DISCOURSES ON The Apostles' Creed; PREACHED AT ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH, WESTMINSTER, IN THE SPRING OF 1816; AND INTENDED PRINCIPALLY FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF THE YOUNG. BY THE REV. ROBERT STEVENS, A. M. PREBENDARY OF LINCOLN, RECTOR OF ST. JAMES'S GARLICK HITHE, AND CHAPLAIN TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. London: PRINTED FOR JOHN BOOTH, DUKE-STREET, 1817. ARTICLE VI. HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, AND SIT- THE FATHER ALMIGHTY Page 98 114 ARTICLE I. I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH. THE Creed, which I now propose to expound, is a Confession of Faith in those doctrines which are contained in the Word of God, and, on that account, received as infallibly true. It is a summary of Christian principles, delivered down to us from the ancient churches founded by the Apostles; and offers nothing to our consideration, but what has its sanction and authority in the Apostolical writings. It comprises twelve articles, or particular points of faith; and, from these articles, we* chiefly learn three things; first, to believe in God the Father, who hath made us and all the world; secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed us and all mankind; and, thirdly, in God the * Vide, 6th Art. B |