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Chapter IX — Of the Incarnation of Christ

Chap. IX. — Of the of Christ.

Q. 1. Shall all mankind, then, everlastingly perish?

A. No; God, of his free , hath prepared a way to and save his . John iii. 16; Isa. liii. 6.

Q. 2. What way was this?

A. By sending his own Son Jesus Christ in the likeness of sinful flesh, condemning sin in the flesh. Rom. viii. 3.

Q. 3. Who is this you call his own Son?

A. The second person of the , co-eternal and of the same Deity with his Father. John i. 14; Rom. i. 3; Gal. iv. 4; 1 John i. 1.

Q. 4. How did God send him?

A. By causing him to be made flesh of a pure virgin, and to dwell among us, that he might be obedient unto death, the death of the cross. Isa. l. 6; John i. 14; Luke i. 35; Phil. ii. 8; 1 Tim. iii. 16.