XIII. _I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth; 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 from the Dead, he ascended into Heaven, and sitteth at the Right Hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of Sins, the Resurrection of the Body, and the Life everlasting._ Having already mention’d the Reasons why I believe in God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, I will say no more upon this Head, and proceed to other Articles of the Creed. * * * * * XIV. In the Creed our Saviour is call’d _Lord_; for since God the Son is everlasting, as well as God the Father, so he is Lord of all Things, as is God the Father. Jesus Christ, as Man, is also for several Reasons call’d Lord: First of all, because he is our Redeemer, and has deliver’d us from our Sins; which made St. _Paul_ say in his Epistle to the _Philippians_, Chap. ii. Ver. 8, 9, 10, 11. _And being found in Fashion as a Man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto Death, even the Death of the Cross: Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, 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: And that every Tongue should confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father._ Jesus Christ says also, speaking of himself, in St. _Matthew_, Chap. xxviii. Ver. 18. _All Power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth._ In short, considering the Favours we have receiv’d from Jesus Christ, Are we not his true Slaves? Is it not He who has redeemed us? Is it not He that is our Lord? Ought we not to be for ever at the Service of our Redeemer? * * * * * XV. I believe, _that he was conceiv’d of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin_ Mary. By these Words I confess, that when Jesus Christ, the Son of God, our only Lord, did for our Sakes take the human Nature upon him in the Womb of the Virgin _Mary_, he was not conceiv’d after the common manner of other Men, but in a supernatural way; that is to say, by the Operation of the Holy Ghost; so that the same Person being still God, as he had been from all Eternity, became Man, tho’ he was not so before. St. _John_ says upon this Head, Chap. i. Ver. 1. _In the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God._ And he adds afterwards, Ver. 14. _And the Word was made Flesh, and dwelt among us._ * * * * *