave his own People, the People of GOD. And fince our Saviour was not called Emmanuel, according to the famous Prediction, what better way of fulfilling that Prediction, than that the Senfe of Emmanuel fhould be comprehended in the Name of JeJus? And what elfe is GOD with us, but GOD our Saviour ? Judges iii. 9.15. (d) When it is twice † faid that the Lord raised up So in Nehem. 9. a Deliverer to the Children of Ifrael, the Original, the 27. Thou gavest Septuagint, and the antient Latin, have, a Saviour. them Saviours. The Comparison be according to the P. 75, &c. Verrin. 2. * tween these Typical (e) The antient Greeks, after any remarkable PreferSaviours, Joshua vation, gave the Title of Saviours to their Gods, and efpecially, and our under it built Temples and confecrated Altars to them. Lord, is purfud, At length their mistaken Piety ftoop'd to bafer Flattery, Fathers, by the Bp. Conferring the fame Title on Men. The Romans, and Tully himself, thought this Name fo pregnant and comprehenfive, as that the Latin Tongue had no fingle Word able to exprefs it. Yet we find Servator, Confervator, Salutaris, and Salvator, in their Infcriptions; the laft of which, after Tertullian, was the Language of the Church, till the late Innovators thruft it out of the Latin Tranflation. But whatever Notion the Heathens had of their Saviours, Gods, or Men, we know this Name belongeth to Chrift in a far more fublime and peculiar manner. Neither is their Salvation of any other; for there is none other Name under Heaven given among Men, whereby we must be faved *. ? Acts iv. 12. + Rom. i, 16. Heb. ix. 22. Tim. ii, 6. (f) Since the Gospel of Chrift is the Power of Salvation to every one that believeth t. And fince the Apostles and Preachers of the Gospel are faid to fave those who fhall be converted by their preaching; in a far more eminent and fingular manner muft He be faid to fave them, who firft reveal'd thefe Truths, and brought Life and Immortality to Light thro' the Gospel. (g) We were all concluded under Sin, and obnoxious to the Wages of it, unless remitted: Without shedding of Blood was no remiffion*: It was therefore neceffary that Chrift Should appear, to put away Sin by the Sacrifice of himself t. This Remiffion, is, with refpect to the Author and Procurer, justly ftil'd Redemption; in Him we have Redemption through his Bleod; the Forgiveness of Sinst: And Re con conciliation; for GOD was in Chrift, reconciling the World unto himself *. And upon this Reconciliation neceffarily 2 Cor. v. 19. follows our Salvation: For if when we were Enemies, we were reconciled unto GOD by the Death of his Son; much more being reconciled we shall be faved by his Life t. + Rom. v. 10. (b) He is still able to fave to the uttermost those who come unto GOD by Him, fince he ever liveth to make Interceffion for them * For now being fet down at the Right Heb. vii. 25. Hand of GOD, He hath receiv'd all Power both in Heaven and Earth; and the End of this Power is, that He may confer Salvation upon those which believe in His Name. We look for the Saviour, the Lord Jefus Chrift, from Heaven, who shall change our vile Body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious Body, according to the working whereby He is able to fubdue all things unto Himself t. † Phil. iii. 20, 21. And unto them that thus look for Him fhall He appear the Jecond time, without Sin, unto Salvation *. (i) The Belief of this part of the Article is neceffary, because there is no End of Faith, without a Saviour, and no way to be fav'd by Him, but by believing in Him. This is GO D's Commandment, that we should believe Heb. 9. 28. in the Name of his Son Jefus Chrift . As alfo, that wet 1 Joh. iii. 23. may delight and rejoice in the Name of Jefus, as that in which all our Happiness is involv'd. Behold I bring you good Tidings of great Joy, which shall be to all People. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Chrift the Lord *. The fame Belief in Jefus ought* Luke ii. 10, to inflame our Affection, to kindle our Love towards Him. If any Man love not the Lord Jefus Chrift, let him be Anathema Maran-athat, Laftly, it ought to breed in t 1 Cor. xvi. 22: us a correfpondent Obedience to Him, by which alone we can demonftrate our Love: That we may be raifed to the Temper of St. Paul, who counted all things but loss for the Excellency of the Knowledge of Chrift Jefus, our Lord *. * Phil. iii, §. Shall we refufe Submiffion to that Name, which the Winds, the Seas, the Evil Spirits obey'd? Shall we be wanting in Refpect and Veneration to Him, whom GOD bath highly exalted, and given him a Name which is above every Name; that at the Name of JESUS every Knee should bow, of things in Heaven, and things in Earth, and things under the Earth? t. + Phil. ii. 9, 10, And in Jefus Chrift I am Do affent unto this as a certain Truth, that there was a Man promis'd by GOD, foretold by the Prophets, to be the Meffias (a), the Redeemer of Ifrael, and the Expectation of the Nations. fully affur'd by all those Predictions, that the Meffias fo promis'd is already come (b): I am as certainly perfwaded that the Man born in the Days of Herod, of the Virgin Mary, by an Angel from Heaven called Jefus, is that true Meffias (c), fo long, fo often, promis'd: That as the Meffias, He was anointed to three fpecial Offices, belonging to him as the Mediator between GOD and Man: That He was a Prophet, revealing unto us the whole Will of GOD for the Salvation of Man: That He was a Priest, and hath given Himself a Sacrifice for Sin, and fo hath made an Atonement for us: That He is a King, fet down at the Right Hand of GOD, far above all Principalities and Powers, whereby, when He hath fubdu'd all our Enemies, He will confer actual, perfect, and Eternal Happiness upon us. I believe this Unction, by which He became the true Meffias, was not perform'd by |